Benjamin Bergmann. tief unten tag hell : Arbeiten 1999 - 2009

by Bergmann, Benjamin

• ISBN13: 9783832192884
• ISBN10: 3832192883
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 2010-08-30
• Publisher: Distributed Art Pub Inc

Summary

Benjamin Bergmann's installations revolve around fundamental and recurrent human questions - the significance of his actions, the need for fulfilment and the endowment of life with meaning as well as dealings with time and transitoriness. Before studying at the Academy of the Visual Arts in Munich, Bergmann trained as a wood sculptor for church decorations. During his studies, he worked closely with performance groups for whom he conceived multimedia action spaces that would determine the path of his further works. The largely extensive works Bergmann made after 2001 are in the tradition of constructed dream worlds. They combine classic modernist material collages with elements of the American environment. The examination of such themes as transitoriness and imperfection is a pivotal factor in Bergmann's work. He hence seeks precisely the moment, precisely the processes that inherently contain failure and the imperfect as well as the associated human hopes, wishes, goals and desires. That which already seems perfect, prompts fewer questions and weakens the desire for change. English and German text.