Roswitha Weingrill

looking for someone, 2012

Chinesisches Kunstpädagogikmaterial, Graffitischerben auf Sperrholz

Im Spannungsfeld von copyrights, Individualität und Globalisierung entstehen Fragen nach dem Befolgen von Regeln und dem Nacheifern von Trends wie auch der Sichtbarkeit von hierarchischen Strukturen. Währenddessen verweisen die Titel der einzelnen Collagen auf chinesische Schriftzeichen als populäre Motive für Tätowierungen.

looking for someone
looking for someone
looking for someone
looking for someone
looking for someone
looking for someone

bits and piecs, 2012

handgeschöpftes Papier, Blaupause, Buntstifte und Lack auf Karton und Transparentpapier

Handgeschöpftes Papier aus veralteten Stadtplänen stellt eine Tabula-Rasa Situation die dazu genutzt wird, Spekulationen über stadtplanerische Eingriffe zu entwerfen.

bits and piecs
bits and piecs
bits and piecs

cat, mouse and deng, 2012

T-shirt cloth, silk, paper, wood, appr. 1,50m x 1,90m

„It doesn´t matter if the cat is black or white, as long as it catches mice.“ This quote of former chinese primeminister Deng Xiaoping marks the opening of chinese markets towards capitalism. 30 years later the effects of China´s new economic power splits the country into winners and losers. From a western perspective the famous quote has allready been adopted as a fancy saying with a touch of ever trendy asian wisdom. The patchworkblanket tries to take a look into the future, when former promises of economic salvation only remain as left over and therefore useless myths. It´s the point of view which defines whether we see something as an entity or as a particle of something bigger. The works in the exhibition aim at negotiating hierarchic systems of units, the velocity of myths in modernisation and individuals belonging to various groups. Animated by a residency in the People´s Republic of China, expired city maps are used for recycling paper and
political quotes for storytelling. In the same way the combination of chinese art teaching material and shards of graffiti walls raises questions about repetition as a tool towards a single masterpiece.

cat, mouse and deng
cat, mouse and deng
cat, mouse and deng