Ghost in the machine
The Kölnischer Kunstverein is pleased to welcome the Düsseldorf artist Andreas Fischer in the context of the event series Aus-& Vortragen.
In his sculptural work Andreas Fischer creates wonderfully bizarre machines from simple materials and used everyday objects. Inspired by motors and spoken texts, the slumbering machines only come to life when the viewer turns to them. The exchange between man and machine also raises questions about their mutual relationship. For through their anti-functional choreographies, the machines elude human appropriation and no longer exist only as functional objects. In their imperfection and fragility they ultimately also refer to Andreas Fischer’s fundamental interest in time and finiteness.
The artist’s lecture will take place on June 11, 2014 at 7 pm in the Kölnischer Kunstverein.
BIOGRAPHY
Born 1972 in Munich
Lives and works in Düsseldorf
EDUCATION
2003 master student of Prof. Georg Herold, Academy of Arts Düsseldorf
SOLO EXHIBITIONS
2013 Head of the Clock, Gallery Johann König, Berlin
Oven about us, Heidelberger Kunstverein, Heidelberg
2012 machines. Your Time Is My Rolex, Museum Ludwig, Cologne
2011 Contract with America, Gallery Vera Gliem, Cologne
2009 OFEN AUS, Bonner Kunstverein, Bonn
2007 New Talent Support Bunk, Art Cologne, Cologne
GROUP EXHIBITIONS
2013 The Kunstverein since 1817, Hamburger Kunstverein, Hamburg
2012 Atelier+Kitchen=Laboratories of the Senses, Marta Herford, Herford
2010 Lappenloch wall installation, Museum Ludwig, Cologne
2007 Hotel Kerberos, KIT – Art in the Tunnel, Düsseldorf
2005 Ars Electronica, Linz, Austria
SCHOLARSHIPS AND PRIZES
2014 boesner art award
2012 Project scholarship of the Kunststiftung NRW
2010 Scholarship from Ringenberg Castle
2008 Award for Visual Arts of the City of Düsseldorf
