{"product_id":"15817-the-absence-of-mark-manders","title":"The Absence of Mark Manders","description":"\u003cSPAN lang=EN-US\u003e\u003cSPAN lang=EN-GB style=\"FONT-SIZE: 11pt; FONT-FAMILY: TheSans-Plain; mso-bidi-font-size: 10.0pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB\"\u003e\n\u003cP class=MsoNormal style=\"MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt\"\u003e\u003cSPAN lang=EN-GB style=\"FONT-SIZE: 11pt; FONT-FAMILY: TheSans-Plain; mso-bidi-font-size: 10.0pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB\"\u003e\u003cFONT size=2\u003e\u003cFONT face=TheSans\u003eDutch artist Mark Manders (*1968) has been developing sculptural installations since the late eighties, displaying them as fragments of a self-portrait in the form of imaginary rooms. He has established himself as one of the most distinctive and independent artists on today’s international sculpture scene. Starting with the exemplary piece \u003cI\u003eSelf-Portrait as a Building,\u003c\/I\u003e created in 1986, his entire oeuvre can be understood as a large-scale attempt to translate his own existence and development into wordless, associative memory spaces. Patterning the self as a building gives rise to an artistic practice that interprets sculpture as the physical materialization of abstract and very personal thoughts, feelings, and emotions. Chimneys, brick walls, oversized model rats, tables, chairs, newspapers, and a plethora of small, personal objects are grouped together like surreal three-dimensional images to form timeless “still lives with broken moments.”\u003c?xml:namespace prefix = \"o\" \/\u003e\u003co:p\u003e\u003c\/o:p\u003e\u003c\/FONT\u003e\u003c\/FONT\u003e\u003c\/SPAN\u003e\u003c\/P\u003e\u003co:p\u003e\u003c\/o:p\u003e\u003c\/SPAN\u003e\u003c\/SPAN\u003e\n\u003cP class=MsoNormal style=\"MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt\"\u003e\u003cSPAN lang=EN-US\u003e\u003cFONT size=2 face=TheSans\u003e\u003c\/FONT\u003e\u003c\/SPAN\u003e\u0026nbsp;\u003c\/P\u003e\n\u003cP class=MsoNormal style=\"MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt\"\u003e\u003cSPAN lang=EN-US\u003e\u003cSPAN style=\"FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: TheSans; mso-ansi-language: DE\"\u003eExhibition schedule \u003c\/SPAN\u003e\u003c\/SPAN\u003e\u003cSPAN lang=EN-US\u003e\u003cSPAN style=\"FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: TheSans; mso-ansi-language: DE\"\u003e: Kunstverein Hannover, Hanover, October\u0026nbsp;16–November 25, 2007 \u003c\/SPAN\u003e\u003cSPAN style=\"FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Lucida Console'; mso-ansi-language: DE\"\u003e\u003cFONT face=TheSans\u003e·\u003c\/FONT\u003e\u003c\/SPAN\u003e\u003cSPAN style=\"FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: TheSans; mso-ansi-language: DE\"\u003e\u0026nbsp;Bergen Kunsthall, January \u0026nbsp;11–February 24, 2008 \u003cFONT face=TheSans\u003e\u003cSPAN style=\"FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Lucida Console'; BACKGROUND: white; mso-ansi-language: DE; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-fareast-language: DE; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA\"\u003e·\u003c\/SPAN\u003e\u003cSPAN style=\"FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: TheSans; BACKGROUND: white; mso-ansi-language: DE; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-fareast-language: DE; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA\"\u003e \u003c\/SPAN\u003e\u003cSPAN style=\"FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: TheSans; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-ansi-language: DE; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-fareast-language: DE; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA\"\u003eS.M.A.K. Stedelijk Museum voor Actuele Kunst, Ghent, December \u003c\/SPAN\u003e\u003cSPAN style=\"FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: TheSans; BACKGROUND: white; mso-ansi-language: DE; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-fareast-language: DE; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA\"\u003e12, 2008–February 22, 2009 \u003c\/SPAN\u003e\u003cSPAN style=\"FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Lucida Console'; BACKGROUND: white; mso-ansi-language: DE; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-fareast-language: DE; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA\"\u003e·\u003c\/SPAN\u003e\u003cSPAN style=\"FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: TheSans; BACKGROUND: white; mso-ansi-language: DE; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-fareast-language: DE; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA\"\u003e Kunsthaus Zürich, Zurich, March 20–June 14, 2009\u003c\/SPAN\u003e\u003c\/FONT\u003e \u003c\/SPAN\u003e\u003c\/SPAN\u003e\u003c\/P\u003e\n","brand":"Hatje Cantz Verlag","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":44874874552584,"sku":"9783775720311","price":35.0,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0582\/8948\/8049\/files\/odoo_9783775720311_52de85ab-eb40-442e-b21f-cb4df23242bb.jpg?v=1744139769","url":"https:\/\/www.hatjecantz.de\/en\/products\/15817-the-absence-of-mark-manders","provider":"Hatje Cantz Verlag","version":"1.0","type":"link"}