Dienstag, 20. September 2011
-prosthetic-
KONSTANTINO DREGOS
PROSTHETIC
REH KUNST
Kopenhagener Strasse 17 | 10437 Berlin
Opening 02 September, 2011, 6-9 pm
Exhibition 03 September - 02 October, 2011
Valeska Hageney | Art Agency Berlin is pleased to present the first solo exhibition of the Greek born artist Konstantino Dregos (*1977) who shows his new body of art: sculptures and works on board. The exhibition Prosthetic presents a series of unique pieces of works, which investigate and communicate the conflict between the artificial cultural and the organic environment. Dregosʼs work addresses the duality of nature and culture. Unobstructed by traditional methods of painting, Dregos rather explores his emotional landscape and its polarity with the constructed environment and society. He attempts to discover contrasts and similarities between the two poles and to question the role of mankind within this structure.
Dregosʼs new work on board is created from panels of wood collected by the artist found on construction sites in Berlin. Dregos alters the panels through the process of inflicting a deliberate action of imposed human force into the wood in an attempt to manipulate and remould the surface texture. The artist repeatedly scratches the surface of the work in a somewhat confrontational and dynamic way as if to scrape away the external facade in an attempt
to expose what is hidden beneath, leaving behind multiple imprints indicative of scars. Dregos explores the panelʼs pre-existence through scratching down into the wood to reveal a history underneath. The artist creates his works on board through the process of layering, subtly building up layers of tone, color and imagery to create an emotive textured surface. At first view it is not easy to identify the subtle remnants of images seen from his previous works of tar on paper. However, on closer inspection one can witness remnants of the flower-like images faintly visible beneath the surface. These new panel works are an obvious metamorphosis, and so contrast on the artistsʼ previous series of artworks.
Dregosʼs new sculptures are created from papier mâché moulds of his own body parts conjoined and pieced together. At first glance they appear as a skeletal bone structure forming a shape of a lifelike organism. Previously, sculptures created by Dregos were wrapped in leather to protect the internal structure, now his works reveal a type of exposed inner core, a skeletal structure that appears unprotected and vulnerable. These sculptural works explore the possibility of expansion and growth via artificial addition, investigating the idea of extending structures and organisms through the use of additional synthetic materials. The sculptures are created
in a way in which they can continuously be added onto and developed with artificial additions or prosthetics offering the viewer the possibility of continual growth.
Konstantino Dregos was born in 1977 in Athens and currently lives and works in Berlin. He started his studies of sculpture at the Athens School of Fine Arts and graduated in 2005 with Prof. George Lappas. In 2004 he had a one-year-residency at the Akademie der Bildenen Künste in Vienna in the class of Prof. Heimo Zobering. Dregosʼs artworks are shown in many exhibitions and art fairs. His works are also housed in prominent private collections Europe-wide.
REH Kunst is a new art project in Prenzlauer Berg. What makes this new project unique is the fact that it combines art with the distinctive physical set-up of a – now historic – hall extension.
REH Kunst is not a traditional exhibition space. Artists and curators alike face the challenge of dealing with the constraints posed by its unusual architecture – like walls that slope inward and curve toward the ceiling or the juxtaposition of narrowing individual room segments, and the flexible size of the hall itself. If they accept the
challenge, it will open up a world of potential to them, with completely new and unconventional room designs and presentation opportunities. As a prerequisite, individual project ideas must be developed and implemented from the outset in the context of the space. Thatʼs because art comes into its own differently here than it would in a White Cube situation. Works of art can – or must – be seen differently here and thus have an altogether different impact. As a result, the interplay of art and space are cause for eager anticipation, because the result is very rarely predictable.
curated by Valeska Hageney-A.A.B-, text written by Cassandra Bird
PROSTHETIC
REH KUNST
Kopenhagener Strasse 17 | 10437 Berlin
Opening 02 September, 2011, 6-9 pm
Exhibition 03 September - 02 October, 2011
Valeska Hageney | Art Agency Berlin is pleased to present the first solo exhibition of the Greek born artist Konstantino Dregos (*1977) who shows his new body of art: sculptures and works on board. The exhibition Prosthetic presents a series of unique pieces of works, which investigate and communicate the conflict between the artificial cultural and the organic environment. Dregosʼs work addresses the duality of nature and culture. Unobstructed by traditional methods of painting, Dregos rather explores his emotional landscape and its polarity with the constructed environment and society. He attempts to discover contrasts and similarities between the two poles and to question the role of mankind within this structure.
Dregosʼs new work on board is created from panels of wood collected by the artist found on construction sites in Berlin. Dregos alters the panels through the process of inflicting a deliberate action of imposed human force into the wood in an attempt to manipulate and remould the surface texture. The artist repeatedly scratches the surface of the work in a somewhat confrontational and dynamic way as if to scrape away the external facade in an attempt
to expose what is hidden beneath, leaving behind multiple imprints indicative of scars. Dregos explores the panelʼs pre-existence through scratching down into the wood to reveal a history underneath. The artist creates his works on board through the process of layering, subtly building up layers of tone, color and imagery to create an emotive textured surface. At first view it is not easy to identify the subtle remnants of images seen from his previous works of tar on paper. However, on closer inspection one can witness remnants of the flower-like images faintly visible beneath the surface. These new panel works are an obvious metamorphosis, and so contrast on the artistsʼ previous series of artworks.
Dregosʼs new sculptures are created from papier mâché moulds of his own body parts conjoined and pieced together. At first glance they appear as a skeletal bone structure forming a shape of a lifelike organism. Previously, sculptures created by Dregos were wrapped in leather to protect the internal structure, now his works reveal a type of exposed inner core, a skeletal structure that appears unprotected and vulnerable. These sculptural works explore the possibility of expansion and growth via artificial addition, investigating the idea of extending structures and organisms through the use of additional synthetic materials. The sculptures are created
in a way in which they can continuously be added onto and developed with artificial additions or prosthetics offering the viewer the possibility of continual growth.
Konstantino Dregos was born in 1977 in Athens and currently lives and works in Berlin. He started his studies of sculpture at the Athens School of Fine Arts and graduated in 2005 with Prof. George Lappas. In 2004 he had a one-year-residency at the Akademie der Bildenen Künste in Vienna in the class of Prof. Heimo Zobering. Dregosʼs artworks are shown in many exhibitions and art fairs. His works are also housed in prominent private collections Europe-wide.
REH Kunst is a new art project in Prenzlauer Berg. What makes this new project unique is the fact that it combines art with the distinctive physical set-up of a – now historic – hall extension.
REH Kunst is not a traditional exhibition space. Artists and curators alike face the challenge of dealing with the constraints posed by its unusual architecture – like walls that slope inward and curve toward the ceiling or the juxtaposition of narrowing individual room segments, and the flexible size of the hall itself. If they accept the
challenge, it will open up a world of potential to them, with completely new and unconventional room designs and presentation opportunities. As a prerequisite, individual project ideas must be developed and implemented from the outset in the context of the space. Thatʼs because art comes into its own differently here than it would in a White Cube situation. Works of art can – or must – be seen differently here and thus have an altogether different impact. As a result, the interplay of art and space are cause for eager anticipation, because the result is very rarely predictable.
curated by Valeska Hageney-A.A.B-, text written by Cassandra Bird
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