mixed media | NATASCHA STELLMACH

#TABS – ARTIST BOOKS | BERLIN

January 6, 2015 by nataschastellmach

January 9 – February 27, 2015. Lage Egal Raum für aktuelle Kunst, Berlin | Curated by Pierre Granoux. A group exhibition celebrating the artist book, with over 200 participating artists and publishers. Stellmach’s artist book, The Book of Back explores a dark family story told across Germany and Australia, underpinned by the poetic idea of Zerissenheit – being torn between lands, between worlds, or simply being torn. The work was created at Künstlerhaus Bethanien Berlin where Stellmach was Australia Council […]

Categories: news • Tags: artist book, Australia Council for the Arts, catharsis, childhood, group exhibition, Künstlerhaus Bethanien, Lage Egal Raum für Aktuelle Kunst, mixed media, photography, studio residency, The Book of Back, vulnerability

COMPLETE BURNING AWAY – The ashes of Kurt Cobain | BENDIGO

September 14, 2013 by nataschastellmach

September 14 – October 20, 2013. Latrobe University Visual Arts Centre Bendigo, Australia. Opened by Kelly Gellatly, Director Ian Potter Museum of Art Melbourne. [Featuring an encore performance of Romitelli’s Trash TV Trance by Mauricio Carrasco] In 2008, Natascha Stellmach sent out an international call, inviting six volunteers to join her in smoking the ashes of the dead rock star, Kurt Cobain, in a private, undocumented ritual. Immediately hype, hysteria and intrigue spread across 58 countries, while the online world erupted […]

Categories: news • Tags: Bendigo, catharsis, installation, Kelly Gellatly, Kurt Cobain, Latrobe University Visual Arts Centre, Mauricio Carrasco, mixed media, photography, solo exhibition, unique, video, vulnerability

TOKYO LOVE | TOKYO

May 24, 2012 by nataschastellmach

GROUP EXHIBITION – mixed media | May 24 – 31, 2012 | In support of cancer charity, Keep-A-Breast Foundation Japan | Space O Tokyo | Curated by Yasha Young

Categories: news • Tags: cancer, charity, group exhibition, Keep-A-Breast Foundation, mixed media, Tokyo, unique, vulnerability

FANTÔMES & CAUCHEMARS | BEAUVAIS

May 9, 2011 by nataschastellmach

GROUP EXHIBITION – installation, video, artist book, mixed media (works from The Book of Back) | May 13 – August 21, 2011 | Espace Culturel Beauvais | Curated by Marie-Luz Ceva & Gaïdig Lemarié

Categories: news • Tags: artist book, BORIS+NATASCHA, childhood, Espace Culturel Beauvais, group exhibition, installation, mixed media, Nobuyoshi Araki, The Book of Back, video, vulnerability, worry doll

PARADISE … A HELL OF A PLACE | MELBOURNE

February 4, 2011 by nataschastellmach

GROUP EXHIBITION: Installation, photography, artist book, mixed media | February 4 – March 9, 2011 | Anna Pappas Gallery Melbourne

Categories: news • Tags: Anna Pappas Gallery, artist book, catharsis, childhood, Damian Smith, group exhibition, installation, Melbourne, mixed media, photography, unique, vulnerability

Media Headlines (detail) featured in artist book Media Whore, 2010

COMPLETE BURNING AWAY | PERTH

November 6, 2010 by nataschastellmach

SOLO EXHIBITION – installation, 1 & 4-channel videos, artist books, works on paper, mixed media | November 6 – December 19, 2010 | Perth Institute of Contemporary Arts Australia

Categories: news • Tags: artist book, catharsis, mixed media, Perth Institute of Contemporary Arts, solo exhibition, unique, video, vulnerability, wall text, works on paper

Natascha Stellmach, Still from Oi Oi Oi, 2006, Super 8 film transferred to video, sound, 3:30 min video loop

MYTHOS KINDHEIT | LUDWIGSHAFEN

October 9, 2010 by nataschastellmach

GROUP EXHIBITION – installation, video, mixed media (works from The Book of Back) | October 9, 2010 – January 2, 2011 | Kunstverein Ludwigshafen, Germany | Curated by Barbara Auer & Andréa Holzherr

Categories: news • Tags: Astrid Mania, childhood, group exhibition, installation, Kindheit, Kunstverein Ludwigshafen, mixed media, The Book of Back, video, vulnerability, worry doll

COME LIVE IN MY HEAD | BERLIN

September 3, 2010 by nataschastellmach

SOLO EXHIBITION – installation, photography, mixed media | September 3 – October 23, 2010 | Wagner + Partner Berlin in association with Kunst & Wein

Categories: news • Tags: Berlin, catharsis, installation, mixed media, photography, solo exhibition, Sophie Calle, vulnerability, Wagner+Partner

TERRA NULLIUS – CONTEMPORARY ART FROM AUSTRALIA | WEIMAR & LEIPZIG

May 1, 2009 by nataschastellmach

GROUP EXHIBITION – installation, video, photography, mixed media (works from The Book of Back) | ACC Galerie Weimar: January 27 – March 22, 2009 | Halle 14 Leipzig: May 1 – July 26, 2009 | Curated by Frank Motz & Deborah Kelly

Categories: news • Tags: ACC Galerie, group exhibition, Halle 14, installation, mixed media, photography, The Book of Back, video, vulnerability