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PLATINO externs retrospective

Platinos Spaces are equally artworks, private living spaces, studios, laboratories and exhibition venues. They question the structures, sets of rules, and modes of functioning of art as much as those of the white cube. The boundaries between private and public, art and life, system and coincidence are repeatedly explored anew.

The group exhibition TRANSFORMERS proves the most diversepossibilities of developing and realizing sculptures and objects.

The Color of Light

Light is only visible to humans in the moment it reaches the eye of the observer. The light that appears white to us consists of seven spectral colors (red, orange, yellow, green, blue, indigo and violet), which all are visible to the human eye. Light contributes significantly to the design and appearance of any work of art unless it is a pure audio work.

JOSEPH SCHIEFER / where the air is rare

The painting of Josef Schiefer is characterized by various influences. Impressionist grace combined with the lightness and transparency of Asian painting and drawing styles form their own modern expression.

Anton Markus Pasing / calculated suspense

Photography in the Age of Forgetting. Digital space is full of images of a reality, and in the realm of photography they always portray the past. Digital space is just one part of that reality which we regard as physical reality.

Politics & Decoration

Daniela Brahm und Les Schliesser Daniela Brahm's series of portraits "What's got into them?" shows Protagonists of the land question since John Stuart Mill. Les Schliesser turns to the subjectively escapist in view of the general situation.

Two masterpieces of Joseph Kosuth's early works.

STREETONOMICS Micha Cattaui

In Micha’s new works, European city streets become his subject as the artist captures a sort of “time capsule” by creating molds in-situ that he later casts in his studio capturing all the elements at the time of mold making.

CLEGG & GUTTMANN

Following Clegg & Guttmann’ first single exhibition at Galerie Mirko Mayer in 2014 (in collaboration with Galerie Nagel Draxler), we are pleased to announce another show with the artists. The current exhibition articulates a dialogue between two large-scale portraits from 2007 and 2018, depicting influential figures from the business and cultural sectors.

DIG IT Harald F. Müller

The works of Harald F. Müller show us our relationship to the world of images. The artist does not see himself as a painter and yet reflects the color magicians of the past such as Titian,Cézanne, Matisse, Le Corbusier or Mark Rothko.

it's not lost, it's just been hidden / Julius Linnenbrink

The first gallery solo show of Julius Linnenbrink in Germany takes place in the exhibition spaces of Mirko Mayer gallery in Cologne. When working, the focus of the former Katharina Grosse student lies on the process of painting, creating his compositions in the moment in lieu of any guidelines or preset goals.

IDENTITY / group show

Many artists deal with their own or others' identities in the conception of their works or bring it unconsciously into creative processes. The identity of a person is created by processing experiences and is constantly changing through external, internal and stored experiences.

Von allen Seiten / Moritz Karweick

The second solo show Von allen Seiten of Moritz Karweick takes place in both exhibition spaces of Mirko Mayer gallery in Cologne. In his working process Karweick pushed the technical possibilities of firing ceramics to their limits to produce his recent sculptures. For this exhibition he has also transferred his experiences from working with ceramics to cast bronze sculptures, thus creating a new approach to material, light and form.

STATE OF MIND. STATE OF BEING.

Light is one of the most universal and fundamental symbols. It is the spiritual and the divine, it is illumination and intelligence. Light is the source of goodness and the ultimate reality, and it accompanies transcendence into the Nirvana of all religious doctrines. Light gives life, truth and knowledge.

Tour Vienna continues the exhibition series with students and graduates of art academies at the Mirko Mayer Gallery. If one compares the pure number of students of the academy in Vienna (over 1500), the academy is quite exactly in the middle between art academies like Düsseldorf (about 600 students) or Berlin (about 3.500 students). During my tour at the „Rundgang“ I noticed a high percentage of international students from all over the world, especially from Germany.

SUNSCULPTURES mykonos island

After two successful shows in 2016 and 2017 mirko mayer gallery continues to present contemporary art on the island. With generous support of friends on the island and the municipality of Mykonos we are able to present premium works of artists with international reputation.

If you sidestep, you step sideways in order to avoid something or someone that is coming towards you or going to hit you.

BACK TO BACK. / H. F. Müller

Harald F. Müller, often intervenes himself in the design process of contemporary architecture. In collaboration with renowned architects such as Gigon & Guyer he designs colour concepts primarily for public spaces. The implementation of colour concepts also manifests itself in mobile works, which always show sculptural and spatial aspects that connect photography space and color.

sacred places / Ola Kolehmainen

The series "sacred places" features sacred buildings of different types in Europe. These ancient churches, synagogues and mosques remind us of the interwoven history of the religions they represent. "sacred places" is a visual adventure in space, time and light.

temperate solidity / Moritz Karweick

"my sculptural artistic practice could best be described as adherence to the concept of continual progress and change. I‘m deeply intrigued by the transformational qualities and possibilities of form, matter, and space. To highlight those interests, I try to create spatial situations that capture growth and change. Sculpture needs to exist in different spaces...." (artist statement)

the sculptural view / group show

‍The exhibition the sculptural view investigates and questions the photographic concept of sculpture. Sculptures have been photographed and staged with the camera since the invention of photography. From the pure documentation to the lucky snapshot of a temporary situation, sculptures, components or technical devices appear in the photographs from the Rolf Mayer collection in Stuttgart, which only contains photographs from the 19th century.

