Gulliver’s Sketchbook
Francesco Barocco, Sandra Boeschenstein, Marsha Cottrell, Dagmara Genda, Stella Geppert, Hanna Hennenkemper, Birgit Hölmer, Veronika Holcová, Britta Lumer, Hartmut Neumann, Boryana Petkova, Oliver Thie, Sandra Vásquez de la Horra, Irene Weingartner, Nicole Wendel, Wolfgang Zach
11 Mar - 26 Jun 2022
Veronika Holcová, Her Presence, 2019, Oil on paper, 65 x 50 cm, Courtesy Monika Schnetkamp Collection, Photo: Eric Tschernow
Hartmut Neumann, Verwachsenes Gewächs, 2020-21, Mixed media, 125 x 60 x 70 cm, Courtesy the artist, Photo: Hartmut Neumann
Sandra Vásquez de la Horra, Pachamama, 2019, Graphite on paper, wax, 150 x 49 x 10 cm, Courtesy Monika Schnetkamp Collection, Photo: Eric Tschernow
Wolfgang Zach, Herbig-Haro Objekt HH 110, ESA 2012 (Detail), 2019, Pencil with plotter on handmade paper, 157 x 710 cm, Courtesy the artist
The group exhibition Gulliver’s Sketchbook takes the visitors of KAI 10 | ARTHENA FOUNDATION on an imaginary journey that follows the curiosity and fantasy of the pencil as it delves into microscopic worlds or maps the inside of the body, meticulously traces the surfaces of objects, small and large, and even engages with the distances and dimensions of the universe. In reference to Jonathan Swift’s novel Gulliver’s Travels, published in 1726, the exhibition spans an arc from the graphic recording of the outer world via filigree geometric constructions or traces and impressions of the body to the free and playful outline of surreal realms and scenarios. Here, the particular focus is on how the bodily activity of drawing relates to existing or imagined physical dimensions, also in respect to shifts in cultural-historical perspectives.