Eye Height, at HOW Art Museum Shanghai

 

 

 

 

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Eye Height

at HOW Art Museum Shanghai
2023.11.08-2024.02.25


Chinese artist Jin Yangping and German artist Kai Schiemenz's dual exhibition Eye Height is being on view at 2F Gallery at HOW Art Museum since Nov 8, 2023. The exhibition presents 85 sets of recent works by two artists.







This exhibition is another collaboration between the two artists after 2019. Their works use different media and formal languages to discuss topics such as time, body, and environment in a cross-cultural context. The title of the exhibition "Eye Hight" is a metaphor for the height and direction in which the eyes look, implying the direction of knowledge people read and seen. This exhibition is curated by German critic Leonie Pfennig.

The exhibition ”Eye Height“ is currently on display at the Shanghai How Art Museum. Recently, we invited Kai Schiemenz, one of the participating artists of the exhibition “Eye Height” to discuss his artworks.
Schiemenz's sculptures not only feature unique materials but also embody the German philosophical spirit's imagination and pursuit of utopia. Through close observation of the intimate relationship between sculpture and architecture, he successfully presents the beautiful glass in an embellished, hyper-dimensional manner.
The artist employs captivating glass colors while leaving rough production traces in the form of the work. This contrast sets Schiemenz’s sculptures apart, making them one-of-a-kind. Schiemenz not only uses glass but also employs ceramics and aluminum in his creations.




We can view Schiemenz's three-dimensional works as miniature representations of giant buildings, blurring the lines between appearance and outline. The smooth surface of colored glass creates a mineral crystalline texture, using an artificial method to emulate nature. Pure and rigorous geometric blocks, deconstructed, pieced together, and stacked, resemble mirrors, reflecting the urban landscape of the modern metropolis.

“Sculpture” series is currently on display at HOW Art Museum, as part of the “Eye Height” exhibition, which is a collaborative exhibition by Kai Schiemenz and Jin Yangping. The exhibition will last till February 25th, 2024


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🗓️ Exhibition Info:
见地：金陽平&凯·徐曼兹
Eye Height: Jin Yangping& Kai Schiemenz
Duration: 2023.11.08-2024.02.25
Opening Ceremony: 2023.11.10
Artist: Jin Yangping @jinyangping1 & Kai Schiemenz @kaischiemenz
Curator: Leonie Pfennig @leoniepfennig
Venue: HOW Art Museum (2F, No. 1, Lane 2277, Zuchongzhi Road, Shanghai)
Organizer: HOW Art Museum
Co-host: Galerie EIGEN + ART Leipzig/Berlin @galerie_eigenart

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AKI Gallery, Taipei

 Artists | Uwe KOWSKI / Kai SCHIEMENZ Duration | 2023.10.07  - 2023.10.29 Venue | AKI Gallery |

 

 

 

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AKI Gallery, Taipei

 Artists | Uwe KOWSKI / Kai SCHIEMENZ Duration | 2023.10.07  - 2023.10.29 Venue | AKI Gallery |

Contact | info@galleryaki.com
Phone +886-2-2599-1171

The dual solo exhibition of UWE KOSKI (b.1963-) and Kai SCHIEMENZ (b.1966-) will be held in AKI Gallery, half a decade since they last visited Taiwan. The title of the exhibition “Order and Chaos” intends to explore the intricate interrelationship between the works of two artists, or to be more specific, rationality and sensibility. Their works not only delve into the profoundness of natural media but also toy with the interplay of external environment.

 

Kai SCHIEMENZ currently lives in Berlin. He is known for his artistry of employing glass and ceramics as the main media for his oeuvre, attempting to integrate crafting, design, and art. The transparent material property of glass enables light to pass through; meanwhile, the smooth outer surface as well as the internal marks left during the shaping process makes every piece of his work customized. SCHIEMENZ believes that architecture signifies social culture. He portrays urban landscapes in an abstract yet subtle approach, probing the relationship between city, space, and buildings. To his belief, pure rationality can only be achieved with calm, reasonable, and investigative logical thinking. 

'Nachbild, weiß', ceramic,58 x 28 x 28 cm

 

The artists' inner experience is often expressed through art, which is built between rationality and sensibility. Kai SCHIEMENZ's works seem to be rational, complete, and neat. In fact, the artist enjoys the sporadic nature of the glass-modeling process, during which infinite surprises are to be uncovered every moment; Uwe KOWSKI finds the harmony between order and chaos, jumping out of the rational creation methods, and conveys the “essence of life” in abstract expressions. The conflicting composition of “Order and Chaos” has always been the core of the artist's works constantly evolving around and eventually shaping their unique style.

 

'Nachbild, gelb', ceramic,58 x 28 x 28 cm