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Mika Karhu

Double Nature – 26.7.–23.8.2025

Welcome to our opening on Friday, 25. July 2025, 7 pm

Artists:

Peter Hock (Berlin) and Mika Karhu (Finland)

Exhibition: 26.07.–23.08.2025

Opening hours: Mit–Sat 3–7 pm

The Compulsion to Name and Art’s Resistance: On the Difficulty of Viewing Peter Hock’s (b. 1962) charcoal drawings

Art challenges us in a way we are not always willing to admit: it forces us to dwell in uncertainty, discomfort, without the protection of conceptual frameworks. This challenge is vividly embodied in Hock’s art, where the experience of viewing his work becomes a site of tension. The viewer wants to name—but cannot. Hock’s pieces offer no clear categories, no space for simple classification or interpretation. They move along the boundary between the recognizable and the unrecognizable, from one form to another, from the natural to the alien. This refusal of unambiguousness is not an obstacle to understanding, but rather its condition: it is precisely the indeterminacy that opens the possibility for a deeper experience.

Our culture is deeply rooted in the power of naming. By naming things, we define them, organize them, give them a manageable form. Naming brings a sense of safety—it is a human way of keeping chaos at bay. But at the same time, naming can also exclude, reduce, and flatten. When art, like Hock’s work, resists naming, it not only irritates the viewer but also reveals something fundamental about ourselves: our desire to control what we do not understand.

This insight into the double nature of naming—as a source of safety and simultaneously a form of limitation—raises a profound philosophical question: to what extent is understanding based on appropriation, and to what extent on the willingness to remain open to what exceeds language? Naming involves power. When we name, we draw a boundary—on this side lies the known and controlled, on the other the foreign, the undefined, perhaps even the threatening. The unnamed is left without a place in our shared system, and for that reason it unsettles us.

An artwork that refuses to be explained challenges this order. It does not provide a ready-made framework of interpretation but forces the viewer to tolerate ambiguity. This kind of ambiguity cannot be resolved by intellectual effort; instead, it must be inhabited. One must look without understanding—listen without immediately translating what is heard into words. This experience can even be therapeutic, as it dismantles the modern mind’s compulsion for control.

Mika Karhu

The world stutters.

It is full of opposing opinions that contradict the facts of the world. Instead of facts, people talk about values and imagine that values themselves become facts if one just wishes, believes, and wants hard enough.

The world stutters.
It cries out for the help of intellect, but that voice is silenced—into the cavities of silence and stupidity, hidden among cobwebs. The hair follicles of foolishness ooze with the defiance of word-bodies resting on beliefs. Beliefs whose destructive energy and burning pain points are stale clichés about politics, race, economy, art, and sexuality.

Double standards build mental architectures through which people navigate their social world. They shape their actions according to habits of prejudice and routine assumptions. So human—and as Nietzsche said, “there is too much human in man.”

What is hypocrisy, where an individual or group publicly presents certain moral values or principles, yet acts in direct contradiction to them? Why does someone preach strict morality, yet behave immorally themselves—or demand behavior from others that they do not follow in politics, religion, or everyday life?

Why do people set public moral standards but follow them only when it benefits or serves their interests? Why do individuals feel pressure to conform to certain moral norms outwardly, even if they don’t personally believe in them or want to follow them?

Why might a person be unaware of their own contradictory behavior, or try to justify it to themselves through various rationalizations? Why are certain moral values so deeply embedded in communities or cultures that they are maintained externally, even if individuals do not find them personally meaningful?

Why is hypocrisy used as a means to maintain power or control over others, even though such behavior ultimately serves only self-interest?
And why does hypocrisy erode trust and credibility, causing conflict and distrust between individuals and groups?

No wonder the world stutters.

