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GALERIE KUNSTKOMPLEX
KIM DEMUTH
NOCTURNES
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Galerie KUNSTKOMPLEX Hofaue 54 D-42103 Wuppertal Germany tel +49 202 39 31 24 94 info@kunstkomplex.net Director: Nicole Bardohl kunstkomplex.net
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KIM DEMUTH 킴 데무스 Born in the UK, Kim Demuth continually moved around the world as a child before his family settled in Australia when he was a teenager. He graduated from Queensland University in 1999 with a BA (Honours) in Visual Arts. Kim Demuth utilises images of both his own but also found, often resourced from old albums that bare little to no trace of their origins. He became interested in vernacular photography from early on, as a means of exploring the space, the worlds of others, but from a distance. Because there is little other than what we see in an unknown image, we have to contribute our own imagination to it. He has developped an optical device to drive his imaginary into the realm of illusion, oscillating between 2D and 3D points of perception – creating an interspace; neither here or there, an ’in between world’ of sorts. The illusionary photographic image is mainly a way of examining and portraying a reflection of the outer world. Like a distorted mirror, his photographic images stare back and query our own skewed perceptions, not to provide answers, but to encourage questions. Most of his practice has been focused upon the notion of escape, as in a way out off where we find ourselves. He never saw visual art as a way out, but more a means to build or create a perceptual route – and to finally realize that.we are trapped within an illusion. 데무스의 작품 대다수는 탈출이란 화두에 근원을 두고 자기 자신을 찾는 곳으로부터 벗어나려 한다. 그는 예술을 탈출구가 아닌 지각적 경로를 쌓는 도구로 보았으며, 그 환상은 그의 예술적 관습에 지속적으로 영향을 미친다. 그의 작품들은 마치 우리가 아는 것보다 더 거대하고, 위대한 것이 있다는 약속과도 같다. 작품 내에는 memento mori (죽음을 기억하라) 라는 자의식이 자리잡고 있어, 불가피한 우리의 ‘출발‘은 우리의 ‘시작‘을 하고자 하는 욕망과 함께 영원히 혼란스럽게 공존하고 있다는 것을 그려낸다. 그는 그가 직접 제작한 이미지와 찾은 이미지를 사용하지만, 공통점이 있다면 결과물이 본래의 모습과는 판이하게 다르다는 것이다. 작가는 이미지들을 능란하게 조작하여, 완성품이 디지털 회화라고 보일 수 있을 정도로 바꾸지만, 그의 작품의 중요성은 기법도 원산지도 아닌, 결실이다. 데무스가 어떤 재료나 기법을 사용했던지 간에, 관객 안에 ‘타자‘의 존재의 믿음을 심어주는 것이 관건이다. 작가는 관객이 자신이 시각적으로 속았다는 것을 이해하면 그 이해가 외부 세계에도 작용을 한다고 믿는다. 이로써 우리는 모두 환상의 세계에 갇혀있는 것이다.
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2015 SCOPE MIAMI, Miami, USA 2015 SPOON ARTFAIR, Seoul, Korea 2015 PREVIEW, Galerie Kunstkomplex, Wuppertal, Germany 2015 ART EDITION, Seoul, Korea 2015 INCIDENCE, Lmtdspace, Southport, Australia 2015 KIAF, Seoul, Korea 2015 BLOOOM / art.fair, Cologne, Germany 2015 CHEONGJU, Korea 2015 AHAF, Seoul, Korea 2015 SCOPE BASEL, Switzerland 2015 Photo Contemporary (with QCP), Los Angeles, USA 2015 photo la (with QCP), Los Angeles, USA 2014 Group, Galerie Kunstkomplex, Wuppertal, Germany 2014 View from the Window, Wallflower Photomedia Gallery, Mildura 2014 View from the Window, Edmund Pearce Gallery, Melbourne 2014 Dusk to Dark, Queensland Centre for Photography, 2014 Dusk to Dark, Toowoomba Regional Gallery, QLD 2014 photo la (with QCP), Los Angeles, USA 2013 Works on Paper, Dirty Linen Gallery, Bundaberg, QLD 2013 Treasures: the art of collecting, Queensland Centre for Photography, 2013 photo la (with QCP), Los Angeles, USA 2012 North by Northeast, Depot Gallery,Sydney 2012 Flipside: Australian Photography, Project A7 Gallery, Santa Monica, 2012 Orientation, Beam Contemporary, Melbourne 2012 photo la (with QCP), Los Angeles, USA 2011-12 Synchronicity, Grafton Regional Gallery, NSW 2011 Just Ideas, Dirty Linen Gallery, Bundaberg, QLD 2011 Turn Around, Schwartz Gallery, London, UK 2011 Fast Friends (Pace Project), Brisbane Institute of Art 2011 Open Sky, Metro Arts, Brisbane 2011 photo la (with QCP), Los Angeles, USA 2010 Public Sale, Kunst Pavilion, Munich, Germany 2010 Interactive Reactions, Glow Gallery/City Studios, 2010 Brave New World, Queensland Centre for Photography, 2010 Transfusion, PS Gallery, Brisbane 2010 photo la (with QCP), Los Angeles, USA 2009 Synchronicity, Toowoomba Regional Gallery, QLD 2009 She's a Tough Old Broad – A Social History of Metro Arts, Brisbane 2009 Second Skin, Queensland Centre for Photography, 2009 photo la (with QCP), Los Angeles, USA 2008 Netzwork’s Changed Conditions Ahead, Jugglers Gallery, Brisbane 2008 photo la (with QCP), Los Angeles, USA 2007 Topsy, Metro Arts, Brisbane 2006 Top Ten, Gadens Law Firm, Brisbane 2005-06 High Light, Blindside Gallery, Melbourne, Ipswich Art Gallery, Metro Arts, Brisbane 2005 Art, Design & Craft Biennial, Brisbane City Hall 2005 Journey, the block, QUT, Brisbane