H. G. Esch: POLAROIDS

Zunächst galt die Arbeit mit dem Polaroid-Material als Proof: Geprüft wird anhand eines positiven Bildes aus einer nahezu gleichformatigen Kassette wie der des Films in der Großbildfotografie, ob die Belichtung stimmt, die Grauwerte und Härteskalen über die Bildfläche hinweg gleichmäßig und reproduzierbar verteilt sind, ob die Komposition der Mattscheibe einem Gegencheck auf Papier standhält.

photography in space / group show

The depiction of space and time with the help of photography varies from documentation to interpretation to new creation. There are no technical limits any more. Astounding is the selection of photographs in the exhibition photography in space, which are current works by young talents and already well-established artists.

masterpieces and personalities

The gallery shows as conclusion of a fantastic year 2018 highlights from exhibitions between 2000 and 2018. A combination of loans from private collections and recent works of artists of the gallery program creates an outstanding show. The body, the face, the character and finally the form of a human being is the spirit of this exhibition.

20 years mirko mayer gallery

To mark the 20th anniversary of the gallery Mirko Mayer, the exhibition collection, gallery & friends will be opened on June 12, 2016 with a selection of over 100 works by 50 artists.

STEFAN HEYNE Sound of Silence

The photographs of Stefan Heyne are emphatically nonrepresentational. The artist omits elements that generally define a photograph, forgoing the use any identifiable motif. Instead he creates abstract photographs that are honed to perfection by paring his imagery to a blurred play of light and shadows with no indication of form.

BARRY SALZMAN How We See The World

Barry Salzman's work reflects on our responsibility as witness to history's most challenging times and our collective role in enabling their recurrence. He does so by using the landscape metaphorically in his images all made within witness distance of sites of 20th century genocide: Namibia, Poland, Ukraine, Rwanda and Bosnia and Herzegovina. By moving the camera during the exposure, he creates a visual representation of the veils we impose between evidence and witness.

STEFAN HEYNE Sound of Silence

The photographs of Stefan Heyne are emphatically nonrepresentational. The artist omits elements that generally define a photograph, forgoing the use any identifiable motif. Instead he creates abstract photographs that are honed to perfection by paring his imagery to a blurred play of light and shadows with no indication of form.

BARRY SALZMAN How We See The World

Barry Salzman's work reflects on our responsibility as witness to history's most challenging times and our collective role in enabling their recurrence. He does so by using the landscape metaphorically in his images all made within witness distance of sites of 20th century genocide: Namibia, Poland, Ukraine, Rwanda and Bosnia and Herzegovina. By moving the camera during the exposure, he creates a visual representation of the veils we impose between evidence and witness.

PLATINO externs retrospective

Platinos Spaces are equally artworks, private living spaces, studios, laboratories and exhibition venues. They question the structures, sets of rules, and modes of functioning of art as much as those of the white cube. The boundaries between private and public, art and life, system and coincidence are repeatedly explored anew.

The group exhibition TRANSFORMERS proves the most diversepossibilities of developing and realizing sculptures and objects.

The Color of Light

Light is only visible to humans in the moment it reaches the eye of the observer. The light that appears white to us consists of seven spectral colors (red, orange, yellow, green, blue, indigo and violet), which all are visible to the human eye. Light contributes significantly to the design and appearance of any work of art unless it is a pure audio work.

JOSEPH SCHIEFER / where the air is rare

The painting of Josef Schiefer is characterized by various influences. Impressionist grace combined with the lightness and transparency of Asian painting and drawing styles form their own modern expression.

Anton Markus Pasing / calculated suspense

Photography in the Age of Forgetting. Digital space is full of images of a reality, and in the realm of photography they always portray the past. Digital space is just one part of that reality which we regard as physical reality.

Politics & Decoration

Daniela Brahm und Les Schliesser Daniela Brahm's series of portraits "What's got into them?" shows Protagonists of the land question since John Stuart Mill. Les Schliesser turns to the subjectively escapist in view of the general situation.

Two masterpieces of Joseph Kosuth's early works.

STREETONOMICS Micha Cattaui

In Micha’s new works, European city streets become his subject as the artist captures a sort of “time capsule” by creating molds in-situ that he later casts in his studio capturing all the elements at the time of mold making.

