Groupshow. All I Think About Is You

30 April to 26 June 2021 ⟶ Galerie & Showroom

Exhibition View Galerie Georg Nothelfer. Photo: Katrin Rother

Arnulf Rainer, Tafel, 1961, Etching, Ed. 98, 54 x 37,7 cm (SOLD)

Britta Lumer, Untitled, 2019, Ink/ingres paper, 42 x 29,7 cm

KAYA (Kerstin Braetsch & Debo Eilers), Leberlaura (Shirt V), 2016, Cotton T-shirt, epoxy, belt, token, urethane, Monnaie coin, wig, canvas, aluminum, vinyl wire, 183 x 55 x 33 cm

Damien Daufresne, Untitled, 2015, Charcoal/paper, 25 x 18 cm

Damien Daufresne, Crâne III, 2015, Charcoal/paper, 25 x 19 cm

Damien Daufresne, O.T., 2020, Charcoal/chalk/pigment and paper on canvas, 100 x 150 cm

Henri Michaux, Untitled, 1968, Acrylic/Arches cardboard, 56,5 x 75 cm

Exhibition View Galerie Georg Nothelfer. Photo: Katrin Rother

Thomas Scheibitz, Otis I, 2006, Varnish on MDF, 154 x 65 x 65 cm

Walter Stöhrer, Psychodrom, 1980, Mixed media/collage/container cardboard, 182 x 360 cm

Exhibition View with Habib Farajabadi, Karin Sander and Jenny Michel. Galerie Georg Nothelfer. Photo: Katrin Rother

Karin Sander, Mailed Painting 174, 2015, Berlin-Roma-Wien-Bergisch Gladbach-Berlin-NY-Berlin, gespannte Leinwand in Standardgröße, weiße Universalgrundierung, Ø 105 cm

Jenny Michel, LICHENS-SE 9, 2020, Gravure ink and pencil on paper, 240 x 150 cm. Photo: Lepkowski Studios

Exhibition View Galerie Georg Nothelfer. Photo: Katrin Rother

Henri Michaux, Composition, 1979, Ink/paper, 50 x 65 cm

Installation View Walter Menne and Mahdad Alizadeh

Mahdad Alizadeh, Came Here For Some Water, 2021, Clay, approx. 21 x 38 x 32 cm (Part 1 of 2)

Mahdad Alizadeh, Came Here For Some Water, 2021, Clay, approx. 14 x 40 x 34 cm (Part 2 of 2)

Mahdad Alizadeh, Untitled, 2021, Clay, approx. 26 x 51 x 36 cm

Mahdad Alizadeh, Poking You Hard, 2021, Clay, approx. 29 x 33 x 37 cm (SOLD)

Mahdad Alizadeh, Untitled, 2021, Clay, approx. 8 x 43 x 11 cm

Walter Menne, p7mg, 1962, Ink/paper, 42 x 29,5 cm

Walter Menne, AB6, Ink/paper, 42,8 x 60,6 cm

Exhibtion View Galerie Georg Nothelfer

Exhibition view with Gerhard Hoehme, Friederike Feldmann, Habib Farajabadi and Karin Sander. Galerie Georg Nothelfer. Photo: Katrin Rother

Gerhard Hoehme, mori mori, 1985, Acrylic/canvas, PVC sensors, 240 x 120 cm

Dargelos Kersten, Raum, Körper, Gegenstand XIII, 2021, Shaft made of pressboard, MDF, foam, carpet, plexiglass bonnet, bulbs, black silicone, approx. 140 x 200 x 400 cm
K.R.H. Sonderborg, Pulver in der Hand, Blut an der Wand, 1983, Ink/paper, 88 x 115 cm (Framing by Dargelos Kersten)

K.R.H. Sonderborg, Pulver in der Hand Blut an der Wand, 1983, Ink/paper, 88 x 115 cm (SOLD)

Dargelos Kersten, Raum, Körper, Gegenstand XIII, 2021, Shaft made of pressboard, MDF, foam, carpet, plexiglass bonnet, bulbs, black silicone, approx. 140 x 200 x 400 cm. (Installation)

Installation View with Friederike Feldmann and László Lakner. Galerie Georg Nothelfer. Photo: Katrin Rother

