Kai Althoff - TEXT PORTRAIT - Ralph Ueltzhoeffer - *1966 Köln. Lebt und arbeitet in Köln - Installationen, Zeichnungen, Video 1995 Daniel Buchholz, Köln 1996 Galerie Christian Nagel, Köln 1996 Städtisches Museum Abteiberg, Mönchengladbach 1997 Deichtorhallen, Hamburg; Robert Prime, London 1998 Galerie Neu, Berlin 1999 Portikus, Frankfurt; Galerie Christian Nagel, Köln 2000 Kunstmuseum Wolfsburg: "German Open"; Magnani, London; Ascan Crone, Hamburg; Galerie Neu, Berlin 2001 Frankfurter Kunstverein; Galerie Daniel Buchholz, Köln: "Aus Dir"; Anton Kern, New York 2002 Kunstverein Braunschweig 2003 Frankfurter Kunstverein; Schirn Kunsthalle, Frankfurt ausstellungsseiten 11.05.07 - 15.07.07 Artists In & Out of Cologne Museum of Contemporary Art, North Miami 20.01.07 - 15.04.07 Artists In & Out of Cologne Henry Art Gallery, Seattle 01.11.06 - 05.11.06 OPEN SPACE 2006 OPEN SPACE Köln 29.10.06 - 08.01.07 MUSIC IS A BETTER NOISE P.S.1 MoMA, Long Island 23.09.06 - 03.12.06 Artists In & Out of Cologne The Power Plant, Toronto 09.09.06 - 06.10.06 TERRAIN VAGUE. WHEELY Kunstverein Bonn 22.04.06 - 30.07.06 Artists In & Out of Cologne ICA Philadelphia 25.03.06 - 05.06.06 4. berlin biennale 2006 berlin biennale, Berlin 04.03.06 - 30.04.06 Optik Schröder Kunstverein Braunschweig 05.02.06 - 16.04.06 Painting In Tongues Museum of Contemporary Art, Los Angeles 26.01.06 - 24.04.06 Transforming Chronologies 1 Museum of Modern Art, New York 25.01.06 - 12.03.06 The Triumph of Painting Leeds City Art Gallery 19.11.05 - 06.08.06 Lichtkunst aus Kunstlicht ZKM, Karlsruhe 05.07.05 - 30.10.05 The Triumph of Painting 2 Saatchi Gallery, London 23.10.04 - 01.12.04 Huts Douglas Hyde Gallery, Dublin 25.09.04 - 23.01.05 Kai Althoff: Kai Kein Respekt Museum of Contemporary Art, Chicago 17.09.04 - 16.11.04 actionbutton Russian Museum, St. Petersburg, St. Petersburg / RUS 09.09.04 - 01.11.04 THE PATTERN PLAYBACK The Moore Space, Miami 05.09.04 - 10.10.04 IMMO: Kai Althoff Simultanhalle, Köln 06.09.03 - 26.10.03 Hands up, baby, hands up! Kunstverein Oldenburg 15.06.03 - 02.11.03 50. Biennale Venedig 2003 Biennale Venedig 14.05.03 - 31.08.03 actionbutton Hamburger Bahnhof, Berlin 06.05.03 - 31.07.03 Nature Boy Elizabeth Dee Gallery, New York 15.01.03 - 13.04.03 deutschemalereizweitausenddrei Kunstverein Frankfurt 15.01.03 - 06.04.03 Lieber Maler, male mir... Schirn Kunsthalle, Frankfurt 21.09.02 - 10.11.02 Kai Althoff - Armin Krämer Kunstverein Braunschweig 19.10.01 - 03.11.01 I love NY Anton Kern Gallery, New York 01.06.01 - 23.09.01 Neue Welt Kunstverein Frankfurt 23.03.01 - 08.07.01 Vom Eindruck zum Ausdruck Deichtorhallen, Hamburg 01.04.00 - 14.05.00 Produktivität und Existenz Kunstraum Kreuzberg/Bethanien, Berlin 13.11.99 - 26.03.00 German Open 1999 Kunstmuseum Wolfsburg 13.03.99 - 25.04.99 ars viva 98/99 Installationen Portikus, Frankfurt sammlungenFoundation 20 21, New YorkKunstraum Grässlin, St. GeorgenMuseum Abteiberg, MönchengladbachMuseum of Contemporary Art, ChicagoSaatchi Gallery, LondonSammlung der Bundesrepublik Deutschland, Berlin galerienGalerie Crone Andreas Osarek - BerlinBarbara Gladstone Gallery, New YorkAnton Kern Gallery, New YorkMagnani, LondonGalerie Christian Nagel - BerlinGalerie Christian Nagel - KölnGalerie Neu, Berlin websites Springerin Artikel von Anke Kempkes artist-Kunstmagazin Artikel von Yilyilmaz Dziewior YILMAZ DZIEWIOR ÜBER KAI ALTHOFFDie Installationen von Kai Althoff evozieren viel-fältige Vorstellungen von Handlungen, die in ihnen stattgefunden haben könnten. Oft unterstützt Althoff ihr
narratives Potential durch eigene, literarisch schwer einzuordnende Texte, die, als integraler Bestandteil der Ausstellung, zusätzliche inhaltliche Ebenen
benennen. Exemplarisch für diese Vorgehensweise ist "Reflux Lux" (1998), seine Ausstellung, in der zwei langhaarige Gestalten auf dem Boden und in
der Ecke des Galerieraumes liegen. Die aus Kleidungsstücken und einem Gipskopf und Wollhaaren zusammenge-setzten Figuren machen den Eindruck,
als hätten sie zuviel getrunken, Drogen genommen oder wären anderen, schlimmeren Einflüssen ausgesetzt gewesen. Der Boden des Raumes ist mit
gelber Pappe ausgelegt. Eine niedrige Konstruktion aus Bausteinen und einer gelben Platte dient als Tisch. Der gesamte Raum hat das etwas
