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until 26.06. | #4262ARTatBerlin | Taubert Contemporary shows from 26. April 2024 the exhibition KINDFORTODAY by the artist Markus Linnenbrink.
Taubert Contemporary is pleased to present KINDFORTODAY, the sixth solo exhibition by Markus Linnenbrink on occasion of the Berlin Gallery Weekend.
Markus Linnenbrink’s (born 1961) exhibitions are known for his intensive use of color, often space-filling murals such as those in the Kunsthalle Nuremberg or the Fondation DIDAC in Santiago de Compostela. Linnenbrink’s paintings have highly different textures based on his primary painting material, epoxy resin, which, when enriched with pigments, develops a great radiance. In the current exhibition KINDFORTODAY, Linnenbrink also elicits an unexpected variety of manifestations from this material.
Over the course of Linnenbrink’s career, his works have taken shape using different production methods: In drills and cuts such as INTOATRAPWESURELYGO or LETITGROW (both 2024), Linnenbrink pours, mixes and layers the epoxy resin in several layers within, next to and on top of each other to then further process them in an almost sculptural manner. He uses industrial size routers to cut through or drill into the several-centimeter-thick, hardened paint material linearly (cuts) or circularly (drills) in order to make the underlying layers of paint visible. This process transforms the panel painting into a wall sculpture with a relief-like surface.
Markus Linnenbrink, LETITGROW, 2024, epoxy resin on wood, 91 x 61 cm, 26 x 24 in, 3 x 2 ft
The drips and photodrips are based on the interplay of liquid and gravity. In them, Linnenbrink determines the placement of the fine vertical color stripes, but not their course. Sometimes the stripes are densely placed, sometimes more transparent colors, as in the large-format photo drip THEGREATESTMANINTHEWORLD (2023) open up a view of an underlying photo. These extremely enlarged photos are based on vintage slides from the 1970s that come from the estate of Linnenbrink’s father. From today’s perspective, there is often a completely different view of the countries traveled by his father because of dramatic geopolitical shifts. Photography and painting intertwine here in a captivating and previously unseen way, while the work itself oscillates between concrete and abstract art.
The exhibition also includes a new, cast wall piece from the group of so called reverse paintings as well as the spherical sculpture BAUCHREDNER (2023-2024), which adds a further level of complexity to Linnenbrink’s working method. Objects found on the street, discarded at hoe or the studio, given to him by friends such as smart phones are added to the partly transparent layers and are disposed of sustainably in this way.
Markus Linnenbrink, EARTHLYCARRIAGEWITHOUTTHELAWS, 2023, epoxy resin on wood, 183 x 152 cm, 72 x 60 in, 6 x 5 ft
KINDFORTODAY thus offers a multifaceted insight into Linnenbrink’s ongoing investigation of form, material and color.
Markus Linnenbrink (*1961 born in Dortmund, Germany)
lives and works in Brooklyn, New York, USA
Vernissage: Friday , 26. April 2024, 6 – 9 pm
Exhibition period: Friday, 26. April – Saturday, 22. June 2024
Opening hours Gallery Weekend: Saturday 27 April: 11 am – 7 pm, Sunday 28 April: 11 am – 7 pm
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Title image caption: Markus Linnenbrink, KINDFORTODAY, 2023, epoxy resin on wood, 61 x 91 cm, 24 x 36 in, 2 x 3 ft
Exhibition Markus Linnenbrink – Taubert Contemporary | Zeitgenössische Kunst in Berlin | Contemporary Art | Exhibitions Berlin Galleries | ART at Berlin
