Herzbergstr 40-43, 10365 Berlin
Vase 1, 2013
Keramik, Löcher, Kopfhörer, Vogelgesang (Baumpieper)
90 x 35 x 35 cm
The uncanny
aspect of many of Annette Ruenzlers works, their restrained naivity, appears as
a coherent attempt to reformulate old conceptions through the distortion of
classical beauty references. Her visual language celebrates beauty and poetry
in an ambivalent way, at the same time very prosaic and excessively refined.
Even though
she is investigating strong issues such as the role and position of women in
society – and by extension gender issues and social conventions – there is no
didactic moment in her work. Her practice is definitely political, but its
quality is focused on the capacity of shapes to question restricting
conceptions within society. The oddness of the shapes she produces reveals the
complexity of the subjects she approaches and the dangers to provide with
definitive or normative answers. Thus, naturally, she leaves ideas and
statements open to doubt and personal interpretation. Her ideas are shaped
according to a suggestive mode, which is an extremely honest way to develop a
critical approach.
Fanny
Gonella