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Galerie/Projektraum TOOLBOX
Koloniestraße 120
13359 Berlin-Wedding
U-Bahn Osloer Straße

An Feiertagen ist die Toolbox geschlossen
On Bank holidays Toolbox is closed

Poster

DEATH – Richard Najorka 24.01. – 21.02.2025

Warm invitation to the opening of DEATH by Richard Najorka on Friday, January 24th 2025, 18:00–21:00

In DEATH, objects related to death, mourning, and remembering are being called into question regarding their materiality as well as their spatial and social contexts. DEATH is Richard Najorka’s first solo show. He studied at Städelschule in Frankfurt am Main and lives in Berlin.

Open by appointment until February 21st, please contact: richardnajorka@outlook.de

Open on Kolonie Wedding weekend:
Friday, January 31: 19:00–21:00
Sunday, February 02: 14:00–17:00


German

Herzliche Einladung zur Eröffnung der Ausstellung DEATH von Richard Najorka am Freitag, 24 Januar 2025, 18:00–21:00

In DEATH werden Objekte, die im Zusammenhang mit Tod, Trauer und Erinnerung stehen, in ihrer Materialität sowie in ihrer räumlichen und sozialen Einordnung hinterfragt. DEATH ist Richard Najorkas erste Einzelausstellung. Er hat an der Städelschule in Frankfurt am Main studiert und lebt in Berlin.

Geöffnet nach Vereinbarung bis 21. Februar, bitte kontaktieren Sie: richardnajorka@outlook.de

Öffnungszeiten am Kolonie Wedding Wochenende:
Freitag, 31. Januar: 19:00–21:00
Sonntag, 02. Februar: 14:00–17:00


Galerie/Projektraum TOOLBOX
Koloniestraße 120
13359 Berlin-Wedding
U-Bahn Osloerstraße

An Feiertagen ist die Toolbox geschlossen
On Bank holidays Toolbox is closed

Exhibition view

Possessed – Simo Ripatti | Patrick Huber 28.7.–24.8.2024

Simo Ripatti (Fi) and Patrick Huber (Berlin) in Toolbox.

Opening: 26. 7. 2024, 7pm, you#re welcome!

Exhibition 28.7.–24.8.2024

Simo Ripatti
Possessed, 2023
Videoinstallation

The work describes observation based on memory and how continuous observation of new things affects the memory image reliability. The starting point is my thoughts on the contingencies of existence and events and how they meet one’s own understanding and thereby form a point of view. Formed through this the point of view also determines how the memory is colored and how long you can consider the memory reliable.
Perception is the basis for connecting to reality, but only comparing to memory, memory and perception questioning and conscious thinking form a reliable experience. In my opinion, it is in many ways the characteristic that defines the experience of this work.

Patrick Huber

Drawings and Objects

Patrick Huber: Füßeln – from the series “Techtelmechtel”wood, wax, approx 100 x 40 cm

Opening hours: Wed–Sat 3–7 pm

Galerie/Projektraum TOOLBOX
Koloniestraße 120
13359 Berlin-Wedding
U-Bahn Osloerstraße

An Feiertagen ist die Toolbox geschlossen
On Bank holidays Toolbox is closed

Yö Galerie Helsinki

Yö in Berlin 1.-22.6.2024

You are warmly welcome to our opening of Yö in BERLIN on Friday, 31 May 2024, 6–10pm.

address:
Galerie/Projektraum TOOLBOX, Koloniestraße 120,
13359 Berlin-Wedding, U-Bahn Osloerstraße

Yö ry Artists’ Association is an advocacy organization for professional artists from various
fields, primarily operating in Helsinki. YÖ in BERLIN is a group exhibition organized by Yö
ry, featuring works by its member artists. Yö has over 300 member artists and a gallery in
Helsinki on Lönnrotinkatu. The space is free for all exhibiting artists, not just members of the
association. At the core of Yö is its members’ desire to act. Yö ry is not merely an artist-run
gallery but a coalition of proactive and enthusiastic professionals from various fields. Yö is a
movement and community, whose large membership enables even the most ambitious initia-
tives to be realized.

