Follow Fluxus 2010 / Aslı Sungu Out of my Hands

August 29, 2010 to May 29, 2011 Opening / Saturday, August 28, 2010, 5 to 8 pm + after party Nassauischer Kunstverein Wiesbaden / Wilhelmstraße 15

Helplessness in situations, which are getting out of control, is made a subject of discussion by the third FOLLOW FLUXUS scholarship holder Aslı Sungu (*1975, Istanbul, TR) in the exhibition OUT OF MY HANDS. Whilst the two video work contrast chaos and control in the everyday life meet abruptly—a topic, which already examined in preceding works, shows the photo collage displays a strong autobiographic moment. In the video UNAVOIDABLE (2010) in the context of everyday events misfortunes are at hand: A glass of water threatens to fall of the table, or milk in a pot threatens to over boil. In the last moment a person, the artist, intervenes and tries to prevent the escalation—but can not succeed, as the picture is a reflection. The second video work INVISIBLE (2010) was shot parallel in open-air swimming pools, the Opelbad in Wiesbaden and in the Cercle d'Orient/Büyük Kulüp in Istanbul: visitors bustle in an overcrowded pool. The impression of chaotic hustle in the water—a familiar picture of the summer—is suddenly interrupted by an individual athletic swimmer, swimming purposefully and in one line his course through the pool. Acting thereby unswerving and apparently is absorbed by the remaining hustle. UNTOUCHABLE (2010) unites as a slide projection a photo collage of 9 elements. Aslı Sungu photographed her mother from different distances in her appartment in Istanbul. In the presented pictures however is a clearly visible shift of perspective—the further away she is the from her mother, the mother appears more larger and distinct. Vice versa, the closer the two are, the more the mother disappears. Aslı Sungu laconic picture language underlines her artistic view. The analytic work resembles an experimental design. But she uses solely minimalistic means, in order to increase the perception of the complexity of features from everyday life. Thereby the apparently objective observer becomes a self reflective participant.

A publication and an edition will accompany the exhibition.

NKV Nassauischer Kunstverein Wiesbaden e.V. Wilhelmstraße 15 D-65185 Wiesbaden

phone: +49 (0)611 301136 fax: +49 (0)611 371141 info@kunstverein-wiesbaden.de www.kunstverein-wiesbaden.de

TOO FAT TOO FIT / Class of Tobias Rehberger

Florian Auer / Zoe Barcza / Alfred Boman / Othmar Farré / Moritz Grimm Sandra Havlicek / Eloise Hawser / Ilja Karilampi / Yasuaki Kitagawa / Annina Matter / Shane Munro / Olga Pedan / Jonathan Penca / Laura Schawelka / Marcel Schiele / Tomislav / Naneci Yurdagül

August 29 to October 31, 2010 Opening / Saturday, August 28, 2010 / 5 to 8 pm + after party Nassauischer Kunstverein Wiesbaden / Wilhelmstraße 15

“We’re focusing on the whole pie, not a slice. A slice is good, but it’s not good enough to get you fat. We’re trying to get fat.” Shaquille O'Neal

With the exhibition TOO FAT TOO FIT the NKV presents the class of Tobias Rehberger and thus the new generation of artists attending one of the best art academies world-wide. Rehberger has been teaching at the Städelschule in Frankfurt/Main since 2001. The Städelschule enjoys a great international reputation due to its outstanding teachers and numerous, internationally successful graduates. Seventeen young artists are offered an almost unrestricted platform. TOO FAT TOO FIT is conceived as an exhibition devoid of any thematical restraint. It will provide an insight into the individual artistic positions representing different phases of education.

Curated by Elke Gruhn and Sara Stehr

NKV Nassauischer Kunstverein Wiesbaden e.V. Wilhelmstraße 15 D-65185 Wiesbaden

phone: +49 (0)611 301136 fax: +49 (0)611 371141 info@kunstverein-wiesbaden.de www.kunstverein-wiesbaden.de