Gert & Uwe Tobias
12 Sep 2006 - 14 Jan 2007
Hammer Projects
Gert & Uwe Tobia
September 12, 2006 - January 14, 2007
Romanian twin brothers Gert and Uwe Tobias create large-scale woodcuts and sculptural constructions. They use the dark mythologies and history of their native Transylvania as their subject, bringing age-old folktales and imagery into the realm of the present. The prints and sculptures make reference not only to skulls and monsters, but also to modern graphic design, ancient ceramic forms, camp Hollywood horror films, and abstract imagery. The artists’ multi-media installations explore the way in which legends are formed and how objects stimulate cultural memory.
Gert & Uwe Tobias
House of Dark Shadows
2004
Colored woodcut on paper
Courtesy Galerie Michael Janssen, Cologne.
Gert & Uwe Tobia
September 12, 2006 - January 14, 2007
Romanian twin brothers Gert and Uwe Tobias create large-scale woodcuts and sculptural constructions. They use the dark mythologies and history of their native Transylvania as their subject, bringing age-old folktales and imagery into the realm of the present. The prints and sculptures make reference not only to skulls and monsters, but also to modern graphic design, ancient ceramic forms, camp Hollywood horror films, and abstract imagery. The artists’ multi-media installations explore the way in which legends are formed and how objects stimulate cultural memory.
Gert & Uwe Tobias
House of Dark Shadows
2004
Colored woodcut on paper
Courtesy Galerie Michael Janssen, Cologne.