Brigitte Waldach WELT

Brigitte Waldach
WELT
CONRADS Düsseldorf, Sept./Okt. 2015
Brigitte Waldach exhibition WELT installation view CONRADS Düsseldorf 2015
System Sünde, 2015, Graphit und Gouache auf Papier, à 147 x 75 cm (5 von 7 Motiven)
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System Sünde, 2015, Graphit und Gouache auf Papier, à 147 x 75 cm
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Trägheit
System Sünde: Hochmut , 2015
Graphit und Gouache auf Papier
147 x 75 cm
Brigitte Waldach exhibition WELT installation view CONRADS Düsseldorf 2015
Brigitte Waldach Balance, 2014/2015, graphite, gouache, pigment pen on handmade paper, framed 197 x 280 cm
Brigitte Waldach Balance, 2014/2015, graphite, gouache on handmade paper, pigment pen, framed 197 x 280 cm (detail)
Brigitte Waldach exhibition WELT installation view CONRADS Düsseldorf 2015
Brigitte Waldach Animation, 2014, graphite, gouache on handmade paper, framed 197 x 280 cm
Brigitte Waldach exhibition WELT installation view CONRADS Düsseldorf 2015
Brigitte Waldach Infinity, 2014/2015, graphite, gouache on handmade paper, framed 197 x 140 cm
Brigitte Waldach exhibition WELT installation view CONRADS Düsseldorf 2015
Brigitte Waldach exhibition WELT installation view CONRADS Düsseldorf 2015
Brigitte Waldach exhibition WELT installation view CONRADS Düsseldorf 2015
Brigitte Waldach exhibition WELT installation view CONRADS Düsseldorf 2015
Brigitte Waldach exhibition WELT installation view CONRADS Düsseldorf 2015
Brigitte Waldach exhibition WELT installation view CONRADS Düsseldorf 2015
BRIGITTE WALDACH WELT installation with sound and new drawings
In her second solo exhibition at CONRADS Brigitte Waldach presents a spatial installation in dialogue with large-format
works on paper. Both media have long been the hallmark of the Berlin based artist.
Three drawings: Balance, Infinity and Animation
In Victor Hugo’s Roman Notre Dame de Paris, the cathedral is at the heart of the action. But as we know, the book is not
only about the sacral architecture, but also notably addresses themes
such as love, passion, isolation, belief, and power. Waldach’s drawings Animation, Balance and
Infinity fill Notre Dame de Paris with enigmatic life, visualized as clouds of quoted text from the novel that float through
the architecture.
In her exhibition titled World, the profane meets the sacral, cultural meets individual. Three
drawings depict an architectural work of historical and religious significance – the cathedral Notre
Dame de Paris – from three different perspectives. Using these drawings as a point of departure,
the lines in Waldach’s installation “Worldly” literally leave the paper. In the rear areas of the gallery the initial idea can
be seen to evolve from a “dark” past to a “light” present, into a “white” future. The architecture of the cathedral, which
Waldach animates on paper with clouds of hand written notations from the novel, extends into a spatial drawing with an
accompanying soundscape. A mosaic of contrasting voices can be heard quoting seven historical documents and literary
texts that tell of lust and love, ideology and anger, belief and destiny.
Drawing cycle System Sin
Seven drawing s with graphite and gouache on handmade paper, address the seven cardinal sins: pride, envy, wrath, sloth,
greed, gluttony, and lust. But what do these mean today? Waldach presents seven allegories that take a leap through time
to contextualize the cardinal sins in the here and now.
Installation Wordly
The gallery’s rear space is transformed into a three-dimensional drawing in which cultural and
contemporary history are united. The contemporary transformation of the seven cardinal sins is
also the subject of the seven-channel soundtrack for the installation – and thus links the three
aspects of the exhibition as a whole.
Brigitte Waldach is known for her large-format drawings addressing burning social and political issues, such as religion and
terrorism. In her work she unites historical and contemporary elements, scrutinizing social conventions and values. The
artist lives and works in Berlin.
Waldach’s works are represented in the following public collections: Albertina (Vienna), Altana Cultural Foundation (Bad
Homburg), Art Museum (Aarhus), Berlinische Galerie (Berlin), Kunsthalle Emden, Kunsthalle zu Kiel, Berlin State Museums, Museum of Prints and Drawings (Berlin), MUST Museum (Stavanger), Moritzburg Foundation, State Museum of
Saxony-Anhalt, Museum Kunstpalast (Duesseldorf).
Brigitte Waldach Ariadne, 2015, graphite, gouache on handmade paper, framed 147 x 140 cm