provisorische Ambiente eines Jugendzimmers. Während eines gemeinsamen Essens oder kurz danach hat sich eine der Figuren übergeben, ist mit dem
Kopf auf den Tisch geknallt und liegt nun regungslos da. ...Abbildung oben: Reflux Lux, Installationsansicht1998, Courtesy Galerie Neu, Berlin Selected Works by Kai Althoff Kai AlthoffUntitled2001, Boat varnish, watercolour, pen and pencil on board50 x 40cm Click on images to enlarge Untitled shows a group of black-clad men gathered around a table, immediately suggestive of conspiracy and covert sexual tension. Kai Althoff portrays
the intrigue in the paint itself: yellow confronting black, the tenuous texture of the fabric and the oblique fly-on-the-ceiling angle which compresses the
subjects into their opposing directions. His all-male cast of characters gives credence to the corruptibility and heroism of youth. Pictured with an authoritative voyeurism, Kai Althoff infers a
complicit approval to their coven. Kai AlthoffUntitled1997, pen, pencil and tape on board186 x 100cm Kai Althoff's soldiers are drawn with delicate stylised dandyism. Conveyed with refined nobility, debauchery and humanity become indistinguishable;
cruelty is portrayed with an acute tenderness. Flattened to an almost decorative motif, Althoff’s scene reads like theatre. Reminiscent of Georg Grosz's
depictions of Berlin’s WW1 underworld, deplorable action is staged for consensual pleasure, a chic poster glamorising the (un)desirable. Kai AlthoffUntitled2000, Lacquer, paper, watercolour and varnish on canvas50 x 50cm Kai Althoff’s paintings of Prussian soldiers flirt with a homoerotic subtext. His decorated brotherhood thinly veils their carnal motives under the guise of
authority. He paints his violence with a sensual tenderness, rendered in the creaminess of folk tale fantasy. Kai Althoff Winter2002, aluminium foil, boat lacquer, ink, watercolour, metallic paint and varnish on canvas60 x 40cm In Winter, Kai Althoff uses a variety of media to add an unexpected quality to his graphic composition. Approaching the painting itself as collage, Althoff
flaunts difference of style in each separate element to create tension and possible narratives within the unified whole. Dark dream-like scenes adopt a painterly quality of reverence: a crouching figure is painted over crumpled aluminium foil, creating both a geological
texture and reference to gilded religious icons. Sheltered like a grotto by a hard-edged militaristic design, punctuated by photographic images of stylised
masculinity, they feed the painting with spirituality. Layers of ephemeral hues and high-gloss varnish create a transcendental illusiveness, perpetually
flitting between gravitas and disco chic. Kai AlthoffUntitled2001, pen, wax crayon, pencil and epoxy resin on board79 x 72 cm Kai Althoff’s paintings almost appear to be from another time, with references ranging from avant-garde collage to fairytale illustration. His use of modern
materials such as resin, tape and tinfoil, lend a distinctive contemporary feel to his work.In Untitled, Althoff’s Jesus and sinner are equally compassionate and erotic. His ageless subject carries the weight of tradition: the wholesome ethic of
German Catholicism, the thirties style fascist-echo design, the taboo of homosexuality. Rendered on translucent paper, Kai Althoff offers repentance as a
frail veneer of purity. Kai AlthoffUntitled1999, watercolour, pen and pencil on board25.5 x 24cm Kai Althoff’s portrait is rendered with rudimentary simplicity: shape, tone and colour create a totality of exquisite presence. Untitled boasts a contained
elegance, deceptive in its complexity. Sexualised with reference to Egon Schiele, Untitled is an overture of dandyism. Kai Althoff tenders this painting with
the contrived scrutiny of the most discerning connoisseur. Haughty and self-possessed, Kai Althoff’s boy is a perfect specimen. Both ruffian and swan
song, he encapsulates the duplicity and danger of idealised beauty. Kai AlthoffDei Handi2003, paint and ink on board 11 x 21cm Incorporating all the lush patterning and anthropomorphic grace of art deco, Kai Althoff’s genre painting draws equally from comic illustration and graffiti.
