Jan Bünnig

Jan Bünnig ›We'll Stay Until 1000 O'Clock‹

Opening Friday, February 8 2013 | 7:00 pm
Exhibition from February 9 2013 until April 7 2013

In both a trenchant and poetic manner, sculptor Jan Bünnig presents the creative process of his artwork to viewers. In his first institutional solo exhibition “Wir bleiben bis 1000 Uhr” (“We’ll stay until 1000 O’Clock”) at the Heidelberger Kunstverein, the exhibition space becomes a part of the process––the atelier, as a space of creation, and the exhibition space get mixed up. For his often large-scale work, Bünnig combines traditional materials like clay, mud and wood with industrially connoted materials like concrete, tar and nylon thread as well as using everyday objects. He stages the materials in his sculptures in such a way that they seem to no longer be limited to their inherent physical properties.

The upcoming exhibition directs our attention to the motif of desire in Bünnig’s sculptures. The starting point for the new works produced for the Heidelberger Kunstverein is simply to recognize and enjoy the beauty and overall uniqueness of a given moment in time. This position is also adopted in his on-going series “Luftpost” (air mail): a collection of found objects from around the world that the artist brought on plane flights as his checked luggage. Marked by their journey, the objects become almost like profane relics. They are similar to his “performative” sculptures made of clay and wood, which also bear witness to something from the past, a fact visible in the materials themselves.

“Wir bleiben bis 1000 Uhr” is the third exhibition from the series “Einzelausstellung: Nicht alleine” (“Solo Exhibition: Not Alone”), in which curator Susanne Weiß incorporates references and influences from artistic positions into the exhibition. In 2012, this series included shows by Ulf Aminde and Heide Hinrichs.

Calendar

Friday February 8 I 7 pm
Opening Jan Bünnig "We'll Stay until 1000 O'Clock"
Opening Foyer
Heidelberg - Fukushima: Bookmark Project
Opening Studio
"Do You Know What Time Is?"

Saturday February 9 I 6 pm
Dirty Jokes: On Jan Bünnig and His Living Sculptures
English language talk by Anders Smebye

Wednesday February 13 I 6 pm
Buchstabieren

Sunday February 17 I 3 pm
Guided Tour
German guided tour with Tim Schmidt

Saturday and Sunday, February 16-17
Soundtrack zur Ausstellung
Children's sound workshop with Benedikt Neumann, Jan Bünnig and Georg Schönbaum (in German)

Wednesday February 27 I 7 pm
After Work Tour
German guided tour with Tim Schmidt

Sunday March 3 I 3 pm
Guided Tour
German guided tour with Tim Schmidt

Wednesday March 6 I 6 pm
Buchstabieren

Sunday March 13 I 7 pm
After Work Tour
German guided tour with Tim Schmidt

Friday and Saturday, March 22-23
Körper formen: In Bewegung
Children's dance workshop with Anna Till

Saturday March 23 I 6 pm
"Mist zu Erde"
Talk by Kai Himstedt

Sunday March 24 I 3 pm
Curator's Guided Tour
With Susanne Weiß

Wednesday April 3 I 6 pm
Buchstabieren

Sunday April 7 I 3 pm
Guided Tour
German guided tour with Tim Schmidt

Installation of Jan Bünnig,"Wir bleiben bis 1000 Uhr "
Heidelberg 2013, photo: Raul Walch

Jan Bünnig,"Füße", asphalt, 2004, photo: Jens Ziehe

Jan Bünnig,"Feuerstelle", living sculpture, ready mix concrete, 2007-2013, photo: Jens Ziehe