Evan Penny - Kunsthalle Tübingen

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Press release
Evan Penny
Re Figured
June 2 to September 4, 2011
Content of the press release
1.
Survey
2.
Biography
3.
Information and program
4.
List of exhibits
5.
Pictures
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Philosophenweg 76 · 72076 Tübingen
Tel. 07071 96 910 · Fax 07071 96 91 33
[email protected] · www.kunsthalle-tuebingen.de
1. Survey
Evan Penny
Re Figured
Evan Penny’s sculptures portray human bodies down to the last hair, with all of their wrinkles
and characteristic features. His figures, to which he skillfully applies layers of silicone and
pigments and implants with real hair, have an extremely sensuous presence. And yet their
artificiality is obvious. Alienation techniques such as compressions, stretching, distortions, or
color errors cause them to be reminiscent of features of photography, television, or digital
image editing. What evolves are anamorphic sculptures that grow out of two-dimensionality,
three-dimensional portraits that come across as being flawed process-color prints, or even
distorted sculptures that advance into the fourth dimension of time.
When asked to describe his current working phase in one sentence, the Canadian artist, born
in 1953 in South Africa, replied: “I try to situate my sculpture somewhere between the way we
perceive each other in real time and space and the way we perceive ourselves and each other
in an image.” He has hybrid beings emerge in these worlds in between who by virtue of the
photographic precision of their surfaces and their physical penetration of our living space,
overwhelm the viewer. They confront us with the deformations of the image of the human
being in our media age. Each sculpture represents a materialized mental experiment that the
artist himself describes as follows: “What would happen if I take a distortion of the human body
that is ‘normalized’ in an image context, that we might assume belongs exclusively to the
image world, and bring that into the space we physically occupy?” His works supply us with the
answer: a strong emotional reaction full of abysmal horror and insatiable fascination.
The first presentation of the artist at a European museum, organized by the Kunsthalle
Tübingen, is at the same time also his largest survey exhibition at all up to now. It includes 40
exhibits: 28 silicone sculptures in part larger than life, 2 resin sculptures, 1 bronze sculpture, 2
wax skin drawings and 7 photographic prints. The show makes reference to the history of the
first venue: in 1972, the Kunsthalle Tübingen exhibited works by the New York-based artist
George Segal, who with his plaster body casts turned away from abstract sculpture in the
sense of a sociocritical realism. He was followed in 1991 by Duane Hanson, whose painted
polyester resin figures installed him as the founder of hyper-realistic sculpture. Once again,
with Evan Penny, a sculptor is being presented twenty years later who carried this
development to a climax and in a certain respect brought it to a close. Following the
presentation in Tübingen, the exhibition will also be shown at the Museum der Moderne in
Salzburg, Austria; the Museo delle Arti Catanzaro in Italy; and at the Art Gallery of Ontario in
Penny’s hometown of Toronto, Canada. The exhibition is being accompanied by a catalogue
edited by Daniel J. Schreiber and published by the Verlag der Buchhandlung Walther König,
Cologne. It includes contributions by David Moos, Alberto Fiz, Evan Penny, Veit Ziegelmaier,
and the editor.
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2. Biography
Evan Penny
Re Figured
Evan Penny lives and works in Toronto.
