David Lynch. Transient.

David Lynch became popular with movies such as “Blue Velvet“, “Wild at heart“ or the series “Twin Peaks“. What many don’t know about him: he began his career as a fine artist so that many movies contain processes derived from his education. Lynch (*1946, in Missoula, Montana) went to Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts …

Art Karlsruhe 2013

10 years of Art Karlsruhe, and for the 10th time Obrist Gallery will be participating! Over this period the fair has become one of the most important artfairs in the German-speaking world: Congratulations to the administration of the fair! This year the gallery has moved to hall 2. With its emphasis on current contemporary positions …

WAZ Article on Jürgen Paas

In the WAZ Westdeutschen Allgemeinen Zeitung of 22 January, 2013, there is a very good review of our current exhibition SPUTNIK by Jürgen Paas, text by Martina Schürmann, photograph Kerstin Kokoska. Jürgen Paas: Sputnik II. 23. Januar – 9. Februar 2013. Galerie Obrist @ EY5 – Mutter-Ey-Straße 5, 40213 DüsseldorfJürgen Paas: Sputnik I. 19 Januar …

Press Release Jürgen Paas

German artist Jürgen Paas is known to a broader audience by numerous national and international exhibitions. Titled SPUTNIK he soon will be showing his new work in a two-part exhibition. At Obrist Gallery in Essen a cross-section of his current work is to be seen, and the new Dusseldorf branch of the gallery EY5 will …

ELASTIC VIDEO at Kunstraum NOE

Link zum Kunstraum NOEHanakam & Schuller and Julia Willms will be participating in the group exhibition “Elastic Video” at Kunstraum Niederösterreich in Vienna. The project was initially shown at the institution Tokyo Wonder Site at Hongo, Tokio, in 2011. It was one of three awarded exhibition projects of the „Emerging Artists Support Program“, which is …

Book POPPLANET by Jürgen Paas

New book by Jürgen Paas (to be published on 9th December). Texts by: Thomas Wulffen, Beate Reifenscheid, Ulrich Krempel and Bernd Finkeldey Edited by: Galerie Obrist, Essen u. a. Language: German/Englisch Pages / Illustrations: 180/100 Size: 32 x 24 x 3 cm Cover: Fester Einband/Hardcover Book Release: Sunday, 9 December, 2012, 11 a.m., Museum Katharinenhof, …

Martin Schwenk in the “Künstlerlexikon”

“Künstler – Kritisches Lexikon der Gegenwartskunst” is a periodically published lexikon, which presents contemporary artists. Volume 100 has just been released, and it is dedicated to the Dusseldorf painter and sulptor Martin Schwenk, who we presented with a solo exhibition in spring 2012, and who had a simultaneous exhibition at Museum Haus Lange in Krefeld. …

Designerstammtisch ab 23.11.

Am nächsten Freitag ab 19 Uhr tagt der DESIGNERSTAMMTISCH in der Galerie. Parallel zur “Wundertüte” werden Arbeiten von Hendrik Dorgathen, Jamiri, Helge Jepsen, Frank Georg Lukas, Arndt Möller, Wolf Schily, Rainer Stock und Klaus Trommer zu sehen sein. Der Designerstammtisch trifft sich nicht nur jeden Montag im De Prins, nein, er stellt nun erstmals auch …

Kunst 12 Zurich

8-11 November Obrist Gallery is on the Kunst 12 Zurich, which is beside Art Basel the most important artfair in Switzerland. At booth A3 we showcase work by Marcela Böhm, Armin Hartenstein, Dieter Kränzlein, Jürgen Paas and Martin Schwenk. Kunst 12 Zurich November 8 – 11, 2012 Hours: Thursday 4 p.m. to 10 p.m, Friday …

Jürgen Paas in Kranenburg

www.museumkatharinenhof.deOn Sunday the upcoming exhibition of Jürgen Paas will start at Museum Katharinenhof Kranenburg: Jürgen Paas – Rheinfarben. 14 October, 2012 – 27 January, 2013 Opening Reception: Sunday, 14 October, 2012, 11 a.m. Catalogue presentation and artist talk: Sunday, 9 December, 2012, 11 a.m. Location: Museum Katharinenhof Kranenburg Mühlenstraße 9, 47559 Kranenburg, Germany www.museumkatharinenhof.de

Marcela Böhm – Open Water

Starting on 28 September German-Argentinian painter Marcela Böhm shows her new work at Obrist Gallery. Titled OPEN WATER paintings and drawings are to be seen, which deal with the theme “humans and water”. In her very own handwriting Böhm creates new and unsighted pictures about this existential relation. A catalogue has been published. Press Release …

Hanakam & Schuller: CATALOGUE, part 3

CATALOGUE 7/9/2012 -22/9/2012 shows KOKOMO, series of scanned objects, arranged together in an island-like setting. KOKOMO entitled a 1988 song by the Beach Boys, in which they describe Kokomo as an utopian island paradise located in the Bahamas. The artists play with this narrative structure of an imaginary geographic spot and turn it into -on …