La Galleria Davide Di Maggio - Mudimadue è lieta a presentare la prima mostra personale di Frantisca + Tim Gilman a Berlino dopo la sua partecipazione all'ultima Biennale di Praga e la mostra nella Kunsthalle a Basel.

Frantiska Gilman (nata a Praga nel 1973) e Tim Gilman-Sevick (nato nel Connecticut nel 1971), operano insieme dal 2000 e attualmente vivono tra Praga e New York.

Il loro lavoro è improntato principalmente, ma non soltanto, sulla pittura: secondo i dettami del nuovo stile iperrealista, che sottolinea oggi gli intensi legami fra pittura, fotografia e new media, i Gilman dipingono la realtà quotidiana come fermo immagine. Ritratti, persone colte nell’immediatezza gestuale, come avviene nello snapshot fotografico, ma anche spazi reali e virtuali che funzionano quasi come ambienti e scenari dei loro personaggi. La pittura dei Gilman, dunque, si fonda su un ampio portato concettuale per definirsi come un campo ibrido di tensioni che arrivano, via via, a coinvolgere altri mezzi.

Parlando del loro lavoro insieme Frantiska + Tim Gilman sostengono “noi siamo giunti alla forma finale del nostro lavoro attraverso la collaborazione – qui c’è almeno una terza persona, che è allo stesso tempo nessuno di noi e anche un po’ di tutti e due. Questa dicotomia di soggettività e oggettività, vicino e lontano, si riflette in altri aspetti del lavoro: tensione, dualismo, distanza (spesso imposta dai media) che noi sentiamo dal reale – che sia natura o altro, società, immagini o le nostre condizioni”. “We arrive at the final form of our work through collaboration – there is almost a third person, one that is simultaneously neither of us, but also both of us. This dichotomy of subjectivity and objectivity, proximity and distance, is reflected in other facets of the work: tension, duality and distance (often imposed by media) that we feel from the real – be it nature, one another, society, images, or our surroundings.”

Principali mostre personali: 

2004 “The King’s Two Bodies” Galerie Davide Di Maggio Mudimadue Berlin – Galerie Davide Di Maggio Mudimadue Milan 2003 “Sólo” Galerie NoD, Prague – “In Practice” Sculpture Center, NY 2000 Galerie V. Spaly, Prague 1998 Galerie Bunkr, Prague

Principali mostre collettive:

2004 “Open House-Working in Brooklyn” Brooklyn Museum, New York – “Virtual Garden” Danielle Arnaud Contemporary Art, London  – “Back to Nature” Futura Prague 2003 “Regionale” Kunsthalle Basel – “Look – the Limits of Vision”, Kaskadenkondensator Basel – Prague Biennale, Veletrzni Palace, National Gallery, Prague – “Supereal” Marella Arte Contemporanea – “Exit Biennal: The Reconstruction” Exit Art, NY – “Donut Shop 7” Phillip Feldman Gallery, Portland Oregon – “A Clearing” Cover Up London – Video invitational, fa projects, London – “Electrobot” Home Gallery Prague – 2002 “Painting as Paradox” Artists Space NY – “Today” Swiss Institute NY – Armory Show 2002 NY – “BIBLIOMANIA” Printed Matter NY

La mostra rimarrà aperta fino al 30 Aprile 2004. Gli artisti saranno presenti all'inaugurazione. Sarà pubblicato il catalogo con testo a cura di Luca Beatrice.

Orari: dal martedì al sabato, dalle ore 11.00 alle ore 19.00.

English

The Gallery Davide Di Maggio - Mudimadue is pleased to present the first individual exhibition of Frantiska + Tim Gilman in Berlin after their participation to the last Prague Biennal and the exhibition to the Kunsthalle in Basel.

Frantiska Gilman (born in Prague in 1973) and Tim Gilman-Sevick (born in Connecticut in 1970) have worked together since 2000; they currently divide their time between Prague and New York.

Their work is principally, but not only, based on painting: according to the dictates of the new hyper-realist style, that today underscores the close links between painting, photography and the new media, the Gilmans paint the day-to-day reality as a fixed image. Portraits, persons captured in a momentary gesture, as they would appear in a snapshot, but also real and virtual spaces that almost serve as environment and setting for their potentialities. The painting of the Gilmans is therefore based on a wide range of conceptual inspirations, and may be defined as a hybrid sphere of tension that gradually come to involve other media.

Talking about how they work together, Frantiska + Tim Gilman explain that "We arrive at the final form of our work through collaboration - there is almost a third person, one that is simultaneously neither of us, but also both of us. This dichotomy of subjectivity and objectivity, proximity and distance, is reflected in other facets of the work: tension, duality and distance (often imposed by media) that we feel from the real - be it nature, one another society, images, or our surroundings.”

