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New York Stipend 2018
Niedersächsische Sparkassenstiftung
State of Lower Saxony

The Kunstverein Göttingen presents the exhibition, shifts & tilts with works by Samuel Henne, New York fellow 2018 of the Niedersächsische Sparkassenstiftung and the state of Lower Saxony.

Henne’s work is shaped by an interest in artistic and cultural theory, which questions production conditions and constructions of images and their interpretation. The isolation of details or shifts in content and perspective make structural aspects visible in his artistic work, as well as in their presentation. Whereas, in the past he repeatedly made use of museum archival imagery and photographic documents, his new series of works increasingly leans towards the abstraction thereof. For example, in the work “conditions” (2019), Henne speaks about possible stagings and settings without basing it on any actual existing spaces. The motifs’ found objects and projected image material thereby become a fragmented self-reference within the image construct. The hand as a reoccurring motif in Henne’s works again reappears in the multi-part work “Hand to hand” (2019), whose production he began in New York. The sculpture “The Hand of Rodin” from 1917, serves as an associative starting point to further delve into different historical aspects of myth, misinterpretation and originality inherent to the object. He criticizes the creator myth of the sculptor in content and motif using different techniques and media, as well as digital reproduction possibilities, to question its contemporary relevance. Henne also addresses shifts in topics and perspectives of his work by leaving the image space, and through the design of the exhibition space repeatedly reflects the fundamental aspects of a museum’s staging strategies.

The New York Scholarship is awarded by the State of Lower Saxony and the Niedersächsische Sparkassenstiftung to outstanding artists from Lower Saxony. shifts & tilts will be shown from 9 November to 29 December 2019 at the Halle für Kunst in Lüneburg, following the Kunstverein Göttingen exhibition. A catalog with written contributions by Marlies Wirth and David Ebony will be published on the occasion of the exhibition.

Biography
Samuel Henne (*1982 in Göttingen, lives in Hannover) studied at The University of Art Braunschweig and finished his studies as master student of Prof. Dörte Eißfeldt. Alongside solo shows at Kunstverein Hannover, Münchner Stadtmuseum, Deutsches Haus at New York University, he also participated in numerous institutional group exhibitions at NRW-Forum Düsseldorf, Deichtorhallen Hamburg and the Goethe Institute Washington, amongst others. Henne’s work has received multiple awards, most recently the one-year residency scholarship at the International Studio & Curatorial Program (ISCP) in New York.

Program of events

Thursday June 20th 2019, 6:30pm
Thursday Dialogs
“Thursday Dialogs” offer the opportunity to explore the exhibition together with our art educators following work, or as a pleasant end or beginning to an evening.

Sunday June 30th 2019, 3pm
Tour of the exhibition
with art historian Lara Siegers.
In German

The exhibition is  funded by:
Ministerium für Wissenschaft und Kultur
Niedersächsische Sparkassenstiftung

The Kunstverein Göttingen opens the exhibition, shifts & tilts with works by Samuel Henne, New York fellow 2018 of the Niedersächsische Sparkassenstiftung and the State of Lower Saxony.

Welcoming reception hosted by Friedrich-Wilhelm Becker, Chairman of the Kunstverein Göttingen
Welcoming speech by Dr. Annette Schwandner, Head of the Culture Department of the Ministry for Science and Culture of Lower Saxony
Exhibition introduction by Tomke Braun, Curator of the Kunstverein Göttingen

Henne’s work is shaped by an interest in artistic and cultural theory, which questions production conditions and constructions of images and their interpretation. The isolation of details or shifts in content and perspective make structural aspects visible in his artistic work, as well as in their presentation. Whereas, in the past he repeatedly made use of museum archival imagery and photographic documents, his new series of works increasingly leans towards the abstraction thereof. For example, in the work “conditions” (2019), Henne speaks about possible stagings and settings without basing it on any actual existing spaces. The motifs’ found objects and projected image material thereby become a fragmented self-reference within the image construct. The hand as a reoccurring motif in Henne’s works again reappears in the multi-part work “Hand to hand” (2019), whose production he began in New York. The sculpture “The Hand of Rodin” from 1917, serves as an associative starting point to further delve into different historical aspects of myth, misinterpretation and originality inherent to the object. He criticizes the creator myth of the sculptor in content and motif using different techniques and media, as well as digital reproduction possibilities, to question its contemporary relevance. Henne also addresses shifts in topics and perspectives of his work by leaving the image space, and through the design of the exhibition space repeatedly reflects the fundamental aspects of a museum’s staging strategies.

The New York Scholarship is awarded by the State of Lower Saxony and the Niedersächsische Sparkassenstiftung to outstanding artists from Lower Saxony. shifts & tilts will be shown from 9 November to 29 December 2019 at the Halle für Kunst in Lüneburg, following the Kunstverein Göttingen exhibition. A catalog with written contributions by Marlies Wirth and David Ebony will be published on the occasion of the exhibition.

