 Felix Gmelin standing in front of "Tools and Grammar", 2007 Photo: Jens Lind Felix Gmelin Tools and Grammar Milliken is proud to present, "Tools and Grammar" by Felix Gmelin. This exhibition, an extension of the installation at in the 52 Venice Biennale "Think with the Senses Feel with the Mind" curated by Robert Storr, revolves around how humans use the sensory organs to form our understanding of the world around us. The starting point of the series is a silent movie, "Bei den Blinden", that is a promotional film of a blind school in 1926 Stuttgart Germany. The film rediscovered in the Bundesarchiv in Berlin demonstrates the school's philosophy in a series of scenes where the blind children explore the graves of a church cemetery and then return to school to remake the gravesites in clay models. "Tools and Grammar" is a multimedia installation that includes, paintings and photographs on canvas, dia slides, two films, and three voice over sound pieces in four languages. Gmelin's work can be seen World-Wide including at the Venice Biennale 2007, KW Institute for Contemporary Art, Berlin, Apexart, New York and UNAM, México City, Mexico. He has had earlier solo exhibitions at Portikus Gallery, Frankfurt am Main 2005; Malmö Konstmuseum 2004; Milliken, Stockholm 2004 and maccarone inc. 2003, New York. Group exhibitions include "Of Mice and Men", 4th berlin biennial for contemporary art, 2006; "Modernautställningen" 2006 (Moderna Museet); "Delays and Revolutions", Venice Biennale 2003; "Iconoclash, Beyond the Image Wars in Science, Religion and Art", ZKM, Karlsruhe 2002. Felix Gmelin was born in Heidelberg, Germany, 1962, and he lives in Stockholm and Berlin. In combination with this exhibition by Felix Gmelin, Milliken will also publish an essay by critic and writer Jennifer Allen, a continuation of the essay series that includes Ronald Jones and Adam Carr. Exhibition 1 November - December 2007 Gallery hours Tues-Fri 12 - 5 pm, Sat 12 - 4 pm Milliken Gallery Luntmakargatan 78 113 51 Stockholm Sweden Telephone +46 8 673 7010 Fax +46 8 673 7020 Email mail@millikengallery.com www.millikengallery.com |
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