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2 April - 27 June 2020 Munich
Open a larger version of the following image in a popup: Keith Sonnier, Stock Prop Study C, 2014
Open a larger version of the following image in a popup: Keith Sonnier, Stock Prop Study C, 2014
Open a larger version of the following image in a popup: Keith Sonnier, Stock Prop Study C, 2014
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Keith Sonnier

Stock Prop Study C, 2014
Corrugated cardboard, paint and flocking
152 x 61 x 10.2 cm
60 x 24 x 4 inches
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Keith Sonniers Stock Prop Study C (2014) ist eine Skulptur aus der Prop Serie, die der Künstler 2010 im Rahmen einer Zusammenarbeit mit der Choreografin Molissa Fenley für ein Ballettstück...
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Keith Sonniers Stock Prop Study C (2014) ist eine Skulptur aus der Prop Serie, die der Künstler 2010 im Rahmen einer Zusammenarbeit mit der Choreografin Molissa Fenley für ein Ballettstück begann. Abgestimmt auf die Musik der Komponistin Lainie Fefferman entwickelt Sonnier mehrere tragbare Skulpturen aus Polystrol, Wellpappe und Beflockungsfarbe. Formal reagieren die Skulpturen auf den menschlichen Körper mit Löchern für Arme, Beine und Kopf.
In der Tradition des amerikanischen, modernen Tanzes experimentierte die physisch extrem anstrengende Choreografie mit den Bewegungen des Körpers im Raum. Die Requisiten dienten als Erweiterung der Körper der Tänzer und gleichzeitig wurden ihre Bewegungen durch sie eingeschränkt. Wie Merce Cunninghams regelmäßige Kollaborationen mit Künstlern anderer Disziplinen, die einen tiefgreifenden Einfluss über die Welt des Tanzes hinaus auf die Avantgarde-Kunst hatten, so löste auch die Zusammenarbeit zwischen Keith Sonnier und Melissa Fenley die Grenzen zwischen den Genres auf.
In der Ausstellung ist Stock Prop Study C (2014) in direkter Verbindung zur Wand installiert, verlängert sich so als architektonische Intervention in den Galerieraum und bleibt gleichzeitig ein aktivierbares Objekt.
Sonnier bricht in den 1960er-Jahren durch seine unkonventionelle Materialauswahl und deren Kombination - wie etwa Neon, Latex, Draht, Satin, Mulltuch und Beflockungsfarbe – mit dem herkömmlichen Verständnis von Skulptur. Neue, inhaltliche Verbindungen wie die Beziehung zum menschlichen Körper und seiner Umwelt bilden die Grundlage von Sonniers frühen Werken und einer Praxis, die er kontinuierlich weiterführt. In der Stock Prop Serie öffnet der Künstler über den Bedeutungsraum des Materials hinausgehend seine skulpturale Arbeit in den performativen Raum.


Keith Sonnier's Stock Prop Study C (2014) is a sculpture from the Prop series, which the artist began in 2010 as part of a collaboration with choreographer Molissa Fenley for a ballet piece. Coordinated with the music of composer Lainie Fefferman, Sonnier developed several portable sculptures made of polystyrene, corrugated cardboard and flocking paint. Formally the sculptures respond to the human body with holes for arms, legs and head.
Standing in the tradition of American modern dance the physically demanding choreography experimented with the movements of the body in space. The props served as an extension of the dancer’s body and at the same time, their movements were restricted by them. Like Merce Cunningham’s frequent collaboration with artists of other disciplines which had a profound impact on avant-garde art beyond the world of dance, the collaboration between Keith Sonnier and Melissa Fenley dissolved the boundaries between genres.
n exhibitions, Stock Prop Study C (2014) is installed directly to the wall, thus extending into the gallery space as an architectural intervention while remaining an object in itself to be activated.
In the 1960s, Sonnier started to reflect the conventional understanding of sculpture through an unconventional selection and combination of materials - such as neon, latex, wire, satin, cheese cloth and flocking. Novel connections, relationship to the human body, the environment and their arrangement and combination form the basis of Sonnier's early works and a practice that he continues to develop. In the Stock Prop series, the artist opens his sculptural work into the performative space, going beyond the space of meaning of the material.
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exhibitions

2017 The artwork gallery show

2015 “Keith Sonnier and Nate Lowman”, The National Exemplar Gallery, New York, US

2010 “Keith Sonnier: Flocked Relics”, Heriard-Cimino Gallery, New Orleans, US

Literature

National Exemplar Review in Mousse Magazine: http://moussemagazine.it/keith-sonnier-inflated-works-1965-1966-at-the-national-exemplar-new-york-2018

National Exemplar Review in NY Art Beat: http://www.nyartbeat.com/event/2015/3161

Molissa Fenley’s Website: https://molissafenley.com/gallery.php?folder=3068-2011-01-14

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