I call it Lüttgen at Markus Lüttgen

Artists: Artun Alaska Arasli, Erica Baum, James Beckett, Anna Betbeze, Armin Boehm, Matt Connors, Ger van Elk, Chris Evans, Philipp Gufler, Stefan Hablützel, Diango Hernandez, David Jablonowski, Ryan McLaughlin, Viola Relle – Raphael Weilguni, George Rippon, Matthew Ronay, Matt Stokes, Tristan Wilczek

Exhibition title: I call it Lüttgen

Venue: Markus Lüttgen, Cologne, Germany

Date: June 4 – July 29, 2016

Photography: all images copyright and courtesy of the artists and Markus Lüttgen

The adoption of the space at Elisenstrasse is the development of a collage, an approach to the place.

As of 4 June, at first sight simulating a group show, an incomplete and changeable stocktaking, will open different perspectives and outlooks on the work of the artists and the gallery.

Some positions will be present for the entire adoption of the space, such as Ger van Elk (1941-2014) and his work “Touwsculptuure” 1968/1999. This work with its symbolic and formal solution may be a possible essence of “I call it Lüttgen”.

Works and positions of intense rationality and putatively cool rigour, political dimension, personal and historic reflection, formal and technical aesthetics, performative action and gesture, narrative force and playful approaches will confront and avoid each other and enter in relationships during the course of the show.

An approach as experiment.

Armin Boehm, Die kleine Berichtigung, 2016
Oil, fabrics, paper on canvas, 115 x 120 cm

Chris Evans, Double Trophy, 2008
Aqua resin, clay, gouache, Dimensions variable

George Rippon, Roquefort, 2016
Jesmonite, paper, pigment, peep hole, pine, 53 x 33 cm

George Rippon, Social Private, 2015
Plaster, allergy tablets, models, epoxy, sparklers, wood, Dimensions variable

Philipp Gufler, Quilt #02 (Ronald M. Schernikau), 2013
Siebdruck auf Stoff, 80 x 90 cm

David Jablonowski, No markets left waiting to emerge (Extented 1), 2016
Carbon fibre, glas, cnc cut aluminium, toxidermied birds, linnen on stretcher,Dry Chili, dry loofa, Dimensions variable

Tristan Wilczek, Ohne Titel, 2016
Acrylic and Graphit on canvas, 200 x 150 cm

Tristan Wilczek, Ohne Titel( maximale Verneinung), 2016
Oil and Acrylic on canvas, 135 x 105 cm

Ger van Elk, Touwsculptuur, 1968 (1999 version)
Nylon cord, hemp, rope, skipping rope, Dimensions variable

Tristan Wilczek, Formloses und Konkretes Schwarz, 2016
Acrylic and Graphite on canvas, 105 x 135cm

Matt Connors, Crimson Reverse Telescope, 2016
Acrylic on paper, colored mat board, colored perspex, artist’s frame, 62,5 x 50 cm

David Jablonowski, Miniature painting, clouds (Computerized Nummerical Control)
Linen on stretcher, , CNC cut aluminium, LED- light, fazant feathers, 80,5 x 50 cm