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Kahrs, Johannes
1965 Bremen, lives in Berlin (Germany).

venue: Koldo Mitxelena

The paintings, charcoal drawings and video projections of Johannes Kahrs are all bound by a relationship to time. He renders figures in the midst of ambiguous performative gestures that confound any clear identification or reduction to a single communicative meaning. The works — Spooky Love, Just to Keep the Feeling Going, I Finally Accept Fate, and This — therefore oscillate between latent and overt psychological meanings. Illusory figures are portrayed amid hands applauding, striking, or inducing. Among his confrontational placements of paintings and charcoal drawings, a grainy black and white film documenting a man rhythmically moving his head side to side is silently projected. The pulse of his motion, with its implied inertia, points to the possibility of physical drama. And yet, in anticipation of this probable reading, the artist complicates a narrative resolution by hanging a final painting of hands clasped in flaccid disempowerment and impotence.

curriculum:

Selected individual exhibitions
Down‘n Out. Zeno X Storage, Antwerp (Belgium), 2003.

Down‘n Out. Künstlerhaus Bethanien, Berlin, 2002.

The Drunken Boat. Galerie Almine Rech, Paris, 2002.

A-h. Touring exhibition: SMAK, Ghent (Belgium), 2001; FRAC des Pays de la Loire, Carquefou (France), 2001; Kunstverein, Munich (Germany), 2001.

La Révolution Permanente. Galerie Almine Rech, Paris, 2000.

Night in Sexyland. Zeno X Gallery, Antwerp (Belgium), 2000.

Shot and Painted. Galerie Franck+Schulte, Berlin, 2000.

Last Virgin on the Left. Galerie Signal, Malmö (Sweden), 2000.

Why Don’t You Paint My Portrait. Gesellschaft für Aktuelle Kunst, Bremen (Germany), 1998.

Double Stage. 6 Seconds Popular Violence. Galerie Franck+Schulte, Berlin, 1998.

Schwarzes Loch/Weisse Wand. Galerie Franck+Schulte, Berlin, 1998, 1997.

9309- Vorzimmer/4 Klacks. Vereniging Museum voor Hedendaagse Kunst, Ghent (Belgium), 1998.

Hole. Galerie Arndt & Partner, Berlin, 1998.

Thomson Homestead, Slater, Misouri. Galerie Transit, Leuven (Belgium), 1998.

Bild und Malerei. Galerie Wohn-maschine, Berlin, 1995.

Schlag Doch. DAAD Galerie, Berlin, 1994.
Keine Falsche Bewegung. Galerie Mutzek, Berlin, 1993.

Selected group exhibitions
Berlin-Moskau/Moskau-Berlin 1950-2000. Staatliche Tretjakov Galerie,
Moscow, 2004.

Voorkamer, Lier (Belgium), 2004.

Was Malerei heute ist. Stiftung Opelvillen, Rüsselheim (Germany), 2004.

Fuori Uso 03. Pescara (Italy), 2003.

Plastik, Plüsh und Politik/Reflexe der 70er Jahre in der Gegenwartskunst. Städtische Galerie Nordhorn, Nordhorn (Germany), 2003.

Berlin-Moskau/Moskau-Berlin 1950-2000.

Martin-Gropius-Bau, Berlin, 2003.

Kiss and Ride. Z33/Begijnhof, Hasselt (Belgium), 2003.

Warum! Bilder Diesseits und Jenseits
des Menschen. Martin-Gropius-Bau, Berlin, 2003.

A Mains Nues. FRAC Haute-Normandie Sotteville les Rouen (France), 2003.

Deutschemalereizweitausenddrei.
Frankfurter Kunstverein, Frankfurt
(Germany), 2003.

Great Theater of the World. Taipei
Biennial, Taipei, 2002.

Cardinales. MARCO, Vigo (Spain), 2002.

Questions. Studio Massimo de Carlo, Milan (Italy), 2002.

Without Consent. CAN. Centre d’Art, Neuchâtel (Switzerland), 2002.

In/Site/Out. Apex, New York (USA), 2001.

Double-Trouble. Borusan Kültur ve Sanat, Instanbul, 2001.

Moving Pictures. Photography and Film in Contemporary Art. Villa Merkel/Bahnwärterhaus, Esslingen
(Germany), 2001.

Screen. Psychiatrisch Centrum
Sleidinge, Sleidinge (Belgium), 2001.

Squatters. Museu Serralves, Porto (Portugal), 2001.

Indoor. SMAK, Ghent (Belgium), 2000.
Children of Berlin. Museum Folkwang, Essen (Germany), 2000.

Dorothea von Stetten Kunstprize. Kunstmuseum, Bonn (Germany); Kunstbank, Berlin, 2000.

Face à l’Autre. FRAC Haute-Normandie, Sotteville les Rouen (France), 1999.

The Children of Berlin. P.S.1, New York (USA), 1999.

Ainsi de Suite 3. Centre d’Art Contemporain, Sète (France), 1999.

Rue Louise Weiss. Centre d’Art Contemporain, Meymac (France), 1999.

Trouble Spot Painting. MuHKA, Antwerp (Belgium), 1999.

Indoor. Musée d’Art Contemporain, Lyon (France), 1999.

Art Club Berlin. AU Base, New York (USA), 1999.

Independance Day. Kunst-Werke, Berlin, 1999.

Drawings. Zeno X Gallery, Antwerp (Belgium), 1999.

EV+A. Limerick City Gallery of Art, Limerick (Ireland), 1999.

Berlin Biennial, Berlin, 1998.

The Cinema Project. Kunstlerhaus Bethanien, Berlin, 1998.

Indoor. Centro Civico per l’Arte Contemporanea, Serre di Rapolano (Italy), 1998.

Le Présent du Futur. FRAC Languedoc-Rousillon, Montpellier (France), 1998.

Kamikaze. Marstall, Berlin, 1998.

Heaven. Private View. P.S.1, New York (USA), 1997.

Selection Fall 1997. Drawing Center, New York (USA), 1997.

Fenêtre sur Cour. Galerie Almine Reich, Paris, 1997.

The Aggression of Beauty. Galerie Arndt & Partner, Berlin, 1996.

Nach Weimar. Kunstsammlungen zu Weimar (Germany), 1996.

Laboratorium Berlin. Moscow. Contemporary Art Center, Moscow, 1996.

Club Berlin. 45a Biennale di Venezia, Venice (Italy), 1995.

Close Up. Städtische Galerie, Bremen (Germany), 1995.

Filmcuts. Galerie Neugerriemschneider, Berlin, 1995.

Drawings. Galerie Peter Kilchmann, Zurich (Switzerland), 1995.

A Personal Choice. Galerie Franck+Schulte, Berlin, 1994.

Postconceptual Painting. Kunst-Werke, Berlin, 1994.

Geist und Körper. Deutsches Museum für Geschichte, Berlin, 1990.

 
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