YÖ IN BERLIN is the first exhibition exchange between Yö ry and Galerie Toolbox. The exhi-
bition is curated by Toolbox’s founding members together with Yö ry members Mia Makela
and Henriikka Pöllänen.

Yö’s exhibition at Galerie Toolbox includes video art, visual art, and a portfolio showcase,
where you can browse the works of Yö’s member artists on a screen. The video works and
portfolios were selected through an open call.

All the videos have been produced during 2020´s. The video works have been curated into 3
different screening programs. Remnants of the Wild presents videos exploring our partner-
ships to non-human world from Earth Forces, Mia Makela and Lau Rämö. Tapestry of Time
contains video works unraveling the echoes of past in the present time from Johanna Väisä-
nen, Hanna Råst, Joonas Jokiranta and Airbakers (Toivola & Wager).
Close Encounters presents a collection of videos focused on exploring intimacy through per-
formance art from Juhani Koivumäki, Kainulainen&Latva, Mari Hokkanen, Eoin O`Dowd,
To Kosie, Henttu&Nummi&Kin and Ginko Hsu.

The paintings and sculptures in the exhibition bring forth the diversity of materials. Isabel
Pathirane’s paintings are bound together by the strong use of color and expressiveness. Tuo-
mas Holst blurs the lines between painting and sculpture with works that are made from re-
cycled materials. Krista Blomqvist’s series “Creatures of the Night” consists of paintings on
copper, which evolve over time as the copper itself changes. The glass sculptures of Henriik-
ka Pöllänen and Kimmo Reinikka bring out different dimensions of glass as material.

Curatorial team consisted of Toolbox founding members Maija Helasvuo and Niina Räty in
collaboration with Yö Association board members Mia Mäkelä and Henriikka Pöllänen.

Opening program includes a performance from Tapani Pirog and an opening talk by Yö cura-
torial team. Some of the artists will be present. Artist meetings on Saturday 1. 6 from 16 until
20 at the gallery.

Tapani Pirog is a Helsinki-based ultramodernist and post-expressionist.

https://www.instagram.com/aetherblau/

www.pirog.fi

More information on the schedule will be available later on Yö’s and Toolbox’s websites.

https://www.yory.fi/fi/etusivu

Artwork: Johanna Väisänen


Galerie/Projektraum TOOLBOX
Koloniestraße 120
13359 Berlin-Wedding
U-Bahn Osloerstraße

An Feiertagen ist die Toolbox geschlossen
On Bank holidays Toolbox is closed

Joakim Sederholm 30.3.–20.4.2024

Joachim Sederholm

We cordially invite you to the opening
 with works by Joakim Sederholm and Anton Laiko on Friday, 29 March 2024 from 7 pm.

I have always tried to express humanity with my work. I have expressed what it meens to be a fragile human being. I hope my art would increase tolerance and understanding between people. Often my work take the shape of a man or woman and sometimes a dog.
I mostly use wood as material.

Joakim Sederholm

Artwork. Sorrow, 2023, 21 x 21 x 83 cm, painted wood

Toolbox Kabinett: Anton Laiko

Galerie/Projektraum TOOLBOX
Koloniestraße 120
13359 Berlin-Wedding
U-Bahn Osloerstraße

An Feiertagen ist die Toolbox geschlossen
On Bank holidays Toolbox is closed

Contact | 25.8.–23.9.2023

Niina Räty (painting and drawing), Maija Helasvuo (wood sculptures)

Opening: Fri 25 August 2023, 7pm

25.8.-23.9.2023
Opening hours: Wed-Sat 3pm-7pm

Closed on bank holidays


Maija Helasvuo

My sculptures shown in the exhibition were created in memory of my deceased relatives.
In the old Finnish belief, the bird acts as a messenger between the living and the dead. So the connection to the afterlife is always there.

