Shadow | Ombre | Schatten | Skuggar

 

21. – 30. May 2010

 

Luka Fineisen // Tom Früchtl // Elias Hassos // Stefan Lenhart // Christoph Lohmann // Thomas Thiede // Hannes Malte Mahler // Daniel Schürer // Hlynur Hallsson // Thomas Cena // Jürgen Witte // Simon Frisch // Alexander Steig

 

Konschthaus beim Engel, rue de la Loge 1, L-1945 Luxembourg, T. [phone], www.mcesr.public.lu

 

An exhibition-project in collaboration with: collaboration_3, feinkunstraum, Süddeutscher Kunstverein, KUNSTRAUM WOHNRAUM, Kunstverein VIA113 and MakeSomeSpace www.make-some-space.de

 

 

Opening: 20. May, 7 pm

Friday, 21. May, 7 pm: BAR and LECTURE "Leuchtende Schatten/ ombres lumineuses - Shadow in the Movies", lecture in German by Dr. Simon Frisch, Bremen (D)

Friday 28. May, 7 pm: Monastère Schuerer avec le soutien de la Représentation pérmanente Bonn - Chapelle et Bar

Saturday 22 and 29. May, 7 pm: BAR
Sunday 23. and 30. May, 10:30 am: BREAKFAST

Opening hours: Tue – Sun 10 am – 12 noon, 1 – 7 pm, closed on mondays

Konschthaus beim Engel, rue de la Loge 1, L-1945 Luxembourg, T. [phone], www.mcesr.public.lu

 

Shade had accompanied and pursued mankind since the beginning – as an intimate and fatal companion. The cultural history of shade and the history of the civilization of mankind are inseparable. The mythical interpretation of the phases of the moon has fallen prey to the knowledge of the constellation of the heavenly bodies. Nevertheless, the interplay between the lightening and darkening of the earth’s satellite remains a eternal, attractive performance, like the sunset which celebrates the approaching darkness.

Light and shade are great antagonists. Numerous are the pictures and concepts relating to shadow, numerous too are the artistically, academically and religiously motivated approaches and appropriations. People always try to express, physically and metaphorically, to describe the world -- or to transfigure it. In doing so, shade suffers from a lesser appreciation than the light which brings it into relief. The most significant interpretation of this subordinate position must have reached its first apogee in Plato's cave simile, and further manifested itself in C. G. Jung's analytic psychology -- in which shade is one of the archetypes. The ambivalence of shade passes from the fear-precipitating analysis of a X-ray up to the protection sought against the torrid sun.

The (visual) person needs, looks and produces shade. The arts, like painting, graphics, stage, film, photo, to name a few. are at first glance, technically, shadow disciplines. The visual adaptation of these concepts is a celebration of the shade.

The SHADOW project presents 13 artistic attempts by people who seek involvement in the different levels of interpretation of the subject; dedicating themselves to the qualities, conditions and manifestations of this common phenomenon.

 

 

MakeSomeSpace

Office:

23, rue de Nassau
L-2213 Luxembourg
T. [phone]
M. [phone]