GESAMTKUNSTWERK

'GESAMTKUNSTWERK: New Art from Germany' is the current exhibition showing at the Saatchi Gallery. I found it hugely pleasing, an emphasis on playfulness was coherently displayed via the chosen art works, refreshing to be confronted with an engaged enjoyment of basic materials rather than the focus lying on the concepts of the works.
I was able to draw many parallels between the show and my own practice, which is an enquiry and continual exploration of human interaction with materials- an emphasis upon the process and not the product. Coming away from the exhibition I wondered to myself how many artists 'play' or experiment so freely without feeling the need to explain their reasons for doing so.
These are a few images of the works and their details that caught my eye.

Isa Genzken

 
 
 
 Ida Ekblad


 Alexandra Bircken