{"id":3204,"date":"2024-10-10T10:09:58","date_gmt":"2024-10-10T10:09:58","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.hengesbach-gallery.com\/axel-lieber\/"},"modified":"2025-06-26T09:15:35","modified_gmt":"2025-06-26T09:15:35","slug":"axel-lieber","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.hengesbach-gallery.com\/en\/axel-lieber\/","title":{"rendered":"Axel Lieber"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<div class=\"wp-block-cover alignfull is-light\"><span aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-cover__background has-background-dim-0 has-background-dim\" style=\"background-color:#bb1b10\"><\/span><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1500\" height=\"877\" class=\"wp-block-cover__image-background wp-image-794\" alt=\"\" src=\"http:\/\/www.hengesbach-gallery.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/Li_Fred_Beitrag-1500x877-2.jpg\" data-object-fit=\"cover\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.hengesbach-gallery.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/Li_Fred_Beitrag-1500x877-2.jpg 1500w, https:\/\/www.hengesbach-gallery.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/Li_Fred_Beitrag-1500x877-2-300x175.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.hengesbach-gallery.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/Li_Fred_Beitrag-1500x877-2-1024x599.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.hengesbach-gallery.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/Li_Fred_Beitrag-1500x877-2-768x449.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1500px) 100vw, 1500px\" \/><div class=\"wp-block-cover__inner-container has-global-padding is-layout-constrained wp-block-cover-is-layout-constrained\"><h2 class=\"has-text-align-center has-link-color wp-elements-d627c6ae2477c94e839ab0be3c38731a wp-block-post-title has-text-color has-base-2-color has-xx-large-font-size\">Axel Lieber<\/h2>\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center has-base-2-color has-text-color has-link-color has-large-font-size wp-elements-b8705937456498c979c91836e2501da3\">Germany<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-b0bab6eb wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\" style=\"margin-top:var(--wp--preset--spacing--40);margin-bottom:var(--wp--preset--spacing--40)\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\">\n<p class=\"has-small-font-size\" style=\"line-height:1.7\">Axel Lieber uses everyday objects as reference points and alters their materiality by stripping them of their semantic content, filling the resulting voids with new meanings. In doing so, he creates synesthetic overlaps and oppositions that seem to animate the sculptures and draw the viewer into an intimate sphere. <\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n<p class=\"has-large-font-size\">Works<\/p>\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"800\" height=\"531\" src=\"http:\/\/www.hengesbach-gallery.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/Li_CupOfTea.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-795\" style=\"width:620px;height:auto\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.hengesbach-gallery.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/Li_CupOfTea.jpg 800w, https:\/\/www.hengesbach-gallery.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/Li_CupOfTea-300x199.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.hengesbach-gallery.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/Li_CupOfTea-768x510.