Tim Freiwald
Keeping things whole
19.01. – 08.03.2020

Tim Freiwald (*1986) studied painting and graphic art at the Academy of Fine Arts in Munich under professors Jerry Zeniukn, Myriam Holme and Thomas Scheibitz until 2014. Keeping Things Whole is Freiwald’s first institutional solo exhibition.
Tim Freiwald’s wall objects and installations oscillate between deconstruction and construction, sometimes appearing fragile, sometimes stable. They are made of different materials such as wood, plastic or metal, which are joined together in different colors. They take up space and are simultaneously held together by their colorfulness.

Excerpt from Surfice Aficionado, Nora Gomringer:
While I visit him, I write along. He invited me in, took his time, tidied up. I stand in his studio and it reminds me of a section of the New York Children’s Museum, but really only because of the bright colors and large shapes I see as soon as I enter. Generosity and “catalog”, I think: the orderly crowd. I immediately feel at home.
During my one-hour stay, the artist and I walk along different invisible paths in the room. We cross it diagonally, rarely do we find ourselves parallel to each other, looking at something from the same angle. This corresponds to Tim Freiwald’s way of working. The restlessness. Painting and sculpture are one for him. He experiments, analyzes and lives from the time factor when it comes to the creation of his works. He sticks to “running and straightening” in the process of creating his pictures. As a collector, he has built up a “pool” of supplies, thin sheets of chipboard or Plexiglas, found objects and cut pieces, some of which he has been moving from place to place for years and sees in them prototypes of his understanding of absolute form. These are precious, as many things seem variable to him for a long time, while few seem stable at first and for a long time. Findings of stability - like those in chemistry - are special events. […]

Curated by Thomas Trümper.