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Markus Karstieß, Orson Doe, 2009 Glazed ceramic, butterfly-bush (Buddle- ja davidii), H 55 cm © Markus Karstiess/ VG Bild-Kunst, Bonn 2015. Courtesy the artist and Bruce Haines Mayfair
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Markus Karstieß, Hannibal Doe, 2009. Ceramic, platinum glaze, white gladioli (Gladiolus) H 65 cm © Markus Karstieß/ VG Bild-Kunst, Bonn 2015. Courtesy the artist and Bruce Haines Mayfair
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Markus Karstieß, Stoner (dunk III), 2013. Lustre glazed ceramic, 52.5 x 35 x 7 cm © Markus Karstieß/ VG Bild-Kunst, Bonn 2015. Courtesy the artist and Bruce Haines Mayfair
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Markus Karstieß, Stoner (Sky II), 2015. Lustre glazed ceramic, 34 x 20 x 5 cm © Markus Karstieß/ VG Bild-Kunst, Bonn 2015. Courtesy the artist and Bruce Haines Mayfair
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Markus Karstieß, Studio Peel Off, 2013. (Second Corner, Room 3.04, Fine Art Department, Newcastle University), Glazed ceramic, wood, Indian ink, 101 x 149.5 x 4.5 cm © Markus Karstieß/ VG Bild-Kunst, Bonn 2015. Courtesy the artist and Bruce Haines Mayfair
Exhibition
Markus Karstieß
18 Nov 2015 – 18 Dec 2015
Regular hours
- Wednesday
- 00:00 – 18:0023:00 – 23:30
- Thursday
- 00:00 – 18:0023:00 – 23:30
- Friday
- 00:00 – 18:0023:00 – 23:30
- Saturday
- 00:00 – 18:00
- Monday
- 23:00 – 23:30
- Tuesday
- 00:00 – 18:0023:00 – 23:30
Cost of entry
Free
Address
- 33 Saint George Street
- London
- W1S 2FL
- United Kingdom
For its second exhibition, Bruce Haines Mayfair is delighted to present a collection of recent works by the acclaimed German sculptor Markus Karstieß.
About
The show is comprised of three parts: his signature Memento Mori platinum and gold-glazed ‘vases’ from The Doe Family series, each of which holds a dedicated flower that slowly perishes during the course of the exhibition; ceramic casts of 4,000-year-old ‘cup and ring’ marks, a form of prehistoric art which he discovered while living in Northumberland and entitled the Stoner series, and Studio Peel Off III, an intricate, large-scale wall relief which the artist cast directly from his studio floor, its elaborate beauty belying its humble origins.
Says gallery director, Bruce Haines: ‘A master of the vagaries and skills of working with clay, Karstieß freely acknowledges his antecedents, Rosemarie Trockel and Lucio Fontana, in his expressive, often Rorschach-based sculptures. Eschewing recent ironic takes on ceramics in 20th century art, far from being hidebound by his extraordinary knowledge of the material, he pushes the mechanics of clay to its limits while keeping the forms of his work remarkably simple and poignant.’
