Woods, farmsteads and plants

Juliane von Arnim, Painting
Norbert Klaus, brushwood sculptures
27.5. - 15.7.2016

Vernissage | Thursday, 26.5.2016 at 7 pm

Artist talk | Friday, 27 May 2016 at 6:30 pm | Norbert Klaus with Ute Wöllmann
Artist talk | Sunday, 5 June 2016 at 12:00 noon | Juliane von Arnim with Ute Wöllmann

The two artists in the exhibition share a common interest in nature. Pure nature is no longer available in our urbanised landscape, which is shaped by man and his needs. And so the works of the two artists each show their own view of what characterises our cultural landscape today. In Juliane von Arnim's work, it is the new network of sparsely populated areas with their agricultural buildings, while Norbert Klaus places the artisanal technique of gardening and hedge trimming at the centre of his art. Both develop a contemporary aesthetic and formal language around these central points of their art. In the exhibition, there is not only an exciting dialogue between the oval cut surfaces in the space of Norbert Klaus' brushwood sculptures and the oval areas of colour in paintings such as "Waldlichter" by Juliane von Arnim, but also an overarching dialogue on the theme of wild / tamed nature; nature / renaturation.

Juliane von Arnim her work is primarily dedicated to nature in the form of landscape paintings or views of plants and insects. She traces the unusual in the familiar. Strange colour and light moods are the hallmark of her pictures. The image details and lighting of the rural scenarios, deserted landscapes and places appear unusual, especially as her attention is focussed on special buildings and lonely farmsteads, which convey a peculiar atmosphere of tense tranquillity.

Norbert Klaus works with brushwood. His working materials are the brushwood rods from bushes and hedges, from shrubs, which he first sticks together to make compacted wickerwork from branches. Each type of brushwood follows its own laws of processing, collecting and drying depending on the seasons and growth phases. This is followed by the formative trimming. The sculpture with its fragmented, brittle surface is created. The form-enclosing surfaces consist of a multitude of round and oval cut surfaces. The basic vocabulary of the brushwood sculptures are sphere, cube, cuboid, cylinder, lying, standing, hanging. The sculptures live from the contradiction of geometry and nature, primal - standardised, rounded - smooth. Similar contrasts can also be found in his graphic works. The working material brushwood is used in a new way in his embossed prints. The original forms are retained, while light and shadow determine the formal order of the paper reliefs. Norbert Klaus lives and works in rural surroundings near Ulm, he has converted an old farmhouse into a studio and his working material comes from the surrounding landscape.

About the artist

Juliane von Arnimborn 1957 in Munich | lives and works in Berlin | 1986 -1995 participation in courses at the Toledo Museum of Art, USA | 1995 - 1997 participation in courses in adult education at the HfK Bremen | 2000 - 2002 studies at the Freie Kunstakademie Rhein/Ruhr, Essen with Stephan Schneider and Heinz Moerszoek | from 2008 studies at the Akademie für Malerei Berlin, class of Ute Wöllmann and Andreas Amrhein | 2010 founding member of the gallery ROOT am Savignyplatz, until the end of the project in 2014 | 2014 graduation and master student of Andreas Amrhein | 1999 - 2016 exhibitions in Essen, Bremen, Berlin and elsewherein Essen, Bremen, Berlin, Innsbruck, Rheda-Wiedenbrück, among others | 2016 art KARLSRUHE, ROOT Gallery
Works in public collectionsFederal Foreign Office, rbb collection

Norbert KlausBorn 1949 in Aalen-Unterkochen | 1969 - 1973 studied art and German at Weingarten University of Applied Sciences | 1973 - 1983 lived in Berlin, shared a studio and worked intensively on painting and graphic art with Peter Sorge and Maina Miriam Munsky, among others with Peter Sorge and Maina Miriam Munsky, member of BBK Berlin | 1983 residence in Blaubeuren, member of BBK Ulm | 1998 Summer Academy Irsee with Prof. Schoofs | 2002/2003 longer stay and sculpture course in Italy, sculpture studies at the European Art Academy Trier | since 2004 residence and studio in Blaustein-Weidach
Solo exhibitions (selection)
2016 Ecke-Galerie, Augsburg | 2015 MDK Baden-Württemberg, Ulm | 2014 Galerie Julia Dorsch, Berlin; DUO-Galerie, Bonn-Bad Godesberg; Galerie COURANT D'ART, Mulhouse | 2013 Galerie Zaiß, Aalen | 2012 Schloss Fachsenfeld, Aalen; Rathaus Blaustein | 2011 Galerie im Kornhauskeller, Pro Arte, Ulm | 2010 Kunstraum Zehntscheuer, Münsingen | 2009 Galerie Zaiß, Aalen; Kunstraum Kleine Galerie, Bad Waldsee | 2008 Städt. Galerie Fähre, Bad Saulgau; BBK Künstlerhaus, Ulm | Kunstmuseum Spendhaus, Reutlingen | 2005 pro arte, Sparkasse Biberach; Casino-Galerie Münsterklinik, Zwiefalten; Galerie im Hof, Baar, CH; | 2003 Galerie Axel Holm | 2001 Sparkasse Blaubeuren | 2000 BBK Künstlerhaus Ulm | 1998 Rathaus Blaubeuren | 1997 Volksbank Blaubeuren | 1996 Galerie im Kornhauskeller, Pro Arte, Ulm | 1993 Galerie Zaiß, Aalen | 1992 Kunstverein Neu-Ulm | 1991 Kunstverein Schönaich | 1990 Graphik-Kabinett E. F. M. Rieber, Blaubeuren | 1988 Galerie B. Meister, Würzburg
2004 to 2016 regular participation in art KARLSRUHE, with One-Artist-Show (8 times: Galerie Holm, Ulm and Galerie Zaiß, Aalen)
Participation in many group exhibitions since 1983
Prices2008 Grafikpreis der Stadt Senden | 2010 Preis der Arno-Buchegger-Stiftung / Augsburg / Ecke- Galerie
Public purchasesUlmer Museum, Regierungspräsidium Tübingen, Regierungspräsidium Stuttgart, Sparkasse Ulm, Landratsamt Neu-Ulm, Edwin-Scharff-Museum Neu-Ulm, Landesbank Baden- Württemberg, ULMER KUNSTSTIFTUNG PRO ARTE, Stiftung Sparkasse Biberach pro arte

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Picture credits:
Links: Norbert | Klaus | LIED-0133 (Stehle) | brushwood, wood, steel, colour | 131 x 15 x 16 cm |
@ Wolfgang Adler

RightJuliane von Arnim | Forest Lights | 2015 | Oil on canvas | 120 x 100 cm |
@ Christine Jörss - Munzlinger