Friederike Feldmann, PS2, 2011, Pigmented ink on bleached nettle, 170 x 120 cm

László Lakner, Schopenhauer Notizen, 1976, Oil/canvas, 200 x 150 cm

Exhibition View Galerie Georg Nothelfer. Photo: Katrin Rother

Dargelos Kersten, Untitled, 2012-2020, Fine Liner on graph paper, 29,7 x 21 cm

Dargelos Kersten, Untitled, 2012-2020, Fine liner on graph paper, 29,7 x 21 cm

Dargelos Kersten, Untitled, 2012-2020, Pencil on transparent paper, 29,7 x 21 cm

Dargelos Kersten, Untitled, 2012-2020, Fine liner on math paper, 29,7 x 21 cm

Dargelos Kersten, Untitled, Pencil/fine liner/marker pen on graph paper, 2 sheets each 29,7 x 21 cm

Installation View Galerie Georg Nothelfer. Photo: Katrin Rother

Jenny Michel, Hidden Encyclopedia-Interferenz, 2020, Letraset and found objects on various paper, erased book page, 23,5 x 16,5 cm (SOLD)

Jenny Michel, Hidden Encyclopedia-WE, 2020, Letraset and found objects on various paper, erased book page, 23 x 14,8 cm (SOLD)

Exhibition View with Armando Mesías, Renaud Regnery, Dieter Appelt. Galerie Georg Nothelfer. Photo: Katrin Rother

Installation View with Michael Buthe, Armando Mesías, Renaud Regnery. Galerie Georg Nothelfer. Photo: Katrin Rother

Michael Buthe, Untitled, 1967, Mixed Media/collage/paper, 29,5 x 42 cm

Armando Mesías, Señales, 1997-2020, Collage/pencil/parchment paper, 42 x 22 cm

Renauld Regnery, FTPTP #5, 2016, Vintage wallpaper/canvas, 140 x 90 cm

Renauld Regnery, FTPTP #15, 2019, Vintage wallpaper/canvas, 65 x 45 cm

Installation View with Dieter Appelt und Philip Loersch

Philip Loersch, Bewegungsfiguren (nach Andrea Plaschegg), 2016, pencil on paper, 6 parts, 59 x 29,7 cm

Installation View with Annabel Daou und Philip Loersch

Philip Loersch, Lesemöglichkeiten, 2018, pencil, coloured pencil and China ink on paper, 2 parts, 61 x 41,5 cm

Exhibition View Galerie Georg Nothelfer. Photo: Katrin Rother

Nadine Fecht, Ich Ideal, 2018, Pen/thermal paper, 65 x 65 cm

Paula Doepfner, I´d rather have the blues I, 2021, Ink/Gampi paper, 95 x 115 cm

Installation View mit Annabel Daou, Idris Khan, Travis Jeppesen und Tony Just

Annabel Daou, parts of the love letter #3, Ink on mending paper, dimensions variable, Ed. 3/5

Travis Jeppesen, Untitled, 2021, Ink/paper, 21 x 15 cm

Travis Jeppesen, Untitled, 2021, Ink/paper, 15 x 15 cm

Idris Khan, Church Walk Studio 12, Platinum Palladium, 30, 4 x 40,6 cm, Ed. 1/7 + 2AP

Tony Just, All my happiness, 2020, Graphite/paper, 23 x 31 cm (SOLD)

Exhibition View with Emil Schumacher, Jenny Michel, Thomas Scheibitz and Michael Müller. Galerie Georg Nothelfer. Photo: Katrin Rother

Emil Schumacher, Nefas, 1959, Oil/canvas, 65 x 50 cm

Jenny Michel, Fallen Gardens, 2013/2021, Text on Scotch Tape/installation, dimensions variable (here: approx. 470 x Ø 70 cm)

Jenny Michel, Fallen Gardens, 2013/2021, Text on Scotch Tape/Installation, Dimensions variable (here: approx. 470 x Ø 70 cm). Detail

Exhibition View with Rolf Iseli, Tony Just, Robert Motherwell and Fred Thieler. Galerie Georg Nothelfer. Photo: Katrin Rother

Rolf Iseli, Verbrannt, 1989, Gouache/watercolour/charcoal/soil on cardboard, 69,5 x 100 cm

Installation View with Robert Motherwell, Fred Thieler and Richard Serra. Galerie Georg Nothelfer. Photo: Katrin Rother

Robert Motherwell, Untitled, 1970, Testprint/Japan paper, 96,5 x 63,5 cm

Fred Thieler, Dunkel wachsend, 1978/79, Mixed media/canvas, 230 x 145 cm

Richard Serra, Finkl Forge II, 1996, Etching on lanaquarelle paper, 120,3 x 120,3 cm, Ed. 33

