Kalle Hamm 27.5. - 18.6.2006

Curriculum Vitae (.pdf)

Vascular system, nerve pathways, pipework, irrigation, fluids, IV, lotion, oil, nostrum, mixture, elixir, berry juice, barrier cream, cough medicine, beer, poppers, whisky, gravitation, dehydration, mummy, blurring, twilight years, deepening, dimming, blackout, black, blanco, placebo

The life of man is often compared to a day, which would put prime time in the twilight years of life. It is a time of remembrance and of oblivion. The mind examines the stages of life as the body deteriorates. The drawings in the Prime Time and Prime Matter series on Japan paper represent man as pipework or an irrigation system gone haywire. The actual bottles placed on the frames of the drawings once held various kinds of pick-me-ups from berry juice to poppers. The drawings in the Muistumia series were made with Indian ink on thermal carbon paper which was blackened after drawing by heating the paper. Over time, the black will fade due to sunlight and the underlying drawing will again appear. This process remains underway in the drawings now on display.

Kalle Hamm

 

PAUSE from the series Prime Time, 2005
mixed media
120 x 120 cm

Sweet from the series Prime Matter, 2006
mixed media
20 x 20 cm

 

Dry from the series Prime Matter, 2006
mixed media
38 x 38 cm

 

Night from the series Prime Matter, 2006
mixed media
42 x 42 cm

Day from the series Prime Matter, 2006
mixed media
38 x 38 cm

FORWARD from the series Prime Time, 2005
mixed media
120 x 120 cm

Passive from the series Prime Matter, 2006
mixed media
20 x 20 cm

Wet from the series Prime Matter, 2006
mixed media
15 x 15 cm

Active from the series Prime Matter, 2006
mixed media
20 x 20 cm

Gravity from the series Prime Matter, 2006
mixed media
28,5 x 28,5 cm

See from the series Prime Matter, 2006
mixed media
15 x 15 cm

REWIND from the series Prime Time, 2005
mixed media
120 x 120 cm

STOP from the series Prime Time, 2005
mixed media
120 x 120 cm

PLAY from the series Prime Time, 2005
mixed media
120 x 120 cm

EJECT from the series Prime Time, 2005
mixed media
120 x 240 cm

Works from the series Prime Matter and Muistumia

Works from the series Prime Matter and Muistumia

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