Marius Pfannenstiel


Beijing
Beijing
c-type print
 
 

7-30 October 2011

Marius Pfannenstiel's first solo show in London will bring together a series of works ranging from photography to sculpture, slide projection to text and found objects.  Finding, 'framing' and collecting are the basis of a practice that explores the ambiguities of appearances, situations and language.

Whether in a Chinese metropolis, the Italian countryside, or at the kitchen window of his Munich flat, the artist has for many years photographed the everyday life.  In this work, people themselves are mainly represented through what they produce, through the traces of their activities.

In his slide shows the artist combines images from his ever-increasing store of pictures, in sequences which, without considering connections of time and place, form visual chains of association, mostly addressing a concrete theme. The pictures are accompanied by a spoken text.

Marius Pfannenstiel was born in Munich in 1960, where he lives and works. He studied at the Academy of Fine Arts, Munich 1983-1989 and achieved his Diploma with Prof. Sir Eduardo Paolozzi in 1989.  In 1991 he was awarded a DAAD scholarship in Vienna. Selected exhibitions include: Kunstverein, Munich; Museumsquartier, Vienna, Austria; The National Museum of Fine Art, Kiev, Ukraine; Centro Cultural de Belem, Lisbon, Portugal.

Installation views

 

 
pasubio
Pasubio  2011
photograph

 

idealfoto
idealfoto
photograph
   
   
stauraum
Stauraum  (detail) 2011
cast concrete
 
   
   
Marius Pfannenstiel
Sperrkreuz
bronze
   
   

Installation views

   
Pfannenstiel - Light Year - Red Sewed Bottle - Leader - Schuppen - Rekord                Pfannenstiel - Light Year - Red Sewed Bottle - Leader - Schuppen - Rekord
 
   
Pfannenstiel - House on Fire - Vier Wolkenkratzer - Match Connection - Camouflage Cup
 
   
   
Pfannenstiel - Smith, Wesson and me             Pfannenstiel - Walther und ich
Smith, Wesson and me                                                                                  Walther und ich
lead                                                                                                                 lead
 
Pfannenstiel - Vier Wolkenkratzer  
Vier Wolkenkratzer
painted plaser, concrete, steel
 
     
Pfannenstiel - Stauraum
Stauraum
cast concrete
 
   
Pfannenstiel - Pasubio           Pfannenstiel - Tassiloplatz - German Rope - Pasubio - Blaue Blumen
Pasubio
photograph
 
   
Pfannenstiel - Blaue Blumen  
Blaue Blumen
bucket, electric pump, wood, enamel, water
 
   
 
 
 
 
 
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