Thomas Scheibitz

Thomas Scheibitz

BALTIC Centre for Contemporary Art

Thomas Scheibitz, ONE-Time Pad, 2012. Oil, vinyl, pigment marker, and lacquer on canvas. Courtesy the artist and KiCo Collection. Photo: Jens Ziehe. © VG Bild-Kunst, Bonn, 2013 for Thomas Scheibitz.

July 25, 2013

Thomas Scheibitz: ONE-Time Pad
26 July–3 November 2013

BALTIC Centre for Contemporary Art     
Gateshead Quays                                    
South Shore Road                                
Gateshead NE8 3BA UK 
Hours: Daily 10–18h, Tuesday 10.30–18h; 
Admission free  

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BALTIC Centre for Contemporary Art, Gateshead presents an exhibition of new and recent work by Thomas Scheibitz (b. 1968, Radeberg), one of the leading German artists of his generation. Scheibitz began developing a new form of conceptual painting during his studies at the School of Art in Dresden in the early 1990s. He became established internationally following initial exhibitions in Dresden, Berlin, London and New York. 

This large-scale presentation of Scheibitz’s work retraces the conceptual and painterly development of his career with a particular focus on the human figure and the existence of form between figuration and abstraction. The exhibition brings together over two hundred works from the past five years, most of which are previously unseen in the UK and have come directly from the artist’s studio, including painting, sculpture, drawing and works on paper. 

Scheibitz draws upon motifs and themes from everyday and popular culture in the form of film, literature, music and advertising as well as architecture. He also takes inspiration from art historical imagery such as Renaissance paintings or Medieval engravings, which he places in new perceptual contexts. The artist feeds his visual memory with a collection of found materials, including photos, drawings, newspaper clippings, memos, book pages and objects using them as a basis for the forms and structures of his paintings and sculptures. The finished work is a synthesis of object and image with a new visual language. 

The exhibition will include an archive of the artist’s source material and models and a new sculptural work commissioned especially for BALTIC. The title of the exhibition, ONE-Time Pad,takes its name from a method of encryption that is used to transmit secret messages but considered to be impossible to crack if used correctly. It alludes to the coding process that Scheibitz employs in his work which we are invited to unlock. 

Thomas Scheibitz: ONE-Time Pad is organised by MMK Museum für Moderne Kunst Frankfurt am Main. The presentation at BALTIC is generously supported by Institut für Auslandsbeziehungen (IFA), and the public programme supported by the Goethe-Institut London

The exhibition is accompanied by a major new publication designed by Thomas Scheibitz, with a foreword by Susanne Gaensheimer, texts by Beate Söntgen and Mark von Schlegell, and a conversation between Thomas Scheibitz and Isabelle Graw. Published by Walther Kӧnig, the catalogue is available to purchase at BALTIC SHOP

Thomas Scheibitz will discuss his exhibition ONE-Time Pad with Caoimhin Mac Giolla Leith, critic, curator and senior lecturer at University College Dublin on 26 September 2013. For tickets, please click here.


 

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