Pretty boys with trendy haircuts, designer jackets and mobile phones are celebrated with a timeless essence.Painted on brown paper, Dei Handi utilises crafty and transient material to achieve an historical authority and authenticity of the avant-garde. Kai Althoff’s
contemporary scenes expose the same dark mores as his historical fables: mob mentality fed by bravado and peer pressure. Within the innocence of a
discotheque, brews a condition ripe for barbarism. Born 1966, Cologne, Germany. find similar artists: Painting Sculpture Research the price of Kai Althoff artworks Art Books of Kai Althoff kai althoffThe installations of Kai Althoff (b. 1966) possess a strong narrative element. They appear as locations for action and events. In Portikus, Althoff erects a
scaffolding closed on the sides in front of one of the windows that reachs to the ceiling. The visitors themselves become protagonists in this walkable
object. kai althoff, the saatchi galleryUntitled shows a group of black-clad men gathered around a table, immediately suggestive of conspiracy and covert sexual tension. Kai Althoff portrays
the intrigue in the paint itself: yellow confronting black, the tenuous texture of the fabric and the oblique fly-on-the-ceiling angle which compresses the
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that resembles a painting on paper. Öffentliche Ausstellungen 31 2006Music is a Better Noise P.S.1 Contemporary Art Center, Long Island City Heart of Darkness Walker Art Center, Minneapolis, MN Terrain Vague - Wheely Bonner Kunstverein, Bonn Make Your Own Life - Artists In and Out of Cologne ICA-Institute of Contemporary Art, Philadelphia, Philadelphia, PA 4. Berlin Biennale für Zeitgenössische Kunst berlin biennale für zeitgenössische kunst e. v., Berlin Painting in Tongues MOCA THE GEFFEN CONTEMPORARY, Los Angeles, CA ‘The Triumph of Painting’ from the Saatchi collection Leeds City Art Gallery, Leeds (England) 2005The Triumph of Painting - Part 2 The Saatchi Gallery, London (England) 2004Huts Douglas Hyde Gallery, Dublin Kai Althoff: Kai Kein Respekt (Kai No Respect) Museum of Contemporary Art Chicago - MCA Chicago, Chicago, IL actionbutton The State Russian Museum - Marble Palace, St. Petersburg Actionbutton The State Russian Museum - Benois Wing, St. Petersburg The Pattern Playback The Moore Space, Miami, FL She´s Come Undone Greenberg Van Doren Gallery, New York, NY Kai Althoff ICA Boston, Boston, MA 2003Dreams and Conflicts:The Dictatorship of the Viewer La Biennale di Venezia, Venedig actionbutton Hamburger Bahnhof, Museum für Gegenwart, Berlin Lieber Maler, male mir... Radikaler Realismus nach Picabia Schirn Kunsthalle, Frankfurt/Main deutschemalereizweitausenddrei Frankfurter Kunstverein, Frankfurt/Main 2002"Lieber Maler, male mir..." Kunsthalle Wien (Halle 1, Halle 2 im MQ), Wien Whisper - Sammelausstellung zum elfjährigen Jubiläum Galerie Aurel Scheibler, Berlin Cher peintre - Peintures figuratives depuis l'ultime Picabia Centre Pompidou - Musée National d´Art Moderne, Paris 2001Kai Althoff Anton Kern Gallery, New York, NY Kai Althoff - Aus Dir Galerie Daniel Buchholz, Köln Vom Eindruck zum Ausdruck - Grässlin Collection Deichtorhallen, Hamburg 2000No Name Galerie Daniel Buchholz, Köln 1999German Open 1999 - Gegenwartskunst in Deutschland Kunstmuseum Wolfsburg, Wolfsburg Kai Althoff "Ein noch zu weiches Gewese der Urian Bündner" Galerie Christian Nagel, Köln wrapped Vestsjællands Kunstmuseum, Sorø On Paper Stalke Galleri / Galleri Kirke Sonnerup, Kirke Saaby Ars Viva 98/99 - Installationen Portikus, Frankfurt/Main
Ralph Ueltzhoeffer - Textportrait - Kai Althoff 2007
Ralph Ueltzhoeffer ( *1966 in Mannheim ) , Akademie der Bildenden Künste Karlsruhe,bei Andreas Slominski und Ernst Caramelle
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