Autor: Ulrike Mohr

Slicing Time, 2016
Carbonized beech and chalk from Moens Klint, 360 x 1222 x 30 cm
Group exhibition „RANDOM WALKS“, curated by Eva Scharrer, KUNSTHAL 44, MØEN, Denmark, May 28–September 18, 2016 (Photo: Thomas Gunnar Bagge)

 

Group exhibition „Unfolding Constellations“, curated by Eva Scharrer
Center of Contemporary Art, Torun, Poland , 5 February–3 April 2016 (Photo: Anna Tuschik)
Space drawing, 5,5 x 7,5 x 4 m, various carbonized wooden strips, 2016
Cabinet with various carbonized objects, 2012-2016, Carbonized folding rulers, 25 x 25 x 25 cm each, 2011, Charcoal collumn juxtaposing exhibition architecture, diameter 60 cm, 2016

„Ulrike Mohr´s artistic approach utilizes material transformation processes that are influenced not only by complex researche and handed-down knowledge, but also by chance occurrences. Her position as a sculptor arises from the observation of nature and a process-oriented treatment of context-related materials, which she transfers into poetic installations whose temporal dimensions are intrinsic to ephemeral substances. Over the past years, the burning of char has become a central modus operandi in her work. This now almost extinct profession of gradually heating wood in the absence of air until it is rendered physically constant is practiced by the artist herself, taking into account the various historical, cutural, environmental and metaphorical implications associated with carbon. Mohr refers to her works as „spatial drawings“ – drawings made with charcoal, one of the oldest drawing materials, not applying pigment on paper, but manifest as lines in three-dimensional space. Her rotating charcoal column responds to one of the characteristic architectural features of CoCa Torun (though one which is most often disguised by the built-in exhibition design), while the new spacial drawing Carbon 0112358 playfully refers to the Fibonacci ratio. While previous installations focused on the natural property of the material, like the traces of growth visible in different kinds of wood that she mosty collects on site, the artist here used industrially cut timber beans to achieve a more minimalist aesthetic.“ Eva Scharrer, 2016

 

Notation, 2016
Wooden construction, spacial installation with charcoal, Soundperformance with projection and violin, August 21, 2016, Violin: Max Sudhues
Group exhibition „PROCHE BANLIEUE“, curated by Max Sudhues
Studio im Hochhaus, Berlin, May 31–August 24, 2016

 

Group exhibition „Spaceliner“, curated by Barbara Heinrich,
ARTER, Space for Art, Istanbul, 15 May–2 August, 2015
Bosporuswasser / Bosporus water, Treibholzkohle / Driftwood charcoal, Wasserkastanienkohle / Water chestnut charcoal, Haselnusskohle / Hazelnut charcoal, Walnußkohle / Walnut charcoal, Pfirsichkernkohle / Peach stone charcoal, Bucheckernkohle / Beechnut charcoal, Schaschlikspießkohle / Skewer charcoal, Bambuskohle / Bamboo stick charcoal, Oklava Holzkohle / Rolling pin charcoal

Spacial Drawing with various carbonized wooden strips and objects, 2016
Cabinet with carbonized plants, seeds and objects, 2016
Group exhibition „The Analogy between Bulbs and Buds – A Sculpture Garden“, curated by Rachel de Joode, Zoë Claire Miller and Michaela Richter Contemporary Art in Botanischer Volkspark Blankenfelde-Pankow, Berlin, May 8th – June 18th, 2016 (Photo: Joseph Devitt Tremblay)

Solo exhibition „With Your Hands Black“
Heidelberger Kunstverein
23 November 2013–02 February, 2014
curated by Susanne Weiß
(Photo: Markus Kaesler)

Sand / Sand, Weidenholzkohle / Willow charcoal, Stoff / Fabric, Papier / Paper, Tape / Tape, Kobalt-Flaschengrün Pigment / Cobalt bottle green pigment, Grüne Erde aus Verona / Green earth from Verona, Kupferpulver / Copper powder, Asche eines Haselnussstrauchs / Ash from a hazel bush, Rotwein / Red wine, Kreide / Chalk, Keramikabformungen / Ceramic casts, Kupferplatte / Copper plate, Tresterkohle / Grape pulp charcoal, Efeukohle / Ivy charcoal, Nylonfaden / Nylon thread, Durch den Regen verformte Tür / Door warped by rainwater, Kirschkernkohle / Cherry stone charcoal

 

Exhibition „Transformation I“, curated by Silvia Ploner
Temporäre Galerie in the Quartiershalle Campus Rütli CR2, Berlin, 28, September–27 October, 2013 (Photo: Jens Ziehe)
Kirschholzkohle / Cherry wood charcoal, Fliederkohle / Lilac charcoal, Ahornkohle / Maple charcoal, Haselnusskohle / Hazel charcoal, Weidenkohle / Willow charcoal, Efeukohle / Ivy charcoal, Holzleisten / Strips of wood, Nylonfaden / Nylon thread, Geköhlerter Busch / carbonized bush

Group exhibition „Landscape of the Mind, curated by Lynn Lukkas and Howard Oransky, Katherine E. Nash Gallery, Minneapolis, USA, 22 May–30 June, 2012 (Photo: Rik Sferra)
Amerikanische Ulmenkohle / American elm charcoal, Amerikanische Ulmenkohle Pigment / American elm charcoal pigment, Papiertüten / Paper bags

Group exhibition „Es werde Licht“, curated by Dorothee Bienert,
Galerie im Körnerpark, Berlin, 2 August–12 October, 2014 (Photos: Jens Ziehe)
Balsampappelkohle / Balsam poplar charcoal, Forsythienkohle / Forsythia charcoal, Weidenkohle / Willow charcoal, Haselnusskohle / Hazel charcoal, Lindenkohle / Linden charcoal, Fichtenkohle / Spruce charcoal, Birkenkohle / Birch charcoal, Gewachster Baumwollfaden / waxed cotton thread

Exhibition „Durchzug“ with Eva-Maria Schön,
Former library at Schlosspark Steinhöfel, curated by Ines Linder
Kunstverein landkunstleben in Brandenburg, 12–21 April, 2014
Balsampappelkohle / Balsam poplar charcoal, Forsythienkohle / Forsythia charcoal, Weidenkohle / Willow charcoal, Haselnusskohle / Hazel charcoal, Lindenkohle / Linden charcoal, Gewachster Baumwollfaden / Waxed cotton thread