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Thilo Heinzmann

Would You Take The Ball From A Little Baby

Opening June 9^th 6-8pm

June – August 2011

Bortolami Gallery is proud to present the second solo show by Thilo Heinzmann at the gallery. A number of works on display situate pigment powder clearly in the field of perception. Not to render the artist’s ‘material’ visible or to expose painting’s internal working principles but to generate a genuine painterly impression. The transitions between the delicate and the dense areas of colored dusting amount to transitions between lighter and darker blues, between lower and higher intensities of color. In the Western tradition of art this interest in color’s capacity for perceptual and sensory impression is inherently tied to painterly techniques. Heinzmann’s works pick up this historical thread in a non-representational way. Yet, color does not enter the space of perception as a purely optical value either – the pigment as material dust is far too prominent for such a visual dissolve. Instead, color receives a slight tactile roughening.

Heinzmann generates the unfolding of color partly through movements of distribution performed by hand and various instruments, but also through the contingent use of subtle streams of air. This treatment of color constitutes his proposal for what could become of the painterly concept that used to be known as ‘gesture’. Here it is articulated under the double terms of restriction and expanse: Heinzmann has limited the application of pigment to one single movement per canvas, whose scale he has in turn enlarged considerably. The result is an exercise in an economy of form where the vastness of the picture plane becomes the arena for the impact of an isolated color spray.

With his cotton-wool pictures Heinzmann pushes his undertaking a step further. For, also the impression evoked by these works is undeniably located within the realm of an artistic exploration of color: they clearly are monochromes – white on white. At the far end of the spectrum where tones blend into light, Heinzmann thus still explores visual nuance and coloration. The support of these artworks is lacquered wood; where traditionally would have been brush-strokes of oil or acrylic paint one now sees cotton-clouds and elaborately pulled traces of fluff; both, wood and cotton, are joined together through minutely applied traces of glue. Yet, none of these elements add up to an impression of ‘objecthood’. Instead, their materiality is pulled into the visual realm staked out by painting where the fine flosses of cotton now enact the function of facture, where the movement of the artist’s hand is transposed into the subtle lineament of adhesives, and where the hardedge wooden surface plays the role of the work’s support. In his pigment pictures, Heinzmann uses an element that in its loose form lies prior to painterly procedures. Here, he employs materials which one would classically sort into the category of sculpture, or bricolage. Both, pigment and cotton works, converge in a realm where the work engenders a process whose result in the end is painting in an emphatic sense.

Thilo Heinzmann was born in 1969, studied at Stadelschule in Frankfurt am Main from 1992-1997. His work will be included in the upcoming group show Masterpieces of Painting in the IVAM Collection: Past, Present and Future at IVAM Institut Valencia d’Art Modern. He has shown extensively in Europe at Galerie Guido Baudach in Berlin; Galerie Christine Mayer, Munich; Carl Freedman Gallery, London; and Galeria Heinrich Erhardt, Madrid. His work has recently been acquired by the Tate Gallery Collection in the UK.

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Biography

THILO HEINZMANN

Born in 1969

Lives and works in Berlin.

1992 – 1997 Staatliche Hochschule für Bildende Künste, Frankfurt/M.

Solo Exhibitions

2011    Would You Take The Ball From A Little Baby, Bortolami, New York

Thilo Heinzmann, Galerie Guido W. Baudauch, Berlin – Wedding

2010    Straight from the cotton fields. Naked. It’s unbelievable, Galerie Guido W. Baudach, Berlin – Charlottenburg

Thilo Heinzmann ( with Martin Neumaier), dépendance, Bruxelles

Thilo Heinzmann, Galeria Heinrich Ehrhardt, Madrid

2009    Thilo Heinzmann, Galerie Bernd Kugler, Innsbruck, Austria

Thilo Heinzmann, Andersen’s Contemporary, Kopenhagen

Thilo Heinzmann, Carl Freedman Gallery, London

Wie geht es Dir! (with Gotscha Gosalishvili), Kunstverein Heppenheim

die Liebe, Galerie Christine Mayer, Munich

2008    an  empty stomach is the devil’s playground, Bortolami, New York

Thilo Heinzmann, Galerie Guido W. Baudach, Berlin

Thilo Heinzmann, Galerie Parisa Kind, Frankfurt/M.

2007    Galeria Heinrich Erhardt, Madrid (cat.)

Galerie Bernd Kugler, Innsbruck (cat.)

