Jens Kloppmann - schlachten

Opening: Thursday, May 5th, 2011, 7 pm
Duration: May 8 - 28th, 2011, We - Sa, 3 - 6 pm, and by appointment
Special viewing: Sunday May 8th, 2011, 3 - 6 pm

In May 2011 Kunstraum Richard Sorge presents Jens Kloppmann's "schlachten". Scheduled around May 8th, the day of German capitulation in WWII, the solo exhibition by the noted Berlin-based conceptual artist thematizes war.

The main piece of "schlachten" will be a large mural work made out of fretwork. Hundreds of painstakingly hand cut figures will be installed by the artist, amounting to a huge ornamental "war painting".

Liberally using and recombining familiar silhouettes and vignetters from our collective memory, art history, and war reportage, Kloppmann depicts a broad panorama of war in all its stages.

A selection from Kloppmann's Bulllet Boulevard series will also be on view; gypsum replicas of war damages taken from facades of the cityscape of Berlin.

www.kloppmann.org/
www.kunstraumrichardsorge.org/