André Tempel


Scissors, 2002-2005 (scissors, thread)
Courtesy: DISKUS (Berlin), Martin Mertens

In the work of André Tempel, thread is only one of numerous industrially manufactured
materials and objects. In the process of artistic transformation, the artist deprives them of their original functions as useful objects, combines them in unusual and inventive ways, and invests them with new functions according to their formal dimensions, which convince with their pure aesthetic. Tempel's objects are marked by a pure formal language and a great deal of humour. In the work entitled Scissors, the composing elements – scissors and thread – have been stripped of their functions, of their normal relationship, and the role of the "winner" was given to the usually "defeated". This artwork presents a humorous metaphor of the world turned upside down and, as such, reflects many paradoxes of contemporary society.

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Born in 1970 in Schwedt am Oder (Germany). Between 1992 and 1996 he studied at the High School for Applied Art in Schneeberg under Professor Gerd Kaden and Professor Bruno Krenz and graduated in 1996. Between 1998 and 2002 he studied sculpture and spatial concepts at the High School for Fine Arts in Dresden under Professor Eberhard Bosslet. He graduated in 2002 and continued his postgraduate studies there until 2004.

Solo exhibitions (selection):

2006 EXTRA SAHNIG, Galerie Diskus, Berlin
2005 REIN RAUS, Galerie Diskus, Berlin
2003 FLEXIBLE LINE, Landesbühnen Sachsen
2002 ANDRÉ & ULI (lecker, lecker) (with Ulrik Happy Dannenberg), Galerie Krausserben, Dresden

Group exhibitions (selection):

2006 GUMMIZUCHT, Neues Kunsthaus Ahrenshoop, Ahrenshoop
DISCOVERY, Kunsthalle Arnstadt, Arnstadt
2005 OPEN. Galerie Diskus, Berlin
2004 DRESDEN – PRAG, Kunstforum Ostdeutsche Galerie, Regensburg
2003 AND NOW..., Festung Königstein, Königstein
2002 JAHRESGABEN 2002, Kunstverein Arnsberg

www.diskus-berlin.com
www.andre-tempel.de