CLEGG & GUTTMANN

Following Clegg & Guttmann’ first single exhibition at Galerie Mirko Mayer in 2014 (in collaboration with Galerie Nagel Draxler), we are pleased to announce another show with the artists. The current exhibition articulates a dialogue between two large-scale portraits from 2007 and 2018, depicting influential figures from the business and cultural sectors.

DIG IT Harald F. Müller

The works of Harald F. Müller show us our relationship to the world of images. The artist does not see himself as a painter and yet reflects the color magicians of the past such as Titian,Cézanne, Matisse, Le Corbusier or Mark Rothko.

it's not lost, it's just been hidden / Julius Linnenbrink

The first gallery solo show of Julius Linnenbrink in Germany takes place in the exhibition spaces of Mirko Mayer gallery in Cologne. When working, the focus of the former Katharina Grosse student lies on the process of painting, creating his compositions in the moment in lieu of any guidelines or preset goals.

IDENTITY / group show

Many artists deal with their own or others' identities in the conception of their works or bring it unconsciously into creative processes. The identity of a person is created by processing experiences and is constantly changing through external, internal and stored experiences.

Von allen Seiten / Moritz Karweick

The second solo show Von allen Seiten of Moritz Karweick takes place in both exhibition spaces of Mirko Mayer gallery in Cologne. In his working process Karweick pushed the technical possibilities of firing ceramics to their limits to produce his recent sculptures. For this exhibition he has also transferred his experiences from working with ceramics to cast bronze sculptures, thus creating a new approach to material, light and form.

STATE OF MIND. STATE OF BEING.

Light is one of the most universal and fundamental symbols. It is the spiritual and the divine, it is illumination and intelligence. Light is the source of goodness and the ultimate reality, and it accompanies transcendence into the Nirvana of all religious doctrines. Light gives life, truth and knowledge.

Tour Vienna continues the exhibition series with students and graduates of art academies at the Mirko Mayer Gallery. If one compares the pure number of students of the academy in Vienna (over 1500), the academy is quite exactly in the middle between art academies like Düsseldorf (about 600 students) or Berlin (about 3.500 students). During my tour at the „Rundgang“ I noticed a high percentage of international students from all over the world, especially from Germany.

SUNSCULPTURES mykonos island

After two successful shows in 2016 and 2017 mirko mayer gallery continues to present contemporary art on the island. With generous support of friends on the island and the municipality of Mykonos we are able to present premium works of artists with international reputation.

If you sidestep, you step sideways in order to avoid something or someone that is coming towards you or going to hit you.

BACK TO BACK. / H. F. Müller

Harald F. Müller, often intervenes himself in the design process of contemporary architecture. In collaboration with renowned architects such as Gigon & Guyer he designs colour concepts primarily for public spaces. The implementation of colour concepts also manifests itself in mobile works, which always show sculptural and spatial aspects that connect photography space and color.

sacred places / Ola Kolehmainen

The series "sacred places" features sacred buildings of different types in Europe. These ancient churches, synagogues and mosques remind us of the interwoven history of the religions they represent. "sacred places" is a visual adventure in space, time and light.

temperate solidity / Moritz Karweick

"my sculptural artistic practice could best be described as adherence to the concept of continual progress and change. I‘m deeply intrigued by the transformational qualities and possibilities of form, matter, and space. To highlight those interests, I try to create spatial situations that capture growth and change. Sculpture needs to exist in different spaces...." (artist statement)

the sculptural view / group show

‍The exhibition the sculptural view investigates and questions the photographic concept of sculpture. Sculptures have been photographed and staged with the camera since the invention of photography. From the pure documentation to the lucky snapshot of a temporary situation, sculptures, components or technical devices appear in the photographs from the Rolf Mayer collection in Stuttgart, which only contains photographs from the 19th century.

H. G. Esch: POLAROIDS

Zunächst galt die Arbeit mit dem Polaroid-Material als Proof: Geprüft wird anhand eines positiven Bildes aus einer nahezu gleichformatigen Kassette wie der des Films in der Großbildfotografie, ob die Belichtung stimmt, die Grauwerte und Härteskalen über die Bildfläche hinweg gleichmäßig und reproduzierbar verteilt sind, ob die Komposition der Mattscheibe einem Gegencheck auf Papier standhält.

photography in space / group show

The depiction of space and time with the help of photography varies from documentation to interpretation to new creation. There are no technical limits any more. Astounding is the selection of photographs in the exhibition photography in space, which are current works by young talents and already well-established artists.

masterpieces and personalities

The gallery shows as conclusion of a fantastic year 2018 highlights from exhibitions between 2000 and 2018. A combination of loans from private collections and recent works of artists of the gallery program creates an outstanding show. The body, the face, the character and finally the form of a human being is the spirit of this exhibition.

20 years mirko mayer gallery

To mark the 20th anniversary of the gallery Mirko Mayer, the exhibition collection, gallery & friends will be opened on June 12, 2016 with a selection of over 100 works by 50 artists.

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