ARIEL SCHLESINGER - Galerija Gregor Podnar.
ARIEL SCHLESINGER - Galerija Gregor Podnar.
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<strong>ARIEL</strong> <strong>SCHLESINGER</strong><br />
PORTFOLIO<br />
Lindenstr. 35 | 10969 Berlin | Germany | tel. +49 30 259 346 51 | fax +49 30 259 346 52 | berlin@gregorpodnar.com | www.gregorpodnar.com<br />
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If beauty can be found in any slight shift in the rhythms of the world, in temporal or functional disruptions, Ariel<br />
Schlesinger will be there to capture it – he might even have provoked it himself. His practice creates a tension<br />
between the materiality of mass-produced workaday objects, and the function these objects were intended for. The<br />
artist introduces a subtle disruption to consumer goods, not by dramatically modifying their external appearance,<br />
but rather by “enhancing hidden aspects of their existence”. In renewing how we regard such objects he makes an<br />
often trivial reality sublime. As a teenager, he practiced train hopping in California, and developed a taste for the<br />
improper use of objects – creatively appropriating established normative conditions. Taking this liberating<br />
experience as a starting point, the artist began to seek out other latent opportunities<br />
for the subversion of the everyday, by modifying consumer devices or accessing features in them that had been<br />
disabled by the manufacturer.<br />
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Burnt Matches Matches<br />
Single channel video, 1'50'', loop, ed of 3 + AP, 2011<br />
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Incence Pencil<br />
Table, pencil case's content, incence stiks, 2011<br />
130 x 50 x 80 cm (table's size)<br />
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Untitled (gas loop) No 1<br />
Gas tanks, burner, wood, approx 20 x 40 x 30 cm + pedestal, 2011<br />
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Untitled<br />
Wood, glass, cooking gas, valve, 120 x 117 x 22 cm, 2010<br />
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The scars on the carpets are the result of exposing the carpets to fire. Since the carpets were rolled-up, the fire<br />
was only able to partially devour them, generating this pattern. .<br />
Untitled (Turkmenistan Carpet)<br />
Carpet, 224 x 527 cm, 2006<br />
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Untitled (Turkmenistan Carpet)<br />
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Two large tanks filled with cooking gas are placed in the passenger compartment, a small flame comes out of a<br />
hole drilled in the window.<br />
A Car full of Gas<br />
Mini Cooper, two gas tanks, 340 x 140 x 135 cm, 2009<br />
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A Car full of Gas<br />
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The Sound Two Empty Spaces Make When They Meet<br />
Aluminum, lack, 26 x 30 cm 26 x 30 cm (51 x 67 cm framed), Ed. of 6 +2 AP, 2009<br />
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Oil Lamp<br />
Glass, oil, metal, 7 x 2 x 0,5 cm, 2010<br />
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Untitled (Pair)<br />
Glass cup, paper cup, sparkling water, 13 x 7 cm, 2010<br />
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View at Artistʼs Studio Gallery, Tel-Aviv<br />
The machine constantly pumped cooking gas into soap bubbles. After a slow descent the bubbles reached a high<br />
voltage grill that sparked upon touch and triggered an explosion. The whole mechanism was driven by a cordless<br />
screwdriver, moving slowly as if running on its batteryʼs last reserves.<br />
Bubble Machine<br />
Gas, soap bubble, ladder, electric drill, wood stools, high voltage transformer, 230 x 200 x 210 cm, 2006<br />
