Group show
Linie Line Linea: Contemporary Drawing
curated by Volker Adolphs, organised and toured by Institut für Auslandsbeziehungen (ifa)
25 February – 24 April 2016
Drawing, despite changing technologies, remains central to the creative process, as a means to describe and think our world; it is a basic form of human expression capable of communicating across all kinds of cultural borders.
This exhibition brought together 20 contemporary artists living and working in Germany today, who all place drawing at the centre of their practices, to canvass a wide range of approaches to the medium. Curated by Volker Adolphs, Head of Exhibitions and Curator of Modern Art at Kunstmuseum Bonn, this was the exhibition’s only showing in New Zealand.
Artists in the exhibition are: Irina Baschlakow, Marc Brandenburg, Monika Brandmeier, Fernando Bryce, Marcel van Eeden, Gerhard Faulhaber, Katharina Hinsberg, Pauline Kraneis, Pia Linz, Christiane Löhr, Theresa Lükenwerk, Nanne Meyer, Thomas Müller, Christian Pilz, Alexander Roob, Malte Spohr, German Stegmaier, Markus Vater, Jorinde Voigt and Ralf Ziervogel.
The public programme featured lectures by Volker Adolphs and one of the artists in the exhibition, Marc Brandenburg, who conducted a workshop showcasing his approach to drawing that responds to the urban environments in which he finds himself. The visit of Adolphs and Brandenburg was supported by Goethe-Institut, Wellington.
This exhibition was staged concurrently with Matthew Barney: Drawing Restraint.
Marc Brandenburg, Untitled, 2006, collage on honeycomb paper, two parts, 2387 x 2365 x 20mm
Pia Linz, Gehäusegravur: Atelier (Box Engraving: Studio), 2002-3, engraving on acrylic glass, tinted with intaglio ink, 875 x 960 x 1230mm
Thomas Müller, Untitled, 2008, ballpoint pen on paper, 297 x 210mm
Pauline Kraneis, Ghashgai, 2005, pencil on paper, 1730 x 3100mm
Christian Pilz, Untitled, 2006, pencil on paper, 594 x 841mm
Markus Vater, Heart with Picnic Table, 2008, feltpen on paper, 594 x 420mm
Installation view, Linie Line Linea: Contemporary Drawing, Adam Art Gallery Te Pātaka Toi, Victoria University of Wellington, 2016. Photo: Shaun Waugh
Katharina Hinsberg, Nulla dies sine linea #3, 2001, Isograph on paper, stacked, 932 single sheets. Installation view, Linie Line Linea: Contemporary Drawing, Adam Art Gallery Te Pātaka Toi, Victoria University of Wellington, 2016. Photo: Shaun Waugh
Pia Linz, Gehäusegravur: Atelier (Box Engraving: Studio), 2002/2003, Engraving on acrylic glass, tinted with intaglio ink. Installation view, Linie Line Linea: Contemporary Drawing, Adam Art Gallery Te Pātaka Toi, Victoria University of Wellington, 2016. Photo: Shaun Waugh
Installation view, Linie Line Linea: Contemporary Drawing, Adam Art Gallery Te Pātaka Toi, Victoria University of Wellington, 2016. Photo: Shaun Waugh
Installation view, Linie Line Linea: Contemporary Drawing, Adam Art Gallery Te Pātaka Toi, Victoria University of Wellington, 2016. Photo: Shaun Waugh
Installation view, Linie Line Linea: Contemporary Drawing, Adam Art Gallery Te Pātaka Toi, Victoria University of Wellington, 2016. Photo: Shaun Waugh
Installation view, Linie Line Linea: Contemporary Drawing, Adam Art Gallery Te Pātaka Toi, Victoria University of Wellington, 2016. Photo: Shaun Waugh
Poster for Linie Line Linea: Contemporary Drawing at the Adam Art Gallery Te Pātaka Toi, Victoria University of Wellington