Daniel Knorr - Alpenpfützen

For the first time, Galerie Rüdiger Schöttle is showing the artist Daniel Knorr in a solo exhibition. The oeuvre of the Biennale and Documenta participant is characterized by its versatility in terms of content and media.
His sculptures, photographs, performances, site specific installations and projects in public space take a look at social and socio political iss ues, reflect on them, reveal them and put them up for discussion in an art context.
The exhibition Alpenpfützen A lpine puddles) follows a musical and topographical trail through the Alps. Newly created works from the series Depression Elevations abstr act topographic form s of mountain
landscapes (Glacier, 2022) and riverbeds (Stream Bed 2022), visualize and materialize the traces of the wind (Wind 2022) and transpose them into wall objects of expressive color. In addition, new works from the Canvas Sculptures series reference mountain motifs of art historical predecessors such as Matisse and Kirchner (Dance 2022, Alpine Matisse I and II 2022), allude to the creative power of nature and man (Crushed Hands 2022), or integrate musical notations into a dilating notion of music as an integral part of our natural experiential cosmos (Artificial Symphony 2022). The canvas sculpture Artificial Symphony
2022 a 10th symphony by Beethoven completed posthumously by artificial intelligence furthermore introduces a technological as well as actuality related dimension into the discourse.