Pareidolia by Oliver Czarnetta
17/12/2018.
Lucía Mendoza Gallery [MAD] Spain 12.01 > 02.03.2019
metalocus, INÉS LALUETA
metalocus, INÉS LALUETA
On January 12, 2019 the gallery Lucia Mendoza inaugurates the second individual exhibition of Oliver Czarnetta. Until March 2 and under the title Pareidolia, the exhibition will be composed of a selection of works by the German artist in which he expresses his thoughts on time and memory. These works, all of recent creation, combine different techniques that explore the possibilities of sculpture to deal with one of the artist's obsessions: the passage of time.
Merging Units, resin, concrete, height 76 cm, 2018. Oliver Czarnetta. Image courtesy of Galería Lucía Mendoza
Obra Intruder II, 2018. Oliver Czarnetta. Image courtesy of Galería Lucía Mendoza
Reduction II, concrete, keys, height ~ 34 cm, 2017. Oliver Czarnetta. Image courtesy of Galería Lucía Mendoza
Reduction IV, concrete, keys, height ~ 24 cm, 2017. Oliver Czarnetta. Image courtesy of Galería Lucía Mendoza
Spectrum Merging Units, resin, concrete, height 76 cm, 2018. Oliver Czarnetta. Image courtesy of Galería Lucía Mendoza
Spectrum Merging Units, resin, concrete, height 76 cm, 2018. Oliver Czarnetta. Image courtesy of Galería Lucía Mendoza
Spectrum Merging Units, resin, concrete, height 76 cm, 2018. Oliver Czarnetta. Image courtesy of Galería Lucía Mendoza
Target 1_2018_concrete, toys_30 x 24 x 8cm. Oliver Czarnetta. Image courtesy of Galería Lucía Mendoza
Oliver Czarnetta, Day passes like sun sets, 2018. Image courtesy of Galería Lucía Mendoza
Oliver Czarnetta, Day passes like sun sets, 2018. Image courtesy of Galería Lucía Mendoza
Oliver Czarnetta, Day passes like sun sets, 2018. Image courtesy of Galería Lucía Mendoza
The title of the exhibition, Pareidolia, describes a vague and random stimulus usually represented by an image that is perceived in a recognizable way. Just as concrete forms are sought within the silhouettes that nature shapes in geographical accidents, Oliver Czarnetta uses that search to put before the viewer different works in which an active observation is defining to endow them with meaning.
The passage of time and its inexorability are present in each of these Czarnetta works. If on previous occasions the work was constituted as an allusion to the myth of Lethe, one of the rivers of Hades that caused complete oblivion to those who drank from its waters, on this occasion, incorporates another element: movement as another factor to consider, as in the current Heraclitus. A time that does not happen to our side, but that the spectator generates when moving on it. Thus, the active role of the public is re-alluded to, which leads him to another way of understanding the world around him and his position in it.
The lines of work of the sculptor deepen in this way the value of emotions and the way in which time influences perception. His works are executed spontaneously, allowing chance to intervene in the final result. "The passage of time is determined by the existence of movement, a value that influences our perception to show us the change of the world," says Czarnetta.
The passage of time and its inexorability are present in each of these Czarnetta works. If on previous occasions the work was constituted as an allusion to the myth of Lethe, one of the rivers of Hades that caused complete oblivion to those who drank from its waters, on this occasion, incorporates another element: movement as another factor to consider, as in the current Heraclitus. A time that does not happen to our side, but that the spectator generates when moving on it. Thus, the active role of the public is re-alluded to, which leads him to another way of understanding the world around him and his position in it.
The lines of work of the sculptor deepen in this way the value of emotions and the way in which time influences perception. His works are executed spontaneously, allowing chance to intervene in the final result. "The passage of time is determined by the existence of movement, a value that influences our perception to show us the change of the world," says Czarnetta.
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Venue
Galería Lucía Mendoza, C/ Bárbara de Braganza, 10. Madrid, Spain
Dates
from January 12 to March 2, 2019
Oliver Czarnetta
Oliver Czarnetta (Birkensdorf, Germany, 1966). He has a degree in Art History and Philosophy from the RWTH University in Aachen. From 2007 to 2009 he was a member of the Institute of History and Theory of Art, at the University of Koblenz, Germany. After years devoted to teaching and art criticism, he became interested in the role of creator, exploring his artistic side and responding to his own concerns.
Czarnetta has participated in several solo and group exhibitions both in his country of origin, Germany, and in other European countries. His work is in public and private collections among which stand out in the Osthaus Museum in Hagen (Germany), Monegasque National Committee for Visual Arts, International Association of Plastic Arts (IAA / AIAP) in UNESCO, Hanten Schmidt Collection / Kupferstichkabinett in Dredeen (Germany), City Hall Collection in Neersen (Germany), Beckham Collection in New York (USA) and Ruiz Orfila Collection in Madrid (Spain), among others.
Czarnetta has participated in several solo and group exhibitions both in his country of origin, Germany, and in other European countries. His work is in public and private collections among which stand out in the Osthaus Museum in Hagen (Germany), Monegasque National Committee for Visual Arts, International Association of Plastic Arts (IAA / AIAP) in UNESCO, Hanten Schmidt Collection / Kupferstichkabinett in Dredeen (Germany), City Hall Collection in Neersen (Germany), Beckham Collection in New York (USA) and Ruiz Orfila Collection in Madrid (Spain), among others.