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\"><br\/><em>Tea Time<\/em>, 2011, ceramic, tea, 19 x 39 x 39 cm<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1500\" height=\"877\" src=\"http:\/\/www.hengesbach-gallery.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/Li_Fred_Beitrag-1500x877-3.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-796\" style=\"width:620px;height:auto\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.hengesbach-gallery.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/Li_Fred_Beitrag-1500x877-3.jpg 1500w, https:\/\/www.hengesbach-gallery.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/Li_Fred_Beitrag-1500x877-3-300x175.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.hengesbach-gallery.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/Li_Fred_Beitrag-1500x877-3-1024x599.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.hengesbach-gallery.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/Li_Fred_Beitrag-1500x877-3-768x449.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1500px) 100vw, 1500px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\"><br\/><em>Fred<\/em>, 2010, leather, 51 x 51 x 12 cm<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"650\" height=\"867\" src=\"http:\/\/www.hengesbach-gallery.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/Li_ShortCutGruenerStuhl.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-797\" style=\"width:620px;height:auto\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.hengesbach-gallery.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/Li_ShortCutGruenerStuhl.jpg 650w, https:\/\/www.hengesbach-gallery.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/Li_ShortCutGruenerStuhl-225x300.jpg 225w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 650px) 100vw, 650px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\"><br\/><em>short cuts (Monoblock gr\u00fcn)<\/em>, 2009, furniture fragments, Nieten, 38,5, x 25 x 25 cm<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"650\" height=\"1022\" src=\"http:\/\/www.hengesbach-gallery.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/Li_Shirt.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-798\" style=\"width:620px;height:auto\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.hengesbach-gallery.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/Li_Shirt.jpg 650w, https:\/\/www.hengesbach-gallery.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/Li_Shirt-191x300.jpg 191w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 650px) 100vw, 650px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\"><br\/>Untitled (shirt), 2010, shirt, cut, 110 x 17 x 17 cm<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"500\" height=\"889\" src=\"http:\/\/www.hengesbach-gallery.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/Li_Tuete.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-799\" style=\"width:620px;height:auto\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.hengesbach-gallery.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/Li_Tuete.jpg 500w, https:\/\/www.hengesbach-gallery.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/Li_Tuete-169x300.jpg 169w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 500px) 100vw, 500px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\"><br\/><em>Silent Movie<\/em>, 2012, paper bag, Karton, 49,8 x 31,9 x 17,3 cm<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"650\" height=\"867\" src=\"http:\/\/www.hengesbach-gallery.