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Contemporary Art Gallery Vancouver

Jürgen Partenheimer
The Archive - The Raven Diaries
 
Contemporary Art Gallery
555 Nelson Street, Vancouver, BC
 
Exhibition Dates: September 12 to November 9, 2014
Opening reception: Thursday, September 11, 7-10pm
 

Jürgen Partenheimer, studio of the artist, Vancouver, 2014.
Courtesy of the artist. Photograph David Simmonds.
 
The Contemporary Art Gallery presents the first solo exhibition in Canada of work by acclaimed German artist Jürgen Partenheimer. Reflecting the diversity of the artist’s practice, the exhibition comprises works on paper, text, printmaking, ceramics and sculpture, much of it produced in Vancouver in spring 2014 during his recent residency as the Audain Distinguished Artist-in-Residence, hosted by Emily Carr University of Art + Design.
 
Partenheimer’s work is essentially abstract; his drawings and paintings, caught seemingly on the verge of dissolution, are remarkable for their fragile beauty, whilst sculpture and ceramic work, suggesting some usefulness, remain elusive with respect to any specific function. Drawing is used as a means to suggest new pictorial space, linking our experience of place through mapping and gesture, through mark-making, asserting continuity between these forms and an experience of daily life.
 

Jürgen Partenheimer, 'The Raven Diaries #28 (adumbration)', 2014.
Ink, pencil, watercolour on paper.
Courtesy Häusler Contemporary Munich/Zürich.
 
The conceptual framework for the exhibition is “The archive“ as the artist’s physical and mental “storage“, uniting the remembered and the present, as well as individual and cultural memory. In Vancouver, the exhibition has a subtitle, The Raven Diaries, referencing the symbol and characteristics of the Raven to west coast First Nations culture, while simultaneously drawing analogies to similar figures in cultural myths elsewhere in the world, and especially to the role of the artist as trickster, representative of a catalyst for change in life, for wisdom, creativity and humour.
 
Alongside the exhibition at the Contemporary Art Gallery, we have worked in partnership with the Museum of Anthropology, Vancouver. In their Koerner European Ceramics Gallery, we present two recent works by Partenheimer, these porcelain vessels part of an extensive series of forms made in 2011-12 at the Porzellan Manufaktur Nymphenberg, Munich, Germany. Seen here juxtaposed with objects from the same manufacture but of a different time, they provide a counterpoint to the historical collections, connecting us back to a space of the imagination through the perception of the world of things.
 

Jürgen Partenheimer, Kalliope II, #7; Kalliope III ,#5, #6, 2012.
Handpainted and glazed porcelain vessels.
Private collection Munich; Nymphenburg Porcelain Manufacture, Munich.
 
The exhibition forms an institutional partnership showing various aspects of Partenheimer’s work between the Pinakothek der Moderne in Munich, the Falckenberg Collection, Deichtorhallen Hamburg, the Gemeentemuseum Den Haag and the Contemporary Art Gallery in Vancouver.
 
The accompanying book The Archive contains a series of commissioned essays where philosophers, historians, artist’s, physicists and poets reflect on the multi-faceted nature of Partenheimer’s work. The publication The Archive is available for sale in the CAG bookshop or online at www.contemporaryartgallery.ca for the special exhibition price of $50.
 

Jürgen Partenheimer, 'Das Archiv The Archive', 2014.
Contemporary Art Gallery, Vancouver; Pinakothek der Moderne, Munich; Gemeentemuseum.
The Hague and Falckenberg Collection, Hamburg. Published by DISTANZ.
 
The exhibition is generously supported by Jane Irwin and Ross Hill. We gratefully acknowledge the support of the Consulate General of the Federal Republic of Germany, Vancouver. With assistance from Niki Design and Glass Studio Inc., North Vancouver.
 
BIO
Jürgen Partenheimer (1947, born in Munich, Germany) participated in the XI Paris Biennial, XVI Biennial in São Paulo and XLII Venice Biennial, leading to the inclusion in exhibitions among others at The Museum of Modern Art, New York; the National Gallery Washington; the San Francisco Museum of Modern Art; The Singapore Art Museum; Gulbenkian Foundation, Lisbon; Fondacion Miró, Barcelona; the Museum of Contemporary Art in Madrid; Museum Ludwig, Cologne and the National Gallery of Art in Berlin.
 
In 2000 Partenheimer was the first contemporary German artist to whom the China National Gallery of Art in Beijing and the Nanjing Museum in Nanjing dedicated a comprehensive retrospective of his work. Important one person exhibitions include the Stedelijk Museum, Amsterdam; Gemeentemuseum, The Hague; S.M.A.K. Ghent; IVAM, Valencia; CGAC -Centro Galego de Arte Contemporànea, Santiago de Compostela, Spain; Nationalgalerie Berlin; Kunstmuseum Bonn; Staatliche Kunsthalle Karlsruhe; Staedelsches Kunstinstitut Frankfurt; Pinacoteca do Estado, São Paulo and Ikon Gallery, Birmingham.
 

Jürgen Partenheimer, Studio of the artist, Vancouver. 'The Raven Diaries #13 and #15 (setting down the den)', 2014.
Ink, pencil, watercolor on paper.
Courtesy Häusler Contemporary Munich/Zürich.
Photograph by David Simmonds.
 
About the Contemporary Art Gallery
Established in 1971 the Contemporary Art Gallery is the longest standing free public art gallery in Vancouver dedicated exclusively to presenting contemporary art. By the early 1990s the programme expanded providing some of the first institutional exhibitions for many important Vancouver artists, including Brian Jungen, Germaine Koh and Steven Shearer. The Contemporary Art Gallery is a publicly funded institution, generously supported by the Canada Council for the Arts, the City of Vancouver and the Province of BC through the BC Arts Council and the BC Gaming Policy and Enforcement Branch. We are very grateful for this support and that we receive from the Vancouver Foundation and our members, donors and volunteers.
 