Exhibition view Showroom Galerie Georg Nothelfer. Photo: Katrin Rother

Nadine Fecht, Study on "surplus", 2014, found price tags on paper, 106,6 x 77 cm

Thomas Scheibitz, Stilleben, 2020, Oil on printed canvas, 90 x 140 cm

Madeleine Dietz, Vielleicht morgen, 2021, Soil/light, 115 x 315 (500 x 680) cm

Exhibition View with Nadine Fecht, K.O. Goetz und Bernard Piffaretti. Showroom Galerie Georg Nothelfer. Photo: Katrin Rother

K.O. Goetz, Untitled, 1994, Gouache/paper, 19 x 16 cm (SOLD)

Bernard Piffaretti, Inachevé, 2018, Acrylic on canvas, 100 x 100 cm

Curatorial statement by Michael Müller

Exhibition in Cooperation with KUNSTSAELE Berlin, curated by Michael Müller

NO NEGATIV TEST RESULT OR APPOINTMENT NECESSARY!

Opening hours:
Thu-Fri 12 - 20 h
Sat 12 - 18 h
and by appointment

"All I Think About Is You" deals, in an associative way, with the various focal points of Art Informel. Artists such as K.O. Götz, Fred Thieler and Henri Michaux, who were pioneers of of the movement, meet younger contemporary artists such as Mahdad Alizadeh, whose sculptures oscillating between figuration and abstraction are given their own exhibition space. The works on display have in common an intuitive, abstract language of form that questions social norms and paradigms of strict rationality.

For artist and curator Michael Müller, the examination of Art Informel works resembles a private conversation with the author, "which unites thinking and feeling." Influenced by the culture of the postwar years, the artists of Art Informel in the 1940s and 1950s sought abstract forms that allowed for a representation of deep psychological processes. The fact that this kind of pictorial exploration continues to drive art today is demonstrated in the exhibition by recent works by artists such as André Butzer and Bernard Piffaretti.

One emphasis is on the moment when universal archetypes emerge from abstraction. There are the heads that emerge in Emil Schumacher's scratched layers of paint and Arnulf Rainer's etchings, among others; there is the totem that one encounters in Habib Farajabadi's wooden sculpture as well as in the sculpture by the artist duo KAYA made from found objects such as hair and clothing.

Another central motif of the exhibition is writing - a medium that the artists approach on a formal rather than semiotic level. Frustrated by the limits of language, writer and artist Henri Michaux gave expression to his inner world with Tachist ink drawings. His works, which were groundbreaking for Art Informel, enter into a dialogue with artists who play with the affordance of the written word at the limits of legibility. Friederike Feldmann's large-scale curved lines want to be deciphered as writing, although they lack letters; Travis Jeppesen gradually dissolves the elements of the Latin alphabet in his drawings.

The printed word becomes material in the works of artist Jenny Michel. With the help of adhesive strips, she removes letters from encyclopedias, transforms them into sculptures, or interweaves them with other materials in her collages. Floating unsteadily, the lexical definitions are robbed of their authority.

A creative approach to formal norms is found in works such as Dieter Appelt's scores, which defy the strict form of the sheet of music, and Karin Sander's "Mailed Paintings," which reinterpret the bureaucratic act of labelling as a painterly gesture.

At the exhibition's second location, the showroom Galerie Georg Nothelfer in Charlottenburg, Nadine Fecht continues the subversion of classifying materials in an expansive manner with "surplus." Her nexus of price tags picked up in urban space meets a floor installation by Madeleine Dietz, who gives structure to loose soil using a luminous rectangle. With minimal gestures, the artist brings together the highly symbolic substances of earth and light, initiating an exchange about transience and transcendence.

Mahdad Alizadeh, Dieter Appelt, Michael Buthe, André Butzer, Angela de la Cruz, Annabel Daou, Damien Daufresne, Madeleine Dietz, Paula Doepfner, Habib Farajabadi, Nadine Fecht, Friederike Feldmann, K.O. Götz, Gerhard Hoehme, Channa Horwitz, Rolf Iseli, Travis Jeppesen, Tony Just, KAYA (Kerstin Brätsch & Debo Eilers), Dargelos Kersten, Idris Khan, László Lakner, Philip Loersch, Britta Lumer, Walter Menne, Armando Mesías, Henri Michaux, Jenny Michel, Robert Motherwell, Michael Müller, Bernard Piffaretti, Arnulf Rainer, Renaud Regnery, Karin Sander, Thomas Scheibitz, Emil Schumacher, Richard Serra, Walter Stöhrer, Fred Thieler

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