W.O.P.

Thomas Arnolds, Gwenneth Boelens, Keltie Ferris, Falk Haberkorn, Fiona Mackay, Alexej Meschtschanow, Renaud Regnery, Marijn Van Kreij

Klemm's is pleased to present W.O.P., a group exhibition bringing together a selection of works on paper by different positions of our program.

W.O.P. is a group exhibition bringing together a selection of works on paper by various artists of Klemm’s program. Though predominantly known for their works spanning painting, sculpture, photography and installation, the exhibited artists approach paper as a means to expand the visual and conceptual investigation of their employed medium, along with the discussion connected to it.

Therefore, the exhibited works on paper can be seen as separate and immediate extensions of a broader repertoire, resulting in a form that is dense and confrontational while expressed with earnest simplicity. These gestures are at times urgent and explorative or meditative and repetitive at others, all revealing something progressively instinctive and intimate within the artists’ greater oeuvre...

...Overall, the artists' approach towards the medium reflects a profound understanding of its possibilities, consistently challenging the freedom paper provides. In this group show setting, the works are intertwined in a visual dialogue between different corners of the gallery, coexisting as careful outcome of a critical looking, thinking and feeling process. They lead to a myriad of possibilities not only of 'image-making' but of 'concept-making' - achieving a strong, emotional impact with limited means.