Haral Klingelholler Solo Exhibition

Shadow Version, 2007, 62x200x240 cm. Haral Klingelholler Solo Exhibition: On view from January 12 to February 29 at Nelson-Freeman Gallery. Born in 1953, Haral Klingelholler is one of the most representative sculptors of the 1990s in Germany, skilled in manipulating new materials and media of industrial society. Early on, he constructed and arranged forms through combinations of remanufactured objects, exploring the possibilities of various material forms and spaces. He constantly questioned traditional concepts of sculpture; all his works point toward structural and formal language, with their presentation creating a thoughtful dialogue with space. Recently, his explorations have incorporated metaphysical linguistic concepts, giving his work an undertone and making it more internalized.

In this new solo exhibition, Klingelholler presents a series of geometric miniature building sculptures. These small structures evoke the feeling of furniture: built with aluminum frames and plaster, they resemble geometric facade box-like objects (metaphorically representing houses, buildings, oceans, and spaces). Inside are series of drawers of varying lengths, tightly closed or open, directly hung on the wall. The exquisitely delicate drawers respond to the length of each work's title, filled with musical rhythm, such as "Buildings between buildings between forgotten buildings" or "Spaces behind spaces behind narrated spaces." This proposition pushes the works into metaphysical ideas and imagination, inviting reflection on the resonance between sculptural imagery and metaphysical titles, depicting the artist's deep consciousness and complex spiritual state.

Of course, through the repetition of themes like these (buildings, oceans, and spaces), viewers are encouraged to deeply contemplate the elusive concept of space through pure form, structure, and material contrast. Another distinctive sculpture is the new attempt from last year, "Shadow Version" (created in 2007). It consists of three undulating steel plates, with curved and concave-convex structural forms presented directly on the ground. This piece titled "Shadow" derives from the projection form of the 1992 sculpture "Here as a distance," and its linear and planar qualities appear even more abstract and poetic under the contrast of light.