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/Li_Yesterday1.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-800\" style=\"width:622px;height:auto\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.hengesbach-gallery.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/Li_Yesterday1.jpg 650w, https:\/\/www.hengesbach-gallery.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/Li_Yesterday1-225x300.jpg 225w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 650px) 100vw, 650px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\"><br\/><em>Yesterday, today was tomorrow<\/em>, 2011\/12, Fabric, Steel 52 x 32 x 31 cm<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"650\" height=\"886\" src=\"http:\/\/www.hengesbach-gallery.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/Li_MKA.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-801\" style=\"width:620px;height:auto\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.hengesbach-gallery.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/Li_MKA.jpg 650w, https:\/\/www.hengesbach-gallery.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/Li_MKA-220x300.jpg 220w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 650px) 100vw, 650px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\"><br\/><em>My constructive Everyday<\/em>, 2010, Karton, Wood, 62 x 28 x 25 cm<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"650\" height=\"813\" src=\"http:\/\/www.hengesbach-gallery.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/Li_HountedHouse.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-802\" style=\"width:620px;height:auto\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.hengesbach-gallery.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/Li_HountedHouse.jpg 650w, https:\/\/www.hengesbach-gallery.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/Li_HountedHouse-240x300.jpg 240w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 650px) 100vw, 650px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\"><br\/><em>Haunted House<\/em>, 2012, Comics, Karton, Permanentmarker, 28,5 x 20,5 x 20,5 cm<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"800\" height=\"457\" src=\"http:\/\/www.hengesbach-gallery.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/Li_NationalGallery.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-803\" style=\"width:620px;height:auto\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.hengesbach-gallery.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/Li_NationalGallery.jpg 800w, https:\/\/www.hengesbach-gallery.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/Li_NationalGallery-300x171.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.hengesbach-gallery.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/Li_NationalGallery-768x439.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\"><br\/> <em>National Gallery (2)<\/em>, 2012, World map, permanent marker, 82 x 143 cm<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n<p class=\"has-large-font-size\">Biography<\/p>\n\n<p class=\"has-small-font-size\" style=\"line-height:1.7\">1960 in D\u00fcsseldorf (D) born, lives and works in Berlin and Malm\u00f6 (S).<br\/>1978\u20131985 State Academy of Art D\u00fcsseldorf, Prof. Tony Cragg and Prof. Irmin Kamp, master student under Prof. Kamp<br\/>1978\u20131981 Studies in Pedagogy and Philosophy at Heinrich Heine University D\u00fcsseldorf.<br\/>1983 Founding of the group Haus W\u00e4nde (with Stefan Demary, Heike Pallanca, Wolfgang Robbe, and Klaus Schmitt), first projects on the theme of exhibitions and museums.