2016 SOLO, Galerie Kunstkomplex, Wuppertal, Germany 2015 Industrial Zen, Ipswich Art Gallery, Brisbane 2012-13 Camino, Queensland Centre for Photography, Brisbane 2012 Industrial Zen, Beam Contemporary, Melbourne 2011-12 Camino, Art Space, Mackay 2010 Camino, Beam Contemporary, Melbour+.ne 2010 Second Hand Pose: Portraits of the Unknown, Jan Manton Art, Brisbane 2008 Time Date Space, Jan Manton Art, Brisbane 2006 Signs of Life, Jan Manton Art, Brisbane 2004 4D, Esa Jaske Gallery, Sydney 2004 Over and Out, The Farm, Brisbane 2003 Perception Deception, GALLERY 482, Brisbane 2003 Seeing You Seeing Me Seeing You, IMA, Brisbane GRANTS & AWARDS 2015 THE SOVEREIGN ASIA ART PRIZE (Nominated by Gael Newton) 2014 GRACEVILLE SUBURBAN PROJECT (Short listed for Public Artwork) 2011 ROYAL BRISBANE & WOMENS HOSPITAL BUSWAY STATION (Platform: Public Art Installation) 2010 ARTS QUEENSLAND GRANT (Career Development) 2009 METRO ARTS (Permanent artwork commission) 2009 CLAYTON UTZ TRAVELLING ART PRIZE (Short-listed) 2008 QUEENSLAND STATE ARCHIVES 2007 DURACK FIRE STATION (Public Artwork for new building) 2006 OLD MUSEUM OF BRISBANE (Public Artwork) 2005 AUSTRALIA COUNCIL GRANT (Barcelona Residency) 2004 CHURCHIE CERTIFICATE OF COMMENDATION 2004 QLD MUSEUM'S NEW ENTRANCE (Short listed for Public Artwork) 2003 ARTS QUEENSLAND GRANT (New Work) 2001 AUSTRALIA COUNCIL GRANT, Collaborative Project for Apostrophe Ess Project 2001 ARTS QUEENSLAND GRANT (Professional Development) 2000 CHURCHIE CERTIFICATE OF COMMENDATION 1998 OBJECT MAGAZINE AWARD COLLECTIONS Artbank Artspace | Mackay Daryl Hewson Photographic Collection | Metro Arts, Brisbane | Old Museum of Brisbane | Paul Greenway Gallery, Adelaide | Queensland Centre for Photography | Queensland State Archives | Ryan Renshaw Gallery, Brisbane | Van Halen Family Collection, California USA
NOCTURNE 01 2010, sculptural photography, 23x35 cm | 9.05x13.78“, unique edition NOCTURNE 02 2010, sculptural photography, 30x28 cm | 11.81x11.02“, unique edition
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NOCTURNE 03 2010, sculptural photography, 34x26 cm | 13.39x10.24“, unique edition NOCTURNE 04 2013, sculptural photography, 29x24 cm | 11.42x9.45“, unique edition
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NOCTURNE 05 2015, sculptural photography, 27x35 cm | 10.63x13.78“, unique edition NOCTURNE 06 2010, sculptural photography, 37x24 cm | 14.57x9.45“, unique edition
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NOCTURNE 07 2010, sculptural photography, 26x38 cm | 10.24x14.96“, unique edition NOCTURNE 08 2010, sculptural photography, 27x29 cm | 10.63x11.42“, unique edition
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NOCTURNE 10 2010, sculptural photography, 27x39 cm | 10.63x15.35“, unique edition NOCTURNE 11 2010, sculptural photography, 28x40 cm | 11.02x15.75“, unique edition
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NOCTURNE 17 2016, sculptural photography, 25x35 cm | 9.84x13.78“, unique edition NOCTURNE 20 2016, sculptural photography, 29x40 cm | 11.42x15.75“, unique edition
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NOCTURNE 28 2016, sculptural photography, 28x40 cm | 11.02x15.75“, unique edition NOCTURNE 32 2016, sculptural photography, 38x27 cm | 14.96x10.63“, unique edition
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NOCTURNES – statement
Much of my practice has focused upon the notion of escape, as in a way out off where we find ourselves. I often reflect upon Plato's allegory “The Cave”, in that it is a way of explaining our perpetual state of entrapment wherever we exist upon this planet. The lure of the unknown, ambivalently coupled with the fear of what it may hold, seems ever-relevant with the pace of technology and our extending ability to shift beyond our earthbound past. I never saw visual art as a way out, but more a means to build or create a perceptual route. In 2013, the Nocturne works begun. These are simple sculptural works made of paper and image, moulded to offer an escape route via a portal, towards a promise of something bigger than we can know. Nocturnes also reflect upon the origins of photography, a black and white beginning. As a child born into a world of colour photography, I saw black and white images from somewhere else – kind of here but not really. One of the greatest visual impacts upon my small child's mind was when black and white peeled into colour in 'The Wizard of OZ”. In Nocturnes, the hints of colour are a way of bridging to the outer world - I utilise photographic imagery to mirror this world and warp or tweak it to suggest a passage to another. Kim Demuth
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GALERIE KUNSTKOMPLEX Hofaue 54 D-42103 Wuppertal tel +49 202 39 31 24 94 info@kunstkomplex.net Gallery Director: Nicole Bardohl www.kunstkomplex.net
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