Manfred Pernice
Subtitle: Haldensleben, Bibette headland, Hotel Hangelar
By: Museum Ludwig, Köln ; [Herausgeber, Barbara Engelbach, Manfred Pernice]
Contributors: Engelbach, Barbara, editor; Museum Ludwig
Publisher: Snoeck Verlagsgesellschaft mbH
Published: 2017
Place of publication: Köln
Language: ger
Number of pages: 198
ISBN-13: 9783864420993
Subjects: Exhibitions
Other titles: Haldensleben, Bibette headland, Hotel Hangelar
Description: Internationally acclaimed German sculptor Manfred Pernice's equivocal constructions lie somewhere between autonomous sculpture and expansive room-size installation. They use as their starting point spaces (industrial plants, canals, high-rises, metro stations or dykes) and vessels (cans or containers), whose forms are defined by their respective functions. When Pernice pieces these forms together into new constellations using plywood and other materials, he produces not only complex structures but also correspondingly dense webs of social and political associations, which draw from the artist's own photographs, drawings and documentation. This artist monograph begins with three large sculptural works exhibited at Museum Ludwig (2007) that become the inspiration for the next decade of works. Facsimile texts, found images and photographs appear throughout his installations as silent guides, resonating with allusions to historical events, literary figures and even political turmoil.
Notes: On the occasion of the exhibition "DC: Manfred Pernice. Haldensleben..." held at Museum Ludwig, Cologne, April 20-July 30, 2007.

Includes bibliographical references.

In German; supplement in German and English.