Karin Kneffel Haymatlos

Haymatlos Julia Voss

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Taut House

Karin Kneffel

n a Bosphorus boat tour, Karin Kneffel sees a house on a steep hill in Istanbul, surrounded by cedar, cypress, and pine trees. The house arouses her curiosity. The structure of the crimson house resembles a pagoda, that seems to float in woodland hills, shining from afar. A rectangular building is attached to its anterior, resembling a shoe box, however the artist can’t see this from the boat. Only a couple of weeks later, when she goes there again, walking up that hill from the narrow serpentine alley, could she see all of its architecture. In fact, the structure comprises one beam, one side of which leans on the hill, the other reaching out towards the sky: it is connected to the pagoda with six supporting pillars.

Its architect is Bruno Taut and the building, like the shell of a snail, tells us the story of its creator. When National Socialists gained power in January 1933 in Germany, Taut decided to leave the country. He resigned from his post at Berlin Technical University a couple of weeks before receiving the memo stating that he was fired from the university. With his partner Erica Wittich he first went to France via Switzerland. They arrived at Marseille Port, took the ship to Japan via Naples, Athens, and Vladivostok. Taut spent three years in Japan. The stone house he lived in in Takasaki felt like “the world of aesthetic perfection.” 1 With his leftist standing, under constant surveillance by the Japanese secret police, and without receiving new commissions, Taut accepted a job offer from Istanbul. He started teaching at the State Academy of Fine Arts, Department of Architecture, in Istanbul in 1936, also served as the head of the department; after a short while he was assigned as the director of the Construction Department of the Ministry of National Education at the initiative of the Ministry’s administrator Cevat Dursunoğlu. In two years’ time, until his passing, over twenty building projects had been commissioned to him, including the catafalque of President Atatürk. Taut lived a little while in the house named after him. The building, he wrote, reminded him of the “dovecote ” of Noah’s Ark. In this architecture, Taut merges two traditions, which were most important to him in his work: the functional and simple style of

Haymatlos Julia Voss

O

Taut House

Karin Kneffel

n a Bosphorus boat tour, Karin Kneffel sees a house on a steep hill in Istanbul, surrounded by cedar, cypress, and pine trees. The house arouses her curiosity. The structure of the crimson house resembles a pagoda, that seems to float in woodland hills, shining from afar. A rectangular building is attached to its anterior, resembling a shoe box, however the artist can’t see this from the boat. Only a couple of weeks later, when she goes there again, walking up that hill from the narrow serpentine alley, could she see all of its architecture. In fact, the structure comprises one beam, one side of which leans on the hill, the other reaching out towards the sky: it is connected to the pagoda with six supporting pillars.

Its architect is Bruno Taut and the building, like the shell of a snail, tells us the story of its creator. When National Socialists gained power in January 1933 in Germany, Taut decided to leave the country. He resigned from his post at Berlin Technical University a couple of weeks before receiving the memo stating that he was fired from the university. With his partner Erica Wittich he first went to France via Switzerland. They arrived at Marseille Port, took the ship to Japan via Naples, Athens, and Vladivostok. Taut spent three years in Japan. The stone house he lived in in Takasaki felt like “the world of aesthetic perfection.” 1 With his leftist standing, under constant surveillance by the Japanese secret police, and without receiving new commissions, Taut accepted a job offer from Istanbul. He started teaching at the State Academy of Fine Arts, Department of Architecture, in Istanbul in 1936, also served as the head of the department; after a short while he was assigned as the director of the Construction Department of the Ministry of National Education at the initiative of the Ministry’s administrator Cevat Dursunoğlu. In two years’ time, until his passing, over twenty building projects had been commissioned to him, including the catafalque of President Atatürk. Taut lived a little while in the house named after him. The building, he wrote, reminded him of the “dovecote ” of Noah’s Ark. In this architecture, Taut merges two traditions, which were most important to him in his work: the functional and simple style of

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İsimsiz | Untitled | Ohne Titel, 2020 Tuval üzerine yağlıboya | Oil on canvas | Öl auf Leinwald 160 × 120 cm

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İsimsiz | Untitled | Ohne Titel, 2020 Tuval üzerine yağlıboya | Oil on canvas | Öl auf Leinwald 160 × 120 cm

KARIN KNEFFEL d. 1957, Marl, Almanya | Germany | Deutschland

2001

• Kunstverein Lingen

• Le Case d’Arte, Galerie Pasquale Leccese, Milano | Milan |

• Het Kruithuis, Museum voor Hedendaagse Kunst,

Mailand

‘s-Hertogenbosch

• Galerie Bob van Orsouw, Zürih | Zurich | Zürich • Kunsthalle in Emden

KİŞİSEL SERGİLER | SOLO EXHIBITIONS | EINZELAUSSTELLUNGEN

• Galeria Senda, Barselona | Barcelona 1999 • Museum Jean de La Fontaine, Chateau-Thierry

