Manuel Goliath / Pedro Wirz / John Beeson
08 Apr - 01 May 2010
MANUEL GOLIATH / PEDRO WIRZ / JOHN BEESON
"New Balance & Unfinished Business"
08.04. – 01.05.2010, Opening 08.04.2010 at 7 pm
Critical Conditions, 15.04. at 7 pm
Hanging Out at Hermes und der Pfau, 22.04. at 7 pm
24h Kino, 24. / 25.04. from 7 pm to 7 pm
Dîner Privé (by Invitation Only), 28.04. from 8 pm
A new balance has been struck between the practices of artist, curator, critic, et cetera. While the three practitioners Manuel Goliath, Pedro Wirz, and John Beeson are not the first to cut across multiple fields, they have resolved to bring the strategy to bear with the exhibition New Balance & Unfinished Business at the project space Hermes und der Pfau.
“New Balance & Unfinished Business” draws inspiration from life’s pastimes and pleasures, the experience of relating to others, and quasi-objective reflections on quality and meaning in art. The artists’ versatile practices will be reflected here by a teetering mélange of objects and activities whose only sure quality is their relation to art. The exhibition itself will be a continuously evolving admixture of projects – at times artistic, curatorial, creative, and documentary. Over the course of the exhibition, the artists will present evidence of their past projects as well as new curatorial exercises and a changing series of their own works. Moreover, the artists invite visitors to return to the project space again and again and again during the month of April to take part in a variety of events. Neither simply performances nor festivities, these events intend to prolong and develop the viewers’ engagement.
For ‘Critical Conditions’ (15.04.2010 at 7 pm) the three artists and the co-founders of Hermes und der Pfau – Philipp Ziegler and Anne-Sofie Ruckhaberle – will reenact the conversation depicted in John Beeson’s video work. Following the combined screening and reading, the public will be invited to openly critique the exhibition.
Later in the month with ‘Hanging Out at Hermes und der Pfau’ (22.04.2010 at 7 pm), the artists will turn the project space into a place to hang out, talk, and listen to a music podcast DJ’ed by collaborators living outside of Stuttgart.
For twenty-four straight hours during ‘24h Kino’ (24.04.2010 at 7 pm until 25.04.2010 at 7:00pm), visitors to the project space will be able to watch the new releases playing in movie theaters around Stuttgart.
Finally, Hermes und der Pfau will be host to a ‘Dîner Privé’ (by invitation only).
Manuel Goliath Scheiwiller (*1984), lives and works in Basel and Stuttgart. He has studied at the Rotterdam Dance Academy, the Amsterdam Theaterschool, The School of Visual Theater in Jerusalem, and is currently enrolled at the Staatliche Akademie der Bildenden Künste Stuttgart in the classes of Christian Jankowski and Rainer Ganahl. With Daniel Almgren Récen, he initiated “gross und stark”, a performance art platform, which has presented events in Göteborg, Amsterdam and New York City. In addition, Manuel founded Raum zur Kunst in Basel, whose inaugural exhibition will open in April 2010. Manuel recently exhibited his work “Angel Angel We Go Down” at the Melkweg in Amsterdam, and he presented the performance “Lawrence Weiner Book Sale” at On Stellar Rays Gallery in NYC. Through the invitation of Showroom and New Jerseyy, he presented the performance “The Night of the Wild Cannibals” at Kunsthalle Basel in 2009.
Pedro Wirz was born in São Paulo, Brazil in 1981. He received his Bachelor’s degree in public relations at the University of Taubaté in São Paulo. Following this, Pedro worked with a variety of different photographers, including Thomas Susemihl and Claudio Elisabetsky. Since 2007, he has lived in Basel, where he is enrolled at the Fachhochschule Nordwestschweiz, Hochschule für Gestaltung und Kunst, Institut Kunst. He established “Wirzhaus” with Raphael Linsi and Luiz Albisser in 2007 and “Wirtshaus im Schalter” with Raphael Linsi in 2008. In 2009, he initiated the curatorial project series “The Forever Ending Story” together with Raphael Linsi, Claudio Vogt, and Tilman Schlevogt and the curatorial project series “Deux Piece” with Noëmi Denzler. Through an Erasmus exchange, he is studying at ABK-Stuttgart in the classes of Birgit Brenner and Christian Jankowski for the 2009-2010 school year. Pedro was recently selected to take part in the “1st Salon of Artists with No Gallery” in São Paulo.
John Beeson (*1986), is from New York City. He will be living in Stuttgart through July 2010, while he is enrolled at the ABK-Stuttgart in the class of Rainer Ganahl. John is the author of the column Sight Mapping for BOMB Magazine’s BOMBlog. John has worked with the curatorial departments of the Museum of Modern Art in New York and the Wadsworth Atheneum in Connecticut as well as at the International Print Center and Hauser & Wirth in New York. Recently, with Guillermo Creus, John curated “Fortress to Solitude: The Portrait Show” in Bushwick, New York, and he worked as a curatorial assistant on an exhibition of new media art entitled “Incidents & Accidents” at the Hogar Collection in Brooklyn, New York. He has studied printmaking and modern art history at Paris IV, La Sorbonne and Wesleyan University in Connecticut, where he graduated with a B.A. in 2009. Also in April 2010, John will curate “Nothing But a Suitcase” at Raum zur Kunst in Basel and an exhibition at Import / Export in Frankfurt.
