ANDREAS MEICHSNER
THE BEAUTY OF
SERIOUS WORK
19 January – 1 March 2014
Monday and Wednesday
5 pm – 7 pm on appointment
The exhibition
ANDREAS MEICHSNER
THE BEAUTY OF SERIOUS WORK
19 January – 1 March 2014
Can work be beautiful? Is it allowed to be beautiful? Does this even count as work? We see a man pulling a colourful parasol with a rope. Three middle-aged men are bouncing on a settee. A woman is using a pen to draw grid patterns on sliced toast. All three are pursuing their activities with concentration and diligence. They are unsmiling, as what they are doing is evidently no game. But what is this all about?
In his latest series The Beauty of Serious Work, Andreas Meichsner presents freeze frames from a test laboratory whilst displaying an eye for the extraordinary within the ordinary, for the bizarre of his production. At a location where people apply themselves – tenaciously, earnestly and with great imagination – to making our lives safer and simpler. The results are profound picture puzzles from the world of the objects that surround us.
Exhibition opening
Saturday, 18 January 2014 at 5 pm
bildkultur | galerie, Markelstr. 19, 70193 Stuttgart
Introduction
Dr. Matthias Bullinger | bildkultur Stuttgart
The exhibition is on view
from Sunday 19 January – Saturday 1 March 2014
Gallery
hours
Monday and Wednesday
5 pm – 7 pm on appointment