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Bubble Machine<br />
View at Artistʼs Studio Gallery, Tel-Aviv<br />
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Untitled<br />
Neon, metal, 124 x 5 x 3 cm, ed. of 3, 2007<br />
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View at Artistʼs studio Gallery, Tel-Aviv.<br />
Five color spray cans are attached to the hand apparatus. When pushed against and slowly unrolled upon any wall<br />
surface, it will transmit the desired information<br />
Graffiti Printer<br />
Wood, card board, spray paint, punch cards, sensors, batteries, 80 x 42 x 44 cm, 2006<br />
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Graffiti Printer<br />
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Cooking gas was pumped into the tires of this bicycle. A special device enables the gas to slowly burn in two small<br />
flames.<br />
Untitled (bicycle piece)<br />
Bicycle, cooking gas, valves,180 x 92 x 33 cm, 4 versions, 2008<br />
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Untitled (bicycle piece)<br />
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Untitled (socks holder)<br />
Silkscreen print, socks, 21 x 29,7 cm (variable dimension for the socks), 10 versions, 2009<br />
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Forever Young<br />
Ashtray, fiber optic 3 x 10 cm (Ashtray) + pedestal, Ed. of 2, 2005<br />
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Two A4 sheets of paper in constant rotation, mutually supporting and lifting each other.<br />
Lʼangoisse de la page blanche<br />
Paper, wood, electric motor, spray cans, 65 x 55 x 20 cm, E. of 3 (each handmade), 2007<br />
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Netally and I<br />
Wood, paint, aluminum, rubber, 0.7 x 15 x 3 cm, 2006<br />
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Untitled (masking tape)<br />
Re-looped masking tape, 11 x 17 x 5 cm, 2003<br />
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A cardboard pedestal constructed for the purpose of supporting a resting stack of paper.<br />
Untitled (Paper Stand)<br />
Papers, cardboard, 16 x 26 x 18 cm, 2003<br />
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Untitled (Two Wet Biscuits)<br />
C-print, 20 x 24 cm, Ed. of 5 + AP, 2008<br />
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Untitled (scissors)<br />
Silkscreen print, 60 x 50 cm, Ed. of 20, 2009<br />
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Two metal-cast football players connected to high voltage transformer. By pushing a button, the viewer makes one<br />
figure shock the other in the shin with an electric jolt.<br />
Untitled (Football Players)<br />
Metal-cast football players, high voltage transformer, wood, glass, 23 x 17 x 33 cm, 1999<br />
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Minor Urban Disasters<br />
Ink-jet print, C-print (set of 9), Each 22 x 30 cm (framed), Ed. of 3, 2007<br />
and 32 color slides, ed. 1/3 + APm 2007-2010<br />
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<strong>ARIEL</strong> <strong>SCHLESINGER</strong><br />
Born 1980 in Jerusalem<br />
Lives and works in Berlin<br />
Solo exhibitions<br />
2011<br />
Phenomena of Resonance, Musée du château des ducs de Wurtemberg, Montbéliard, France<br />
Brake Shoe, Project Space <strong>Galerija</strong> <strong>Gregor</strong> <strong>Podnar</strong>, Ljubljana, Slovenia<br />
Kunstverein Braunschweig, Germany<br />
Balanced Acts (with Jonathan Monk), Galerie Meyer-Riegger, Berlin, Germany<br />
2010<br />
Ghost rider (with Jonathan Monk), Dvir Gallery, Jaffa Port, Israel<br />
Reverse Engineering, <strong>Galerija</strong> <strong>Gregor</strong> <strong>Podnar</strong>, Berlin, Germany<br />
2009<br />