Maija helasvuo: From Spring to Autumn

Maija Helasvuo: From Spring to Autum, 2021, Photo: Jussi Tiainen


Niina Räty

I have a dog who brings joy and structure to my life. She trusts me, eagerly keeps me company, and makes ordinary days more meaningful. She is considered my property. Animals are traded, they are milked, sheared and slaughtered, they are made to carry and compete. Is it even possible to build a relationship with an animal without seeking benefits?

To milk, 2022, oil, pastel on canvas, Niina Räty

Niina Räty: To Milk, 2022, oil, pastel on canvas


Toolbox Cabinet
In the cabinet, two music archaeologists will introduce themselves.
One from Finland and one from Berlin:
Dr. Arnd Adje Both
Dr. Riitta Rainio
An archaeomusicological installation consisting of a virtual reality video and ceramic sculptures of instrumentalists will be presented.

The virtual reality videos bring to life the soundscape at the rock painting site of Siliävuori, Finland, about 5,000 years ago. The painted rock cliff rising directly from the lake responds to drumming and singing with echoes. Rock painting sites with images of animals, humans, boats and even drummers are believed to have been ritual sites for prehistoric hunter-fisher-gatherers.
The virtual reality reconstruction of Silävuori was made in collaboration between archaeologists, musicologists and cognitive scientists from the University of Helsinki, using terrestrial and aerial laser scans, spherical photography, spatial impulse response recordings, studio recordings and convolution. The work was part of Dr. Riitta Rainio’s project ”Acoustics and auditory culture at hunter-gatherer rock art sites in Northern Europe, Siberia and North America” funded by the Academy of Finland (2018–2023).

Photo_Riitta Rainio

 

 

 

 


Dr. Arnd Adje Both

The work’s I’m presenting here are related to a theme of mine, the invisibility of sounds and their momentary condition in time and place.


German:

Niina Räty (Malerei und Zeichnung), Maija Helasvuo (Holzskulpturen)

25.8.–23.9.2023

Öffnungszeiten: Mi–Sa 15-19 Uhr

An Feiertagen geschlossen


Maija Helasvuo

Meine in der Ausstellung gezeigten Skulpturen sind im Gedenken an meine verstorbenen Verwandten entstanden.
Im alten finnischen Glauben fungiert der Vogel als Bote zwischen den Lebenden und den Toten. Die Verbindung zum Jenseits besteht also immer.


Niina Räty

Ich habe einen Hund, der Freude und Struktur in mein Leben bringt. Sie vertraut mir, leistet mir eifrig Gesellschaft und macht gewöhnliche Tage sinnvoller. Sie wird als mein Eigentum betrachtet. Tiere werden gehandelt, sie werden gemolken, geschoren und geschlachtet, sie werden zum Tragen und zum Wettbewerb gezwungen. Ist es überhaupt möglich, eine Beziehung zu einem Tier aufzubauen, ohne Vorteile zu suchen?


Toolbox Kabinett

Im Kabinett werden sich zwei Musikarchäologen vorstellen.
Einer aus Finnland und einer aus Berlin:
Dr. Arnd Adje Beide
Dr. Riitta Rainio
Präsentiert wird eine archäomusikologische Installation bestehend aus einem Virtual-Reality-Video und Keramikskulpturen von Instrumentalisten.

Die Virtual-Reality-Videos erwecken die Geräuschkulisse an der Felsmalereistätte von Siliävuori, Finnland, vor etwa 5.000 Jahren zum Leben. Die bemalte Felswand, die sich direkt aus dem See erhebt, antwortet auf Trommeln und Gesang mit Echos. Es wird angenommen, dass die Felsmalereien mit Abbildungen von Tieren, Menschen, Booten und sogar Trommlern Ritualplätze für prähistorische Jäger, Fischer und Sammler waren.
Die Virtual-Reality-Rekonstruktion von Silävuori wurde in Zusammenarbeit von Archäologen, Musikwissenschaftlern und Kognitionswissenschaftlern der Universität Helsinki unter Verwendung von terrestrischen und Luft-Laserscans, sphärischen Fotografien, räumlichen Impulsantworten, Studioaufnahmen und anderen Techniken erstellt. Die Arbeit war Teil von Dr. Riitta Rainios Projekt “Acoustics and auditory culture at hunter-gatherer rock art sites in Northern Europe, Siberia and North America”, das von der Academy of Finland (2018-2023) finanziert wird.


