Stephanie Brooks, Adib Fricke and David Sherry
September 14 - October 13, 2007.
Schalter is pleased to announce Noch nicht sicher (Still not sure). The exhibition will present the work of three artists: Stephanie Brooks (US), Adib Fricke (DE), and David Sherry (UK). It features installation, sculpture and video and was curated by Schalter founder Ryan Weber.
Designed as the opening gesture of Schalter's second year, Noch nicht sicher seeks to present work that questions notions of artistic and emotional certainty. How, where and why we derive value from the work of art reflects critically on our sense of the contemporary role and function of art. Noch nicht sicher challenges our understanding of purpose and the desire to rest on a referent.
Stephanie Brooks often uses minimalist strategies to address personal or emotional content. While formally the work may appear cold or distant, upon closer inspection we often find it wittily addressing issues of classification, uncertainty and struggle. Her piece, "A book that changed my life, and another one" undermines our ability to locate both the author and the content by introducing play between the physical objects and title. Brooks' work has been the focus of numerous exhibitions in the US and Europe. She is represented in Chicago by the Rhona Hoffman Gallery and in New York by the Peter Blum Gallery.
Berlin based Adib Fricke's language based work began in the late 80s. With the founding of The Word Company in 1994, he started to concentrate on the meaning of words and function of language. Set free of a clear referent, Fricke invites the word and language to disturb communication. Parallely, Fricke’s text collages invite the viewer to create their own sources and destinations. For this exhibition, he has created a new textual installation. Fricke, who is represented by Realace in Berlin, has been the subject of various international gallery and museum exhibitions. Most recently, his piece "Can’t simulate freedom" was included in the exhibition "Hannah Ahrendt Thinking Space" at the former Girls Jewish School in Berlin.
David Sherry lives in Glasgow, and recently completed a residency at Villa Concordia in Bamberg. His work explores the routines, codes and habits that structure our everyday lives. Often humorous, his work provides new insights into unseen aspects of social experience. "The Coke Dance" presents the artist literally dancing on the contents of a can of Coca-Cola. In 2007, Sherry was awarded an Open Frequency Commission and is represented in Dublin by Mother's Tankstation and Maes & Matthy's in Antwerp, Belgium.
