Co-presented with Galerie EIGEN + ART
A VIP Programme of Art Basel Hong Kong 2024

Opening: 25.3.2024 (Mon), 6:30 PM, in the presence of the artist Kai Schiemenz, followed by an artist talk at 7:00 PM, Goethe-Gallery. Moderation in English: Prof. Harald Kraemer

Please note the special opening hours of "Kai Schiemenz: Clear Height":
25.3.2024 | 6:30 PM - 8:00 PM
26.-29.3.2024 | 10:00 AM - 8:00 PM
30.3.2024 | 9:30 AM - 4:00 PM

On the occasion of Art Basel Hong Kong, the Goethe-Institut will be presenting, in collaboration with Galerie EIGEN + ART, selected works by German artist Kai Schiemenz.

What characterises a sculpture? The property of being three-dimensional? An object of art that can be viewed from several perspectives? Or the material from which the artwork is constructed, peeled or moulded? Two ideas play a central role in the sculptures of Kai Schiemenz (born 1966 in Erfurt, Germany): the surface and the process. Every object was once something else: rocks or polystyrene blocks that become coloured glass via a silicone mould, computer scribbles that end up as ceramic tiles or concrete bases that become independent sculptures in a new context. And last but not least, ideas of architecture and urban spaces, from which these abstract objects mentally grow. (Leonie Pfennig)

Kai Schiemenz was born in 1966 in Erfurt (Germany). He studied at the Kunsthochschule Berlin-Weißensee from 1990 to 1991, then Visual Cultural Studies at the Universität der Künste in Berlin from 1992 to 1998, where he also attended Prof. Lothar Baumgarten's master class in 1999. His artistic works have been shown in numerous national and international solo and group exhibitions. In 2000 he was awarded the GASAG Art Prize. Kai Schiemenz lives and works in Berlin.

Image credit:
Kai Schiemenz
Curiosity Killed the Cat XI, 2022
Glazed ceramic tiles, mounted on multiplex board
each 45 x 28 cm
Edition of 2
courtesy Galerie EIGEN + ART Leipzig/Berlin
Photo: Uwe Walter, Berlin