Exhibition »Negative Space. Trajectories of Sculpture«
Since antiquity, the history of Western sculpture has been closely linked to the idea of the body. Whether carved, modeled or cast, statues have been designed for centuries as solid monoliths – as substantial and self-contained entities, as more or less powerful and weighty positive formations in space. Our expectations concerning modern or contemporary sculpture are still essentially driven by the concept of body sculpture, which is formally based on the three essential categories of mass, unbroken volume, and gravity. Whether body-related like Auguste Rodin's or abstract like Richard Serra's, sculpture is still and foremost mass, volume, and gravity.
The exhibition »Negative Space« endeavors to change the dominating view of modern and contemporary sculpture by telling a different story. With the aim to investigate the relationship between sculpture and space in a decidedly spatial way, the presented art works address the sculptural phenomenon in relation to diverse spatial concepts: Open spaces, surrounding, hollow and intermediate spaces, mirror, light and shadow spaces, virtual data spaces, etc. The exhibition offers a comprehensive overview of the art of sculpture, which – in contrast to the traditional concept – is committed to contour, emptiness, and levitation. Visitors will experience that the sculpture of the 20th century is pendent, not standing; not ponderous but floating; not full but empty, airy, and light; not opaque but diaphanous; not real but virtual; not massy but slim.
Documents
Creditlist for the press photos of »Negative Space«
- creditliste_negativerraum_e.pdf (1.7 MB)
Press Release
- pm_negativerraum_e.pdf (497.19 KB)
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Refik Anadol, Infinity Room, 2015© ZKM | Center for Art and Media Karlsruhe, Photo: Michelle Mantel -
Alexander Calder, Many back from Rio, 1948© Calder Foundation, New York/VG Bild-Kunst, Bonn 2019 © Photo: Daniel Scheffold -
Henry Moore, Stringed Figure, 1938 Arts Council Collection, Southbank Centre, London© Photo: Henry Moore, The Henry Moore Foundation. All Rights Reserved, DACS 2019 -
Marie Lienhard, SPACES (Video Still at the moment of the balloon explosion), 2019© Photo: Marie Lienhard -
Gego (Gertrud Goldschmidt), Tronco No.2, Approx. 975© Fondación Gego Courtesy: Daros Latinamerica Collection, Zürich © Foto: Marcel Meuri, Zürich -
Pae White, An Allegory of Air: Too full to say Too, 2017© Courtesy: Pae White & neugerriemschneider, Berlin © Photo Jens Ziehe, Berlin -
Anthony Caro: Emma Push Frame, 1977/78© Photo: Jochen Stüber, Hamburg -
László Zsolt Bordos, Umbra triplicata© ZKM | Center for Art and Media Karlsruhe, Photo: Felix Grünschloss -
Adolf Luther, Fokussierender Raum, 1968© ZKM | Center for Art and Media Karlsruhe, Photo: Felix Grünschloss -
Kimchi and Chips, Mimi Son, Elliot Woods, Jungnhoon Pi Line, Segments Space, 2013© ZKM | Center for Art and Media Karlsruhe, Photo: Felix Grünschloss -
Exhibition view »Negative Space« Atrium 8© ZKM | Center for Art and Media Karlsruhe, Photo: Michelle Mantel -
Fujiko Nakaya, Working title: ZKM_CUBE_Negative_Sculpture© ZKM | Center for Art and Media Karlsruhe, Photo: Felix Grünschloss
