Manuel Burgener
22 Jun - 22 Sep 2013
KunstNu
MANUEL BURGENER
22 June - 22 September 2013
Starting from June 22, the Swiss artist Manuel Burgener (°1978, Bern) exhibits in the KunstNu-area of S.M.A.K. Each year, the Museum of contemporary art invites some promising young artists to realize their first solo presentation. Burgener is the second young artist who will exhibit in the KunstNu room this year.
UNIQUE POSITION
Burgener's sculptures, assemblages and photograms occupy a unique position within the contemporary discourse on sculpture and art in general. While many sculptors of his generation are searching for a relevant and individual position towards sculpture, Burgener makes questions about this position itself. He studies this on a pronounced, almost emotional way. Manuel Burgener works with ordinary materials from daily life such as wood, glass, photo paper and found objects. Thus he questions constantly its position as a sculptor, which he sees as something totally variable.
TWILIGHT ZONE
Burgener's works are constantly in a 'twilight zone' or a 'between status'. You can see his sculptures neither as sculpture, nor purely material. As a result, you might even say that they are neither art nor pure object. Viewed from the perspective of an exhibition: neither presented nor just posted.
This 'in between'-position forms the starting point of the 'KunstNu' presentation. This specific area of S.M.A.K. space carries in fact itself all the characteristics of a 'twilight zone'. It is neither an exhibition space, nor a mere corridor which knows no end nor beginning.
MANUEL BURGENER
22 June - 22 September 2013
Starting from June 22, the Swiss artist Manuel Burgener (°1978, Bern) exhibits in the KunstNu-area of S.M.A.K. Each year, the Museum of contemporary art invites some promising young artists to realize their first solo presentation. Burgener is the second young artist who will exhibit in the KunstNu room this year.
UNIQUE POSITION
Burgener's sculptures, assemblages and photograms occupy a unique position within the contemporary discourse on sculpture and art in general. While many sculptors of his generation are searching for a relevant and individual position towards sculpture, Burgener makes questions about this position itself. He studies this on a pronounced, almost emotional way. Manuel Burgener works with ordinary materials from daily life such as wood, glass, photo paper and found objects. Thus he questions constantly its position as a sculptor, which he sees as something totally variable.
TWILIGHT ZONE
Burgener's works are constantly in a 'twilight zone' or a 'between status'. You can see his sculptures neither as sculpture, nor purely material. As a result, you might even say that they are neither art nor pure object. Viewed from the perspective of an exhibition: neither presented nor just posted.
This 'in between'-position forms the starting point of the 'KunstNu' presentation. This specific area of S.M.A.K. space carries in fact itself all the characteristics of a 'twilight zone'. It is neither an exhibition space, nor a mere corridor which knows no end nor beginning.