June 27, 2017
2-TIMES • Art
Klaus Weber,
‘Kugelmensch’ @
Herald St, London
—
‘Kugelmensch’:
The rough English
translation of the
exhibition title is:
‘spherical human’
– and it plays on
Aristophanes’
assertion that
primitive human
beings were
ball-shaped,
graced with two
sets of limbs and
two faces looking
opposite ways.
—
‘Kugelmensch’,
refers to a passage
in Plato’s Symposium
in which the
comedic playwright
Aristophanes
puts forward a
humorous account
of the origins
of erotic desire.
“The shining
domestic veneer
of the brightly
coloured glass
orbs gives the
disarming
appearance of
a collection
of upmarket
designer lamps,
concealing
the entropy
of desire lying
beneath the
surface.”
The exhibition:
Is Berlin-based
Weber's 4th with
Herald St in London,
presenting an
‘empathy of forms’
– with an emphasis
on perishable
elements of nature,
marking a new steer
in the artists work,
departing from
past exhibitions
where the vital
energy of plants
or fungus breaks
through solid
urban structures.
2-TIMES' highlights:
· Snow Woman (Void), 2017
· Mechanics of Youth, 2017
On view at:
Herald St
—
2 Herald St,
London E2 6JT,
United Kingdom.
Closes:
July 30, 2017.