<br\/>1992 Founding of the group Inges Idee (Art in public space) with Hans Hemmert, Thomas Schmidt, and Georg Zey.<br\/>1991\u20131993 Professorship for Sculpture at the Kunstakademie D\u00fcsseldorf.<br\/>1995\u20131998 Lectureship for Sculpture at the Malm\u00f6 Art Academy (Sweden).<br\/>1999\u20132000 Lectureship at the Jutland Art Academy, Aarhus (Denmark).<br\/>2000\u20132002 Lectureship in Sculpture at the Malm\u00f6 Art Academy (Sweden).<br\/>2004 Visiting Professorship with Inges Idee at the Bauhaus University Weimar (Germany).<br\/>2006\u20132007 Visiting Professorship at the Bauhaus University Weimar (Germany), Art and Architecture, MFA program.<\/p>\n\n<p class=\"has-large-font-size\">Awards \/ Scholarships<\/p>\n\n<p class=\"has-small-font-size\" style=\"line-height:1.7\">2011 Cit\u00e9 des Arts, Paris<br\/>2006 \u2013 2011 Stipendium des Schwedischen Kunstfonds<br\/>2000 \u2013 2001 Stipendium Konstn\u00e4rsn\u00e4mden (S)<br\/>1999 I.A.S.P.I.S. (International Artist Studio Program in Sweden), Headlands Centre for the Arts, San Francisco<br\/>1997 Stipendium der Edstranska Stiftung, Lund (S)<br\/>1995 Katalog-Stipendium der A. Krupp von Bohlen und Halbach-Stiftung (D)<br\/>1992 Erster Preis des Saar Ferngas F\u00f6rderpreises, Saarbr\u00fccken (D)<br\/>1991 6-monatiges Stipendium, Cit\u00e9 des Arts, Paris<br\/>1990 Phillip Morris Stipendium f\u00fcr die Skulpturwerkstatt, Berlin<br\/>1988 Stipendium des Landes Niedersachsen, Schlo\u00df Bleckede, Elbe (D)<br\/>1986 Stipendium Kunstfonds e.V., 1 Jahr im K\u00fcnstlerhaus Bethanien, Berlin<br\/>1984 Reisestipendium Kunstakademie D\u00fcsseldorf, Preis \u201efarbige Plastik\u201c des Kulturkreises im BDI, Kunstpreis der Stadt D\u00fcsseldorf<\/p>\n\n<p class=\"has-small-font-size\" style=\"line-height:1.7\"><\/p>\n\n<p class=\"has-large-font-size\">Solo-Exhibitions<\/p>\n\n<p class=\"has-small-font-size\" style=\"line-height:1.7\">2021 \u201eAsservatenkammer\u201c, Hengesbach Gallery, Wuppertal (D), \u201eKopf und Kragen, Galerie Mark M\u00fcller, Z\u00fcrich, (CH)<br\/>2018 \u201eIllicit Constructions\u201c, Taubert Contamporary, Berlin (D); Primo Piatto, MAAB Gallery, Milano, (I)<br\/>2016 \u201eTeil und Ganzes\u201c, Galerie Vincenz Sala, Berlin (D); \u201eSimple Dinge\u201c, neue Galerie Dachau, (D); \u201eDouble Dutch\u201c, hangmen projects, Stockholm, (S)<br\/>2015 \u201eSollbruchstellen\u201c, Hengesbach Gallery, Wuppertal (D)<br\/>2014 \u201eNight on Earth\u201c, Galerie Vincenz Sala, Paris, (F); \u201epicks &amp; pearls\u201c, Galerie M\u00f8ller Witt, \u00c5rhus, (DK); \u201dRole models, schwarze L\u00f6cher und andere Petitessen\u201d,Galerie Mark M\u00fcller, Z\u00fcrich, (CH)<br\/>2013 \u201ePoint of View\u201c, Galleri Ping Pong, Malm\u00f6, (S); \u201eprivate architecure\u201c, die raum, Berlin, (D); \u201eWEITWINKEL\u201c, Institut f\u00fcr moderne Kunst, N\u00fcrnberg, (D)<br\/>2012 \u201eSilent Movie\u201cHengesbach\u201c Gallery, Berlin, (D)<br\/>2011 \u201eGeometrie und Alltag\u201c, Hengesbach Gallery, Berlin (D)<br\/>2009 Galerie Mark M\u00fcller, Z\u00fcrich (CH) \u201cMein konstruktiver Alltag \u2013 Szenenwechsel\u201c, Museum f\u00fcr Konkrete Kunst, Ingolstadt (D)<br\/>2008 \u201cOut of Insight\u201c, Skulpturi.dk, Copenhagen (DK) \u201cSpelplan\u201c, Landskrona Konsthall (with J\u00f8rgen Carlo Larsen) (S) \u201cVerderb und Gedeih\u201c, loop-raum f\u00fcr aktuelle Kunst, Berlin<br\/>2007 \u201cShort Cuts\u201c, Dina4 Projekte, Munich \u201cDrau\u00dfen\u201c, Galerie Rolf Hengesbach, Cologne<br\/>2006 