dellbrück takes the form of an installation occupying (the lower part of) a space that can only be fathomed by the gaze of beholders. The sculptural objects would love to control everything, but because of technical flaws, they are incapacitated, so they can only stand around. Meanwhile, a damaged bridge (it has a dent) can only be used to a limited extent (dellbrück literally means “a bridge with a dent”). Although it is in effect destroyed, it still connects two points and is able to close the gap between them.
Sometimes the objects are combined with articles of daily use, photocopies, or newspaper clippings, while evoking memories of places, creating references to socio-historical contexts, or triggering a chain of associations that remain subjective and cannot be interpreted clearly. They adhere to tried and true systems of order that are articulated in specific series, always following the principle of what could be called recombinability. As the spatial contextualization of history, they refer to site-specific aspects and discover new ways to approach the complexity of our lived reality through incidental or even rejected phenomena. Although this network of mutual references may appear organized, it incorporates deliberate breaking points.
Domgasse 6 – Galerie nächst St. Stephan Rosemarie Schwarzwälder
Im stilvollen Parterre des Kleinen Bischofshofs eröffnet die Galerie ihren neuen, 65 m2 großen Ausstellungsraum, der mit einem eigenen, erweiterten Programm bespielt wird. In unmittelbarer Nachbarschaft zur traditionsreichen Galerie in der Grünangergasse 1 gelegen – mit ihren großzügigen Ausstellungsräumen im 2. Stock und der Fenstergalerie LOGIN –, entfaltet der Raum in der Domgasse 6 seinen eigenen Charakter. Durch Bögen und Nischen strukturiert, vermittelt er eine barock anmutende Modernität, die dem Raumgedanken des „White Cube“ gegenübersteht. Einer Wunderkammer gleich, können sich an diesem Ort unterschiedliche Genres und Perspektiven entfalten – besondere Werkserien ebenso wie signifikante skulpturale Positionen und Installationen.
MANFRED PERNICE: dellbrück
2 Feb 2023 - 25 Mar 2023
Galerie nächst St. Stephan Rosemarie Schwarzwälder, Domgasse 6, Wien, Österreich