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MAY 20 - JULY 9, 2016

Erwin Redl

RATIONAL EXUBERANCE

MAY 20 - JULY 9, 2016

Erwin Redl

RATIONAL EXUBERANCE

The title of this exhibition is a play on the famous phrase “irrational exuberance” used by former Federal Reserve Board chairman Alan Greenspan, in a speech to the American Enterprise Institute during the Dot-com bubble of the 1990s. In this case the title is the program. It refers to the artist’s strict methodologies which employ binary logic as well as tropes of minimalism to exuberant extremes. As demonstrated in his light installations and most recent kinetic works, a very restrained vocabulary due to the scale, repetition, and variations leads to a sense of deep corporeality. The meaning oscillates between the purely abstract and profound sensuality.

Erwin Redl

RATIONAL EXUBERANCE

MAY 20 - JULY 9, 2016
PUBLIC OPENING RECEPTION
Friday, May 20, 6:30-8PM
Free and open to the public
LECTURE AND GALLERY WALK-THROUGH WITH ERWIN REDL
Recital Hall, Simons Center for the Arts and the Halsey Institute galleries
Saturday, May 21, 1PM
Free and open to the public
MEMBERS-ONLY CURATOR-LED TOUR
Thursday, June 30, 6PM
ABOUT THE ARTIST [+]

 Born in Austria in 1963, Erwin Redl finished his studies at the Vienna Music Academy with a BA in Composition (1990) and BA in Electronic Music (1991). He was awarded a Fulbright Scholarship for graduate studies in computer art at the School of Visual Arts, in NYC (MFA 1995). Redl investigates the process of “reverse engineering” by (re-)translating the abstract aesthetic language of virtual reality and 3D computer modeling into architectural environments by means of large-scale light installations.
 
The artist’s work was featured in the 2002 Whitney Biennial by covering the Whitney Museum’s façade with three multicolor LED veils. In 2008, he created a sound and light installation for the Austrian Pavilion at the World Expo in Zaragoza, Spain. The Pacific Design Center’s new Red Building by Cesar Pelli features four permanent installations by the artist completed in 2013. Redl’s largest work to date is a computer-controlled, 580-foot-long-LED-installation at the Wexner Center for the Arts in Columbus, Ohio (completed in November 2010).
 
His work is collected by prestigious national and international institutions, among them the Whitney Museum of American Art, New York; the Museum of Contemporary Art, San Diego; the Milwaukee Art Museum; and Borusan Contemporary, Istanbul; as well as by private collectors.

ARTIST’S WEBSITE: www.paramedia.net

ARTIST STATEMENT [+]
My work reflects upon the condition of art making after the “digital experience.” The formal and structural approach to various media I employ, such as installation, drawings, CD-ROM, Internet, and sound, engages in binary logic because I assemble the material according to a narrow set of self-imposed rules which often incorporate complex algorithms, controlled randomness and other methods inspired by computer code.
 
Since 1997, I have investigated the process of “reverse engineering” by (re-)translating the abstract aesthetic language of virtual reality and 3-D computer modeling back into architectural environments by means of large-scale light installations. In this body of work, space is experienced as a second skin, our social skin, which is transformed through my artistic intervention. Due to the very nature of its architectural dimension, participating by simply being “present” is an integral part of the installations. Visual perception works in conjunction with corporeal motion, and the subsequent passage of time.
 
The formal aspect of my work becomes easily accessible through conscious aesthetic reduction to a minimalist vocabulary. Interpretation and understanding of this characteristic is dependent upon the viewer’s subjective references. Equally, the various interactions between the visitors within the context of the installation re-shape each viewer’s subjective references and reveal a complex social phenomenon. The medium light refers directly to the aesthetic of virtual reality. The ephemeral nature of this particular medium is the ideal representation of the pure structural logic which underlies my work. At the same time, the active light in my installations transforms structural logic directly into an intense corporeal sensation without traditional art media’s detour through the materiality of objects and reflected light.
 
BLOOMBERG PHILANTHROPIES PUBLIC ART CHALLENGE [+]

Seeing Spartanburg in a New Light
Spartanburg, SC

The City of Spartanburg is planning temporary art installations on city-owned public spaces in ten neighborhoods. The project builds on National Night Out, an annual event that promotes crime prevention efforts, police-community partnership, and neighborhood camaraderie. Artist Erwin Redl is collaborating with the city’s police and fire departments and neighborhood associations, selected through a competitive process, to design and develop LED light installations to transform open spaces and create safer, more vibrant neighborhoods. Mark Sloan is artistic director and curator for the project.

LEARN MORE: seeingspartanburg.com

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