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ROBERT KESSLER social kine­tic art

Solo show of the Aschaffenburg-based artist Robert Kess­ler (born 1956). His work is defined as “Social Kine­tic Art” wher­ein the sin­gle art­work is acting as an initia­tor to pro­ces­ses of per­so­nal and social move­ment, com­mu­ni­ca­tion, reflec­tion, and trans­for­ma­tion. 13 photo prints and ele­ven objects will be on view, many of them for the first time.

10 Febru­ary 2016 – 8 March 2016

On 10 Febru­ary begin­ning at 7 pm all are invi­ted to the opening recep­tion at the gal­lery. The artist will be present.

The fol­lo­wing works are pre­sen­ted in the show:

ROBERT KESSLER social kine­tic art

The work by Aschaffenburg-based artist Robert Kess­ler (born 1956) belongs to the cate­gory of “Kine­tic Art” in which move­ment is defined as an aes­the­tic aspect of the art­work. Wit­hin the con­text of his artistic career, he has broa­de­ned this con­cept into “Social Kine­tic Art,” a term he has coi­ned that inclu­des works acting as initia­tors to pro­ces­ses of per­so­nal and social move­ment, com­mu­ni­ca­tion, reflec­tion, and trans­for­ma­tion.
Through his pro­found the­mes, Robert Kessler’s artistic approach directly mani­fests tan­gi­ble and heart­felt inspi­ra­tion with the people who come into con­tact with his works or are in con­tact with them. Kessler’s wealth of expe­ri­ence in the imple­men­ta­tion of many such works has promp­ted a large num­ber of public and pri­vate cli­ents to col­la­bo­rate with him.
The exhi­bi­tion reve­als views into extra­or­di­nary, quasi-magical docu­men­ta­tion pho­to­gra­phy of his actions and new kine­tic art­works that can be app­re­cia­ted as stu­dies, as well as rese­arch. The objects are con­cer­ned with the pheno­me­non of being alive - “Breath of Life” -, with the inter­play of the forces of depen­dency, with the light of sel­fob­ser­va­tion and with the trust of making hid­den wounds visi­ble.