1953
Born in South Africa as a Canadian citizen
Education
1977–78 Alberta College of Art and Design, Calgary, Alberta – Postgraduate Sculpture
1971–75 Alberta College of Art and Design, Calgary, Alberta – Honours Degree
Teaching Positions
1994–97 Toronto School of Art, Toronto, Ontario
1988–89 Ontario College of Art, Toronto, Ontario
1986–88 School of the Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago, Illinois
1982–83 Alberta College of Art and Design, Calgary, Alberta
Artist in Residence
1993
Emma Lake Artists’ Workshop, Saskatoon, Saskatchewan
1991
Snug Harbour Cultural Centre, Staten Island, New York
Selected Solo Exhibitions
2012–13 Art Gallery of Ontario, Toronto, Ontario: Re Figured (catalogue)
2012
MARCA, Catanzaro, Italy: Re Figured (catalogue)
2011
MdM Rupertinum, Salzburg, Austria: Re Figured (catalogue)
2011
Kunsthalle Tübingen, Tübingen, Germany: Re Figured (catalogue)
2011
Sperone Westwater, New York, New York: New Work
2009
Sperone Westwater, New York, New York: New Work (catalogue)
2007
Tomio Koyama Gallery, Tokyo, Japan: New Work
2007
Flint Institute of Arts, Flint, Michigan: Currents: Evan Penny
2007
Columbus Museum of Art, Columbus, Ohio: Currents: Evan Penny
2007
Birch Libralato Gallery, Toronto, Ontario: Evan Penny: Photographs
2005
Sperone Westwater, New York, New York: No One – In Particular (catalogue)
2005
Art Gallery of Algoma, Sault Ste. Marie, Ontario: Absolutely Unreal (catalogue)
2005
Prairie Art Gallery, Grande Prairie, Alberta: Absolutely Unreal (catalogue)
2004
Glenbow Museum, Calgary, Alberta: Absolutely Unreal (catalogue)
2004
Museum London, London, Ontario: Absolutely Unreal (catalogue)
2004
Trépanier Baer Gallery, Calgary, Alberta
2003
Kitchener Waterloo Art Gallery, Kitchener, Ontario: Selections from L. Faux Series
2002
Trépanier Baer Gallery, Calgary, Alberta: L. Faux and Others
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2002
The Power Plant Contemporary Art Gallery, Toronto, Ontario:
L. Faux and No One – In Particular
2002
Goodwater Gallery, Toronto, Ontario: L. Faux: Tri-X
2002
Galeria Segovia Isaacs, Barcelona, Spain: No One – In Particular
1999
Galeria Fernando Latorre, Zaragoza, Spain (catalogue)
1998
Galeria Segovia Isaacs, Barcelona, Spain: New Work
1997
Trépanier Baer Gallery, Calgary, Alberta: New Work
1996
Wynick/Tuck Gallery, Toronto, Ontario: Murray,
Anamorphs + Body Forms, New Sculpture
1995
Artweek Calgary, Calgary, Alberta
1995
Trépanier Baer Gallery, Calgary, Alberta: Figuring the Body: Three Projects
1993
I space, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, Urbana and Champaign, Illinois:
Figuring the Body: Three Projects
1992
Wynick/Tuck Gallery, Toronto, Ontario: New Sculpture,
Installations and Drawings in Wax
1991
Newhouse Center for Contemporary Art, Staten Island, New York: Surface
1991
49th Parallel: Centre for Contemporary Canadian Art, New York, New York:
Recent Work
1987–88 Six Gallery National Tour: Evan Penny: A Survey
1986
Wynick/Tuck, Toronto, Ontario: New Sculpture
1984
1982
1981
Edmonton Art Gallery, Edmonton, Alberta: Recent Work
Selected Group Exhibitions
2010
Centre de Cultura Contemporània de Barcelona, Barcelona, Spain: ATOPIA:
Art and the City in the 21st Century
2010
The FLAG Art Foundation, New York, New York: Evan Penny & Size Does Matter
2009
Trépanier Baer Gallery, Calgary, Alberta: Evan Penny & Stephan Balkenhol
2008
2008
2007
2007
2007
2006
2006
2006
2005
2005
2005
2005
2003
2001
Museum Kunst Palast, Düsseldorf, Germany: Diana and Actaeon:
The Forbidden Glimpse of the Naked Body
Art Gallery of Ontario, Toronto, Ontario: Transformation AGO (inaugural installation)
Biennale de Montréal, Montreal, Quebec: Panagiota: Conversation:
Evan Penny and Michael Awad
Parrish Art Museum, Southampton, New York: All The More Real:
Portrayals of Intimacy and Empathy
