Antonia Low

The white gallery space creates an illusion of being free of context and suggests the possibility of distancing oneself from the world in order to observe it critically. But the idea of a neutral space without any references to its past, or the world outside it, has its own history and ideology. For several years, Antonia Low has been exploring spaces in art institutions as well as their hidden narratives. In Gothenburg, Low has incorporated her research of Göteborgs Konsthall with components from her earlier works in order to superimpose and link various institutional narratives with one another. Behind these multiple layers, Low presents slide films from the Hasselblad Foundation, re-photographed under a magnifying glass. The films were originally exposed during the Apollo missions – the first time humankind could actually view the planet from a distance.

Antonia Low (b. 1972 in Liverpool, United Kingdom) lives and works in Berlin. Low works with installation, photography and sculpture and finds inspiration in institutional architectures, focusing on their properties, materialities and structures. Low received her education from Kunstakademie Münster and Goldsmiths College, University of Lodon. Recent presentations include Goethe-Institut Hong Kong (2018), National Museum Rome (2016), K21 Kunstsammlung NRW Düsseldorf (2016/2014), Kunstmuseum Bonn (2014) and Kunstverein Braunschweig (2014).

Artwork

Inside the Archive (Steps 1 & 2)
2014–2017
Digital print on fabric, metal structure
700 x 600 x 140 cm
Courtesy the artist

Inside the Archive (Step 3)
2019
C-print framed with slumped glass, felt, painted wood
30 x 30 cm
Courtesy the artist

Inside the Archive (Step 4)
2019
C-print framed with slumped glass, felt, painted wood
30 x 30 cm
Courtesy the artist

Venue

Göteborgs Konsthall

 

Supported by ifa – Institut fűr Auslandsbeziehungen.

Image: Antonia Low, Inside the Archive, 2019. Photo: Hendrik Zeitler