Dr. Arnd Adje Both

Die von mir hier präsentierten Arbeiten beziehen sich auf eins meiner Themen, die Unsichtbarkeit von Klängen und ihr momentanenrZustand in Zeit und Raum.


Galerie/Projektraum TOOLBOX
Koloniestraße 120
13359 Berlin-Wedding
U-Bahn Osloerstraße

Wed– Sat 3–7pm
An Feiertagen ist die Toolbox geschlossen
On Bank holidays Toolbox is closed

Uwe Sennert

Reise in die Sennestadt |
25.02.–19-03.2022

Exhibition with works by

Sennf Sennert Installation, drawing

Toolbox Kabinett: Eike Laeuen 

Eike Laeuen-Marine

Eike Laeuen,
Marine, 2020, 34,5 X 29 cm

Vernissage: 25 February 2022, 7pm

25.02.–19.03.2022
Opening Times: Fr–Sa 15-19 h

An Feiertagen ist die Toolbox geschlossen
On Bank holidays Toolbox is closed

Artwork top: Sennf Sennert, Die Gedankenform [The Shape of Thinking], mixed media, 2020

Jukka Suhonen

Introspection | 25.09.–23.10.2021

Exhibition with works by the finnish artists
Jukka Suhonen (paintings) | Harri Turunen (sculptures)

Vernissage: 24 September 2021, 7pm

25.09.–23.10.2021
Opening Times: Mi–Sa 15-19 h

An Feiertagen ist die Toolbox geschlossen
On Bank holidays Toolbox is closed


Jukka Suhonen

I was born in 1963 in Joensuu, Finland, where I live and work to this day.
I studied arts for three years (1985- 1988) at Kankaanpää art school. I am a member of Finnish painters association, and also a member of Joensuu art association.
My works are in Finland state collection, city of Joensuu collection and health care district of Joensuu area. Also, they can be found in many private collections.
Art exhibition activities: 28 solo exhibitions, 54 group exhibitions and 12 Finland state art group exhibitions.
During my artistic career I have used many kind of painting methods. I’ve painted with oil colors, water soluable aquarelles, acrylic paints, and also drawings liquid inks in many colors.
Nowadays I am using acrylic paint on canvas and drawing black ink pens on paper.

I paint figurative works. Often on my canvases you can see only one or few body details: one leg, legs, head, or many heads and so on… I use also hints of other living creatures, like animals, or pieces of built environment by humans.

Maybe I want to describe tensions between individuals, temporal nature of life and also how fragile it is in many ways. Maybe there are also thoughts about hatred, love, and absolute evil which surround us sometimes.

Artwork: Jukka Suhonen, The King is Dead

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Harri Turunen

I am Harri Turunen, a sculptor from North Karelia.
Herbarium is a collection of plant samples.
The samples may be whole plants or parts thereof and they may be stored dried and pressed.
The material of the flora is painted iron wire. The significance of nature and human diversity is present (in the work). On a larger scale, the lack of intra-species diversity is a threat.

Maija Helasvuo

Sculptures | 29.02.–21.03.2020

Maija Helasvuo


Toolbox Kabinett:

Susanne Ring, Berlin »mein Hund bellt Farben«
https://www.susannering.net

Susanne Ring


Welcome: Vernissage / Opening: Friday / Freitag  28.012.2020, 7pm

Open on Sunday 01 March, 2020, 2–6pm

Ausstellungsdauer / Exhibition: 29 February – 21 March 2020
Öffnungszeiten / Opening hours: Wed–Sa 3–7pm