Biography
Samuel Henne (*1982 in Göttingen, lives in Hannover) studied at The University of Art Braunschweig and finished his studies as master student of Prof. Dörte Eißfeldt. Alongside solo shows at Kunstverein Hannover, Münchner Stadtmuseum, Deutsches Haus at New York University, he also participated in numerous institutional group exhibitions at NRW-Forum Düsseldorf, Deichtorhallen Hamburg and the Goethe Institute Washington, amongst others. Henne’s work has received multiple awards, most recently the one-year residency scholarship at the International Studio & Curatorial Program (ISCP) in New York.

The exhibition is funded by:
Ministerium für Wissenschaft und Kultur
Niedersächsische Sparkassenstiftung

Thursday Dialogs offer the opportunity to explore the exhibition together with our art educators following work, or as a pleasant end or beginning to an evening.

The Kunstverein Göttingen presents the exhibition, shifts & tilts with works by Samuel Henne (*1982 in Göttingen, lives in Hannover), New York fellow 2018 of the Niedersächsische Sparkassenstiftung and the state of Lower Saxony. Henne’s work is shaped by an interest in artistic and cultural theory, which questions production conditions and constructions of images and their interpretation. The isolation of details or shifts in content and perspective make structural aspects visible in his artistic work, as well as in their presentation.

Tour of the exhibition shifts & tilts by Samuel Henne with art historian Lara Siegers. In German

The Kunstverein Göttingen presents the exhibition, shifts & tilts with works by Samuel Henne (*1982 Göttingen, lebt in Hannover), New York fellow 2018 of the Niedersächsische Sparkassenstiftung and the state of Lower Saxony.

Henne’s work is shaped by an interest in artistic and cultural theory, which questions production conditions and constructions of images and their interpretation. The isolation of details or shifts in content and perspective make structural aspects visible in his artistic work, as well as in their presentation.

New York Stipend 2018
Niedersächsische Sparkassenstiftung
State of Lower Saxony

The Kunstverein Göttingen presents the exhibition, shifts & tilts with works by Samuel Henne, New York fellow 2018 of the Niedersächsische Sparkassenstiftung and the state of Lower Saxony.

Henne’s work is shaped by an interest in artistic and cultural theory, which questions production conditions and constructions of images and their interpretation. The isolation of details or shifts in content and perspective make structural aspects visible in his artistic work, as well as in their presentation. Whereas, in the past he repeatedly made use of museum archival imagery and photographic documents, his new series of works increasingly leans towards the abstraction thereof. For example, in the work “conditions” (2019), Henne speaks about possible stagings and settings without basing it on any actual existing spaces. The motifs’ found objects and projected image material thereby become a fragmented self-reference within the image construct. The hand as a reoccurring motif in Henne’s works again reappears in the multi-part work “Hand to hand” (2019), whose production he began in New York. The sculpture “The Hand of Rodin” from 1917, serves as an associative starting point to further delve into different historical aspects of myth, misinterpretation and originality inherent to the object. He criticizes the creator myth of the sculptor in content and motif using different techniques and media, as well as digital reproduction possibilities, to question its contemporary relevance. Henne also addresses shifts in topics and perspectives of his work by leaving the image space, and through the design of the exhibition space repeatedly reflects the fundamental aspects of a museum’s staging strategies.

The New York Scholarship is awarded by the State of Lower Saxony and the Niedersächsische Sparkassenstiftung to outstanding artists from Lower Saxony. shifts & tilts will be shown from 9 November to 29 December 2019 at the Halle für Kunst in Lüneburg, following the Kunstverein Göttingen exhibition. A catalog with written contributions by Marlies Wirth and David Ebony will be published on the occasion of the exhibition.

Biography
Samuel Henne (*1982 in Göttingen, lives in Hannover) studied at The University of Art Braunschweig and finished his studies as master student of Prof. Dörte Eißfeldt. Alongside solo shows at Kunstverein Hannover, Münchner Stadtmuseum, Deutsches Haus at New York University, he also participated in numerous institutional group exhibitions at NRW-Forum Düsseldorf, Deichtorhallen Hamburg and the Goethe Institute Washington, amongst others. Henne’s work has received multiple awards, most recently the one-year residency scholarship at the International Studio & Curatorial Program (ISCP) in New York.

Program of events

Thursday June 20th 2019, 6:30pm
Thursday Dialogs
“Thursday Dialogs” offer the opportunity to explore the exhibition together with our art educators following work, or as a pleasant end or beginning to an evening.

Sunday June 30th 2019, 3pm
Tour of the exhibition
with art historian Lara Siegers.
In German

The exhibition is  funded by:
Ministerium für Wissenschaft und Kultur
Niedersächsische Sparkassenstiftung