2020

2012

• Haymatlos, Dirimart, İstanbul | Istanbul

• Gagosian, New York

• Karin Kneffel Re/construction, Galerie Klaus Gerrit Friese,

• Galerie Fred Jahn, Münih | Munich | München

Berlin 2010 2019 • STILL, Museum Frieder Burda, Baden-Baden 2018

• Art Cologne, Einzelkoje bei Galerie Sophia Ungers, Köln | Cologne

• Castello di Rivara, Torino | Turin 1992 1998

• Galerie Schütz, Frankfurt am Main

• Galerie Jouse Seguin, Paris

• Galerie Rüdiger Schöttle, Paris

• Galerie Johnen und Schöttle, Münih | Munich | München

• Galerie Tabea Langenkamp, Düsseldorf | Dusseldorf

• Kunsthalle Tübingen

• Art Cologne, Förderkoje der Galerie Schütz, Frankfurt am 1997

• STILL, Kunsthalle Bremen

1993

Main

2009

• Accademia Tedesca Villa Massimo, Roma | Rome | Rom

• House on the Edge of Town, Museum Haus Esters,

• Galerie Rüdiger Schöttle, Münih | Munich | München

1991

• Galerie Bob van Orsouw, Zürih | Zurich | Zürich

• Galerie Sophia Ungers, Köln | Cologne

Kunstmuseen Krefeld

• Private Viewing, Gagosian, New York

• Galerie Rüdiger Schöttle, Münih | Munich | München 2008

1996

2017

• Looking Glass, Galerie Klaus Gerrit Friese, Stuttgart

• Forum Kunst Rottweil

1990

• Bild im Bild, Kunstmuseum Bonn

• Städtische Galerie, Offenburg

• Le Case d’Arte, Galerie Pasquale Leccese, Milano | Milan |

• Galerie Schütz, Frankfurt am Main

• Bild im Bild, Kinderakademie Fulda, Kunstmuseum Bonn

• Barbara Mathes Gallery, New York

işbirliğiyle | in collaboration with Kunstmuseum Bonn

2016

• Dr. A. H. Murken, Gütersloh

• Kunst-Station Sankt Peter, Köln | Cologne 1995

1989

2007

• The Corridor, H, Th. Fridjonsson, Reykjavík

• Galerie Tabea Langenkamp, Düsseldorf | Dusseldorf

• Arbeiten auf Papier // Prints, Edition Staeck, Heidelberg

• Galerie Schönewald und Beuse, Krefeld

• Galerie Sophia Ungers, Köln | Cologne

• Karin Kneffel zu Gast im David-Hansemann-Haus, Sammlung Droege, Düsseldorf | Dusseldorf

Mailand

• Barbara Mathes Gallery, New York 1994

1988

• Galerie Rüdiger Schöttle, Münih | Munich | München

2006

• Kunstverein Bremerhaven

• Raum 404, Heidelberg

• Cologne Fine Art Prize, Köln | Cologne

• Seduction and Distance, Ulmer Museum, Ulm

• Galerie Wanda Reiff, Amsterdam

• Sinclair-Haus Altana Kulturforum, Bad Homburg

• Kunstverein Heilbronn

1984

2015

• Mönchehaus-Museum, Goslar

• Galerie Jousse Seguin, Paris

• Galerie Rüdiger Schöttle, Münih | Munich | München

• Fallstudien, Arbeiten auf Papier, Käthe Kollwitz Museum, Köln

• Christine König Galerie, Viyana | Vienna | Wien

• Gagosian, Los Angeles

| Cologne • Kunsthalle Bremerhaven

2005

• Kunstmuseum Bremerhaven

• Galerie Manus Presse, Stuttgart

• links, Galerie Klaus Gerrit Friese, Berlin

• Galería Vanguardia, Bilbao

2014

2004

• La ventana y el espejo, Window and Mirror, Museo de Arte

• Galeria Senda, Barselona | Barcelona

Contemporáneo Gas Natural Fenosa, La Coruña

• Barbara Mathes Gallery, New York

• Galeria Senda, Barselona | Barcelona • Mies van der Rohe Pavilion, Barselona | Barcelona

2003 • Haus Fürstenberg, Galerie Schönewald, Xanten

2013 • Butter never crossed my mind, Galerie Schönewald und Beuse, Düsseldorf | Dusseldorf • Dirimart, İstanbul | Istanbul

