Enemy of the Stars
20 May – 6 August 17

 

Ronald Jones in dialogue with David Hammons, Louise Lawler, Helmar Lerski, and Julia Scher

 

<p>Ronald Jones, <em>Untitled (DNA Fragment from Human Chromosome 13 carrying Mutant Rb Genes also known as Malignant Oncogenes which trigger rapid Cancer Tumorigenesis)</em>, 1989, Courtesy  Rachel and Jean-Pierre Lehmann Collection</p>

Ronald Jones, Untitled (DNA Fragment from Human Chromosome 13 carrying Mutant Rb Genes also known as Malignant Oncogenes which trigger rapid Cancer Tumorigenesis), 1989, Courtesy  Rachel and Jean-Pierre Lehmann Collection

 

Opening: May 19, 7–10 pm

 

Walk through the exhibition with Ronald Jones, Jason Dodge, and Krist Gruijthuijsen
21 May 17, 4 pm
Meeting point at the Counter
Included in the admission fee
 

American artist and critic Ronald Jones (born 1952) gained prominence in New York during the mid-1980s by using disparate formal and minimal languages to explore history as a medium. Through juxtapositions of historical events, innovations, discoveries, violence and fear, he explores the complex interrelation of events as they define our perception of ourselves and the world often through connecting seemingly unrelated occurrences. The relationship between the modernist code and the codes of power is the persistent theme in his work.

 

Following his show at the Grazer Kunstverein in 2014, which presented works to the public for the first time since his withdrawal as an artist in the mid-1990’s, the exhibition Enemy of the Stars aims to reflect and expand upon Ronald Jones’ practice.

 

In order to open a critical dialogue on how political ideas relate to biography, text in relation to form, and identity in relation to subject, crucial works will be placed in close dialogue with peers at the time such as David Hammons, Louise Lawler and Julia Scher as well as with historical works from Helmar Lerski.

 

The exhibition will be accompanied by the series Addendum, featuring works by Jenna Bliss, K.r.m. Mooney, Sidsel Meineche Hansen and Ishion Hutchinson. Through temporary sculptural insertions, performance, film, readings and collaborative practices the series temporarily expands on, complicates, and probes the premises of the exhibition.

 

The exhibition Enemy of the Stars is organized by artist Jason Dodge and Krist Gruijthuijsen, director of KW Institute for Contemporary Art. Addendum is organized by Anna Gritz, curator at KW.

 

Curators: Jason Dodge, Krist Gruijthuijsen
Assistant Curator: Maurin Dietrich

 

<p>The exhibition is generously supported by the U.S. Embassy Berlin, KW Freunde e. V., Members of KUNST-WERKE BERLIN e. V., and Julia Stoschek Collection. The presentation of the work of Helmar Lerski is supported by Museum Folkwang, Essen (DE). With special thanks to Christine König and Christiane Rhein.</p>

 

The exhibition is generously supported by the U.S. Embassy Berlin, KW Freunde e. V., Members of KUNST-WERKE BERLIN e. V., and Julia Stoschek Collection. The presentation of the work of Helmar Lerski is supported by Museum Folkwang, Essen (DE). With special thanks to Christine König and Christiane Rhein.

 

 

