MARIA VON KÖHLER
MAYBE A HERM
6 FEBRUARY – 15 MARCH 2009
PRIVATE VIEW 5 FEBRUARY 18:00-21:00
Maria von Köhler – Maybe a Herm is a new site-specific solo exhibition developing von Köhler’s fascination with the grotesque in both sculpture and painting, and the sinister relations between expectation and reward.
Maria von Köhler graduated from the Royal Academy in 2003 and lives and works in London and Los Angeles. Recent exhibitions include National Geographic, Faggionato Fine Art, Larry’s Cocktails, Gagosian, Right-on Write-off, Chapman Fine Arts, Timeline, Seeline Gallery, Los Angeles, MOCA Fresh Auction, Museum of Contemporary Art, Los Angeles, and When we Build, Let Us Think That We Build Forever, The Zabludowicz Collection at BALTIC. She has recently also had the solo exhibitions The Mother of all Babies, SEVENTEEN, London, and at See Line Gallery. She is currently exhibiting in the group show Booth 1812 at See Line Gallery, Los Angeles.
It looks more like a doctor’s rectal examanation and totally irrelevant to anything more interesting. Mona Hatoum did this work 10 years ago.
Hi Anonymous. A colleague brought my attention to your post, and I felt compelled to reply. The image above is a detail of a painted sculpture, rather than a photograph of flesh, internal or external. The sculptures in the exhibition are very different in reality from Hatoum’s work and I would be glad to take you around the exhibition if you are in the area during its run.
Mark Jackson, IMT
mark@imagemusictext.com