Robilant + Voena + Sperone, London, UK: Freeze! A Selection of Works
from a New York Collection
Kunsthaus Zürich, Zürich, Switzerland: The Expanded Eye (catalogue)
Museum Liner, Appenzell, Switzerland: Die obere Hälfte
The Lyman Allyn Art Museum, New London, Connecticut: Subject
Kunsthalle Emden, Emden, Germany: Die obere Hälfte
Städtische Museen Heilbronn, Heilbronn, Germany: Die obere Hälfte
Hudson Valley Center for Contemporary Art, Peekskill, New York: Figure It Out
Vancouver Art Gallery, Vancouver, British Columbia: Real Pictures
Art Gallery of Ontario, Toronto, Ontario
Galeria Fernando Latorre, Zaragoza, Spain: Confluencias
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1998
1997
1997
1997
1997
1997
1995
1995
1994
1992
1991
1984
I space, Chicago, Illinois: Warm
Galleria Segovia Isaacs, Barcelona, Spain
Wave Gallery, Toronto, Ontario: Figuratively Speaking
Festival Internacional de Arte Ciudad de Medellín, Medellín, Columbia
The Power Plant, Toronto, Ontario: Rococo Tattoo
Art Gallery of Mississauga, Mississauga, Ontario: Loving the Alien
I space Gallery, Chicago, Illinois: Wink Wink
Artweek Calgary, Calgary, Alberta: Mysteries of the Flesh
Art Gallery of Hamilton, Hamilton, Ontario: Cracks in the Modern:
An Exhibition of Sculpture
University of Akron, Akron, Ohio: Figure’s Edge
The Art Gallery of Hamilton, Hamilton, Ontario: Practicing Beauty
Gallery 76, Toronto, Ontario: The New City of Sculpture
Selected Public Collections
Columbus Museum of Art, Columbus, Ohio
Albright-Knox Art Gallery, Buffalo, New York
Hudson Valley Center for Contemporary Art, Peekskill, New York
Flint Institute of Arts, Flint, Michigan
Portrait Gallery of Canada, Ottawa, Ontario
Art Gallery of Ontario, Toronto, Ontario
Museum London, London, Ontario
Glenbow Museum, Calgary, Alberta
Museum of Contemporary Canadian Art, Toronto, Ontario
Art Gallery of Windsor, Windsor, Ontario
Mendel Art Gallery, Saskatoon, Saskatchewan
The Nickle Arts Museum, Calgary, Alberta
Art Gallery of Hamilton, Hamilton, Ontario
Macdonald Stewart Art Centre, Guelph, Ontario
Art Gallery of Algoma, Sault Ste. Marie, Ontario
Selected Public and Corporate Commissions
1995
220 Bay Street, Toronto, Ontario: Pi
1992
Hyatt Regency Hotel, Roissy, France
1992
City of Waterloo Recreation Centre, Waterloo, Ontario
1989
Donald Forster Sculpture Park, Macdonald Stewart Art Centre, Guelph, Ontario
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3. Information and program
Evan Penny
Re Figured
Opening of the Exhibition
Wednesday, June 1, 7 pm
Artist-Talk with Evan Penny
Thursday, June 2, 3 pm
Insight into the Process of the Exhibition
Guided Tour with Andrea Richter
Tuesday, July 26, 7.30 pm
Finissage: Penny Quiz
Sunday, September 4, 3 pm
Opening hours
Daily (except Mondays) 11 am to 6 pm, Thursday 11 am to 7 pm
Admission price
7 € / reduced: 5 €
Catalogue
Evan Penny. Re Figured, Cologne: Verlag der Buchhandlung Walther König, 2011 including
contributions by David Moos, Alberto Fiz, Evan Penny, Veit Ziegelmaier, and the editor Daniel
J. Schreiber, 176 pages.
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4. List of exhibits in order of the showrooms
Zundelraum (cash point level)
Compress in Context
2003
C-Print auf Crystal-Archive-Fotopapier | C-print on Crystal
Archive Paper
65 x 147 cm
Courtesy of Evan Penny
Blue Freestanding Anamorph #1
1996
Harz, Farbpigmente, Aluminium | Resin, pigment, aluminium
240 x 305 x 12 cm
Collection of the Alberta Foundation for the Arts
Jim
1985
Harz, Farbpigmente | Resin, pigment
140 x 40 x 30 cm
(Skin) Lattice
1995
Bienenwachs, Farbpigmente, Holz | Beeswax, pigment, wood
panel
205 x 270 cm
(Skin) Rococo Tattoo #2
1997
Bienenwachs, Farbpigmente, Holz | Beeswax, pigment, wood
panel
61 x 575 cm
Collection of the Mendel Art Gallery, Saskatoon, Canada.