2002 • Galerie Christine König, Viyana | Vienna | Wien

KARIN KNEFFEL d. 1957, Marl, Almanya | Germany | Deutschland

2001

• Kunstverein Lingen

• Le Case d’Arte, Galerie Pasquale Leccese, Milano | Milan |

• Het Kruithuis, Museum voor Hedendaagse Kunst,

Mailand

‘s-Hertogenbosch

• Galerie Bob van Orsouw, Zürih | Zurich | Zürich • Kunsthalle in Emden

KİŞİSEL SERGİLER | SOLO EXHIBITIONS | EINZELAUSSTELLUNGEN

• Galeria Senda, Barselona | Barcelona 1999 • Museum Jean de La Fontaine, Chateau-Thierry

2020

2012

• Haymatlos, Dirimart, İstanbul | Istanbul

• Gagosian, New York

• Karin Kneffel Re/construction, Galerie Klaus Gerrit Friese,

• Galerie Fred Jahn, Münih | Munich | München

Berlin 2010 2019 • STILL, Museum Frieder Burda, Baden-Baden 2018

• Art Cologne, Einzelkoje bei Galerie Sophia Ungers, Köln | Cologne

• Castello di Rivara, Torino | Turin 1992 1998

• Galerie Schütz, Frankfurt am Main

• Galerie Jouse Seguin, Paris

• Galerie Rüdiger Schöttle, Paris

• Galerie Johnen und Schöttle, Münih | Munich | München

• Galerie Tabea Langenkamp, Düsseldorf | Dusseldorf

• Kunsthalle Tübingen

• Art Cologne, Förderkoje der Galerie Schütz, Frankfurt am 1997

• STILL, Kunsthalle Bremen

1993

Main

2009

• Accademia Tedesca Villa Massimo, Roma | Rome | Rom

• House on the Edge of Town, Museum Haus Esters,

• Galerie Rüdiger Schöttle, Münih | Munich | München

1991

• Galerie Bob van Orsouw, Zürih | Zurich | Zürich

• Galerie Sophia Ungers, Köln | Cologne

Kunstmuseen Krefeld

• Private Viewing, Gagosian, New York

• Galerie Rüdiger Schöttle, Münih | Munich | München 2008

1996

2017

• Looking Glass, Galerie Klaus Gerrit Friese, Stuttgart

• Forum Kunst Rottweil

1990

• Bild im Bild, Kunstmuseum Bonn

• Städtische Galerie, Offenburg

• Le Case d’Arte, Galerie Pasquale Leccese, Milano | Milan |

• Galerie Schütz, Frankfurt am Main

• Bild im Bild, Kinderakademie Fulda, Kunstmuseum Bonn

• Barbara Mathes Gallery, New York

işbirliğiyle | in collaboration with Kunstmuseum Bonn

2016

• Dr. A. H. Murken, Gütersloh

• Kunst-Station Sankt Peter, Köln | Cologne 1995

1989

2007

• The Corridor, H, Th. Fridjonsson, Reykjavík

• Galerie Tabea Langenkamp, Düsseldorf | Dusseldorf

• Arbeiten auf Papier // Prints, Edition Staeck, Heidelberg

• Galerie Schönewald und Beuse, Krefeld

• Galerie Sophia Ungers, Köln | Cologne

• Karin Kneffel zu Gast im David-Hansemann-Haus, Sammlung Droege, Düsseldorf | Dusseldorf

Mailand

• Barbara Mathes Gallery, New York 1994

1988

• Galerie Rüdiger Schöttle, Münih | Munich | München

2006

• Kunstverein Bremerhaven

• Raum 404, Heidelberg

• Cologne Fine Art Prize, Köln | Cologne

• Seduction and Distance, Ulmer Museum, Ulm

• Galerie Wanda Reiff, Amsterdam

• Sinclair-Haus Altana Kulturforum, Bad Homburg

• Kunstverein Heilbronn

1984

2015

• Mönchehaus-Museum, Goslar

• Galerie Jousse Seguin, Paris

• Galerie Rüdiger Schöttle, Münih | Munich | München

• Fallstudien, Arbeiten auf Papier, Käthe Kollwitz Museum, Köln

• Christine König Galerie, Viyana | Vienna | Wien

• Gagosian, Los Angeles

| Cologne • Kunsthalle Bremerhaven

2005

• Kunstmuseum Bremerhaven

• Galerie Manus Presse, Stuttgart

• links, Galerie Klaus Gerrit Friese, Berlin

• Galería Vanguardia, Bilbao

2014

2004

• La ventana y el espejo, Window and Mirror, Museo de Arte

• Galeria Senda, Barselona | Barcelona

Contemporáneo Gas Natural Fenosa, La Coruña

• Barbara Mathes Gallery, New York

• Galeria Senda, Barselona | Barcelona • Mies van der Rohe Pavilion, Barselona | Barcelona

2003 • Haus Fürstenberg, Galerie Schönewald, Xanten

2013 • Butter never crossed my mind, Galerie Schönewald und Beuse, Düsseldorf | Dusseldorf • Dirimart, İstanbul | Istanbul

2002 • Galerie Christine König, Viyana | Vienna | Wien