Gert & Uwe Tobias
January 28 – November 18, 2012
Opening: Friday, January 27, 2012, 7 pm

Since completing their studies, brothers Gert & Uwe Tobias (* 1973 in  
Brasov, Romania, live in Cologne) have been working together on  
drawings, ceramics and woodcuts, which they assemble to form  
installations that are often held together by coloured walls and  
interventions in the space. The pieces are not just connected on the  
outside but at the level of their motifs, too. In each of their media  
the brothers depict the progeny of surreal conceptions and fantasies –  
usually figures that closely resemble humankind yet are still somehow  
very far from human. Folkloristic motifs spring from collective social  
structures, their memories and traditions. The brothers’ woodcuts are  
produced in a process that creates an image out of multiple printing  
blocks, like a puzzle. In stark contrast to the concept of mass  
production, each woodcut yields just two prints. For the Kunstverein  
in Hamburg, the brothers have developed an installation that makes the  
entire location something of a window into the fantastical contents of  
their minds. From January to March 2012 their work will stretch from  
the foyer to the stairwell and into both exhibition areas, filling a  
space of some 1,300 qm. After that, parts of the installation will  
gradually retreat to make room for other exhibitions. By the end of  
the year their work will remain only in the foyer and the stairwell.

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