Astrid Nippold, Hansjörg Dobliar

The joint presentation of Astrid Nippold's films accompanied by painted installations by Hansjörg Dobliar at the Villa Merkel in Esslingen (28.6.-16.8.2009) showcases two eminently complimentary positions that - following in the footsteps of Romantic traditions - call into question the boundaries of the visual image's rational disposability. Hansjörg Dobliar, for his part, harnesses his large overpaintings of magazine photographs in colourfully gloomy constructions to form thus the effect of cosmic space with these seemingly crystalline structures, whereas Astrid Nippold uses witty detail to channel spatial scenarios dealing with meaning and power into an unstable state, in which the absurdity of existence is systematically reflected. Including several photographs of the installations, this book has been conceived with these characteristic spatial effects in mind.