2006    Thilo Heinzmann, Galerie Parisa Kind, Frankfurt

Galerie Christine Mayer, Munich
Thilo Heinzmann, Galerie Guido W. Baudach, Berlin

2005    zum atmen und wünschen, Galerie Kugler, Innsbruck

2004    Schönheit, Pracht, Wollust und Gelassenheit, Galerie Guido W. Baudach, Berlin
Alle Jahre, alle Tage, Galerie Christine Mayer, München

2003    The hand, the heart, the soul, Galeria Heinrich Ehrhardt, Madrid
12 Zeichnungen, Galerie Parisa Kind, Frankfurt

2002    She told me to be there, Galerie Christine Mayer, München
When a woman loves a man, Galerie Guido W. Baudach, Berlin
Das große WASSERMONDWELLENSCHWERTSCHIFF, Galerie Michael Neff, Frankfurt/M.
The year and the woman, aspreyjacques, London

2000    JOY N PAIN SUNSHINE N RAIN, Galerie Michael Neff, Frankfurt/M.

1999    1. Diciembre 1999 – 29. Enero 2000 (mit Thomas Zipp), Galeria Heinrich Ehrhardt, Madrid

1997    Thilo Heinzmann, Galerie NEU, Berlin
Thilo Heinzmann – Thomas Zipp, Galerie ak, Hans Sworowski, Frankfurt/M.

1996    31, Corbin House, London

1995    Malerei, Hammelehle und Ahrens, Stuttgart
Skulptur, Birgit Küng, Zürich

1994 Body Language, Michael Neff, Frankfurt/M.

1993    Joy, Hope, Passion, Eternity, Gartner’s, Frankfurt/M.

Group Exhibitions (Selected)

2011 Neue Welt, Autocenter on location in Basel

Masterpieces of Painting in the Collection of IVAM. Past, Present and Future, IVAM Institut Valencià d’Art Modern, Valencia

Fruchtbaresland, Carl Freedman Gallery, London

True Faith, Andersen’s Contemporary, Denmark

2010 Redressing, Bortolami Gallery, New York

Galerie Christine Mayer – Showroom, Munich

Transzendenz Inc. Autocenter, Berlin (cat.)

Schwarzgold, Schloss Beesenstedt/Halle

Sommershow 2010, Galerie Christine Mayer, Munich

Seated Man, Carl Freedman Gallery, London

HARTE, Silvershed, New York

Autocenter presents: 100th Exhibition, Autocenter, Berlin

A.D.D Attention Deficit Disorder, Palazzo Lucarini Contemporary, Trevi, Perugia

2009    Out of Wedding, UferHallen, Berlin

Stiftung für Futuristische Forschung (SFF), Kasino am Wienberg, Neuruppin

Crisscross, Wanniek Gallery, Brno

5 years for friends, Galerie Bernd Kugler, Innsbruck

Crotla Presents, lothringer13/laden, Munich, 2009

BERLIN, 2000, PaceWildenstein, New York

amor fati, Galerie Guido W. Baudach, Berlin

2008    Untitled, 6 x 2, 2008, M.1 Arthur Boskamp-Stiftung, Hohenlockstedt

Pop-Auge und die ewigen Quatschkommoden – Deutsche und Amerikanische  Kunst seit 1999, Patrick Painter Gallery, Los Angeles

Die Kunst der Landwirtschaft, Tiroler Landesmuseum, Innsbruck (cat.)

Moraltarantula 2, Hamburg

Boxer, Literaturhaus Frankfurt/M.

80 x 40, Uferhallen, Berlin

Garage Sale, Galerie Parisa Kind, Frankfurt/M.

That’s The Way It Is, Galerie Guido W. Baudach, Berlin (cat.)

Andersen’s Wohnung Revisited 1996-1999, Andersen’s Contemporary, Berlin

Hedwig, Baronian_Francey, Brussels

Zuordnungsprobleme, Johann König GmbH, Berlin

Kommando Giotto di Bondone, Giò Marconi, Milan

Hotel Marienbad 002. Sammlung Rausch, KW Berlin

12, Galerie Kugler, Innsbruck

Kommando Tilman Riemenschneider. Europa 2008, Hospitalhof Stuttgart (cat.)