Purchased with the Assistance of Canada Council for the
Arts, and the Mendel Art Gallery Foundation, 2002
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Main hall
Bronze Back of Danny #1, Edition of 5
2008
Bronze, rostfreier Stahl | Bronze, stainless steel
72 x 61 x 15 cm
Courtesy of Sperone Westwater, New York
Back of Evan #1, Variation of 3
2005
Silikon, Farbpigmente, Haare, Aluminium | Silicone, pigment,
hair, aluminium
122 x 114 x 25 cm
Private collection
Jim Revisited
2011
hair, aluminium
310 x 210 x 100 cm
Courtesy of Evan Penny and Sperone Westwater, New York
Back of Martha #1, Variation of 3
2006
hair, aluminium
82 x 83 x 18 cm
Jim & Susan Hill
Self Stretch #2, Variation of 4
2009
hair, aluminium
101 x 51 x 24 cm
Private collection, United States
Shelley #2, Variation of 4
2008
hair, aluminium
64 x 61 x 18 cm
Richard R. Singleton, of Priddis, Calgary Alberta, Canada
Self #3, Variation of 3
2008
hair, aluminium
59 x 117 x 53 cm
Franco & Barbara Debenedetti
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Back of Kelly #1, Variation of 3
2005
hair, aluminium
62 x 84 x 15 cm
Columbus Museum of Art, Ohio: Museum purchase with
funds provided by Nancy and Dave Gill and Neil K. Rector
Back of Norb #1, Variation of 3
2004
hair, aluminium
60 x 72 x 13 cm
Kevin D. Vertefeuille, CMA, CA
Back of Danny #3, Variation of 4
2007
hair, aluminium
61 x 71 x 15 cm
Jonathan Hyman
Panagiota: Conversation #1, Variation 2 of 2
2008
hair, aluminium
69 x 275 x 15 cm
Panagiota: Conversation #2
2008
hair, aluminium
69 x 275 x 15 cm
Michael #2, Variation of 4
2010
hair, aluminium
163 x 112 x 60 cm
Courtesy of Evan Penny and TrépanierBear Gallery
(Young) No One – In Particular #1, Series 2
2004
Silikon, Farbpigmente, Haare, Stoff, Aluminium | Silicone,
pigment, hair, fabric, aluminium
92 x 86 x 13 cm
Beth Rudin DeWoody
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First exhibition room
(Old) No One – In Particular #6, Series 2
2005
Archive Paper
110 x 130 cm
(Fat) No One – In Particular #7, Series 2
2006
110 x 93 x 19 cm
Privatsammlung Schweiz
(Old) No One – In Particular #5, Series 2
2005
81 x 102x 19 cm
Private collection, London, UK
(Young) No One – In Particular #2, Series 2
2004
Archive Paper
105 x 124 cm
No One – In Particular #17, Series 1
2005
65 x 65 x 13 cm
Lisa and Ken
Fehily Collection, Australia
2005
65 x 65 x 13 cm
Collection of the Alberta Foundation for the Arts
2005
Archive Paper
90 x 73 cm
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Second exhibition room
Portrait of the Artist as He Was (Not), Edition of 6
2011
Pigmenttintendruck auf handgeschöpftem Baumwollfaserpapier | Pigment ink print on cotton rag paper
160 x 132 cm
Old Self: Portrait of the Artist as He Will (Not) Be #1,
Variation of 4
2010
76 x 86 x 59 cm
Private collection, Basel
Portrait of the Artist as He Will (Not) Be, Edition of 6
2011
Pigmenttintendruck auf handgeschöpftem Baumwollfaserpapier | Pigment ink print on cotton rag paper
160 x 132 cm
Young Self: Portrait of the Artist as He Was (Not) # 1,
Variation of 4
