Robert Steng
18 Jun - 16 Jul 2008
ROBERT STENG
"D.O.A. – Dreaming of Africa"
18.06. – 16.07.2008, Opening 18.06.2008 at 7 pm
“Auf dem VW-Bus der Scientology lese ich: ‘Man kann immer etwas tun.!’ Bei Hornbach heißt es ganz ähnlich: ‘Es gibt immer was zu tun!.’ Ich würde diesen Sätzen noch einen weiteren hinzufügen: ‘Man kann nie etwas tun. Wenn man nur will !’” (Robert Steng)
Hermes und der Pfau is delighted to announce the exhibition “D.O.A. – Dreaming of Africa” of Stuttgart artist Robert Steng (*1972). Robert Steng is creating reduced sculptures and wallpieces out of found material like fragments of veneered furniture or the relics of an old helical stair. The special asthetic of his works results from a sensitive way of working with the materials he uses. The reduced style of his objects that is derived from looking into abstract ornaments and perspectively patterns reminds one of the Hard Edge painting of the sixties as well as of Arte Povera. The dream of Africa expresses itself in a totally objective way as a formally abstracted palmtree, the sun or a well. It remains a purely poetic metaphor in the works of Robert Steng that infiltrates our memory – beyond all concrete refrences – like fragments of the lyrics of a song.
Robert Steng was born in 1972 in Bietigheim. He lives and works in Stuttgart and is since 1998 part of the band Rocket / Freudental in addition to André Möhl. Robert Steng’s works have been shown in solo and group exhibitions in the Galerie Rainer Wehr, Stuttgart (2006), at Wiensowski & Harbord, Berlin (2005), at Oberwelt e.V., Stuttgart and at Berlin / Tokyo, Berlin (both in 2000).
"D.O.A. – Dreaming of Africa"
18.06. – 16.07.2008, Opening 18.06.2008 at 7 pm
“Auf dem VW-Bus der Scientology lese ich: ‘Man kann immer etwas tun.!’ Bei Hornbach heißt es ganz ähnlich: ‘Es gibt immer was zu tun!.’ Ich würde diesen Sätzen noch einen weiteren hinzufügen: ‘Man kann nie etwas tun. Wenn man nur will !’” (Robert Steng)
Hermes und der Pfau is delighted to announce the exhibition “D.O.A. – Dreaming of Africa” of Stuttgart artist Robert Steng (*1972). Robert Steng is creating reduced sculptures and wallpieces out of found material like fragments of veneered furniture or the relics of an old helical stair. The special asthetic of his works results from a sensitive way of working with the materials he uses. The reduced style of his objects that is derived from looking into abstract ornaments and perspectively patterns reminds one of the Hard Edge painting of the sixties as well as of Arte Povera. The dream of Africa expresses itself in a totally objective way as a formally abstracted palmtree, the sun or a well. It remains a purely poetic metaphor in the works of Robert Steng that infiltrates our memory – beyond all concrete refrences – like fragments of the lyrics of a song.
Robert Steng was born in 1972 in Bietigheim. He lives and works in Stuttgart and is since 1998 part of the band Rocket / Freudental in addition to André Möhl. Robert Steng’s works have been shown in solo and group exhibitions in the Galerie Rainer Wehr, Stuttgart (2006), at Wiensowski & Harbord, Berlin (2005), at Oberwelt e.V., Stuttgart and at Berlin / Tokyo, Berlin (both in 2000).