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Florian Baudrexel Soft Control
Florian Baudrexel
Cardbird, CB-30, (orange), 2022
Cardboard, wood, acrylic glass box 40.8
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11 cm | 16 1/10 × 16 1/10 × 4 3/10 in
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Florian Baudrexel Soft Control
This booklet accompanies Florian Baudrexel’s first solo exhibition at Bartha_contemporary.
The woks exhibited here were all born out of an interest in the Avant-Garde, architecture and the aesthetic of the Machine Age, Florian Baudrexel‘s works, made of recyclable everyday materials, embrace a carefully orchestrated sense of motion and direction.
Indeed, all pieces displayed at Bartha_contemporary were constructed from cardboard, which has been a critical component of the German artist’s practice for many years and reflects his interest in ecologically sound materials.
A polygon relief entitled ‘Childres’ occupies the curved back wall of the space, responding to the gallery's unique architecture. Presented alongside a set of three midsized works of a rectangular format. Two smaller objects from the Cardbird series complement the installation.
gets added and altered to create a densely textured composition; the artist continuously edits the overall appearance as the pieces find their form.
More recently, Baudrexel has embraced the use of colour, both incidental and intentionally applied. In the case of the Cardbirds, recycled cardboard packaging lends the work a broad palette and evokes a sense of the familiar. Larger works, constructed from virgin cardboard, are monochromatically coloured using spray paints.
Florian Baudrexel‘s wall reliefs converge to define instances of modulated space. Rather than rely on tested formal composition, each work evolves from an intuitive process, as element by element
Florian Baudrexel
Budny, 2023
Lacquered cardboard on wooden frame
110 × 75 × 35 cm | 43 1/4 × 29 1/2 × 13 3/4 in
Florian Baudrexel
Sporn, 2023
Lacquered cardboard on wooden frame
110 × 75 × 35 cm | 43 1/4 × 29 1/2 × 13 3/4 in
Mitten, 2023
Lacquered cardboard on wooden frame
110 × 75 × 35 cm | 43 1/4 × 29 1/2 × 13 3/4 in
Florian Baudrexel
Nevem, 2023
Lacquered cardboard on wooden frame
Florian Baudrexel110 × 75 × 35 cm | 43 1/4 × 29 1/2 × 13 3/4 in
Florian Baudrexel
Childres, 2023
Lacquered cardboard on wooden frame
155 × 200 × 50 cm | 61 × 78 3/4 × 19 7/10 in
Florian Baudrexel
Muumi, 2022
Lacquered cardboard on wooden frame
90 × 87 × 40 cm | 35 2/5 × 34 3/10 × 15 7/10 in
Cardbird, CB-44, (old rose), 2023
Cardboard, wood, acrylic glass box
Florian Baudrexel× 40.8 × 11 cm | 16 1/10 × 16 1/10 × 4 3/10 in
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Cardbird, CB-50, (black), 2023
Cardboard, wood, acrylic glass box
Florian Baudrexel× 40.8 × 11 cm | 16 1/10 × 16 1/10 × 4 3/10 in
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Cardbird, CB-53, (white), 2023
Cardboard, wood, acrylic glass box
Florian Baudrexel× 40.8 × 11 cm | 16 1/10 × 16 1/10 × 4 3/10 in
40.8
Cardbird, CB-57, (lemon), 2023
Cardboard, wood, acrylic glass box
Florian Baudrexel40.8 × 40.8 × 11 cm | 16 1/10 × 16 1/10 × 4 3/10 in
Florian Baudrexel
Heard, 2022
Lacquered cardboard on wooden frame
120 × 150 × 38 cm | 47 1/5 × 59 1/10 × 15 in
Coly, 2022
Lacquered cardboard on wooden frame
Florian Baudrexel120
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× 120 ×
cm | 47 1/4 × 47 1/4 × 22 in
Florian Baudrexel
Soft Control
April 27 - May 27, 2023
Copyright: The artist & Bartha_contemporary
Photo:
Florian Balze, Berlin (except Coly).
Special thanks to Linn Lühn.
on the occasion of:
Published
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