2015–2019

Objects of Unbelonging

Kunsthal Rotterdam 2015 · Galerie Heike Strelow, Frankfurt 2016 · Palmengarten Frankfurt 2017

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Objects of Unbelonging (fossilized ammonite), 2015. Airbrushed gradient.

Part of Light Phenomena

Fossilized ammonite, coral, a crystal cluster, a mosasaur jaw: found geological objects with airbrushed gradients, shown in a vitrine at the Kunsthal Rotterdam in 2016 alongside a looping video of a rotating 3D-printed comet.

Mathias Kessler, Objects of Unbelonging, installation view, Here and Now!, Kunsthal Rotterdam, 2015–16.
Objects of Unbelonging, installation view, Here and Now!, Kunsthal Rotterdam, 2015–16.
Objects of Unbelonging — rotating 3D-printed comet, video loop, Kunsthal Rotterdam, 2016.
Objects of Unbelonging (fossilized ammonite), 2015. Airbrushed gradient.
Objects of Unbelonging (fossilized ammonite), 2015. Airbrushed gradient.
Objects of Unbelonging (fossilized coral), 2015. Airbrushed gradient.
Objects of Unbelonging (fossilized coral), 2015. Airbrushed gradient.
Objects of Unbelonging (crystal work), 2015. Mineral crystal cluster, airbrushed gradient.
Objects of Unbelonging (crystal work), 2015. Mineral crystal cluster, airbrushed gradient.
Objects of Unbelonging (mosasaur jaw fragment), 2016. Fossilized mosasaur jaw, airbrushed gradient.
Objects of Unbelonging (mosasaur jaw fragment), 2016. Fossilized mosasaur jaw, airbrushed gradient.
"Here and Now", Kunsthal Rotterdam, 2016.
“Here and Now”, Kunsthal Rotterdam, 2016.
"Here and Now", Kunsthal Rotterdam, 2016.
“Here and Now”, Kunsthal Rotterdam, 2016.
Objects of Unbelonging (serpentine work), 2016. Serpentine marble slab, airbrushed gradient.
Objects of Unbelonging (serpentine work), 2016. Serpentine marble slab, airbrushed gradient.

Installation views

Bildraum Bregenz, 2024. Photo: Petra Rainer.
Bildraum Bregenz, 2024. Photo: Petra Rainer.
Bildraum Bregenz, 2024. Photo: Petra Rainer.
Bildraum Bregenz, 2024. Photo: Petra Rainer.
Bildraum Bregenz, 2024. Photo: Petra Rainer.
Bildraum Bregenz, 2024. Photo: Petra Rainer.
Vitrine in the Palm House with Objects of Unbelonging and On Top of the Endless Column, Cyberspace, 2014 (3D print derived from a 3D-rendered image, 25 cm diameter), from Sunset in Simulacrum, Simulacrum – Virtuelle Welten, Palmengarten Frankfurt, 2017.
Vitrine in the Palm House with Objects of Unbelonging and On Top of the Endless Column, Cyberspace, 2014 (3D print derived from a 3D-rendered image, 25 cm diameter), from Sunset in Simulacrum, Simulacrum – Virtuelle Welten, Palmengarten Frankfurt, 2017.

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