Lot 22

Zeller van Almsick, Vienna
Private collection, Melbourne 2017
Deutscher and Hackett, Melbourne, 24 April 2024, lot 39
Private collection, Melbourne

Splitting Image: Jonny Niesche, Zeller van Almsick, Vienna, 23 June - 29 July 2017
"The combination of mirror and voile painting, which is found in all the works of the exhibition, is different in the "Cosmic Plates": in contrast to "Mutual Vibration", the mirror is much more reflective and thus "performative". For Niesche it was an anecdote by Bruce Naumann, who talked about the experience of looking at a shop window from a "desirable situation" - when one looks at an object that one desires, and at some point, one grasps one's own reflection. This dialogue was the starting point for Niesche's interest in capturing an image between the viewer and his own reflection. The fabric 'Voile' is a transparent fabric, a screen, a skin, a membrane. The viewer sees his/her image in the "Cosmic Plates": a gravitationally mesmerizing version of herself." (excerpt, exhibition statement)