Tunnel Johannes Nagel: Works in PorcelainArbeiten aus Porzellan 20182023

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The catalogue Tunnel presents works from 2018 to 2023 by the ceramicist Johannes Nagel (born 1979).

The majority of the objects were formed by the artists hands digging into sand to form cavities, negative spaces, which were then molded and revealed using liquid porcelain.

With this process, the diameter of his hand also quantifies the tunnel that emerges, while the movement of the arm defines the objects form. By doing this, says co-author Esther Niebel, the artist imprints his own presence into the objects.

In addition to the extraordinary shapes thus created, expressive colors and the painting of the objects play a central role in Nagels work or, in the word of Niebel: 'Without colour, his work would be much more boring, he says, and the more intensively one examines his works, the clearer his meaning becomes.'

Accompanied by essays, the excavated and cast pieces are presented in a linear, filmic sequence of full-page photographs in a staccato portrayal of objects and ideas.

Author Bio

Johannes Nagel (*1979) studied fine art and ceramics at the Burg Giebichenstein University of Art and Design in Halle. In addition to working freelance since 2008, he was an assistant professor in his subject at this university for several years. He regularly presents his work internationally in solo and group exhibitions and is represented in public collections such as the Victoria and Albert Museum (London) and the Neue Sammlung, Pinakothek der Moderne (Munich).