Lot 79: David Lieske (GERMAN, B. 1979)

David Lieske (GERMAN, B. 1979)
Form IV (Septem Sermones Ad Mortuos)
linen bookcloth on wood
110 x 60 x 30 cm.
Executed in 2008. This work is unique.

Witte de With
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David Lieske lives and works in Berlin. The content of David Lieskes work can seem extremely complex. Yet, once we engage with it and find its accompanying meanings, something clicks and the work suddenly falls into place. Atlantis, for example, is a body of work that deals with the construction of the perfect system, a system that Plato and many others have tried to formulate. In one breath, while still describing this construct, Lieske incorporates its downfall, demonstrating that a fully-functioning system can never be constructed, let alone by one person. Not only does Lieske portray mad manifestations of such hubris, he also acts as their catalyst, partly restaging them. He has had solo exhibitions at Rowley Kennerk, Chicago (2007); Daniel Buchholz, Cologne (2006); Standard, Oslo (2006); and Rheinschau, Cologne (2004). He has been featured in group exhibitions at Gagosian Gallery, New York (2007); Metro Pictures, New York (2006); Kunstverein Hamburg (2006); Frederic Petzel, New York (2005); Marc Foxx, Los Angeles (2005); and Galerie Meerrettich, Berlin (2004). In 2006, Lieskes work was shown at Witte de With as part of the group exhibition Don Quijote and Faster! Bigger! Better! at ZKM, Karlsruhe.