FROM THE DESK OF LUCY BULL
presents
REBELLION
by
MAXIMILIAN SCHMOETZER + NINA WIESNAGROTZKI
5.5.19 - 6.7.19
Sunday, May 5th
5 - 8pm
Inspired by Lucy Bull’s short-legged table, which resembles a Japanese chabudai and serves as a place for collective dining, gambling or working, Nina Wiesnagrotzki’s 5-part human-scale and -shaped carpet series is named after the five founders of the Japanese feminist magazine Bluestocking (青鞜 Seitō) that existed from 1911-1916. Two sculptures by Maximilian Schmoetzer are presented alongside Wiesnagrotzki’s works. An altered model of a Lockheed L-188 aircraft and a vintage paper cup by the erstwhile Eastern Air Lines containing a deceased starling, take cues on forensic ornithology, airport securitization and recent changes in environmental legislation in the US.
Nina Wiesnagrotzki and Maximilian Schmoetzer, born and raised in the Bavarian Alpine Foreland, currently live in Berlin and Brooklyn, NY. Their last duo show Alembic Growl was hosted by Komplot in Brussels. Recent shows by Wiesnagrotzki include Corner Case at Limbo, Berlin (solo); the 4th Istanbul Design Biennial and a duo show with Mindy Rose Schwartz at Room E-1027, Berlin. Recent solo shows by Schmoetzer include And then masses of detached stones and other accessories common to the genre. at Room E-1027, Berlin and Bird of the Year 2022 at Ashley, Berlin.
All the universe is laughing at you.
altered Lockheed L-188
Electra Eastern Air Line Model Scale: 1/72, wire, feathers, sculpey, paint
Maximilian Schmoetzer, 2019
Raichō, Teiko, Kazuko, Yoshiko, Hatsuko
hand-woven carpets
different fabrics and plastic foil, strings
Nina Wiesnagrotzki, 2019
Eastern Air Lines 1926-1991
cup, starling skin
Maximilian Schmoetzer, 2019
Dead Air
sticky tape, stones, string
Nina Wiesnagrotzki & Maximilian Schmoetzer, 2019
1 Rebellion, Eastern Air Lines 1926-1991, installation view, Maximilan Schmoetzer
2 Rebellion, Raichō and Teiko, detail, Nina Wiesnagrotzki
3 Rebellion, Raichō, installation view, Nina Wiesnagrotzki
4 Rebellion, Teiko, installation view, Nina Wiesnagrotzki
5 Rebellion, Teiko and Kazuko, detail, Nina Wiesnagrotzki
6 Rebellion, All the universe is laughing at you., installation view, Maximilian Schmoetzer
7 Rebellion installation view, Nina Wiesnagrotzki & Maximilian Schmoetzer
8 Rebellion, Raichō, detail, Nina Wiesnagrotzki
9 Rebellion, Dead Air, installation view, Nina Wiesnagrotzki & Maximilian Schmoetzer
10 Rebellion installation view, Nina Wiesnagrotzki & Maximilian Schmoetzer
11 Rebellion, All the universe is laughing at you., detail, Maximilian Schmoetzer
12 Rebellion installation view, Nina Wiesnagrotzki & Maximilian Schmoetzer
13 Rebellion, Teiko, detail, Nina Wiesnagrotzki
14 Rebellion, Eastern Air Lines 1926-1991, installation view, Maximilan Schmoetzer
15 Rebellion installation view, Nina Wiesnagrotzki & Maximilian Schmoetzer
16 Rebellion, Yoshiko, installation view, Nina Wiesnagrotzki
17 Rebellion, Yoshiko, installation view, Nina Wiesnagrotzki
18 Rebellion installation view, Nina Wiesnagrotzki & Maximilian Schmoetzer
19 Rebellion, Hatsuko, installation view, Nina Wiesnagrotzki
20 Rebellion, Kazuko, detail, Nina Wiesnagrotzki
21 Rebellion, Eastern Air Lines 1926-1991, installation view, Maximilan Schmoetzer
22 Rebellion, All the universe is laughing at you., detail, Maximilian Schmoetzer
23 Rebellion, Hatsuko, installation view, Nina Wiesnagrotzki
24 Rebellion, Raichō, installation view, Nina Wiesnagrotzki
25 Rebellion, Dead Air, installation view, Nina Wiesnagrotzki & Maximilian Schmoetzer
26 Rebellion, Dead Air, detail, Nina Wiesnagrotzki & Maximilian Schmoetzer
27 Rebellion, Dead Air, installation view, Nina Wiesnagrotzki & Maximilian Schmoetzer
28 Rebellion, Dead Air, detail, Nina Wiesnagrotzki & Maximilian Schmoetzer
29 Rebellion, Dead Air, detail, Nina Wiesnagrotzki & Maximilian Schmoetzer
30 Rebellion, Raichō and Teiko, detail, Nina Wiesnagrotzki
31 Rebellion, Teiko, detail, Nina Wiesnagrotzki
32 Rebellion, Teiko, detail, Nina Wiesnagrotzki
33 Rebellion, All the universe is laughing at you., detail, Maximilian Schmoetzer
34 Rebellion, All the universe is laughing at you., detail, Maximilian Schmoetzer
35 Rebellion, All the universe is laughing at you., detail, Maximilian Schmoetzer
36 Rebellion, All the universe is laughing at you., detail, Maximilian Schmoetzer
37 Rebellion, All the universe is laughing at you., detail, Maximilian Schmoetzer
38 Rebellion, All the universe is laughing at you., detail, Maximilian Schmoetzer
39 Rebellion, Eastern Air Lines 1926-1991, installation view, Maximilan Schmoetzer
40 Rebellion, Raichōand Teiko, detail, Nina Wiesnagrotzki
41 Rebellion, Yoshiko, Nina Wiesnagrotzki, photo by Derek Paul Jack Boyle
42 Rebellion, Hatsuko, Nina Wiesnagrotzki, photo by Derek Paul Jack Boyle
Photography by Nine Wiesnagrotzki and Maximilian Schmoetzer, unless otherwise noted.