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Enemy of the Stars: Ronald Jones in dialogue with David Hammons, Louise
Lawler, Helmar Lerski, and Julia Scher, Installation view KW Institute for Contemporary Art, 2017, Photo: Frank Sperling
Enemy of the Stars: Ronald Jones in dialogue with David Hammons, Louise Lawler, Helmar Lerski, and Julia Scher, Installation view KW Institute for Contemporary Art, 2017, Photo: Frank Sperling
<i>Enemy of the Stars: Ronald Jones im Dialog mit David Hammons, Louise Lawler, Helmar Lerski, und Julia Scher</i>, Installation view KW Institute for Contemporary Art, Berlin 2017, Photo: Frank Sperling
Enemy of the Stars: Ronald Jones im Dialog mit David Hammons, Louise Lawler, Helmar Lerski, und Julia Scher, Installation view KW Institute for Contemporary Art, Berlin 2017, Photo: Frank Sperling
On the wall: Helmar Lerski, From the series: Metamorphosis through
light, 1935/1936, Courtesy Museum Folkwang, Essen (DE), Foreground: Ronald
Jones, Untitled (This trestle was...), 1990, Courtesy
Rachel and Jean-Pierre Lehmann Collection, Installation view KW Institute for Contemporary Art, 2017, Photo: Frank Sperling
On the wall: Helmar Lerski, From the series: Metamorphosis through light, 1935/1936, Courtesy Museum Folkwang, Essen (DE), Foreground: Ronald Jones, Untitled (This trestle was...), 1990, Courtesy Rachel and Jean-Pierre Lehmann Collection, Installation view KW Institute for Contemporary Art, 2017, Photo: Frank Sperling
Helmar Lerski, from the series: <i>Verwandlungen durch Licht</i>, 1935/1936, Courtesy Museum Folkwang, Essen (DE), Installationsansicht KW Institute for Contemporary Art, Berlin 2017, Photo: Frank Sperling
Helmar Lerski, from the series: Verwandlungen durch Licht, 1935/1936, Courtesy Museum Folkwang, Essen (DE), Installationsansicht KW Institute for Contemporary Art, Berlin 2017, Photo: Frank Sperling
<i>Enemy of the Stars: Ronald Jones im Dialog mit David Hammons, Louise Lawler, Helmar Lerski, und Julia Scher</i>, Installation view KW Institute for Contemporary Art, Berlin 2017, Photo: Frank Sperling
Enemy of the Stars: Ronald Jones im Dialog mit David Hammons, Louise Lawler, Helmar Lerski, und Julia Scher, Installation view KW Institute for Contemporary Art, Berlin 2017, Photo: Frank Sperling
<i>Enemy of the Stars: Ronald Jones im Dialog mit David Hammons, Louise Lawler, Helmar Lerski, und Julia Scher</i>, Installation view KW Institute for Contemporary Art, Berlin 2017, Photo: Frank Sperling
Enemy of the Stars: Ronald Jones im Dialog mit David Hammons, Louise Lawler, Helmar Lerski, und Julia Scher, Installation view KW Institute for Contemporary Art, Berlin 2017, Photo: Frank Sperling
From left to right: Ronald Jones, <i>o.T.</i>, 1992, Courtesy Artelier Contemporary, Graz (AT); Julia Scher, <i>Occupational Placement, O.P.</i>, 1989–90, Courtesy the artist and Esther Schipper, Berlin; Louise Lawler, <i>Silent Night</i>, 2011/2013, Courtesy the artist, Sprüth Magers, Berlin und Metro Pictures, New York, Installation view KW Institute for Contemporary Art, Berlin 2017, Photo: Frank Sperling
From left to right: Ronald Jones, o.T., 1992, Courtesy Artelier Contemporary, Graz (AT); Julia Scher, Occupational Placement, O.P., 1989–90, Courtesy the artist and Esther Schipper, Berlin; Louise Lawler, Silent Night, 2011/2013, Courtesy the artist, Sprüth Magers, Berlin und Metro Pictures, New York, Installation view KW Institute for Contemporary Art, Berlin 2017, Photo: Frank Sperling
<i>Enemy of the Stars: Ronald Jones im Dialog mit David Hammons, Louise Lawler, Helmar Lerski, und Julia Scher</i>, Installation view KW Institute for Contemporary Art, Berlin 2017, Photo: Frank Sperling
Enemy of the Stars: Ronald Jones im Dialog mit David Hammons, Louise Lawler, Helmar Lerski, und Julia Scher, Installation view KW Institute for Contemporary Art, Berlin 2017, Photo: Frank Sperling
<i>Enemy of the Stars: Ronald Jones im Dialog mit David Hammons, Louise Lawler, Helmar Lerski, und Julia Scher</i>, Installation view KW Institute for Contemporary Art, Berlin 2017, Photo: Frank Sperling
Enemy of the Stars: Ronald Jones im Dialog mit David Hammons, Louise Lawler, Helmar Lerski, und Julia Scher, Installation view KW Institute for Contemporary Art, Berlin 2017, Photo: Frank Sperling

 

 

Addendum