Das Grosse Nichts, Kurator 2007/2008, Gebert Stiftung für Kultur, Rapperswil-Jona, Switzerland

Yellow Snow, La Maison Jaune (Patricia Low Contemporary), Gstaad

Die Kunst der Landwirtschaft, Tiroler Landesmuseum, Innsbruck (cat.)

2007    return to forever, forever and a day Büro, Berlin

Moraltarantula, Hamburg

Fresh Trips/ Niveauararm, Kunstraum Innsbruck

La Boum III, Warsaw (cat.)

Substance & Surface, Bortolami Gallery, New York

It takes Something to make Something Portikus, Frankfurt/M. (cat.)

Works on Paper, Galerie Christine Mayer, Munich

Horizont, Bethanien, Berlin

Optik Schröder, Kunstverein Braunschweig (cat.)

Kommando Calvin Cohn New York, Salon 94, New York

Thilo Heinzmann, Antoni Llena, Bojan Sarcevic, Bortolami Gallery, New York

Kommando Friedrich Hölderlin Berlin, Galerie Max Hetzler, Berlin (cat.)

Heretic & Co. – The Golden City, Jiri Svestka, Prague

Gallery swap with Galerie Guido W. Baudach, Hotel, London

2006    Ketzer & Co. – Montage auf der Achse Brünn-Berlin, Haus der Kunst, Brno (cat.)

2005    Papier, Galerie Guido W. Baudach, Berlin

36 x 27 x 10, Volkspalast, Berlin

3 Jahre “forever and a day Büro” Forever and a Day Büro, Berlin

Galerie Nomadenoase (mit André Butzer) London

2004    Guido W. Baudach, Galerie Guido W. Baudach, Berlin

Samm lung Furler, Berlin (cat.)

Frohe Zukunft, Halle für Kunst, Lüneburg

Kommando Pfannenkuchen, Daniel Hug Gallery, Los Angeles

Invite #8, Klosterfelde, Berlin

Helbo II, Galerie Na Bidylku, Brünn (cat.)

2003    Hands up, Baby, hands up!, Oldenburger Kunstverein
deutshemalereizweitausenddrei, Frankfurter Kunstverein (cat.)

DIOÉ, Hamburg

Licht an, Atelier Paul-Heysestr. 17, Munich

Helbo, Brotherslasher, Köln

2002    Friede, Freiheit, Freude, Galerie Guido W. Baudach, Berlin
Große Kunstausstellung Sommer 2002 im Pazifik, PAZIFIK, Berlin
Christian Flamm, Thilo Heinzmann, Michel Majerus, Antje Majewski, Nader, aspreyjacques, London Cruisen, Diskurs Alpha bis Omega, Konigsbau, Stuttgart

2001    Viva November, Städtische Galerie Wolfsburg (cat.)
Musterkarte, Modelos de Pintura Alemana, Galeria Heinrich Ehrhardt, Madrid (cat.)
MONTANA SACRA (Circles 5), ZKM, Karlsruhe (cat.)
Sibirien Forellen Express, Maschenmode, Berlin

2000    Berlin – Binnendifferenz, Galerie Krinzinger, Wien/Bregenz/Salzburg/Innsbruck
Genre Painting, G7, Berlin
Death Race 2000, Thread Waxing Space, New York
Turning into a loop, Gio Marconi, Mailand

1999    Malerei, Init Kunsthalle, Berlin
On Paper, Galerie Stalke, Kopenhagen
Otto hat Besuch, O.T.T.O., Kopenhagen
Offencia Europa, Galleria d’Arte Moderna, Bologna

1998    Junge Szene, Secession, Wien
Galerie MXM, Prag (cat.)

1997    Ex-Centrics, Vordingborg
W 5, rumford, München
To show you what’s NEU, Galerie NEU, Berlin, und Galerie Stahlke, Kopenhagen Andersens Wohnung, Berlin

1996    Papier, Galerie Bärbel Grässlin, Frankfurt/M.Cruise, Friedensallee 12, Hamburg

1995    Spiele, Galerie & Edition Artelier, Graz
Pointen, Innsbruck

1994    Man’s World, Kunstverein Offenburg
Best of five Ausstellungsraum Amraserstraße, Innsbruck

1993    Männerkunst – Frauenkunst, Kunstverein Kippenberger, Fridericianum Kassel

1992    Mit Lust und Liebe, Galerie Klewan, München

Collections

Tate Museum, London

IVAM Institut Valencia d’Art Modern