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Kats, Nerves, Shadows & Gin: Lothar Hempel

Past exhibition
February 12 - March 21, 2009
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Lothar Hempel Plakat (Spielende/End of Match), 2009 C Print and fishing tackle 72 x 72 Inches
Lothar Hempel
Plakat (Spielende/End of Match), 2009
C Print and fishing tackle
72 x 72 Inches

 

 

 

January 28, 2008, New York—Lothar Hempelʼs current solo show at Anton Kern Gallery, comprised of four figurative sculptures, three large diamond-shaped photomontages, and one painting, radiates an air of mystic coolness, generosity and grace.

 

Like a futuristic stage impresario, and seemingly without effort, Hempel choreographs figures and objects, matches disparate materials, and arranges geometric shapes and colors into a display of self-conscious aplomb. Colors are brilliant, shapes clearly defined, tactile surfaces vary from velvety soft to polished and hard. Images of dance performers and classical sculpture alike share their space with such attributes as feathers, truck tires, office chairs, a parrot and a Plexi walking cane, even a selection of imitation cakes and cocktails in a deli cooler counter. An eight-foot reflective phallus watches over the protagonistsʼ activities. Their overall behavior, firmly anchored in cultural codes, entails a set of discernible bodily movements, postures, facial expressions, as well as color and tonal modulations that take on strategic social value within a moral context. Our gaze is opened to a kind of sprezzatura, an "aristocratic cool", that in the past has related to frank amorality and love or illicit pleasures behind closed doors.

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List of Works
Installation Views
  • Installation view of Lothar Hempel's solo show, comprised of four figurative sculptures, three diamond photomontages, and one painting.
  • Installation view of Lothar Hempel's solo show, comprised of four figurative sculptures, three diamond photomontages, and one painting. View of all the works.
  • Installation view of Lothar Hempel's solo show, comprised of four figurative sculptures, three diamond photomontages, and one painting. A few works featured.
  • Installation view of Lothar Hempel's solo show, comprised of four figurative sculptures, three diamond photomontages, and one painting. Sculpture and photomontage shown.
Works
  • Lothar Hempel Das Dreieck (The Triangle), 2009
    Lothar Hempel
    Das Dreieck (The Triangle), 2009
  • Lothar Hempel Perplex, 2009
    Lothar Hempel
    Perplex, 2009
  • Lothar Hempel Arena, 2009
    Lothar Hempel
    Arena, 2009
  • Lothar Hempel Sexus, 2009
    Lothar Hempel
    Sexus, 2009
  • Lothar Hempel Plakat (Die Grenzen der Freiheit/The Limits of Freedom), 2009
    Lothar Hempel
    Plakat (Die Grenzen der Freiheit/The Limits of Freedom), 2009
  • Lothar Hempel Plakat (Spielende/End of Match), 2009
    Lothar Hempel
    Plakat (Spielende/End of Match), 2009
  • Lothar Hempel Plakat (Denkblase/Thought Bubble), 2009
    Lothar Hempel
    Plakat (Denkblase/Thought Bubble), 2009
Press
  • Lothar Hempel, "Kats, Nerves, Shadows, & Gin" Review

    T.J Carlin, Time Out New York, March 5, 2021
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