h = 400 cm Karin Sander
November 2—December 22, 2012

h = 400 cm Karin Sander

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H 400 Cm Nov Dec2012 Exhibition Flyer Front Back 1
Umgelegt, 2012 (detail) Pre-existing wall Encountering the freshly remodeled exhibition space, the artist's reaction is radical: she transforms it to its previous state. This is not an act of restoration, but can be seen as an analytical gesture. The artist excises the vertical plane and brings it into a horizontal position, thereby making the felled walls into transitional objects that fester communication between floor, ceiling and the other walls. Berliner Zimmer, 2012 (though the doorway) Carpet, 100% wool The work is a piled carpet made based on an existing architectural drawing of a room in the gallery space. The off-white ground shows height information and standardized indications for electrical outlets in red and the location of ceiling stucco in broken black lines. Photo © Andrea Rossetti

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Esther Schipper is pleased to present h = 400 cm, the first solo exhibition of Karin Sander at the gallery. Sander reworks the space with three reciprocal interventions. Encountering the freshly remodeled exhibition space, her reaction is radical: she transforms it to its previous state. This is not an act of restoration, but can be seen as an analytical gesture. The revision of a particular order to which the gallery space was subjected allows the...
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Karin Sander

Karin Sander was born in 1957 in Bensberg, Germany. She studied at the Staatliche Akademie der Bildenden Künste in Stuttgart and at the Independent Study Program of the Whitney Museum in New...