An Feiertagen ist die Toolbox geschlossen
On Bank holidays Toolbox is closed


Maija Helasvuo

Artist’s Statement

My sculptures address the experience of life being limited, our dependence on our own physical existence and especially on other people.
A human is part of a human community. The fields of our social interactions largely define the framework of our actions. Even our separation and isolation always stand in relation to others. Our ability to be intimate is the starting point of our existence. Our ability to take care carries us from one generation to another. Independence is inevitable, yet even our independence stands in relation to others, our diverse communities.
As neither the fields of interaction surrounding us nor our relations to others can be physically touched by the hand, we need sculptures to concretize these abstract experiences. In my view and experience, a sculpture still is a functioning means of symbolic thinking for human communities. In practice, this has already been the case since early cult objects.
Creating a sculpture is slow, at least for me. My themes develop slowly, if at all.
My topics of limitations and dependence on others intertwine and reveal themselves repeatedly. The material’s resistance is important to me. The physicality of creating a work is often enjoyable. The slowness in working with the material and the physical effort create time for thinking and for the opportunity to calmly solve sculptural problems.
I tend to get the impression that the slowness in making a sculpture does not prevent, but in fact assists the sculpture opening up to its viewer as an abrupt experience, even resembling a physical shock.
The viewer is important to me. The sculpture is a means to communicate with and within the community.

Maija Helasvuo
Sculptor, MFA

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Meine Skulpturen thematisieren das Erlebnis der Begrenztheit des Lebens, unsere Abhängigkeit von der eigenen physischen Existenz und insbesondere von anderen Menschen.
Ein Mensch ist Teil menschlicher Gemeinschaft. Unsere sozialen Interaktionsfelder bestimmen zu großen Teilen die Rahmenbedingungen unseres Handelns. Sogar unsere Abgrenzung und Isolation stehen immer in Beziehung zu anderen. Unsere Fähigkeit zu Intimität ist der Ausgangspunkt unserer Existenz. Unsere Fähigkeit sich um andere zu sorgen trägt uns von Generation zu Generation. Selbstständigkeit ist unabdingbar, und doch steht auch sie in Beziehung zu anderen, zu unseren vielfältigen Gemeinschaften.
Da wir weder die uns umgebenden Interaktionsfelder noch unsere Beziehungen zu anderen mit den Händen greifen können, brauchen wir Skulpturen als eine Konkretisierung unserer abstrakten Erlebnisse. Ich fühle und sehe Skulpturen weiterhin als funktionierendes Mittel des symbolischen Denkens menschlicher Gemeinschaften. Tatsächlich gilt dies bereits seit frühzeitlichen Kultobjekten.
Die Anfertigung einer Skulptur ist langsam, zumindest für mich. Meine Motive entwickeln sich langsam, wenn überhaupt.
Meine Themen von Begrenztheit und (die) Abhängigkeit von anderen, verflechten sich und erscheinen wiederholt. Der Widerstand des Materials ist wichtig für mich. Oft genieße ich das physische Erstellen des Werkes. Die Langsamkeit beim Bearbeiten des Materials und die physische Anstrengung schaffen Zeit, um nachzudenken und bildhauerische Probleme in Ruhe zu lösen.
Es scheint mir, dass das langsame Erstellen eines Werkes es keinesfalls hindert, sondern fördert, dass ein Werk sich den Betrachtenden öffnet als eine abrupte Erfahrung, welche sogar einem physischen Schock ähneln kann.
Die Zuschauer sind mir wichtig. Eine Skulptur ist ein Mittel, um mit und in einer Gemeinschaft zu kommunizieren.

