Public Transport

FieldWorks Gallery presents the first solo exhibition of german artist Maximilian Klawitter in the UK.

About
(…) creating vitrines like frames for action to happen, lifestyle, the liminal disembodied documented which already happened – functions as a display for the imminent event (…)

For this exhibition, the german artist has produced a new full body of work while living in London throughout the past winter. Framed by his everyday experiences, Klawitter uses TFL to present us with a study of public transport and the levels of intimate interactions in this somewhat void space.

Employing different modes of work including sculpture, video and photography, he creates a holistic experience between representation and documentation. DNA was stolen and got into paint, fabric was bought and disembodied, the pursued got framed and ultimately documented.

His practice uses time-based media with strong correlations to the immaterial and the everyday. Essayistic strategies alternate from socio-economical studies to the mise en abyme of the subject and it’s environment. In enfolding exploration and constant observation of perception, he opens up to the convolution of narrative threads while looking at the specific theatricality of the positioning process of the artist, leading to speech and suspension. Throughout different themes of production, accumulation and documentation he envelopes an environment for works to come.