Ben Schumacher
04 Mar - 14 May 2017
Ben Schumacher
Käsesakramentsystem, 2017
installation view Kunstverein Braunschweig
photo: Stefan Stark
Käsesakramentsystem, 2017
installation view Kunstverein Braunschweig
photo: Stefan Stark
BEN SCHUMACHER
Käsesakramentsystem
4 March – 14 May 2017
Curated by: Nele Kaczmarek
In his multi-media practice Ben Schumacher explores the complex interaction between physical presence and biographical representation. As part of his first institutional exhibition in Germany, the artist has transformed the Remise into a temporary cheese storage. A dilapidated shelving system provides space for both heavy wheels of cheese and a frieze of carved wooden objects representing the seven sacraments of the Catholic Church. The thin cables binding these objects together simulate a link between the local tradition and craft of cheese production and the demands of global connectivity. The installation also includes a series of seven cheese-colored paintings dealing with initiation, healing, and service.
Ben Schumacher (*1985 in Kitchener, Canada) lives in Berlin and New York. He has shown his work in exhibitions at the Biennale de Montréal, 2016, the 13th Fellbach Triennial of Small-scale Sculpture, 2016, the Museum of Contemporary Art Lyon, 2014 and the Sculpture Center, New York, 2011. Following his exhibition at Kunstverein Braunschweig, Schumacher will take part in group exhibitions at ZKM Karlsruhe and the Kunsthalle Zürich in 2017.
Käsesakramentsystem
4 March – 14 May 2017
Curated by: Nele Kaczmarek
In his multi-media practice Ben Schumacher explores the complex interaction between physical presence and biographical representation. As part of his first institutional exhibition in Germany, the artist has transformed the Remise into a temporary cheese storage. A dilapidated shelving system provides space for both heavy wheels of cheese and a frieze of carved wooden objects representing the seven sacraments of the Catholic Church. The thin cables binding these objects together simulate a link between the local tradition and craft of cheese production and the demands of global connectivity. The installation also includes a series of seven cheese-colored paintings dealing with initiation, healing, and service.
Ben Schumacher (*1985 in Kitchener, Canada) lives in Berlin and New York. He has shown his work in exhibitions at the Biennale de Montréal, 2016, the 13th Fellbach Triennial of Small-scale Sculpture, 2016, the Museum of Contemporary Art Lyon, 2014 and the Sculpture Center, New York, 2011. Following his exhibition at Kunstverein Braunschweig, Schumacher will take part in group exhibitions at ZKM Karlsruhe and the Kunsthalle Zürich in 2017.