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Exhibition Opening: Jörg Gläscher’s “Wood, Waves, and Energy” (June 6)
Exhibition Opening: Jörg Gläscher’s “Wood, Waves, and Energy” (June 6), © Jörg Gläscher
Deutsches Haus at NYU presents Jörg Gläscher's exhibition “Wood, Waves, and Energy,” which is a part of a larger body of work, the so-called “the corona diary complex,” and will remain on view at Deutsches Haus at NYU through August 23rd.
Deutsches Haus at NYU presents Jörg Gläscher's exhibition “Wood, Waves, and Energy,” which is a part of a larger body of work, the so-called “the corona diary complex.” The pieces were created during the COVID-19 pandemic in Hamburg and Leipzig between 2020 and 2021. Drawing from his own experiences during the pandemic, Jörg Gläscher developed a photographic approach and expression to visualize the power and force of nature in the form of waves. While the initial works were purely photographic, he soon began intervening in nature itself, creating and installing wave sculptures made of tree limbs and branches in various forms and iterations deep in the forest.
The exhibition opening will be held on June 6, from 6 to 8 PM, and include a conversation between the photographer Jörg Gläscher and Sarah Girner, who runs the cultural program at Deutsches Haus at NYU. The exhibition will remain on view at Deutsches Haus at NYU through August 23.
About the exhibition:
When considering Gläscher’s “Wood, Waves, and Energy” as dynamic forms and simultaneously as expressions of living and ephemeral beauty, diverse associations emerge: A narrative that shapes, piles up, and dissolves again, creating what can be seen as a symbol of the eternal becoming and passing of human life. Like life itself, the waves personify movement, rhythm, and change simultaneously, and convey, as contemplative sculptures, an existential-elemental “Leitmotif” with emotional and spiritual experiences.
Jörg Gläscher's photographs allow our imagination to create a breaking, ever-changing wave, suggesting cohesion and rhythmic movement. In their uniqueness, they represent imaginary manifestations of continuity and change, embodying dynamism and energy; in their visual presence, they signify a higher idea of human existence struggling against the forces of nature. Their organic form is a symbol of transformation not only representing the fleeting nature of time and the ephemeral, but also conveying the impression of an existential threat posed by elemental forces.
Date and Time: Thursday, June 6th, 2024 from 6:00 PM to 8:00 PM
Location: Deutsches Haus at NYU; 42 Washington Mews, New York, NY 10003
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