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INKY TOY AFFINITAS
2/16/2007

February 16, 2007 through April 14, 2007
Opening reception: February 16, 2007 6-9pm
149 N. 3rd Street, Philadelphia

Curated by Anna-Catharina Gebbers

Markus Amm (London)
Helene Appel (London)
Nicole Bianchet (Berlin)
Ulla von Brandenburg (Paris)
Damien Deroubaix (Berlin/Paris)
Lucile Desamory (Berlin)
Marte Eknaes (London)
Claire Fontaine (Paris)
Aurélien Froment (Paris)
David Gaus (Paris)
Ellen Gronemeyer (London)
Alexander Heim (London)
Sophie von Hellermann (London)
Uwe Henneken(Berlin)
Julia Horstmann (Berlin)
Volker Hueller (Hamburg)
Bethan Huws (Paris)
Lisa Junghanß (Berlin)
Dorota Jurczak (Hamburg)
Janice Kerbel (London)
Armin Kramer (Hamburg)
Rene Luck (Berlin)
Isa Melsheimer (Berlin)
Laurent Montaron (Paris)
Thomas Ravens (Berlin)
Norbert Schwontkowski (Bremen/Berlin/Hamburg)
Andreas Slominski (Berlin/Hamburg)
Isabell Spengler (Berlin)
Katja Strunz (Berlin)
Alex Tennigkeit (Berlin)
Emily Wardill (London)

The group show INKY TOY AFFINITAS will feature works on paper by thirty-one artists from Berlin, Hamburg, London, and Paris. Curator Anna-Catharina Gebbers has invited thirteen artists from these cities to participate with their own works and by inviting artists themselves. This exhibition presents, on one hand, the disparate possibilities of paper works as a playful sketch, as mnemonic, as conceptual work, and moreover as an evidence of intentional perception. On the other hand, the artists will show both their own works as well as that of artists to whom they extended the invitation. These relationships spin a web of intellectual affinities, one that broadens the visual preferences beyond their origins.

This exhibition presents, on one hand, the disparate possibilities of paper works as a playful sketch, as mnemonic, as conceptual work, and moreover as an evidence of intentional perception. On the other hand, the artists will show both their own works as well as that of artists to whom they extended the invitation. These relationships spin a web of intellectual affinities, one which broadens the visual preferences beyond their origins.

Kant first mentions "affinitas" (affinity) in connection with chemical processes in his Anthropology from a Pragmatic Point of View (1798). The influence of chemistry on the formulation of thoughts during Kant's later lifetime -- the so called Chemical Age, as Friedrich Schlegel deemed it -- is as well attested to in Goethe's novel Elective Affinities (1809). Chemical reactions were understood to be a template of analog psychological and intellectual processes. Still today in chemistry the term "affinity" describes a "process of confederation" wherein specific heterogeneous substances, chemical species, or atoms of unlike composition, combine to create new chemical compounds.

The concentration upon artists from four European cities reflects a range of preferences on the part of the curator that delimits the number of potential affinities and associations. Some of the artists could not or did not want to name any “affinities,” while others invited several colleagues to contribute. Most of the works have been produced especially for this exhibition. Two of the artists seem to look for affinities also in Philadelphia: Dorota Jurczak's billboard, which is a homage to Duchamp's "Wanted" will be spread all over the city of Philadelphia. Andreas Slominski, who is known for works which announce him as a trickster and points to the ludic element which runs through his projects, will present two sheets of paper: one with signatures of seven 18-year old girls from Philadelphia, the other one with signatures of seven 18 year old boys from Philadelphia. Both artists' works contain performative, interactive elements and can be read as a comment on the art world. In the end this playful dance--triggered by the concept of the show--represents an elected perception and mutual appreciation.

Anna-Catharina Gebbers is an internationally-active curator and writer from Berlin (Germany). Among others she curated shows for the 3rd Triennial of Photography Hamburg, for the 4th Berlin Biennial, and initiated the exhibition and performance art project The Three Cities: Berlin, Milan, London. She writes catalogue texts for artists like Thomas Scheibitz and Thomas Schutte, and publishes in magazines as Artist and Frieze. In Berlin she organises exhibitions, performances and lectures at her workspace BIBLIOTHEKSWOHNUNG,
www.acgebbers.com

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Markus Amm, Untitled, 2006, Luminogram on b/w paper,
40.6cm x 30.48cm.

Helene Appel, Untitled, 2007,
Oil on paper (mounted on wood), 58.5 x 44cm.

Nicole Bianchet, Make it Yours and You have all the Charms, 2007
Tryptich (from left to right):
(1) Drawing ink and watercolor on cardboard 29cm x 20.5cm x 2 cm,
(2) Drawing ink and watercolor on plywood ( 1mm ),
36.5cm x 31.5cm x 2cm
(3) Darwing ink and watercolor on Plywood ( 1mm ), 25 x 25 x 2 cm

Ulla von Brandenburg, Untitled (Bänder), 2007,
watercolor on tissue paper, 75cm x 61cm.

Damien Deroubaix, Love for Money, 2007,
Watercolor on paper, 30cm x 42cm.

Damien Deroubaix, Back in Business, 2007,
Watercolor on paper, 30cm x 42cm.

Lucile Desamory, Untitled, 2004, collage, 70cm x 87cm.

Lucile Desamory, Untitled, 2003, collage, 70cm x 87cm.

Marte Eknaes, Plan 1, 2006-07,
Pen and tape on paper and glossy card, 29cm x 42cm.

Marte Eknaes, Plan 2, 2006-07,
Pen and tape on paper and glossy card, 29cm x 42cm.

