Sarah Ortmeyer
FLYRT
May 5 – July 1, 2018
From May 5 – July 1, 2018, Kunstverein München presents FLYRT, a large-scale solo exhibition by Sarah Ortmeyer. Comprised of all new works in a massive arrangement, FLYRT features classic artistic disciplines such as sculpture, painting, and film, developing non-traditional modes of presentation.
HUMAN-SIZED CHESSBOARDS are interspersed throughout the three exhibition rooms. The CHESSBOARD PAINTINGS reflect the ethereal colors of the sky. These oversized panels are accompanied by a pair of MINIATURE CHESSBOARDS. The gridded pictures are the latest works in Ortmeyer’s long and continued investigation into chess, emphasizing the aesthetics and dynamics of this iconic sport. Throughout the building and protruding from the walls are chess pieces made of OSTRICH EGGS. Through nature these large female products have developed unique distorted surfaces.
Premiering in Kunstverein München’s Kino, the silent movie FLYRT POETICA is the result of Ortmeyer’s long lasting correspondence with a rising teen idol and rapper, during which the pair developed a peculiar collective vocabulary punctuated by the consistent, repeated appearances of sophisticated POEMS, BLACK EMOJIS, DICK PICS, LUXURY ITEMS, NUDES, SPIDERS, FILM STILLS, IDEOGRAMS, LYRICS, SYMPHONIC SCORES, HOLLYWOOD, HEARTS, MUSES and ARTWORKS by artists such as ROSEMARIE TROCKEL, LOUISE BOURGEOIS, ALMA THOMAS, and ORTMEYER herself. Demonstrating the rapid visually-focused nature of 21st century exchange, Ortmeyer articulates a return to HIEROGLYPHICS, where pictures have become a more immediate and nuanced form of language. This correspondence was collected as a HARDCOVER BOOK and printed black on silver, a mutual material choice by the rapper and the artist. The book was then transposed into a moving image, to be projected onto the SILVER SCREEN. This procession of HIEROGLYPHS also forms the basis of a new series of painted works on silver paper. Featuring rapid hand-rendered icons of BLACK SPIDERS and BLACK HEARTS, these coded paintings chart a correspondence throughout the exhibition spaces. FLYRT combines a system of relentlessly repeated variables varying in size and material, while keeping the core of being emotionally completely raw.
Opening
Friday, May 4, 2018
7pm
Afterparty
DARK D1SKØ
Friday, May 4, 2018
10pm - late
Credits:
1. Sarah Ortmeyer, FLYRT at Kunstverein München, 2018:
GRANDMASTER I (2018) paint on metal, 185 x 185 x 10 cm.
2. Exhibition view: Sarah Ortmeyer, FLYRT at Kunstverein München, 2018.
3. Exhibition view: Sarah Ortmeyer, FLYRT at Kunstverein München, 2018
4. Exhibition view: Sarah Ortmeyer, FLYRT at Kunstverein München, 2018.
5. Sarah Ortmeyer, FLYRT at Kunstverein München, 2018:
SPINNE I (2018), Gesso auf Silberpapier, 100 x 70 cm.
6. Exhibition view: Sarah Ortmeyer, FLYRT at Kunstverein München, 2018.
7. Exhibition view: Sarah Ortmeyer, FLYRT at Kunstverein München, 2018.
8. Sarah Ortmeyer, FLYRT at Kunstverein München, 2018: HERZ I (2018) gesso on silver paper, 100 x 70 cm.
9. Exhibition view: Sarah Ortmeyer, FLYRT at Kunstverein München, 2018.
10. Exhibition view: Sarah Ortmeyer, FLYRT at Kunstverein München, 2018.
11. Sarah Ortmeyer, FLYRT at Kunstverein München, 2018: TOUR(2018) ostrich egg on metal, 88 x 13 x 13 cm.
12. Exhibition view: Sarah Ortmeyer, FLYRT at Kunstverein München, 2018.
13. Sarah Ortmeyer, FLYRT at Kunstverein München, 2018:
GRANDMASTER II (2018) paint on metal, 185 x 185 x 10 cm.
14. Exhibition view: Sarah Ortmeyer, FLYRT at Kunstverein München, 2018:
GRANDMASTER V (2018) paint on wood, 20 x 20 x 10 cm.
15. Sarah Ortmeyer, FLYRT at Kunstverein München, 2018: GRANDMASTER V (2018) paint on wood, 20 x 20 x 10 cm.
16. Exhibition view: Sarah Ortmeyer, FLYRT at Kunstverein München, 2018:
GRANDMASTER III (2018) paint on metal, 185 x 185 x 10 cm.
17. Exhibition view: Sarah Ortmeyer, FLYRT at Kunstverein München, 2018.
18. Exhibition view: Sarah Ortmeyer, FLYRT at Kunstverein München, 2018.
19. Exhibition view: Sarah Ortmeyer, FLYRT at Kunstverein München, 2018.
20. Exhibition view: Sarah Ortmeyer, FLYRT at Kunstverein München, 2018.
21. Sarah Ortmeyer, FLYRT at Kunstverein München, 2018: FLYRT POETICA (2018) Hardcover book, 30 x 22.5 x 10 cm (closed).
22. Exhibition view: Sarah Ortmeyer, FLYRT at Kunstverein München, 2018.
23. Exhibition view: Sarah Ortmeyer, FLYRT at Kunstverein München, 2018: still from FLYRT POETICA (2018) Video, black and white, no sound, 26:12 min. Animations by Thomas Julier
24. Exhibition view: Sarah Ortmeyer, FLYRT at Kunstverein München, 2018: still from FLYRT POETICA (2018) Video, black and white, no sound, 26:12 min. Animations by Thomas Julier.
25. Exhibition view: Sarah Ortmeyer, FLYRT at Kunstverein München, 2018: still from FLYRT POETICA (2018) Video, black and white, no sound, 26:12 min. Animations by Thomas Julier.
26. Sarah Ortmeyer, FLYRT at Kunstverein München, 2018: ROI (2018), ostrich egg on metal, ink, 118 x 13 x 13 cm.
Photography by Peter Mochi
© Sarah Ortmeyer, Kunstverein München e.V.