 
Contemporary Art Gallery
555 Nelson Street, Vancouver, BC
Tel: 001 604 681 2700
www.contemporaryartgallery.ca
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LOWER EAST SIDE PRINTSHOP, New York

David Kramer
Mexico, 2012
Screenprint, archival inkjet, and collage
24.25" x 20" image, 30" x 22" sheet
Edition of 14
Master Printer: Erik Hougen
Assisting Printers: James Miller and Kelly Macario
Published by Lower East Side Printshop, Inc.
 
 
EDITIONS '12
Hong Seon Jang, Jennie C. Jones, Darina Karpov, David Kramer, and Enoc Perez
 
May 10 - July 8, 2012
Reception: Thursday, May 10, 6-8 pm
 
Lower East Side Printshop is pleased to announce the Editions ‘12: Exhibition Opening and Catalogue Launch on Thursday, May 10. The exhibition will be on view at the Printshop from May 10 – July 8, 2012.
 
With a catalogue essay by Roberta Waddell, a renowned print expert and former Curator of Prints at the New York Public Library, the catalogue and exhibition feature new works created by recipients of the Printshop’s Special Editions and Publishing Residencies: Hong Seon Jang, Jennie C. Jones, Darina Karpov, David Kramer, and Enoc Perez.
 
The Special Editions Residency provides emerging artists with an opportunity to create a major new body of work in collaboration with Master Printers Erik Hougen and James Miller, fully sponsored by the Printshop. Hong Seon Jang, Jennie C. Jones, Darina Karpov, and David Kramer have all immersed themselves in printmaking for several months, exploring new materials and techniques that have broadened their practice. What followed were outstanding projects of conceptual and technical expertise that showcase the artists’ most ambitious print projects to date.
 
Enoc Perez created the Lever House suite through the Printshop’s exclusive Publishing Residency Program, also working with Dusica Kirjakovic, Erik Hougen, and James Miller. Continuing his exploration of modernist buildings and their architectural allure, both symbolically and aesthetically, Perez has revisited the distinguished New York City Lever House building as subject. Ultimately, these prints offer both a bold point of view and a sense of effortless completion.
 
The Printshop's residency programs offer opportunities to artists of all career stages to use professional facilities and collaborate with talented printers who approach each artist’s vision with great care and skill.
 
About the Artists
 
HONG SEON JANG (b. 1972, Seoul, South Korea; lives and works in Queens, NY) received his MFA from Rochester Institute of Technology and BFA from Dan Kook University. Select exhibitions include Islip Art Museum, East Islip, NY; Smack Mellon, Brooklyn, NY; Dumbo Art Center, Brooklyn, NY; Socrates Sculpture Park, Long Island City, NY; and David B. Smith Gallery, Denver, CO. He has participated in many residency programs and is the recipient of the Urban Artist Initiative Grant.
 
JENNIE C. JONES (b. 1968, Cincinatti, OH; lives and works in Brooklyn, NY) received her MFA from Rutgers, Mason Gross School of the Arts, and BFA from The School of the Art Institute of Chicago. Select exhibitions include Sikkema, Jenkins & Co, New York, NY; The Kitchen, New York, NY; The Studio Museum in Harlem, New York, NY; The Center for Book Arts, New York, NY; Yerba Buena Center for the Arts, San Francisco, CA; Atlanta Contemporary Art Center, GA; and forthcoming exhibitions at The Menil Collection, Houston, Texas and The Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden, Washing, DC. Jones is the recipient of grants from Creative Capital and The Pollock-Krasner Foundation.
 
DARINA KARPOV (b. 1973, St. Petersburg, Russia; lives and works in Brooklyn, NY) received her MFA from Yale University and BFA from Maryland Institute College of Art. Select exhibitions include Hales Gallery, London, England; Irish Museum of Modern Art, Dublin, Ireland; Daniel Weinberg Gallery, Los Angeles, CA; Lehman College Art Gallery, Bronx, NY; and Peter Fingesten Gallery, New York, NY. She is a recipient of The Pollock-Krasner Foundation Grant and is represented by Pierogi Gallery.
 
DAVID KRAMER (b. 1963, New York, NY; lives and works in New York, NY) received his MFA in sculpture from Pratt. His work has been the subject of national and international solo exhibitions including Galerie Laurent Godin in Paris, France; Aeroplastics Contemporary in Brussels, Belgium; Pierogi in Brooklyn, NY; Tom Jankar Gallery in Los Angeles, CA; Pollard + Mulherin Gallery in New York, NY; and Heiner Contemporary in Washington DC. He is the recipient of the New York Foundation for the Arts Grant Fellowship and The Pollock-Krasner Foundation Fellowship.
 
ENOC PEREZ (b. 1967, San Juan, Puerto Rico; lives and works in New York, NY) received his MFA from Hunter College and BFA from Pratt Institute. In 2007 he was the focus of a major survey exhibition at MoCA at Goldman Warehouse, Miami. He has exhibited in museums and galleries internationally, including the Centre Pompidou, Paris, France; The Collezione Maramotti, Reggio Emilia, Italy; the UCLA Hammer Museum, CA; The Aldrich Contemporary Art Museum, CT; and El Museo del Barrio, NY. Perez is represented in New York by Acquavella Galleries.
 
About the Essayist
 
ROBERTA WADDELL is an independent curator and member of the Print Council of America. She was Curator of Prints at the New York Public Library from 1985 until 2008, after serving as Curator of Prints at the Worcester Art Museum, and Curator of Graphic Arts at the Toledo Museum of Art.
 
 
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