Sine Hansen & Kerstin von Gabain, Installation view, Art Cologne, 2021
Sine Hansen, Glücksfänger, 1965, tempera on canvas, 120 x 100 cm
Sine Hansen, Hey Heart, 1966, tempera on canvas, 130 x 120 cm
Sine Hansen, Flitty Flip, 1966, tempera on canvas, 130 x 120 cm
Kerstin von Gabain, Shelter for beasts (clear), 2021, acrylic glass, 42 x 15 x 30 cm
Kerstin von Gabain, Shelter for beasts, 2021, Installation view, Art Cologne
Kerstin von Gabain, Untitled, 2021, silicone and glitter, dimensions variable
Sine Hansen, Catcher mit Blume, 1967, screen print, 61 x 50.5 cm,
ed 17/30
Sine Hansen, Herztod, 1965, tempera on canvas, 100 x 100 cm
EXILE is pleased to participate for the third time in ART COLOGNE with a presentation of works by Vienna-based artist Kerstin von Gabain (*1979) in dialogue with selected early paintings by German artist Sine Hansen (1942 – 2009).
Working in either painting (Hansen) or object (von Gabain), both artists approach the physical and emotional dimension of the female body through tools, measurements, armour, organs or shelters. The core question of inner and outer self, of exposed shield or inner shelter, or exposed shelter and inner shield, is at once addressed as assertive strength and precious fragility of individual definition.
This dialogue presentation runs concurrently to the introductory solo exhibition of Sine Hansen focusing on paintings and works on paper from 1965-1970 at the gallery in Vienna.
→Sine Hansen artist link
→Kerstin von Gabain artist link
→Kate Brown, artnet, Nov 19, 2021
→Silvie Aigner and Paula Watzl, Parnass, Nov 19, 2021