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Dread, 2005, epoxy resin on styropor, 220 x 160 x 90 cm

What is space? What is time? With what means can these abstract terms be manifested?

Jan Scharrelmann's sculptures present an embodiment of space and time.
They do not only react to the site-specific qualities of the exhibition space, but also create for the viewer an almost new dimensionality and experience of the direct surroundings. The viewer takes on his or her usual (viewing) position, but the longer they engage themselves in the work, the more they have the impression of assuming a roll in the interaction between the sculpture and its environment - of even becoming a part of the sculpture itself.

Scharrellmann (*1975) uses models to determine the correct proportions before he begins constructing a sculpture. Even if his sculptures, at first glance, recall Richard Serra's rough, hermetic steel sculptures, their material and treatment refer to significant differences. The artist's basic materials are insulating mats and polystyrene panels made from pale-colored hemp and virgin wool fibers. He applies iridescent aluminum, graphite and color pigments in epoxy, which gives the sculptures a painterly treatment. The result is a soft core with a hard, shimmering shell.

On second glance, the sculptures reveal areas where the pigment varies in its application. You notice a striae, a splintering. Yet these supposed faults are in no way errors: They are references to the traces left behind by time - independent of the dominance and liveliness of the objects.

At Klara Wallner Galerie, Jan Scharrelmann will present small works together with a room-sized installation in his exhibition “Dreader than Dead”. The artist leves and works in Cologne, he studied at the art shools Karlsruhe and Düsseldorf.(Desirée Pitrowski)

Jan Scharrelmann

1975 born in Cologne, Germany

Lives and works in Cologne, Germany

Education

1996-2000
Studies of Arts at the University of the Arts at Prof. Meuser, Karlsruhe

2000 - 2002
Studies of Arts at the University of the Arts at Prof. Georg Herold, Düsseldorf, master-student

Solo Exhibitions

2005
DREADER THAN DEAD, Klara Wallner Galerie, Berlin

2004
skgrade, Galerie Hammelehle und Ahrens, Cologne

2003
Skulptur, Galerie Stefan Rasche, Münster
REMEDIES, Galerie Hammelehle und Ahrens, Cologne

2002
never go under, Escale, Düsseldorf

2001
SEC SUCKS, Kunstraum Bruxelles, Bruxelles

Group Exhibitions

2005
DREADER THAN DEAD, Klara Wallner Galerie Berlin

2003
UBERBAU - Der Atom, UBERBAU, Düsseldorf

2002
Galerie Tabea Langenkamp, Düsseldorf
UBERBAU at Artis, s'Hertogenbosch
Die Superzelle, Badischer Kunstverein Karlsruhe

2001
April in parking meters, Cologne
Galerie Maschenmode, Berlin
The rising hope, UBERBAU, Düsseldorf

2000
moon white future, hobbypop museum, Düsseldorf

1999
H, 1642 Galerie, The Hague
One night stand, Museum Karlsruhe, Karlsruhe

Jan Scharrelmann

Klara Wallner
Brunnenstraße 184
10119 Berlin
Germany

+49 30 3223670
+49 30 3257701
galerie@klarawallner.de
www.klarawallner.de