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Alex Mertins


„Homeward Bound“, 2008
glass fibre, sythetic resin, curtain cloth, 160 x 160 x 30 cm

Alexander Mertins´ constructions of wire and paper allow the beholder’s eye to scan them in a linear fashion, as well as wander about them randomly, without orientation.

His structures have no purpose, they stand for themselves. However, their essence and structure give them initially a deeply sculptural quality. They only come alive in the movement of the beholder who walks around the works and subjects him/herself to the interplay of the current light conditions.

Vita

1974 Born in Bergisch Gladbach
1995-
1999
Zimmererlehre und Wanderschaft als Zimmerergeselle
2001-
2002
Studies in product design, Kunsthochschule Kassel
2002-
2005
Studies in fine arts, Kunsthochschule Kassel, with Prof. Urs Lüthi
2005-
2007
Art studies, Kunstakademie Düsseldorf, with Prof. Rita McBride

Group Exhibitions

2002 „Teuton Pop”, LeRoy Neiman Gallery at Columbia University, New York
2006 „NICHT WEIT VOM STAMM”, Galerie Konrad Fischer, Düsseldorf
2006 „Das Letzte Wort Der Kunst”, Klasse McBride, Kunsthalle Düsseldorf
2006 „SOME FREEDOM”, Ellerstr., Düsseldorf
2006 „JAMBOREE”, MöMA, Mönchengladbach
2007 „The Subjective Object”, Galerie Walter Conrads, Düsseldorf
2007 „About Blank”, Galerie Konrad Fischer, Düsseldorf
2007 „Parcours Interdit”, Malkasten e.V., Düsseldorf

Solo Exhibitions

2004 „Zimmerpflanzenberatung”, stellwerk, Kassel
2005 „Centre Foucault”, stellwerk, Kassel

Grants & Awards

2003 Robert-Völker-Preis (Art College, Kassel), joint venture with Jörn Peters
2007 DHCS-Stipendium, Kunstverein Düsseldorf


Participants 2008 A-Z