Kunstverein Freiburg, Freiburg / Fieldworks

solo exhibition – New commission

The photographs and sculptures of the British artist Anne Hardy (* 1970, St. Albans, GB) question the difference between the illusionistic space of an image and the physical space around an object. For Fieldworks, her first solo exhibition in Germany, she has developed a diverse, perceptually encompassing installation for the main hall. A large-scale photograph, a sculpture one can enter, and an incantatory audio recording of spoken words are framed as a single narrative by a red carpet covering the main hall. The space is transformed into a disorientating environment in which the found and constructed become as as difficult to distinguish from one other as pictures are from their subjects.

19 September to 2 November 2014

List of artworks –

Title: Fieldworks (installation) (2014)

Left to right: Field (Audio) 2014, 60cm x 60cm x 8cm, directional speaker and audio 15mins; Field (rest) 2014, sheepskin; Field (punctuated remains) 2014, 25m x 12.5m, red carpet, tape and dust; Rift 2011/2014, 280cm x 365cm x 200cm, deko display print, aluminium frame, wood, poured concrete and dimmable striplights ; Field Tools 2014, dimensions variable, cast concrete; Field (interior) 2014, 400cm x 400cm x 250cm, ytong planblocks, bose speakers, audio 18minutes, timber, hardboard, paint, 2 sheepskins, custom made lamps, tape backing, carpet, striplights, plywood, concrete, old balloons, string, tarpaulin, and leftover materials.

Installation view, Fieldworks, 2014

Installation view, Fieldworks, 2014

Left to right upper gallery: Notations, 2012, c-print diasec mounted 146 x 242 cm; Pinboard, as yet untitled (concrete) 90 colour photographs, pins, yellow fabric, 180 x 600 cm; Incidence, 2009 c-print diasec mounted, 133 x 165,5 cm; Pinboard, as yet untitled (words) words clipped from various newspapers, pins, yellow fabric, 180 x 600; Untitled IV (balloons), 2005 c-print diasec mounted 120 x 150 cm; Pinboard, as yet untitled (empty places) 47 colour photographs, pins, yellow fabric, 180 x 300 cm

Lower gallery: Field (punctuated remains) 2014, red carpet, tape and dust, 25m x 12.5m; Field (mat) 2013-2014, approx 300cm x 300cm x 30cm, sewn carpet fragments, cast concrete balls and blue rope; Field (interior) 2014, 400cm x 400cm x 250cm, ytong planblocks, bose speakers, audio 18minutes, timber, hardboard, paint, 2 sheepskins, custom made lamps, tape backing, carpet, striplights, plywood, concrete, old balloons, string, tarpaulin, and leftover materials; Field tools 2014, approx 200cm x 20cm x 20cm each piece, cast concrete from carpet roll tubes; Field tools 2014, dimensions variable, cast concrete; Field tools 2014, approx120cm x 30cm x 160cm, steel rebar and cast concrete

Interior view; Field (interior) 2014

ytong planblocks, bose speakers, audio 18minutes, timber, hardboard, paint, 2 sheepskins, custom made lamps, tape backing, carpet, striplights, plywood, concrete, old balloons, string, tarpaulin, and leftover materials.

Interior view; Field (interior) 2014

Back view – Rift, 2011/14

Photo structure – constructed image printed on vinyl, wooden frame, strip lights, and poured concrete

Dimensions: 280 x 365 x 300 cm

Installation view – lower gallery

Installation view – upper gallery