Konrad Fischer Galerie gladly presents Gregor Schneider's solo show Nacht und Tag including artworks realized between 2001 and 2015.
All color photographies from his series Haus u r 10, RAL (1993-2015) show the famous Kaffeezimmer (coffee table) from his landmark masterpiece Totes Haus u r / Der Deutsche Beitrag. The work has been presented at German Pavilion at Biennale di Venezia (2001) which won him the Golden Lion Award. The very same motif is modified in different RAL color nuances partly blurred beyond recognition. The images do not allow for any association referring to the time of the day. Is it night? Is it daytime?
The new colored Windows (2015) showing interior parts like drapery and curtains or a glance out of the window. These new works are presented in the context of the rain-wet windows from Haus u r / Totes Haus u r, Rheydt / Venedig (1985-2001). Gregor Schneider who is always having his built rooms accompanied by photographic and cinematic works considers his photographies as equivalent reduplications of reality, as consequent continuations of his sculptural works.
In addition, we present a previously unreleased multi-part video by Gregor Schneider associated with the Goebbels House in Mönchengladbach-Rheydt titled SOMMERMÄRCHEN 2014 RHEYDT 13. Juli 2014, 21:00 – 23:36 Uhr (Fußball-Weltmeister 2014 / Deutschland). During the FIFA world championship's finals the artist was shooting in front of the building Nazi politician Joseph Goebbels spent his youth. The spooky atmosphere of the deserted street contrasts with the party mood of the celebrating soccer fans only some few steps away, in the City center.
Gregor Schneider (born 1969, lives and works in Rheydt, Germany) is no doubt among the most important artists of his generation. His works have been recently shown in a large-scale retrospective at Bundeskunsthalle Bonn. Works by Gregor Schneider have been presented, among others, at Skulptur-Projekte in Münster, at Kunstmuseum Wolfsburg (2017), at Mathildenhöhe Darmstadt (2016) and at Havana Biennial (2015). His works are shown in the collections of Neue Nationalgalerie Berlin, Bundeskunstsammlung Bonn, Kunstsammlung NRW in Düsseldorf, MMK Frankfurt/Main, Museum Abteiberg Mönchengladbach, Hamburger Kunsthalle, TATE Modern, MoMA, New York, MOCA Los Angeles and MCA Chicago.
