The exhibitions of Tolia Astakhishvili and Angélique Aubrit & Ludovic Beillard focus on the mediums of sculpture and installation, with Astakhishvili additionally including drawing and painting, while the artist duo's practice extends to video and performance. Their works testify to a strong interest in architecture as a place of living, connected with memories and shaped by stories. Places of residence and dwellings can be constitutive for the personality and psychology of each individual. This is also how the philosopher Gaston Bachelard understands the house in The Poetics of Space, 1957. In this publication he provides a phenomenological analysis of the power of fantasy and dreaming in relation to space and the way we inhabit the world. The choice of the artists was guided by this idea and by what the spaces of the Kunstverein Bielefeld can represent and contain. In the 17th century, the building not only served as a residence, but it also offered the right of asylum to robbers and outcasts. Within the walls of today's Kunstverein, these were protected from legal persecution. With their artistic response to the historical spaces, the artists create a dialogue rich in contrast on the topic of living space and, more generally, of personal location in the context of a domestic abode.
In her artistic language, Tolia Astakhishvili refers to pasts and memories transported through space; be they intimate or political. The artist transforms the existing architecture with the help of sheetrock and thereby creates new spaces. Left raw in the process of construction, these walls redefine the floor plan of the exhibition space. Spaces are bisected, hidden windows revealed and new vantage points created. The way in which Astakhishvili's pale walls alter the original exhibition space and its given logic triggers a specific orientation; as if the artist wanted to break through the order and authority of the institution. At the same time, she uses the new construction elements to design her own framework for her works, in which paintings, found objects, drawings, photographs and/or texts are integrated. Her drawings and paintings often depict ghosts or surreal beings. In this environment, they reveal traces of human presence that are both real and fictional, gentle, uncanny or even violent. A living place emerges that generates various psychological states and ultimately makes the poetics of space visible. Astakhishvili's installations resemble a non-linear narrative that invites the viewer to explore different levels of consciousness of a physical space.
KUNSTVEREIN BIELEFELD
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33602 Bielefeld
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Tolia Astakhishvili (1974 in Tbilisi, lives and works in Berlin and Tbilisi) has presented her works in numerous institutional exhibitions and galleries, including: Felix Gaudlitz, Vienna, LC Queisser, Tbilisi (2022), Art Hub Copenhagen, Copenhagen, Haus Mödrath, Kerpen, Bonner Kunstverein, Bonn, Capitain Petzel Galerie, Berlin (all 2021), Man National Museum, Sofia, Malmö Konsthall, Malmö (both 2019) and at Delmes & Zander, Cologne, Cabinet, London (both 2018).
Events:
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10.02.2023, 19:00
OPENING
Tolia Astakhishvili
"I Think it’s Closed"Angélique Aubrit und Ludovic Beillard
"Ich glaube, wir sollten woanders hingehen"Speakers:Andreas Wannenmacher (Chair) and Oriane Durand (Interim Director)
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11.02.2023, 12:00
ARTIST TALK
Tolia Astakhishvili in conversation with Oriane Durand
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12.02.2023, 17:00
CURATOR’S TOURS
with Oriane Durand
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17.02.2023, 14:00
CHILDREN'S ACTIVITIES for refugee children with Klaus Braun, Valerie Kubakov and Natalia Ehret
The workshop series is a free offer and supported by the Rotary Club Bielefeld-Sparrenburg. Please register at vermittlung@kunstverein-bielefeld.de
Дитяча кампанія для дітей-біженців Дитячу акцію З Клаус Браун
Серія семінарів є безкоштовною і організованою для біженців. Акція створена за підтримки Rotary Club Bielefeld-Sparrenburg. Просимо зареєструватися за адресою, вказавши день, а також кількість та імена дітей: vermittlung@kunstverein-bielefeld.de -
19.02.2023, 17:00
Sunday Tour
with Valerie Kurbakov
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24.02.2023, 14:00
CHILDREN'S ACTIVITIES for refugee children with Klaus Braun, Valerie Kubakov and Natalia Ehret
The workshop series is a free offer and supported by the Rotary Club Bielefeld-Sparrenburg.
Please register at vermittlung@kunstverein-bielefeld.de
Дитяча кампанія для дітей-біженців Дитячу акцію З Клаус Браун
Серія семінарів є безкоштовною і організованою для біженців.
