Zunder und Zartheit Mitgliederausstellung

In the organizer's words:

With the exhibition 'Zunder und Zartheit', the Kunstverein is presenting works by selected members of different generations. While the last members' exhibition 'Notre Dame' was dedicated exclusively to female artists, we are now turning our attention to our male colleagues. What moves them? How do they reflect on themselves in an art world in which much is changing?

At a time when feminist debates and demands for equality are part of everyday life, it almost sounds a little provocative to focus solely on men in an exhibition. At the beginning of the Sturm und Drang era (1765 to 1785), men were glorified as geniuses and the archetype of the superior man. The art world in particular did not recover from this for a long time. The woman gave birth to children, the man gave birth to art. But can 'male' art be distinguished from 'female' art? Every artist expresses something different, depending on the social, political, cultural and economic context in which he or she grew up, depending on his or her experiences.

The works in the exhibition do not fit into simple categories - they are poetic, questioning, sometimes harsh, sometimes gentle. And perhaps they open up a space for a conversation that we have not yet had in this way.

Friedrich Koller (*1939 in Salzburg) lives and works in Laufen, Upper Bavaria. He was admitted to the Academy of Fine Arts in Munich in 1956. He studied under Prof. Josef Henselmann. Koller's works often develop from primal or basic forms such as cubes and cylinders. In his artistic work, Koller quickly implemented the resolutions of the Second Vatican Council at the beginning of the 1960s, which introduced a new liturgy and expressed this in particular with the creation of 'people's altars'.
The sculpture 'Up and Down' is presented in the exhibition. It is a round, metal table with four chairs. On the table top is a sculpture consisting of five cubes stacked on top of each other, the bottom of which can be reached via steps. The artist sees this sculpture as an offer for communication. The two works 'Schiffstein' and 'Treibholz aus dem Mittelmeer', created for the Heilig-Kreuz-Kirche in Munich as a lecture cross, are dedicated to the ongoing refugee catastrophe. The symbol of the cross milled into the paddle points the way of humanity and reminds us of the plight of those who have lost their lives in the Mediterranean.

Manfred Mayerle (*1939 in Munich) lives and works in Munich and in Jachenau, Upper Bavaria. He studied at the Academy of Fine Arts from 1959 to 1964 under Josef Oberberger, Hermann Kaspar and Anton Marxmüller. He became a master student in 1963 and passed his state examination in 1964. He is a member of the Deutscher Werkbund, the Berufsverband Bildender Künstlerinnen und Künstler (BBK) and the board of trustees of the Bayerische Einigung.
The starting point of his work was initially the figurative, the figure, the torso. Over the years, the line has increasingly taken on a life of its own and has been his central theme alongside color since the early 1990s. Manfred Mayerle works continuously on different series that are linked to the places where they are created. The 'ash squares' selected for the exhibition, dating from 1988 to 2025, were all created on Mallorca. The artist sieves the ash and mixes it with pigments and acrylic. The first works were created from ashes of burnt, still figurative works.

Günter Nosch (*1956 in Marktoberdorf) lives and works in Weilheim, Upper Bavaria. He graduated from the Academy of Fine Arts in Munich in 1987. His "playful relationship to language" (Nosch) goes back to his beginnings as an artist, when he explored concrete poetry before turning to gestural painting. In a contemplative, almost calligraphic process, he used paint and squeegee to create non-representational compositions that simultaneously examined the color and its structure as traces of this process. For some years now, he has focused on the material world and its connection with language.
There are two showcases in the exhibition: one displays a selection of artistic diaries from recent years that deal with language, while the second showcase presents a completely new series of works with writing on white plates.

Peter Paul Rast (*1952 in Munich) lives and works in Munich, Upper Bavaria. From 1973 to 1975, he studied art history and philosophy at the LMU Munich. From 1975 to 1981 he studied at the Academy of Fine Arts in Munich under Prof. Dr. Thomas Zacharias. In 1981 he completed his art studies with the 1st state examination and in 1984 the 2nd state examination, followed by many years of teaching at the Academy of Art and Design, among others.
For the first time, Peter Rast is presenting a complex of photographs entitled 'Feldbett und Rosen'. The video work shows the text of the poem 'Heidenröslein' (1789) by Johann Wolfgang von Goethe as well as a musical interpretation by Franz Schuhbeck of the folk song composed by Franz Schubert (1815). The text accompanies various situations that the artist stages in the studio. In particular, a camp bed in military camouflage fabric can be seen. The oppressive atmosphere of the video work and the musical interpretation expose the underlying violence of the ostensibly romantic 'Heidenröslein' by Goethe and Schubert. The new character of the music in the added fourth verse invites us to rewrite the text.

Camill von Egloffstein (*1988 in Munich) lives and works in Munich. He studied art history and art education at LMU Munich from 2010 to 2013. From 2013 to 2020 he studied at the Academy of Fine Arts Munich under Prof. Franz Wanner, Prof. Jorinde Voigt and from 2017 under Prof. Olaf Metzel. He became a master student there in 2020. His site-specific works explore the tension between spatial structure and materiality. In addition to participating in exhibitions in Munich, he has also exhibited internationally in Budapest, Vienna and Tel Aviv.
For the exhibition, he is creating three new large-format knife paintings that deal with the theme of male rope teams. These are not rope teams connected by a climbing rope, but men who support each other in order to secure their professional progress. Vom Egloffstein uses the technique of paper inlay to interweave two painterly motifs.

Bruno Wank (*1961 in Marktoberdorf) grew up in Marktoberdorf and came into contact with the profession through his father's bronze casting workshop. After studying sports at the Technical University of Munich from 1983 to 1986, he studied sculpture at the Academy of Fine Arts in Munich as a master student of Olaf Metzel until 1992. In 1993 he became head of the study workshop for bronze casting, and from 2007 to 2009 he was Vice President of the Academy of Fine Arts Munich.
The exhibition shows three works on paper from a series that the artist drew 'blind' with both hands during the Corona period. In addition, three larger-than-life black figures, like guards, dominate the room. They also seem to form a kind of tightrope walk. Their form is based on small palm-sized wax works that have been enlarged many times over and cast in sand and epoxy resin using a lost mold.

Opening
Thursday, July 3, 2025, 6 to 9 pm
7 p.m.
Welcome and introduction
Dr. Ulrich Schäfert, 1st Chairman
Benita Meißner, Curator

Opening hours for the Open Art Gallery Weekend
Friday, July 4, 2025, 12 to 6 p.m.
Saturday, July 5, 2025, 11 a.m. to 6 p.m.
Sunday, July 6, 2025, 11 a.m. to 6 p.m.

Program for the Open Art Gallery Weekend:
Meet The Artist
Saturday, July 5, 2025, 11 am to 6 pm
12 to 2 p.m. tba
2 to 3 p.m. tba
3 to 4 p.m. Bruno Wank

Sunday, July 6, 2025, 11 am to 6 pm
1 to 2 p.m. Günter Nosch
2 to 3 p.m. tba
3 to 4 p.m. tba

Sunday, July 6, 2025, 12 noon
Outline'
Musical performance
Concert design students (class: Hanni Liang, Munich University of Music and Performing Arts) with Mira Foron, Sophia Nussbichler, Hanyu Xiao, Jana Förster, Emma Longo Valente

Poetry evening with Pauline Fusban
Thursday, July 17, 7 p.m.

Artist talk
Tuesday, September 16, 2025, 7 pm

Finissage with music
Udo Schindler (wind instruments) with Ardhi Engl (self-made instruments)
Thursday, September 18, 2025, 7 pm

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