Björn Dahlem

Galerie Guido W. Baudach is pleased to present its ninth solo exhibition by Björn Dahlem. Under the title Great Cosmic Wall, the near Berlin-based sculptor and installation artist is showing new wall objects and sculptures.

Dahlem refers to a phenomenon from the field of astronomy: the Hercules–Corona Borealis Great Wall, a cosmic superstructure that so far only exists in scientific theory. It is supposed to consist of an enormous accumulation of gravitationally connected star clusters with a presumed extent of 10 billion light-years. This would make the Hercules–Corona Borealis Great Wall — if it actually exists — the largest and most massive structure in the observable universe.

Great Cosmic Wall adds a new chapter to Dahlem’s oeuvre. Formally and in terms of content, it deals with specific borderline areas; be it those between microcosm and macrocosm, mundane everyday life and transcendent experience, or between order and chaos. Accordingly, Great Cosmic Wall can also be read as an allusive metaphor for the invisible barriers that separate our subjective experience of reality from the infinite: the mist between us and the universe; the curtain of light and shadow that separates space-time and matter.

With Great Cosmic Wall, Björn Dahlem attempts not only to illustrate this borderline areas, but also to penetrate them in his sculptures.