Акція створена за підтримки Rotary Club Bielefeld-Sparrenburg. Просимо зареєструватися
за адресою, вказавши день, а також кількість та імена дітей: vermittlung@kunstverein-bielefeld.de -
26.02.2023, 17:00
Sunday Tour
with Cartsten Gude
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02.03.2023, 19:00
LECTURE
Prof. Dr. Kirsten Wagner (FH Bielefeld): " From the practice to the theory of housing. Ramblings through a sociology and philosophy of housing". Narrative using the example of selected building projects and theories.
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03.03.2023, 14:00
CHILDREN'S ACTIVITIES for refugee children with Klaus Braun, Valerie Kubakov and Natalia Ehret
The workshop series is a free offer and supported by the Rotary Club Bielefeld-Sparrenburg.
lease register at vermittlung@kunstverein-bielefeld.de
Дитяча кампанія для дітей-біженців Дитячу акцію З Клаус Браун
Серія семінарів є безкоштовною і організованою для біженців. Акція створена за
підтримки Rotary Club Bielefeld-Sparrenburg. Просимо зареєструватися за адресою,
вказавши день, а також кількість та імена дітей: vermittlung@kunstverein-bielefeld.de -
04.03.2023, 11:00
MEMBERS EVENT - KUNST IM DIALOG
Excursion to Hanover with a visit of the exhibition by Gottfried Jäger – with a tour given by the artist – at Sprengel Museum, as well as a visit of the Kestner Gesellschaft and the Kunstverein Hanover.Please register until February 23th, 2023 at mitglieder@kunstverein-bielefeld.de
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04.03.2023, 10:00
CHILDREN'S ACTIVITIES with Klaus Braun
Contribution (donations welcome) min. 15 € / child
Please register at vermittlung@kunstverein-bielefeld.de -
05.03.2023, 17:00
Sunday Tour
with Carsten Gude
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10.03.2023, 14:00
CHILDREN'S ACTIVITIES for refugee children with Klaus Braun, Valerie Kubakov and Natalia Ehret
The workshop series is a free offer and supported by the Rotary Club Bielefeld-Sparrenburg.
Please register at vermittlung@kunstverein-bielefeld.de
Дитяча кампанія для дітей-біженців Дитячу акцію З Клаус Браун
Серія семінарів є безкоштовною і організованою для біженців. Акція створена за
підтримки Rotary Club Bielefeld-Sparrenburg. Просимо зареєструватися за адресою, вказавши день,
а також кількість та імена дітей: vermittlung@kunstverein-bielefeld.de -
12.03.2023, 17:00
Sunday Tour
with Undine Rietz, Curatorial Assistent
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17.03.2023, 14:00
CHILDREN'S ACTIVITIES for refugee children with Klaus Braun, Valerie Kubakov and Natalia Ehret
The workshop series is a free offer and supported by the Rotary Club Bielefeld-Sparrenburg.
Please register at vermittlung@kunstverein-bielefeld.de
Дитяча кампанія для дітей-біженців Дитячу акцію З Клаус Браун
Серія семінарів є безкоштовною і організованою для біженців. Акція створена за
підтримки Rotary Club Bielefeld-Sparrenburg. Просимо зареєструватися за адресою,
вказавши день, а також кількість та імена дітей: vermittlung@kunstverein-bielefeld.de -
19.03.2023, 17:00
Sunday Tour
with Carsten Gude
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26.03.2023, 17:00
Sunday Tour
withValerie Kurbakov
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01.04.2023, 10:00
CHILDREN’S ACTIVITIES with Klaus Braun
Contribution (donations welcome) min. 15 € / child
Please register at vermittlung@kunstverein-bielefeld.de -
02.04.2023, 17:00
Sunday Tour
with Katharina Götz
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09.04.2023, 17:00
Sunday Tour
with Katharina Götz
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13.04.2023, 19:00
LECTURE
Prof. Dr. Helga Lutz (Historic Image Science/Art History, Univerty of Bielefeld) on “Unica Zürn - Artistic experiments on the border between sense and non-sense”
In cooperation with the Künstlerinnenforum Bielefeld-OWL e.V. -
16.04.2023, 17:00
Curator's Tour
with Oriane Durand, Interim Director