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27.10. – 02.12.23

11.12.20 – 27.02.21

26.10. – 12.11.19

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Nicholas Warburg (F)LUXUS, Neuer Aachener Kunstverein (Portfolio)

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In abstract terms, where does the artist postion himself at the moment? Somewhere, probably, or, clearly. There, in the middle, on the edge, maybe, maybe in the center, it doesn't matter. The joke is, his position is completely free. Not even the art determines the place where the artist stands. He can position himself in cinema, in pop, he can locate himself sociologically, literarily, or in the tradition of the new, he can have left the art context in all directions, but returns to it after his own complete reflection. And with this freedom only one thing as a last burden, the position of the individual in relation to the whole, that is the great thing about this new position. From there the gaze now falls upon the paintings, from the images here back to us.

– Rainald Götz, in: Jeff Koons, p. 117f. Frankfurt/M.: 1998.

...from where we read his works: KURT COBAIN WAS MURDERED is written there right at the entrance. KÖNNEN WIR JETZT ENDLICH WIEDER HOLLYWOODSTARS UMSBRINGEN UND DEATH TO PIGS MIT BLUT AN DIE WAND SCHMIEREN? (Can we finally kill Hollywood stars again and smear death to pigs with their blood on the wall?) The words glow on the work in swift capitals. Black surfaces, impasto stroke, white letters, the oil still wet. To this: leather, plastic, mirrors. Monochromatic colors dominate the space and thus underline the roaring exaggeration of subjects. TITELBILDER (title images) is the name of Nicholas Warburg's current exhibition showing new works at Anton Janizewski and depicts mostly,.. well.. – title images. Sentences written on the canvas with a rough brush are filling the format. Is the title the depiction or the depicted the title? Do the words become merely placeholders, blanks, dummy text? Does the self-description become the motif? Do the images show themselves? Are they equally depiction and description of the piece? Is this the essence of self-reference? While in the past it was mostly the content, it is now additionally the form that sets Warburg's characteristically strong conceptual emphasis. The familiar motifs of Warburg—the old Federal Republic, German Angst, America, the male genius, and, again ... continue reading

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