Daniel Weissbach: Stellen
6th September, 2024 – 12th October, 2024
RUTTKOWSKI;68
46 CORTLANDT ALLEY
NY 10013
Daniel Weissbach (b.1976 in Berlin, DE – d. 2020, DE) receives his fifth solo exhibition and second posthumous show, Stellen, at Ruttkowski;68 in New York.
Excerpts and details of everyday places form a central point of reference in Weissbach’s œuvre. By isolating these places, “Stellen” in German, and divorcing them from their original context, Weissbach transforms the quotidian into something unexpected and otherworldly. Within each scene, Weissbach simultaneously explores the permanence of change and the continuity of history. Each frozen moment reveals a build-up of marks and traces, artifacts from life that seem to both elude and represent the inevitable passage of time.
Stelle #03 (squeezed Hermannstraße) 2010
acrylic and lacquer on canvas
270 x 160 cm, 106 1/4 x 63 in
unique
DW/M 47
Through this series, Weissbach constructs various geometric grids, often referencing the tiled surfaces of train and subway stations. These zones of transition are then distorted, and once familiar public spaces appear alien and indeterminant. Weissbach’s abstraction transforms the grouting between tiles into sleek lines, which form his unmistakable visual language. Each surface functions like a body, inscribed with scars that preserve the past and hint at histories that are no longer known.
Stelle #83 (b) 2018
acrylic and lacquer on canvas
40 x 30 cm, 15 3/4 x 11 3/4 in
unique
DW/M 77
Stellen is part of a three-part exhibition, which began in Dusseldorf, is now on-view in New York, and will travel to Paris for the final component. At the core of this posthumous exhibition is the gallery’s first and most recent publication, “Daniel Weissbach aka COST aka DTango œuvre,” which includes texts and essays by Vincent Grunwald, Gregor Jansen, Olga Hohmann, Thomas Max Waldmann, Jöran Bellin-Lindberg, Robert Kaltenhäuser and Iris Hempelmann. Through this publication, we’re proud to showcase previously unpublished insights into Weissbach’s process and to share the artist’s legacy with a global audience.
Daniel Weissbach: Stellen opens on the 6th of September, 2024 until the 12th of October, 2024 at RUTTKOWSKI;68
©2024 Ruttkowski;68
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