Marte Eknaes, Plan 3, 2006-07,
Pen and tape on paper and glossy card, 29cm x 42cm.

Claire Fontaine, Visions of the World, (This is not Palestine), 2006
Two framed ready-made pages 134 x 216 mm each. 1/1+AP

Aurelien Froment, plate from Projectionism (a manual), 2007
Photos Laurent Montaron: digital print
44cm x 68cm unframed, courtesy Store gallery, London.
Unique piece, (plate from a serie of about a hundred, documenting the work of a projectionist in a cinema booth).

Ellen Gronemeyer, Untitled, 2006, oil on paper, 29.7cm x 42 cm.

Ellen Gronemeyer, Untitled, 2006, oil on paper, 29.7cm x 42cm.

Alexander Heim, Untitled (Exhaust Drawing No. 4), 2007,
Soot on paper, 70cm x 50cm.

Alexander Heim, Untitled (Exhaust Drawing No. 5), 2007,
Soot on paper, 70cm x 50cm.

Sophie von Hellermann, Untitled, 2006
Ink on paper, 35.5 x 25.5 cm.

Uwe Henneken, Untitled, 2007,
Watercolor on paper, 23 x 31cm / 9" x 12 1/8").

Julia Horstmann, Untitled (Mauer), 2006, cutout, 100cm x 70cm.

Julia Horstmann, There is an End, 2007, cutout, 100cm x 60cm.

Volker Hueller, Desesperados, 2007,
Etching with watercolor on paper, 34.2cm x 27.9cm.

Volker Hueller, Fenix und Almam, 2006,
Etching with watercolor on paper, 34.2cm x 27.9cm.

Volker Hueller, Untitled, 2006.
Etching with watercolor on paper, 34.2cm x 27.9cm.

Lisa Junghanss, the visitation of my other self Nr. 7, 2007,
Photograph. 75cm x 50cm, Edition of 3.

Lisa Junghanss, the visitation of my other self Nr. 2, 2007,
Photograph. 75cm x 50cm, Edition of 3.

Lisa Junghanss, the visitation of my other self Nr. 10, 2007,
Photograph. 75cm x 50cm, Edition of 3.

Dorota Jurczak, Wanted, 2007, Silkprint on paper, 29.7cm x 21cm.

Janice Kerbel, One-house Town, 2005
(from a series of drawings "Ghost town studies", 2005),
Ink and Letratone on paper, 60cm x 42cm.

Armin Kramer, (Triptych) Schrecklich schon, schon dumm, 2007, Watercolor and ink on paper, 3 pieces 43cm x 20cm.

René Lück, Rainbow Warrior, 2006, Piezo-Pigmentprint, Din A3.

René Lück, Shell Tankstelle, 2006, Piezo-Pigmentprint, Din A3.

René Lück, Shell Schild, 2006, Piezo-Pigmentprint, Din A3.

René Lück, Windkraft, 2006, Piezo-Pigmentprint, Din A3.

René Lück, Traktorblockade, 2006, Piezo-Pigmentprint, Din A2.

Isa Melsheimer, Nr. 171, 2007, Gouache on paper, 17cm x 12cm.

Isa Melsheimer, Nr. 172, 2007, Gouache on paper, 17cm x 12cm.

Isa Melsheimer, Nr. 173, 2007, Gouache on paper, 17cm x 12cm.

Isa Melsheimer, Nr. 174, 2007, Gouache on paper, 17cm x 12cm.

Isa Melsheimer, Nr. 175, 2007, Gouache on paper, 17cm x 12cm.

Thomas Ravens, W 0/2006, 2006
Watercolor on paper, 3 pieces à 50 x 70 cm (Triptych)

Norbert Schwontkowski, Untitled (Stone), 2003,
Ink on Paper, 43cm x 61cm.

Norbert Schwontkowski, Untitled (Oil), 2004,
Ink on Paper, 21cm x 29.7cm.

Andreas Slominski: Andreas asked us to collect the signatures of seven 18-year old girls on one sheet of paper and the signatures of seven
18-year old boys on another sheet of paper, 11 x 17 inches.

Isabell Spengler, Death Valley (from the series "Weather Songs"), 2007,
12 color photographs (each 15cm x10cm), mounted on cardboard
44.5cm x 40.5 cm, Passepartout: 56.5cm x 60.5 cm, Edition: 3 + AP.

Isabell Spengler, Dunes (from the series "Weather Songs"), 2007 , 12 color photographs (each 15cm x10 cm), mounted on cardboard 44.5cm x 40.5 cm, Edition: 3 + AP.

Isabell Spengler, Stalagmites (from the series "Weather Songs"), 2007 , 12 color photographs (each 15cm x10 cm), mounted on cardboard 44.5cm x 40.5 cm, Edition: 3 + AP.

Isabell Spengler, Atlantis (from the series "Weather Songs"), 2007,
12 color photographs (each 15cm x10 cm), mounted on cardboard 44.5cm x 40.5 cm, Edition: 3 + AP.

Katja Strunz, Untitled, 2007, collage, 32cm x 23.5 cm

Katja Strunz, Untitled, 2007, collage, 42 x 30.5cm

Katja Strunz, Summer habitation, 2004,
Letterpress-print on Paper, 24cm x 19.5cm.

Alex Tennigkeit, Konvolut, 2007, watercolor on paper,
4 works: A4, 3 works: A3, 1 work: 58.5 x 43.3 cm.

Emily Wardill, The Reader's Wife, 2004, photocopy of a painting from the installation "The Reader's Wife", A 1, Edition 1/5.

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