Kabusa Konsthall, Kabusa (S)<br\/>2005 Galleri Magnus \u00c5klundh, Malm\u00f6 (S) Kunsthalle Wintherthur (CH)<br\/>2004 \u201cKaraoke\u201c, Dina4 Projekte, Munich \u201cFeel Free\u201c, Philip Feldman Gallery at PNCA, Portland, OR (USA) \u201cRelease\u201c, Henry Art Gallery, Seattle, WA (USA)<br\/>2003 \u201cVerbraucher\u201c, Loop \u2013 Raum f\u00fcr aktuelle Kunst, Berlin \u201c25 Jahre F\u00fchrerschein\u201c, Galerie Mark M\u00fcller, Z\u00fcrich, CH Galleri Engstr\u00f6m, Stockholm \u201cRelease\u201c, Art Unlimited, Art Basel R\u00e4ume f\u00fcr Neue Kunst Rolf Hengesbach, Wuppertal (D)<br\/>2002 \u201cElvis, Bremerhaven und ich\u201c, Kunsthalle Bremerhaven (D) \u201cBeef Anatomico\u201c, Torreao, Porto Alegre (BR) \u201cDie Erf\u00fcllung\u201c, Art Unlimited, Art Basel \u201cUppfyllelse\u201c, Malm\u00f6 Konsthall, Malm\u00f6 (S)<br\/>2001 R\u00e4ume f\u00fcr Neue Kunst Rolf Hengesbach, Wuppertal (D)<br\/>2000 \u201cZimmer mit Fr\u00fchst\u00fcck\u201c, Galerie Mark M\u00fcller, Z\u00fcrich \u201cF\u00c5GEL FISK ELLER MITTEMELLAN\u201c, Konstf\u00f6reningen Aura, Lund (S) \u201cAbnehmen\u201c, Loop Raum f\u00fcr aktuelle Kunst, Berlin \u201cBasis und \u00dcberbau\u201c, St\u00e4dt. Galerie Villa Zanders, Bergisch-Gladbach (D) Galleri Engstr\u00f6m, Stockholm Galerie Schneiderei, Cologne (D) <br\/>1999 \u201cAbstraktes Plastik\u201c, Kunstverein Bochum (D) Galerie Haus Schneider, Karlsruhe (with Jochem Hendricks) (D) Galerie Heinz-Martin Weigand, Ettlingen (with Jochem Hendricks) (D K\u00fcnstlerhaus Bregenz, Palais Thurn u.Taxis, Bregenz (A) Braunstein\/Quay Gallery, San Francisco (USA)<br\/>1998 \u201cUNDERGROUND\u201c, St\u00e4dtische Galerie Bern (CH) \u201csingle\u201c, R\u00e4ume f\u00fcr Neue Kunst Rolf Hengesbach, Wuppertal (D)<br\/>1997 \u201cGross und klein ist beides unten\u201c, Lagerraum, Frankfurt a.M. (D) \u201cprivate function in progress\u201c, Kulturforum Alte Post Neuss (D) \u201cOrganische Chemie\u201c, F\u00f6rderverein f\u00fcr aktuelle Kunst, M\u00fcnster (D) \u201cIch brauche keinen Winnebago\u201c, Pavillon an der Volksb\u00fchne, Berlin<br\/>1996 \u201cMake my day\u201c, Galerie Vinzenz Sala, Brussels (BE) \u201cPOOL\u201c, Kunstmuseum Heidenheim (D) \u201cThousand Island\u201c, Galleri Engstr\u00f6m, Stockholm (S)<br\/>1995 \u201cMellanrummet\u201c, Malm\u00f6 Konsthall (S), \u201cHeimarbeiten\u201c, Kunstverein Freiburg (D) Galerie Terbr\u00fcggen, Heidelberg (D)<br\/>1994 \u201eIm Aussendienst\u201c, Galerie Schneiderei, Cologne \u201cOrdentliche Verh\u00e4ltnisse\u201c, Institut f\u00fcr moderne Kunst SchmidtBank Galerie, N\u00fcrnberg (D) Landesmuseum Mainz (D) \u201cSkulpturen (u.a. mit 1 u. 3)\u201c, R\u00e4ume f\u00fcr neue Kunst Rolf Hengesbach, Wuppertal (D)<br\/>1993 Galerie Vincenz Sala, Berlin Dortmunder Kunstverein (D) Kunstverein Heinsberg (D)<br\/>1992 Galleria Raucci\/Santamaria, Napoli (I)<br\/>1991 Galerie Schneiderei, Cologne Neuer Berliner Kunstverein, Berlin (D), Galleri Wallner, Malm\u00f6 (S)<br\/>1990 Galleri Engstr\u00f6m, Stockholm (S)<br\/>1989 Galerie Christa Sch\u00fcbbe, D\u00fcsseldorf (D)<br\/>1988 Galleri Engstr\u00f6m, Stockholm Galleri Wallner, Malm\u00f6 (S)<br\/>1987 Galerie Christa Sch\u00fcbbe, D\u00fcsseldorf (D) \u201cAusw\u00e4rtsspiel\u201c, K\u00fcnstlerhaus Bethanien, Berlin<br\/>1984 Ausstellung der F\u00f6rderpreistr\u00e4ger der Stadt D\u00fcsseldorf St\u00e4dt. (Keller) Galerie, D\u00fcsseldorf (mit Michael Irmer) (D)  <\/p>\n\n<p class=\"has-large-font-size\">Group-Exhibitions (selection)<\/p>\n\n<p