Maija Helasvuo
Bildhauerin, MFA
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Veistokseni käsittelevät elämän rajallisuuden kokemusta, riippuvuuttamme omasta fyysisestä olemassaolostamme ja erityisesti muista ihmisistä.
Ihminen on ihmisyhteisön osa. Sosiaaliset vuorovaikutuskenttämme pitkälti määrittelevät toimintamme puitteet. Myös erillisyytemme ja eristyneisyytemme on aina suhteessa muihin. Kykymme läheisyyteen on olemassaolomme lähtökohta. Kykymme hoivata, kantaa meitä sukupolvelta toiselle. Itsenäisyys on välttämätöntä, mutta itsenäisyytemmekin on suhteessa muihin, moninaisiin yhteisöihimme.
Koska emme voi käsin koskea meitä ympäröiviä vuorovaikutuskenttiä tai suhdettamme muihin, tarvitsemme veistosta konkretisoimaan abstraktit kokemuksemme. Koen ja näen veistoksen olevan edelleen ihmisyhteisölle toimiva symbolisen ajattelun väline. Käytännössähän näin on ollut jo varhaisista kulttiesineistä alkaen.
Veistoksen tekeminen on hidasta, ainakin minulle. Teemani kehittyvät hitaasti, jos ollenkaan.
Aiheeni, rajallisuus ja riippuvuus muista, kietoutuvat ja paljastuvat yhä uudelleen. Materiaalin vastus on minulle tärkeää. Teoksen tekemisen fyysisyys on usein hauskaa. Materiaalin työstämisen hitaus ja fyysinen ponnistelu luovat aikaa ajattelulle ja mahdollisuudelle ratkaista rauhassa veistoksellisia ongelmia.
Olen ollut huomaavinani, että teoksen tekemisen hitaus ei estä, pikemminkin edesauttaa veistoksen avautumista katsojalleen äkillisenä, jopa fyysisen shokin omaisena kokemuksena.
Katsoja on minulle tärkeä. Veistos on väline kommunikoida yhteisön kanssa ja sen sisällä.

Maija Helasvuo
Kuvanveistäjä, KuM

Nora Tapper

Ember | 26.10.–23.11.2019

Nora Tapper, Finnland

Sculpture Exhibition


Toolbox Kabinett:

Catherine Lorent, Berlin


Welcome: Vernissage / Opening: Friday / Freitag  25.10.2019, 7pm |

Finissage: Fr. 15.11.2019, 7pm

 

Gitarrung und Axt/ Guitaring and Axe
Tom Früchtl (Electric Guitar)
Catherine Lorent (Electric Guitar, Axe)

 

 

 

 

 


Open on Sunday 27 October, 2019, 2–6pm |

Ausstellungsdauer / Exhibition open: 26 October–23 November 2019 |
Öffnungszeiten / Opening hours: Wed–Sa 3–7pm |

An Feiertagen ist die Toolbox geschlossen
On Bank holidays Toolbox is closed


Nora Tapper

Ember

Ember is a group of huge empty black sacks sewed by hand from tarpaper and paper string. To me these sacks are enormous coal embers that glow in the dark and cold evening. The idea for sacks came from a task of making a work that would illustrate the amount of carbon dioxide produced each year by a Finnish family of four. I thought barbecue parties and the sacks full off black dusty coal. I recall the fire place where the last glow fades away.


Catherine Lorent

CALL OF THE WILD

Catherine-LLorent-bell

Catherine Lorent, Bell, 21×29,7 cm, mixed media

Catherine Lorent (* 1977 in Munich) studied painting at the Staatliche Akademie  der Bildenden Künste Karlsruhe from 1998 to 2003, as well as history and art history at the Sorbonne in Paris and at the Universities of Heidelberg and Luxembourg. In 2012 she received her doctorate in art history. In 2013, CATHERINE LORENT represented LUXEMBOURG at the Venice Biennale with the project “RELEGATION”.

The artist lives and works in Berlin in painting, drawing and installation. Furthermore she has been experimenting for several years as a multiinstrumentalist with electric guitar, bass, piano, drums, voice and pursues her music project Gran Horno.

Catherine Lorent has already exhibited in Germany, France, the Netherlands, Switzerland, the United States, Austria and Luxembourg, was nominated for the “Prix Robert Schuman” in Luxembourg in 2011, received the “Prix révélation 2011” and is considered one of the most important talents in Luxembourg.