Ariel Schlesinger, Dvir Gallery, Tel-Aviv, Israel<br />
2008<br />
Ariel Schlesinger, <strong>Galerija</strong> <strong>Gregor</strong> <strong>Podnar</strong>, Berlin, Germany<br />
Togetherness (with Jonathan Monk), Dvir Gallery, Tel-Aviv, Israel<br />
2007<br />
Ariel Schlesinger, Klerkx Gallery, Milan, Italy<br />
2006<br />
Tel Aviv Artist's Studio Gallery, Tel-Aviv, Israel<br />
2005<br />
Ariel Schlesinger, Dvir Gallery, Tel-Aviv, Israel<br />
2003<br />
Herzliya Museum of Contemporary Art, Herzliya, Israel<br />
Selected group Exhibitions<br />
2011<br />
Body Without Body, Georg Kolbe Museum, Berlin, Germany<br />
Uncommonplaces, Extra City - Kunsthal Antwerpen, Belgium<br />
Emotional Blackmail, SAAG, Southern Alberta Art Gallery, Canada<br />
Blowing on a Hairy Shoulder / Grief Hunters, IAC, Institute of Contemporary Art, University of Pennsylvania<br />
Ha Ha Road, Quad Gallery, Derby, UK<br />
Based in Berlin, Atelierhaus Monbijoupark, Berlin<br />
Experimental Station, CA2M Centro de Arte Dos de Mayo, Madrid, Spain<br />
Durchsichtige Dinge (Transparent Things), Kunstverein Freiburg, Germany<br />
Under Destruction, Swiss Institute, New York, USA (traveling exhibition from Museum Tinguely, Basel, Switzerland,<br />
2010<br />
Les Brasseurs, Liège, Belgium<br />
Galerie Abtart, Stuttgart, Germany<br />
2010<br />
Gabriel Orozco was here, Bezalel Gallery, Tel Aviv, Israel<br />
The hybrid fuels, Gallery der Stadt Sindelfingen, Germany<br />
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Christmas in July, Gallery Yvon Lambert, New York, USA<br />
The Tale of a Blind Resistance Fighter, Gallery Paul Andriesse, Amsterdam, The Netherlands<br />
I'm Not Here. An Exhibition Without Francis Alÿs, De Appel Art Center, Amsterdam, The Netherlands<br />
Being There, Meet Factory, Prague, Czech Republic<br />
Under Destruction, Museum Tinguely, Basel, Switzerland.<br />
La part des choses (Get the Balance Right), RDV Galerie, Nantes, France (Off site program of In Extenso)<br />
What happens if...?, Storey Gallery, Lancaster, UK<br />
2009<br />
Zeigen. Eine Audiotour durch Berlin von Karin Sander, Temporäre Kunsthalle, Berlin, Germany<br />
Magic Show, Hayward Gallery (London) touring exhibition, various venues across UK<br />
Kunstverein Göttingen, Germany<br />
What does sculpture want? Sculpture after installation, Bezalel Gallery, Tel-Aviv, Israel<br />
Museum of Modern Art, Warsaw, Poland<br />
BRXLBRAVO, Brussels<br />
Romantische Maschinen, Georg-Kolbe Museum, Berlin, Germany<br />
Science vs Fiction, Beton Salon, Paris, France<br />
7x4.5, Contemporary Art Center, Tel-Aviv, Israel<br />
2008<br />
Can art do more?, 5th Jerusalem Biennial, Israel<br />
Baken -/ Sammler, Dvir Gallery, Tel-Aviv, Israel<br />
Re-Construction, Biennial of Young Artists, Bucharest, Romania<br />
Le Revolver à Cheveux Blancs, Musée de l´objet, Blois, France<br />
Signs of Life, Israel Museum, Jerusalem, Israel<br />
2007<br />
Like to Like, <strong>Galerija</strong> <strong>Gregor</strong> <strong>Podnar</strong>, Berlin, Germany<br />
2007<br />
Herzliya Biannual, Herzliya Museum of Contemporary Art, Herzliya, Israel<br />
2004<br />
Asis, Gordon Gallery, Tel-Aviv, Israel<br />
2003<br />
Midrasha Art Gallery, Tel-Aviv, Israel<br />
Education<br />
1999 – 2003 Bezalel, Academy for Art and Design, Jerusalem, Israel<br />
2001 School of Visual Art, New York, USA<br />
Awards, residencies<br />
2011<br />
AIT, Tokyo, Japan<br />
2009<br />
Künstlerhäuser Worpswede, Germany<br />
OʼA.I.R., Milan, Italy<br />
2007<br />
Cité Internationale des Arts, Paris, France<br />
2003-2004<br />
America Israel Cultural Foundation, New York, USA<br />
Art Department Excellence Award, Bezalel Academy, Jerusalem, Israel<br />
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