class=\"has-small-font-size\" style=\"line-height:1.7\">2021 \u201elong time no see\u201c, Taubert Contemporary, Berlin, (D); \u201eXL\/XS\u201c, Galerie Vincenz Sala, Berlin, (D)<br\/>2020 \u201echeer me up\u201c, hangmen projects, Stockholm, (S); \u201eLars Arrhenius &amp; friends, a memento\u201c, Taubert Contemporary, Berlin, (D)<br\/>2019 \u201eBIASI, LIEBER, MEGERT, TEVET \u2013 tra il caso e la necessit\u00e0\u201c, MAAB Gallery, Milano, (I); \u201eBlue is the color of your eyes\u201c, Moderna Museet Malm\u00f6, (S); \u201ewhodunnit\u201c, Taubert Contemporary, Berlin, (D)<br\/>2018 \u201eBerlinzulage\u201c, K\u00fcnstlerhaus Bethanien, Berlin, (D); \u201eopen source\u201c, Flutgraben e.V., Berlin, (D); \u201estandard international, Glint, Berlin, (D); \u201eAufzeichnen\u201c, Galerie Vincenz Sala, Berlin, (D); \u201eflashback\u201c, MAAB Gallery, Paova, (I)<br\/>2017 \u201eDISLOCATION 2017\u201c, Hengesbach Gallery, Wuppertal (D); \u201eIn den Raum Zeichnen-Spuren, Haus am Kleistpark, Berlin, (D); \u201eLa choise en soi, Mus\u00e9e r\u00e9gional de Rimouski, (CAN); \u201eresee\u201c, Galerie M\u00f8ller Witt, \u00c5rhus, (DK)<br\/>2016 \u201eMuseum Pist Protta\u201c, Charlottenborg, Copenhagen, (DK); \u201eTango them Basel\u201c, Galerie Mark M\u00fcller, Z\u00fcrich, (CH); \u201eStandardsituation- Absurdit\u00e4t und Fu\u00dfball\u201c, Alexandra Erlhoff, Berlin, (D)<br\/>2015 \u201eMinimal extensions\/sixties vs contemporary, Galerie Vincenz Sala, Paris<br\/>2014 \u201eBearbeitungen des Wirklichen\u201c, Galerie Vincenz Sala, Berlin, (D)\u201ePOP UP\u201c, Galerie Dina Renninger, M\u00fcnchen, (D)<br\/>2013 \u201eSPACES\u201c, Kunstraum Alexander B\u00fcrkle, Freiburg\/Br., (D); \u201dWithin the World \u2013 The World Within\u201c, Landskrona Konsthall, (S); \u201eschweben ?\u201c, Galerie oqbo, Berlin (D); \u201eDOBBEL\u201c, Illums Bolighus, Copenhagen, (DK)<br\/>2012 \u201e20 YEARS\u201c, Hengesbach Gallery, Berlin (D); \u201cSalonSt\u00fccke RELOADED\u201c, Villa Zanders, Bergisch Gladbach (D)\u201cWoodstock\u201c, V\u00e4xj\u00f6 Konsthall (S)<br\/>2011 Galerie Mark M\u00fcller, Zurich (CH); \u201cSchwarz war immer die Farbe der anderen\u201c \u2013 Dina4 Projekte\/Galerie Alexandra Saheb, Berlin \u201cSimply the Best\u201c, loop \u2013 raum f\u00fcr aktuelle kunst, Berlin \u201cOVERLAP\u201c, Den Frie Centre of Contemporary Art, Copenhagen<br\/>2010 Facon, plads og kul\u00f8r, Rundetaarn, Copenhagen Modernautst\u00e4llningen 2010, Moderna Museet, Stockholm Ich Wicht, Kunstraum Potsdam, Potsdam (D) Site Exercises, Susan Hobbs Gallery, Toronto Das Fundament der Kunst, Bahnhof Rolandseck, Remagen (D) Berlin Transfer, Berlinische Galerie, Berlin Das Fundament der Kunst, Gerhard Marcks Haus, Bremen (D)<br\/>2009 \u201cZeigen. Eine Audiotour durch Berlin von Karin Sander\u201c, Tempor\u00e4re Kunsthalle Berlin \u201cDas Fundament der Kunst\u201c, St\u00e4dtische Museen Heilbronn, Heilbronn (D) \u201cFerne N\u00e4he \/ Natur in der Kunst der Gegenwart\u201c, Kunstmuseum Bonn (D) \u201cBODENST\u00c4NDIG\u201c, Kunstraum Alexander B\u00fcrkle, Freiburg (D) \u201cSIK -Spridd isolerad konst\u201c, Kalmar Konstmuseum (S) \u201cFirst choice\u201c, Galerie Mark M\u00fcller, Z\u00fcrich <br\/>2008 \u201cAs it seems\u201c, Susan Hobbs Gallery, Toronto<br\/>2007 \u201cBodycheck. 10. Triennale der Kleinplastik\u201c, Fellbach (D) \u201cArchitektur-Kunst?