Principal individual exhibitions:

2004 Galerie Davide Di Maggio Mudimadue, Berlin - Galerie Davide Di Maggio Mudimadue, Milan , 2003 "Sólo" Galerie NoD, Prague - "ln Practice," Sculpture Center, NY, 2000 Gallerie V. Spaly, Prague, 1998 Gallerie Bunkr, Prague.

Principal group exhibitions:

2003 "Open House - Working in Brooklyn" Brooklyn Museum, New York - "Virtual Garden" Danielle Arnaud Contemporary, Art London "Back to Nature" Futura, Prague, "Regionale,” Kunsthalle Basle - "Look – the Limits of Vision," Kaskadenkondensator, Basle - Prague Biennale, Veletrzni Falace, National Gallery, Prague - "Supereal," Marella Arte Contemporanea, Milan - "Exit Biennial: The Reconstruction" Exit Art, NY - "Donut Shop 7" Phillip Feldman Gallery, Portland, OR "A Clearing" Cover Up, London – Video lnvitational, fa projects, London - "Electrobot" , Home Gallery, Prague

2OO2 "Painting as Paradox" Artists Space, NY - "Today" Swiss lnstitute, NY - Annory Show 2002, NY - "BIBLIOMANIA" Printed Matter, NY.

The exhibition will remain open until 30 April 2004. The artists will be present during the opening. A catalog with a presentation by Luca Beatrice will be published.

Opening hours: from Tuesday to Saturday, from 11 AM to 7 PM.

Deutsch

Die Galerie Davide Di Maggio Mudimadue präsentiert zum ersten Mal in Berlin eine

Einzelausstellung von Frantiska + Tim Gilman.

Frantiska Gilman (geboren in Prag, 1973) und Tim Gilman-Sevick {geboren in Conneticut, 1971) arbeiten seit 2000 zusammen und leben zur Zeit zwischen New York und Prag.

lhre Arbeit fokussiert sich vor allem, aber nicht nur, die Malerei. Angeregt vom neuen hyperrealistischen Stil, der die Verbindungen zwischen Malerei, Photographie und New Media betont, stellen die beiden Gilmans die tägliche Realität als ein stilles Bild dar. lhre Porträts zeigen Figuren, die in ihren Gesten wie auf einem Schnappschuss gefangen sind. ln den neuen Arbeiten (2003-2004) werden reale und virtuelle Räume zu den Landschaften ihrer Bilder. Die Malerei des Paares Gilman basiert auf einer breiten konzeptuellen Grundlage. Auf ihren Bildern entsteht ein hybrides Feld von Spannungen, die auch andere Medien mit einbeziehen. Das Künstlerpaar arbeitet mit hoher Wahrnehmungsintensität und konzeptioneller Klarheit. Die Objekte und Bilder entstehen in der gemeinsamen Reflexion, Diskussion und der gegenseitigen Inspiration. Frantiska+Tim Gilman sagen über ihre Arbeitsweise:" We arrive at the final form of our work through collaboration -there is almost a third person, one that is simultanously neither of us, but also both of us. This dichotomy of subiectivity and obiectivity, proximity and distance, is reflected in other facets of the work: tension, duality and distance (often imposed by media) that we feel from the real - be it nature, one another, society, images, or our surroundings".

Eiruelausstellungen:

2004 Galerie Davide Di Maggio Mudimadue; Berlin - Galerie Davide Di Maggio Mudimadue, Milan; 2003 "Solo" Galerie NoD, Prag; 'ln Practice", Sculpture Center, NY; 2000 Galerie V.Spaly, Prag; 1998 Galerie Bunkr, Prag.

Gruppenausstellungen:

2004 "Open House - Working in Brooklyn" Brooklyn Museum, New York; "Nowhere else but her“ Danielle Arnaud Contemporary Art, London; "Back to Nature" Futura, Prag; 2003 "Regionale " Kunsthalle Basel; "Look-the Limits of Vision", Kaskadenkondensator, Basel; Prag Biennale, Veletrzni Palace, National Gallery Prag; "Supereal" Marella Arte Contemporanea, Mailand; "Exit Biennal; The Recostruction" Exit Art, NY; "Donut Shop 7" Philip Feldman Gallery, Portland, OR; "A Clearing" Cover Up, London; Video lnvitational, fa profects, London; "Electrobot", Home Gallery Prag;2O02 "Painting as Paradox" Artists Space, NY; "Today" Swiss lnstitute, NY.

Die Galerie Davide Di Maggio - Mudimadue wird zur Ausstellung einen Katalog herausgeben.

Die Ausstellung ist bis zum 30. April 2004 geöffnet.