2011
76 x 86 x 59 cm
Private collection, London, United Kingdom
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Upper hall
No One – In Particular: RGB #2
2008
hair, aluminium
90 x 97 x 20 cm
Jonathan Hyman
L. Faux: CMYK
2005
hair, aluminium
153 x 123 x 26 cm
Private collection, Switzerland,
L. Faux: Colour #2
2005
hair, aluminium
153 x 123 x 26 cm
Courtesy of Karen and Robert Duncan
Aerial #2
2006
hair, aluminium
269 x 152 x 33 cm
Gian Enzo Sperone, Sent, Switzerland
Murray #3, Variation of 3
2008
hair, aluminium
122 x 107 x 33 cm
Private collection, Basel
Stretch #1
2003
275 x 54 x 25 cm
Collection Art Gallery of Ontario, Toronto. Gift of David and
Kristin Ferguson, 2008
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Stretch #1
2003
Lambda print, 1/3
310 x 56 cm
Collection of Carol and Morton Rapp; Promised Gift to The
Art Gallery of Ontario, Toronto
Anamorph (Homage to Chuck’s “Phil”) #2
2006
279 x 31 x 18 cm
Sammlung Inge Rodenstock
Female Stretch #2
2011
304 x 66 x 53 cm
Male Stretch #3
2008
Silikon, Farbpigmente, Haare, Aluminium, Stoff | Silicone,
pigment, hair, aluminium, fabric
193 x 30 x 15 cm
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5. Pictures
Evan Penny
Re Figured
Printable images
The posted images can be downloaded on the press site of the homepage of the Kunsthalle
Tübingen www.kunsthalle-tuebingen.de. Personal registration is needed. On request at
[email protected] we send individual images by e-mail, too.
Evan Penny with Old Self: Portrait
of the Artist as He Will (Not) Be #1,
Variation of 4, 2011
Silicone, pigment, hair, fabric, aluminium
76 x 86 x 59 cm
© Evan Penny, 2011
Evan Penny, (Old) No One – In Particular #5,
Series 2, 2005
Silicone, pigment, hair, fabric, aluminium
81 x 102 x 19 cm
© Evan Penny, 2011
Evan Penny, Panagiota: Conversation #1,
Series 2, 2008
Silicone, pigment, hair, aluminium
69 x 275 x 15 cm
© Evan Penny, 2011
Evan Penny with Jim Revisited, 2011
Silicone, pigment, hair, aluminium
310 x 210 x 100 cm
© Evan Penny, 2011
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Evan Penny, L. Faux: CMYK,
2005
Silicone, pigment, hair,
aluminium
153 x 123 x 26 cm
© Evan Penny, 2011
Evan Penny with Stretch #1,
2003
Silicone, pigment, hair, fabric
275 x 54 x 25 cm
© Evan Penny, 2011
Evan Penny, Back of Danny #3,
aluminium
61 x 71 x 15 cm
© Evan Penny, 2011
Evan Penny, Aerial #2, 2006
aluminium
269 x 152 x 33 cm
© Evan Penny, 2011
Evan Penny, Shelley #2,
aluminium
64 x 61 x 18 cm
© Evan Penny, 2011
Evan Penny with Aerial #2, 2006
aluminium
269 x 152 x 33 cm
© Evan Penny, 2011
Evan Penny with Shelley,
aluminium
64 x 61 x 18 cm
© Evan Penny, 2011
View into the studio of Penny
with Murray, Back of Danny und
Male Stretch, all of 2008
© Evan Penny, 2011
Evan Penny, Self #3,
aluminium
59 x 117 x 53 cm
© Evan Penny, 2011
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Evan Penny in his studio
© Evan Penny, 2011
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Evan Penny - Kunsthalle Tübingen

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