brot.undspiele galerie presents
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INVISIBLE HEROES »WITHOUT YOU BABY, THERE AIN’T NO US«
Opening: 17.10.2009 at 7 pm
Exhibition: 17.10.–23.10.2009
Opening hours: tue.–sat. 3 pm–7 pm
»WITHOUT YOU BABY, THERE AIN’T NO US«
In their series WITHOUT YOU BABY, THERE AIN’T NO US the Swiss artists Comenius Roethlisberger and Admir Jahic - better known as INVISIBLE HEROES – investigate the still very young, but global social phenomenons of the web 2.0. For their work, pieces of the infinite world of images uploaded to YouTube are copied as drawings on to handmade paper. For some of their works – like in the case of the Star-Wars-Kid – enough single frames are drawn to animate the original video. Other times, only a single rendered image is recreated. At Scope Basel last June, the pair presented the Star Wars Kid revisited, a series of 604 original drawings in 604 handmade frames resulting in a strong comment on commitment during crisis.
Their subjective selection of the originals seems to follow the same principles of fascination as the majority of the YouTube-users. One could even call it a documentary work, which reveals a both funny and embarrassing image of our own likings. So it should be easy for the viewer to find something he knows or likes.
Likewise pleasing is, that despite of their success (amongst others the Al Sabah Art Collection commissioned a own series of arabic film icons) they are also still true to the democratic roots of the internet and sell their works for prices, affordable to everyone.
admir jahic, 1975, croatia
comenius roethlisberger, 1971, switzerland
single shows
2009
.. colette, paris, france
.. jacob jarach gallery, venezia, italy
.. youtube headquarter, san francisco, usa
.. sera davis, nashville, usa
.. al sabah collection, kuwait
2008
.. colette, paris, france
.. la maison, lissabon, portugal
.. milieu digital, bern switzerland
.. art space, gent, belgium
2007
.. contemporary photofair f, 2.8, leipzig, germany
.. new works, basel, switzerland
2006
.. in a public space, london, uk
.. images6, „histories & abstracts“ vevey, switzerland
.. book for bush, thalia, hamburg, germany
2005
.. contemporary art museum municipal of madrid, spain
.. chateau d’eau, toulouse, france
.. galerie bis heute”, bern, switzerland
2004
.. parkhaus storchen, basel, curated by sabine rühle, switzerland
2003
.. gallery schoeneck, riehen, switzerland
2002
.."city pictures" at schwenk, stuttgart, germany
group shows
2010
.. Kunsthalle, prag, cz
2009
.. kunsthalle mulhouse, mulhouse, france
.. heliumcowboy gallery, hamburg, germany
.. thinkspace, los angeles, usa
.. aaf, belgium, brussels
.. point of no return, los angeles, usa
2008
.. freeland, lichtfeld, france
.. apt. art show, at m22, invisible heroes THI, basel, switzerland
.. museumsnacht, mannheim, germany
.. modart, basel, switzerland
.. the ABX, basel, switzerland
.. NNE group show at le musée Botanique, brussels, belgien
.. primaryflight group show, miami, usa
2007
.. swiss art award, basel, switzerland
.. regionale8, kunsthaus basel-land, switzerland
.. regionale8 kunsthaus L6, freiburg, germany
.. Galerie artrepco (soiree Hot), zürich, switzerland
.. lichtfeld7, basel switzerland „artig“ basel, switzerland
2006
.. soiree shot, voltahalle basel, switzerland
.. regionale7, installation with claudio del principe, mulhouse, france
.. Bern - Leipzig, bern, switzerland
.. lumas, berlin, germany
.. lichtfeld6, „stickers“ with claudio del principe, basel, switzerland
.. lichtfeld6, „sweetest invitation, dearest constellation“, basel, switzerland
2005
.. farmani gallery of contemporary photography, los angeles, usa
.. palm springs fotofestival, usa
.. international photographyfestival, rome, italy
.. krakow photography month & fotofestival lodz, poland
.. fotofestival arles, voie off, arles, france
.. Photographic Centre Nykyaika, tampere, finnland
.. regionale6, installation with claudio del principe, riehen, schweiz
.. fotosommer stuttgart, stuttgart, germany
.. open art, installation with claudio del principe, bellinzona, schweiz
.. lichtfeld 5, installation with claudio del principe, basel, switzerland
.. aeschlimann corti Stiftung, artmuseum bern, switzerland
.. ausstellungsraum klingental, basel, switzerland
.. Leipzig - Bern, artmuseum leipzig, germany
.. new entries of visarte at "m54" basel, switzerland
.. gallery sackofsky, heidelberg, gemany
2004
.. galeria luis adelantado, valencia, spain
.. photoespagna04”, winner of "newcomer of the year", spain
.. lichtfeld 4, installation with claudio del principe, basel, switzerland
.. table gallery, basel, switzerland
2003
.. photoespagna03, madrid, spain
.. regionale4, at projektraum m54, basel, switzerland
.. lichtfeld3, basel, switzerland
.. the selection, basel, chur, st.gallen and zurich, switzerland
2002
.. EXPO02 at the heimatfabrik, murten, switzerland
artfairs
2009
.. ART.FAIR.21 köln, invited by the art fair as special project, köln germany
.. SCOPE art-fair, basel, invited by scope as special project, basel, switzerland
.. SCOPE art-fair, NY, invited by scope as special project, new york, usa
2008
.. SCOPE art-fair, miami, invited by scope as special project, miami, usa
.. SCOPE art-fair, new york, represented by LF gallery, new york, usa
.. SCOPE art-fair, new york, invited as „special project“ / THI by scope, new york, usa
.. SCOPE art-fair, basel, invited as „special project“ / THI by scope, new york, usa
2007
.. SCOPE“ miami, represented by LF Gallery basel, miami, usa
2005
.. ARC0 represented by galeria luis adelantado, valencia, spain
Awards, articles and participations:
- interviewmagazine, new york, 2009 - FAZ, frankfurter allgemeine zeitung, article “the star wars kid”, 2009 - playboy france, article „dearest constellation, sweetest invitation“, 2008 - FHM , china/taiwan, article, china, 2009 - annabelle, artistsportrait, switzerland 2008 - modart, artist review 2008 - shortlisted for london international creative competition, london, uk, 2008 - book, LICC, london, uk, 2008 - süddeutsche zeitung, review 2007 - nomination for the „deutsche börse photography prize 2006“ at the photographer’s gallery, london, uk - 1. prize at the IPA photoawards, category abstracts, los angeles, 2005 - nomination for the first prize, arles, voies off, 2005 - aeschlimann corti stiftung, artmuseum bern, 2005 - grants by departement for edudcation and arts, basel- stadt, switzerland, 2005 - member of “visarte” switzerland”, 2005 - byings by the museum “MUSAC” museo de arte contemporaneo de castilla y leon”, 2005 - winner of the descrubimientos (newcomer of the year) at “photoespagna04”, madrid, spain, 2004 - grants by the departement for edudcation and arts, basel- stadt, switzerland, 2004 - grants by the art-comission basel-stadt and basel-land, switzerland, 2004 - 2nd place, «london photography art award 2003», london, uk, 2003 - participation «the selection 2003 vfg», zurich - participation “photoespagna04”, madrid, spain - participation “photoespagna03”, madrid, spain
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Since 2005 brot.undspiele galerie berlin presents artists who‘s works bring unconventional impulses to art. Hereby we concentrate on contemporary art of the last 30 years. Mostly we are interested in the tension between the works of different generations of artists.
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