"New Balance & Unfinished Business"
08.04. – 01.05.2010, Opening 08.04.2010 at 7 pm
Critical Conditions, 15.04. at 7 pm
Hanging Out at Hermes und der Pfau, 22.04. at 7 pm
24h Kino, 24. / 25.04. from 7 pm to 7 pm
Dîner Privé (by Invitation Only), 28.04. from 8 pm
A new balance has been struck between the practices of artist, curator, critic, et cetera. While the three practitioners Manuel Goliath, Pedro Wirz, and John Beeson are not the first to cut across multiple fields, they have resolved to bring the strategy to bear with the exhibition New Balance & Unfinished Business at the project space Hermes und der Pfau.
“New Balance & Unfinished Business” draws inspiration from life’s pastimes and pleasures, the experience of relating to others, and quasi-objective reflections on quality and meaning in art. The artists’ versatile practices will be reflected here by a teetering mélange of objects and activities whose only sure quality is their relation to art. The exhibition itself will be a continuously evolving admixture of projects – at times artistic, curatorial, creative, and documentary. Over the course of the exhibition, the artists will present evidence of their past projects as well as new curatorial exercises and a changing series of their own works. Moreover, the artists invite visitors to return to the project space again and again and again during the month of April to take part in a variety of events. Neither simply performances nor festivities, these events intend to prolong and develop the viewers’ engagement.
For ‘Critical Conditions’ (15.04.2010 at 7 pm) the three artists and the co-founders of Hermes und der Pfau – Philipp Ziegler and Anne-Sofie Ruckhaberle – will reenact the conversation depicted in John Beeson’s video work. Following the combined screening and reading, the public will be invited to openly critique the exhibition.
Later in the month with ‘Hanging Out at Hermes und der Pfau’ (22.04.2010 at 7 pm), the artists will turn the project space into a place to hang out, talk, and listen to a music podcast DJ’ed by collaborators living outside of Stuttgart.
For twenty-four straight hours during ‘24h Kino’ (24.04.2010 at 7 pm until 25.04.2010 at 7:00pm), visitors to the project space will be able to watch the new releases playing in movie theaters around Stuttgart.
Finally, Hermes und der Pfau will be host to a ‘Dîner Privé’ (by invitation only).
Manuel Goliath Scheiwiller (*1984), lives and works in Basel and Stuttgart. He has studied at the Rotterdam Dance Academy, the Amsterdam Theaterschool, The School of Visual Theater in Jerusalem, and is currently enrolled at the Staatliche Akademie der Bildenden Künste Stuttgart in the classes of Christian Jankowski and Rainer Ganahl. With Daniel Almgren Récen, he initiated “gross und stark”, a performance art platform, which has presented events in Göteborg, Amsterdam and New York City. In addition, Manuel founded Raum zur Kunst in Basel, whose inaugural exhibition will open in April 2010. Manuel recently exhibited his work “Angel Angel We Go Down” at the Melkweg in Amsterdam, and he presented the performance “Lawrence Weiner Book Sale” at On Stellar Rays Gallery in NYC. Through the invitation of Showroom and New Jerseyy, he presented the performance “The Night of the Wild Cannibals” at Kunsthalle Basel in 2009.
Pedro Wirz was born in São Paulo, Brazil in 1981. He received his Bachelor’s degree in public relations at the University of Taubaté in São Paulo. Following this, Pedro worked with a variety of different photographers, including Thomas Susemihl and Claudio Elisabetsky. Since 2007, he has lived in Basel, where he is enrolled at the Fachhochschule Nordwestschweiz, Hochschule für Gestaltung und Kunst, Institut Kunst. He established “Wirzhaus” with Raphael Linsi and Luiz Albisser in 2007 and “Wirtshaus im Schalter” with Raphael Linsi in 2008. In 2009, he initiated the curatorial project series “The Forever Ending Story” together with Raphael Linsi, Claudio Vogt, and Tilman Schlevogt and the curatorial project series “Deux Piece” with Noëmi Denzler. Through an Erasmus exchange, he is studying at ABK-Stuttgart in the classes of Birgit Brenner and Christian Jankowski for the 2009-2010 school year. Pedro was recently selected to take part in the “1st Salon of Artists with No Gallery” in São Paulo.
John Beeson (*1986), is from New York City. He will be living in Stuttgart through July 2010, while he is enrolled at the ABK-Stuttgart in the class of Rainer Ganahl. John is the author of the column Sight Mapping for BOMB Magazine’s BOMBlog. John has worked with the curatorial departments of the Museum of Modern Art in New York and the Wadsworth Atheneum in Connecticut as well as at the International Print Center and Hauser & Wirth in New York. Recently, with Guillermo Creus, John curated “Fortress to Solitude: The Portrait Show” in Bushwick, New York, and he worked as a curatorial assistant on an exhibition of new media art entitled “Incidents & Accidents” at the Hogar Collection in Brooklyn, New York. He has studied printmaking and modern art history at Paris IV, La Sorbonne and Wesleyan University in Connecticut, where he graduated with a B.A. in 2009. Also in April 2010, John will curate “Nothing But a Suitcase” at Raum zur Kunst in Basel and an exhibition at Import / Export in Frankfurt.