Martin Creed, Joshua Abelow, Deconstructie (Erris Huigens and Gysbert Zijlstra), James Viscardi, Nuria Fuster, Josep Maynou, Valérian Goalec, James Ulmer, Szabolcs Bozo, Jenna Westra, Sophie Vallance, Nicolás Lamas, Hannah Fitz, Valerie Krause.
16 March - 10 May, 2019
“I’m Trying to Explain”, 2019. Installation view at L21.
“I’m Trying to Explain”, 2019. Installation view at L21.
James Ulmer
Day Walk, 2019
Flashe on canvas.
162×130 cm
James Ulmer
Night Walk, 2019
Flashe on canvas.
162×130 cm
Valérian Goalec
Coffee table and container 1, 2019
Cardboard box, stainless steel container. 79x39x34 cm
Valérian Goalec
Coffee table and container 1, 2019
Cardboard box, stainless steel container. 79x39x34 cm
“I’m Trying to Explain”, 2019. Installation view at L21.
“I’m Trying to Explain”, 2019. Installation view at L21.
Nuria Fuster
Then everything clicks into place, things are strangely familiar, 2018
Printed photography on Canson Baryta paper.
Ed. de 5 + 2 P/A.
120 x 80 cm
“I’m Trying to Explain”, 2019. Installation view at L21.
Nuria Fuster
Untitled, 2012
Iron and stools.
250x90x30 cm
Nuria Fuster
Untitled, 2012
Iron and stools.
250x90x30 cm
Jenna Westra
Rhetoric of an Image, 2015
Digital print on Hahnemühle paper.
Ed. 1/3 + 2 AP.
52×42 cm
“I’m Trying to Explain”, 2019. Installation view at L21.
Valerie Krause
Anlandung, 2010
Plaster, iron. Unique piece.
80x78x57 cm
“I’m Trying to Explain”, 2019. Installation view at L21.
“I’m Trying to Explain”, 2019. Installation view at L21.
Jenna Westra
Parts of Some Quartet 1, 2018
Digital print on Hahnemühle paper.
Ed. 1/3 + 2 AP
52×42 cm
Valérian Goalec
Coffee table and container 2, 2019
Cardboard box, stainless steel container.
55x32x34 cm
Valérian Goalec
Coffee table and container 2, 2019
Cardboard box, stainless steel container.
55x32x34 cm
“I’m Trying to Explain”, 2019. Installation view at L21.
“I’m Trying to Explain”, 2019. Installation view at L21.
Valérian Goalec
P.A. N°44 3/10 4/10
Acrylic on cotton.
169×208 cm
“I’m Trying to Explain”, 2019. Installation view at L21.
Hannah Fitz
Flower Shelf, 2018
Steel, card, plater, epoxy, coloured acrylic resin.
180x33x165 cm
Hannah Fitz
Flower Shelf, 2018
Steel, card, plater, epoxy, coloured acrylic resin.
180x33x165 cm
“I’m Trying to Explain”, 2019. Installation view at L21.
Josep Maynou
Untitled 2016 2017, 2016-2017
Video, ed. 21/50
5’60’’
“I’m Trying to Explain”, 2019. Installation view at L21.
“I’m Trying to Explain”, 2019. Installation view at L21.
“I’m Trying to Explain”, 2019. Installation view at L21.
Sophie Vallance
Lonely at the Beach, 2019
Oil and charcoal on canvas.
160x160cm
“I’m Trying to Explain”, 2019. Installation view at L21.
“I’m Trying to Explain”, 2019. Installation view at L21.
Nicolás Lamas
Posthuman condition, 2018
Hockey helmet, natural sponge.
29x28x26 cm
“I’m Trying to Explain”, 2019. Installation view at L21.
“I’m Trying to Explain”, 2019. Installation view at L21.
“I’m Trying to Explain”, 2019. Installation view at L21.
Joshua Abelow
Call Me Abstract (F1), 2011
Oil on linen.
40,5×30,5 cm
Deconstructie
Untitled, 2019
Wall paint on wall remotely painted via strict instructions.
Jenna Westra
Ladder, Legs, Lemon, 2015
Digital print on Hahnemühle paper.
Ed. 2/3 + 2 AP
55×41 cm
Szabolcs Bozo
C.XL.001, 2018
Acrylic, pastel, oil bar and oil on canvas.
250×200 cm
“I’m Trying to Explain”, 2019. Installation view at L21.
James Viscardi
City Slicker, 2019
Mixed media, fabric on Walnut Wood
175×125 cm
“I’m Trying to Explain”, 2019. Installation view at L21.
“I’m Trying to Explain”, 2019. Installation view at L21.
“I’m Trying to Explain”, 2019. Installation view at L21.
“I’m Trying to Explain”, 2019. Installation view at L21.
Martin Creed
Work No. 2811. What The Fuck Am I Doing?, 2017
Digital film 4’ 21’’
Martin Creed
Work No. 2811. What The Fuck Am I Doing?, 2017
Digital film 4’ 21’’
Martin Creed
Work No. 2811. What The Fuck Am I Doing?, 2017
Digital film 4’ 21’’
Martin Creed
Work No. 2811. What The Fuck Am I Doing?, 2017
Digital film 4’ 21’’
“I’m Trying to Explain”, 2019. Installation view at L21.
Martin Creed, Joshua Abelow, Deconstructie (Erris Huigens and Gysbert Zijlstra), James Viscardi, Nuria Fuster, Josep Maynou, Valérian Goalec, James Ulmer, Szabolcs Bozo, Jenna Westra, Sophie Vallance, Nicolás Lamas, Hannah Fitz, Valerie Krause.
“I’m Trying to Explain” is a curatorial project by L21 Gallery that starts from the apparently absurd actions that take place in Martin Creed and Josep Maynou’s videos.
It is a group exhibition in which explanations are not possible in the first place. This futile attempt to explain that the title makes reference to generates a confusion akin to a blast wave that fills both exhibition rooms and is the result of the cohabitation of different plastic languages and the posing of questions without an answer.
Contradictions mark the rhythm of the exhibition: the night and the day look to each other in James Ulmer’s paintings, the flowers can not be watered in Hannah Fitz’s sculpture, a helmet protects ideas embedded in a sponge in the work by Nicolás Lamas… The videos give structure to the content of this show, with a great presence of sculpture and installation as mediums that allow to redefine space.
Exhibition in collaboration with Hauser & Wirth, Bombon Projects, Meessen de Clercq and Bahamas Biennale.