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Booth #6.10

Carbon 12 proudly presents a duo presentation with Bernhard Buhmann’s (b.1979, Austria) painterly explorations of social milieu and Amba Sayal-Bennett’s (b.1991, UK) series of drawings and sculpture of interpretive encounters as they both investigate the strength of the formality in geometric reduction.

There is a synergy between the works of the artists that compels one to examine the relationship between their practices with great interest.

In A Thousand Plateau’s Deleuze and Guattari use the term ‘plane of immanence’ to signal a turn away from notions of transcendence, pre-existing forms and original genesis. The clarity of the formal language and the exactness of the composition may have their correspondence on the superficial, theoretical level in the concept of immanence. In the image plane the constructive elements dominate and build the prerequisite on which the quality of the relativity, the relationships, can develop.

Sayal-Bennett presents drawings and a sculpture, the latter can be understood as drawings in an expanded sense. She is interested in how formal elements or relationships between certain objects can generate references outside of the work’s physical material context. The two large scale paintings of Buhmann create a similar tension.

Beginning with formal reduction both gain their breadth of content in the formation of different kinds of relationships, the relationship itself being the central moment. In Sayal-Bennett's work, the relationship to the viewer is essential. Which references are generated, what references are produced, and how do they differ from other interpretations? The fragmentary character of Buhmann's work represents the ongoing process of reciprocal references and at the same time symbolizes the contingent and transient nature of all social negotiation processes. His particular interest is the emergence of social negotiation processes, whereby relationships (as in the case of Sayal-Bennett’s work) get into the focus as a constitutive element.

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...Dubai’s Carbon 12 showed three Austrian artists. Philip Mueller showed two small paintings depicting black mountains, which are part of a larger series surrounding a fictional gang. A colorful abstract porcelain sculpture by Monika Grabuschnigg demonstrated balance and proportion. Bernhard Buhmann, an Austrian painter who is opening a show at Marinaro Gallery in New York this fall, displayed a large-scale abstract work. “We can mirror the relevance of the city now,” said Steinbrecher-Pfandt...

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Booth A19

21 - 24 September, 2017

For the eighth consecutive year, Carbon 12 is delighted to take part at the Viennacontemporary in booth A19, with a group booth exhibiting seven artists from the gallery’s comprehensive program.

For this edition and following our general goal to elaborate on the current practises of our represented artists, we will be unveiling only new works by Bernhard Buhmann, André Butzer, Gil Heitor Cortesão, Monika Grabuschnigg, Philip Mueller, Anahita Razmi and Amba Sayal-Bennett.

Last 2 weeks to catch Bernhard Buhmann, André Butzer and Anahita Razmi as part of the group show at Maraya Art Centre.

"Collectivity: Objects and Associations in the U.A.E. Art World" Until August 19, 2017 More information

Curated by Laura Metzler, this exhibition endeavors to examine the formal and informal relationships that make up the Art World of the UAE. It does so by bringing together individuals working in the arts industry across the United Arab Emirates and inviting them to personally lend either an artwork or an object they have acquired throughout their careers or relationship with art.