Bøger af Thomas Kollhofer

The shared medium of Katharina Hinsberg and Monika Grzymala is drawing. The exploration of the line is central to both of their work. Many of their artworks transcend the traditional boundaries of the genre and, in their dynamic reach, take on an almost sculptural quality. While Katharina Hinsberg's lines dissect space with precision clarity, Monika Grzymala's imposing bundles of lines penetrate the space with an eruptive power. The two artistic approaches are being shown together for the first time in the joint exhibition Between a Line at the Kunsthalle Mannheim.The accompanying catalog was created through an ongoing dialogue between the two artists. Two sketchbooks formed the basis; the artists worked in these alternately, each visually "interrupting" one another, constantly striving to confront their colleague's preliminary drawing work with their own understanding of the line, and exploring their artistic potential through a collaborative practice.

FUTURISTISCH / FANTASTISCHDas Werk des niederländischen Künstlers Robbie Cornelissen (geb. 1954 in Utrecht, lebt und arbeitet in Utrecht) besitzt große erzählerische Kraft. Seine oft futuristisch wirkenden architektonischen Zeichnungen entstehen in riesigen Formaten und zeigen meist menschenleere Bibliotheken, Wartesäle, Fabrikhallen oder andere überdimensionale Räume. Im Wechselspiel mit Papierarbeiten produziert der Künstler aus tausenden von Zeichnungen animierte Filme. Diese Publikation präsentiert anhand von 250 Zeichnungen Cornelissens neuen Film "Terra Nova", in dem die hochaktuelle Frage nach der Verantwortung des Menschen für die Erde und seiner langfristigen Überlebensfähigkeit auf ihr thematisiert wird. Robbie Cornelissen studierte Biologie und Ökologie an der Rijksuniversiteit Utrecht sowie an der Vrije Akademie, Den Haag, und der Gerrit Rietveld Academie, Amsterdam. Seine Arbeiten waren unter anderem im Centraal Museum Utrecht, in der Hamburger Kunsthalle und auf der 11. Biennale de Lyon zu sehen.

Christiane Fichtner is an artist on the move. Living largely as a nomad, she finds herself on a journey of on-going encounter with what is new, unfamiliar. For 20 years her working system of constant note-taking has been her travel companion, assembling and ordering what she finds.Even more, the "LOOSE LEAF ARCHIVE" is both a catalyst and weaver of shapes in her artistic practice. It draws together individual strands, creates densities and gradually approaches formats that will become exhibits. In the Heftarchiv, as it is called in German, the step from the as yet unfinished towards the staged object is accompanied and subsequently documented as a description of what is depicted.The book "LOOSE LEAF ARCHIVE / HEFTARCHIV" takes the viewer into something rough-edged, something in the act of flowing. In its strong visual form it replicates the energies that the artist needs to continue to develop her work through her daily doings.