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Henning Bohl, La Revue blanc, Blau, 2006
Paper, wood, 2 artist books (blue),165 x 120 cm, 165 x 120 cm.
Courtesy Galerie Daniel Buchholz, Cologne |
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La Revue blanche 2006
By using mass-produced paper materials, working models, designs and biographies combined in a framework of historical references, Henning Bohl makes us rethink past utopia with the help of the present. He believes that nothing is original but acknowledges that re-telling, by a subjective story-teller such as himself, can lead to new constructions of meaning: ?It is a sign of the times that there is not really so much left to invent. Whatever you could use is already fraught with a predetermined meaning [?]; there?s no way around that, and somehow you?ve got to work with it. Sometimes that is quite demanding. But that?s the way it is, and that?s why you can also take an ironic approach.? In his latest body of work La Revue blanche, Bohl transports the fine and applied arts of the late 19th century into the reality of now. Referring to La Revue blanche ? the French avant-garde?s chief organ of expression ? Bohl encourages us to consider the meaning of contemporary design.
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Henning Bohl, who lives and works in Berlin, encourages us to consider the meaning of contemporary design. By using mass-produced paper materials, working models, designs and biographies combined with a framework of historical references, Bohl rethinks past utopias through the lens of the present. Bright colours, jutting geometrical forms and a distinctive, light touch characterize his paintings and installations. His works endeavour to reactivate ideas from sources ranging from avant-garde journals and the biographies of Bauhaus weavers to Kabuki theatre design. Inspired by Modernist architecture, Cubism and the Arts and Crafts movement, Bohl’s work is well known for its highly effective and quasi-theatrical use of space. Recent solo exhibitions include The Bus Wrap Book, Oldenburger Kunstverein, Oldenburg (2008); Non-solo, Non-group Show, with Ei Arakawa and Nora Schultz, Galeria Franco Soffiantino, Turin (2008); History of Garden Theory, Casey Kaplan, New York (2007); and La Revue Blanc, Galerie Daniel Buchholz, Cologne (2006). Recent group exhibitions include the 1st Brussels Biennial for Contemporary Art, Brussels, (2008); Zuordnungsprobleme, Galerie Johann König, Berlin (2008); and Street: Behind the Cliché, Witte de With, Rotterdam (2006). |
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