SHORT INFO
Jörg Rode (*1957 in Siegen) lives and works in Hamburg. His sculptures are replicas of everyday situations and cultural ideas at the same time. The artist alienates the source material from reality - what at first glance appears to be a polystyrene plate, wooden board or cut lemon is made of ceramic, the rusty spot on a metal frame turns out to be a painting on wood. With his re-staging of aesthetically rather bleak minimalist situations, such as those found on many a street corner, Rode defines a space of aesthetic indifference in which melancholy reigns above all. Things that we wouldn't give a second glance outside are given attention here. And thus develop their very own poetry. In addition to scholarships (including the Karl Schmidt-Rottluff Scholarship) and numerous exhibitions, catalog publications have appeared in connection with: Kunstverein Ahlen, Kunsthalle Düsseldorf, Museo Alejandro Otero/Caracas and the Kulturbehörde Hamburg.
STUDIES
1984 - 85 | Städelschule Frankfurt with Th. Bayrle |
1985 - 90 | HfbK Hamburg with F.E. Walther |
STIPENDIES
Studienstiftung des deutschen Volkes
Hamburger Arbeitsstipendium f. bildende Künstler Karl Schmidt - Rottluff Stipendium
EXHIBITIONS AND PROJECTS (selection)
2019 | Tromp L'Oeil, Gallery Mathias Güntner, Hamburg |
2018 | From zero to nothing, Jörg Rode & Tom Früchtl, LAGE EGAL, Berlin |
2017 | Tom Früchtl & Jörg Rode, FaikNEWS, Galerie Bridget Stern, Hamburg 2016 Rethinking Images, Galerie Mathias Güntner, Hamburg |
2014 | used world, Gallery Mathias Güntner, Hamburg |
2012 | Poetry of indifference, Galerie Mathias Güntner, Hamburg |
2011 | Happy warriors - Gallery Mathias Güntner, Hamburg |
2008 | Mon - Fri, Kunstverein Ahlen |
2008 | Concepts of Love, Kölnischer Kunstverein, Cologne |