Dani Jakob
& Sebastian Hammwöhner
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Vilma Gold is pleased
to present the first UK solo exhibition by Dani Jakob &
Sebastian Hammwoehner. The exhibition comprises of a collaborative
installation based on the Pythagorean divergence between mathematical
rationality and irrational mysticism.
The combination of mathematics and theology began with Pythagoras
c. 580-500 BC. The Pythagorean view of the universe rests on
the belief that Natural number was the explanatory key to the
qualities of mankind and matter.
Pythagoras deduced that all things in the universe have a numerical
attribute that can be uniquely described. For example: 1 (unity)
is the generator of numbers, the number of reason. 2 (diversity,
opinion) is the first true female number. 3 (harmony = unity
+ diversity) is the first true male number. 5 (marriage) = first
female + first male. 6 (creation) = first female + first male
+ 1. and son until you 10 (universe) tetractys. For Pythagoras
the holiest of numbers was the number 10 or the tectractys.
In addition the personalities the first four numbers had a also
had special significance in that their sum amounts for all the
possible dimensions: 1 + 2 + 3 + 4 = 10 (universe).
Jakob & Hammwoehners' installation refers to the exhibition
space and its geometry - a space that can be seen in terms of
both abstraction and geometric neutrality. Jakob & Hammwoehners'
works trace this rational abstraction and geometry through its
own irrational history and the mystic world of symbols. Jakob
& Hammwoehners' installation can be seen as an attempt to
celebrate the mystical origins of the white gallery space by
transforming it into a circus-like imaginary world. Using simple
materials such as sand, paper, wood and felt the installation
creates a symbolic patchwork world where memories and fictions
collide.
Dani Jakob was born in Freiburg, Germany in 1973 and lives and
works in Berlin. Since graduating from the State Academy of
Visual Arts in Germany Jakob has had solo exhibitions at Halle
fur Kunst, Luneberg, Kunsthaus Baselland, Basel, Meyer Riegger,
Karlsruhe, and Gallerie Fons Welters, Amsterdam.
Sebastian Hammwoehner was born in Frechen, Germany in 1974 and
lives and works in Berlin. Hammwoehner has had recent solo exhibition
at Supportico Lopez, Neapel, Meyer Riegger, Karlsruhe and Montparnasse,
Berlin. His drawings are currently featured in Vitamin D.
For further information or images please contact Sarah McCrory:
+44(0) 20 8981 3344 or: sarah@vilmagold.com |
Installation view
Dani Jakob and Sebastian Hammwöhner
Dani Jakob
Die oberen und die unteren Wasser, 2005
pencil and coloured pencil on paper, tree, candles, paint,
eggshells
220 x 270 x 260 cm
Dani Jakob
Paralyze the Modern, 2005
acrylic on wall
140 x 140 cm
Dani Jakob
Felt, Felt, Felt, 2005
cut out felt
197 x 93 cm
Dani Jakob
Hitze vertreibt die Nacht, 2005
cut out felt
260 x 99 cm
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