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Contemporary art gallery in Bethnal Green, London. Representing artists Markus Amm, Alexandra Bircken, Josh Brand, Pablo Bronstein, Peter Coffin, Matt Connors, Matthew Darbyshire, Michael Dean, Ida Ekblad, Annette Kelm, Scott King, Cary Kwok, Christina Mackie, Djordje Ozbolt, Oliver Payne, Oliver Payne & Nick Relph, Amalia Pica, Nick Relph, Tony Swain, Donald Urquhart, Klaus Weber, and Nicole Wermers.

 

Gebrochenes Pferd (Broken Horse)

2023

Car engine

123 x 179 x 73 cm / 48.4 x 70.5 x 28.7 in

Alexandra Bircken

Born 1967, Cologne, DE

Lives and works in Berlin



CV

 

Publications

 

Exhibitions

2024

2020

2016

2012

2009

2005

Automatic

2024

Cable harness, cotton, steel letters

77 x 167 x 6.5 cm / 30.3 x 65.7 x 2.6 in

Alter Ego

2024

Motorcycle with chrome optics coating

150 x 91 x 127 cm / 59.1 x 35.8 x 50 in

Many Folds

2024

Steel manifold and hair

194 x 150 x 22 cm / 76.4 x 59.1 x 8.7 in

Gebrochenes Pferd, Installation view, Herald St, London, UK, 2024

Gebrochenes Pferd (Broken Horse)

2024

Larch wood, black stain, LED optical fibre, cable, metal

102 x 224 x 120 cm / 40.2 x 88.2 x 47.2 in

Glitch

2024

Stainless steel mirror-polished

27 x 13 x 5 cm / 10.6 x 5.1 x 2 in

Ed. 1/5 + 2AP

Mutual Consent

2023

Acrylic, wool, polyester

190 x 154 x 20 cm / 74.8 x 60.6 x 7.9 in, framed

Efeu Elektro

2023

Cable harness

250 x 140 x 40 cm / 98.4 x 55.1 x 15.7 in

La pensée corps, Installation view, Foundation Pernod Ricard, Paris, FR (two-person with Lutz Huelle), 2022

La pensée corps, Installation view, Foundation Pernod Ricard, Paris, FR (two-person with Lutz Huelle), 2022

Warrior

2020

Bronze

2 parts, each:

13.5 x 16 x 28.5 cm / 5.3 x 6.3 x 11.2 in 

Ed of 3 + 2AP

Lily

2022

Bronze

27 x 12.8 x 6.8 cm / 10.6 x 5 x 2.6 in

A-Z, Installation view, Le Centre Régional d’Art Contemporain Occitanie / Pyrénées-Méditerranée, Sète, FR, 2022

Amme (Wet nurse)

2022

Wool, wood, tank cover, metal, rolls, plastic

207 x 63 x 53 cm / 81.5 x 24.8 x 20.9 in

Fair Game, Installation view, KINDL Centre for Contemporary Art, Berlin, DE, 2021

The Doctor

2020

Steelbase, mannequin, fabric, wadding, thread, metal, prothesis, wood, boat model

183 x 62 x 60 cm / 72.1 x 24.4 x 23.6 in 

Hessel

2021

Motorbike suit, nails

156 x 166 x 11 cm / 61.4 x 65.4 x 4.3 in 

A-Z, Installation view, Museum Brandhorst, Munich, DE, 2021

Slip of the Tongue, Installation view (public commission) , Kunstplatz

Graben, Vienna, AT, 2020

Top down/ Bottom Up, Installation view (public commission),

Fridericianum, Kassel, DE, 2020

2020, Installation view, Herald St, London, UK, 2020

May You Live In Interesting Times - 58th International Art Exhibition of La Biennale di Venezia,

Installation view, Venice, IT, 2019

Angie (blue)

2020

Thread

110 x 110 cm / 43.3 x 43.3 in

Pferdchen

2019

Wood, leather, sawdust, screws, hinge, varnish

67 x 54 x 51 cm / 26.4 x 21.3 x 20.1 in

Unruhe, Installation view, Secession, Vienna, AT, 2019

Incubo

2019

Motorcycle

150 x 210 x 70 cm / 59.1 x 82.7 x 27.6 in

Mammal, Installation view, Studio Voltaire, London, UK, 2018

Kirishima

2017

Motorbike suit and nails

157 x 170 x 13 cm / 61.8 x 66.9 x 5.1 in

Stretch, Installation view, Crédac, Ivry, FR, 2017

Stretch, Installation view, Kunstverein Hannover,

Hannover, DE, 2016

Stretch, Installation view, Museum Abteiberg, Mönchengladbach, DE, 2017

INXS

2016

Display mannequin, metal stand, leather, denim, latex, tights, padding, metal, protectors

165.5 x 53 x 26.5 cm / 65.2 x 20.9 x 10.4 in

Parallelgesellschaften, Installation view, K21 Ständehaus, Düsseldorf, DE, 2016

Trolley, Installation view, Glasgow International, Tramway, Glasgow, UK, 2016

Map II

2016

Cotton, polyester and hemp in perspex case

193 x 115 x 1 cm / 76 x 45.3 x 0.4 in unframed

210 x 132.6 x 7.6 cm / 82.7 x 52.2 x 3 in framed

Walking house

2016

Leather boot, plaster, wood, metal, wool

184 x 50 x 60 cm / 72.4 x 19.6 x 23.6 in

Needle, Installation view, Herald St, London, UK, 2016

Installation view, Museum Boijmans van Beuningen, Rotterdam, NL, 2014

Crown

2014

Nickel silver

36 x 27x 21 cm / 14.1 x 10.6 x 8.2 in

Eskalation, Installation view, The Hepworth Wakefield, Wakefield, UK, 2014

Hausrat, Installation view, Kunstverein Hamburg,

Hamburg, DE, 2012

Repeat I

2012

90% nylon, 10% elastane, fabric stiffener

142 x 97.5 cm / 55.9 x 38.4 in

Recent Works, Installation view, Herald St, London, UK, 2012

Installation view, Studio Voltaire, London, UK, 2011

Crossings, Installation view, Herald St, London, UK, 2009

Setup

2009

Paper, mat, dried fruit, tampons, fabrics, metals, sand,wax leather photographs, plastics, wool, glue, spraypaint, twig and leaf

53.7 x 73.2 x 16 cm / 21 x 28.8 x 6.2 in

Installation view, Herald St, London, UK, 2005

Gewachs

2005

Plaster, wool, wood, stones, fabric, plastic & thread

131 x 80 x 64 cm / 51.5 x 31.5 x 25.2 in

Plinth: H84 x 46 x 38cm