\u201c, Galerie Reckermann, Cologne Hotel van de Velde, Weimar (D)<br\/>2006 \u201cDer Ball und die Kunst\u201c, Josef Albers Museum, Bottrop (D) \u201cSeitenwechsel\u201c, \u00d6ffentlicher Raum Hannover (D) \u201cBes\u00f6karna\u201c, V\u00e4stra Hamnen, Malm\u00f6 \u201cCamp Kamp\u201c, Kunsthalle D\u00fcsseldorf (D) \u201cFaites vos jeux\u201c, Kunstmuseum Siegen (D) Cobra Museum, Amsterdam<br\/>2005 \u201cBerlin\/Toronto Gallery Exchange\u201c, Loop \u2013 Raum f\u00fcr aktuelle Kunst, Berlin \u201cFaites vos jeux!\u201c, Museum f\u00fcr Gegenwartskunst, Siegen; Akademie der K\u00fcnste, Berlin \u201cWer Visionen hat soll zum Arzt gehen\u201c, Gesellschaft f\u00fcr Aktuelle Kunst, Bremen (D) \u201cDER HOCKER der schemel\u201c, Mehrzweckhalle, Berlin<br\/>2004 \u201cEUROPEAN SPACE\u201c \u2013 Sculpture Quadrennial Riga (LAT)<br\/>2003 \u201cKunsthistoriens Lange Naese No 1\u201c, Charlottenborg, Copenhagen<br\/>2002 \u201eNow is the Time\u201c, Dorsky Curatorial Projects, New York City \u201cArtists imagine architecture\u201c, Institute of Contemporary Art, Boston (USA) \u201cReloop\u201c, Loop, Berlin \u201cSeptember Horse\u201c, K\u00fcnstlerhaus Bethanien, Berlin<br\/>2001 \u201cBig Nothing\u201c, Staatl. Kunsthalle Baden-Baden (D) \u201cBerlin-London 01\u201c, ICA, London \u201cAchrochage\u201c, Galerie Schneiderei, Cologne <br\/>2000 \u201cMysliwska\u201c, Kunstraum Kreuzberg\/Bethanien, Berlin \u201cEngstr\u00f6m light\u201c, Galleri Engstr\u00f6m, Stockholm \u201ctemp\u201c mit (Inges Idee), Link\u00f6pings Konsthall (S) \u201cwash &amp; wear\u201c, Kunsthaus Hamburg \u201cRandori\u201c, Loop Raum f\u00fcr aktuelle Kunst, Berlin \u201cBook &amp; Body\u201c, Ystads Konstmusem (S)<br\/>1999 \u201cDie Innenwelt der Au\u00dfenwelt der Innenwelt\u201c, Salzburger Kunstverei (A) \u201cEuro Ride\u201c, Transmission Gallery Glasgow \u201cOpen House\u201c, Headlands Center for the Arts, San Francisco \u201cHitchcock\u201c, Kunsthalle Tirol (A) \u201cwash &amp; wear\u201c, Kubus Hannover, Leopold-H\u00f6sch-Museum D\u00fcren (D)<br\/>1998 \u201csehen sehen berlin 98\u201c, Loop-Raum f\u00fcr aktuelle Kunst, Berlin \u201cHeimat\u201c, Kunstverein Eislingen (D) \u201cThe Pineapple goes Goody Bar\u201c, Malm\u00f6 \u201cM.I.E.L.\u201c, Chateau d \u00d3rion (F) Stadtgalerie Bern (CH) The Pineapple, Malm\u00f6<br\/>1997 \u201cHolz\u201c, Nassauischer Kunstverein Wiesbaden (D) \u201cfishing for shapes\u201c, K\u00fcnstlerhaus Bethanien, Berlin \u201cSitzen\u201c, Hygienemuseum Dresden \u201cSchuhwerk\u201c, Neue Galerie Dachau (D) \u201cprivat absurdities\u201c, Galerie Gebauer, Berlin<br\/>1996 \u201cAuch wenn keiner was sagt, es wird gespielt\u201c, Podewill, Berlin \u201cNoch nie gezeigt\u201c, Berlinische Galerie im Gropiusbau, Berlin \u201cDisneyland after dark\u201c, Kunstamt Kreuzberg, Berlin \u201cMissing links\u201c, Galerie Klaus Fischer, Berlin \u201cNorthstate\u201c, Galleri Engstr\u00f6m, Stockholm \u201cEfter\u00e5rsudstillingen\u201c, Charlottenborg, Copenhagen \u201cfishing for shapes\u201c, Projektraum Voltmerstr., Hannover (D) \u201cSternkarte\u201c, St\u00e4dtische Galerie Bern (CH)<br\/>1995 \u201cUnder i Juni\u201c, Galleri Engstr\u00f6m, Stockholm Disneyland after dark, Uppsala Konstmuseum (S) \u201cSynthetic Art\u201c, Galerie Klaus Fischer, Berlin, ID Galerie, D\u00fcsseldorf (D) \u201cSeid spontan\u201c, St\u00e4dt. Galerie Schwaz, Tirol (A) \u201cInterno II\u201c, Galleria Raucci\/Santamaria, Napoli (I) <br\/>1994 \u201cArthuts\u201c, Baltic Jubilee, Malm\u00f6 \u201cSchnittstellen\u201c, 125j\u00e4hrige Jubil\u00e4umsausstellung des Heidelberger Kunstvereins (D) \u201cMultiples\u201c, NBK Berlin Galleri Engstr\u00f6m, Stockholm \u201c5 Berliner K\u00fcnstler zwischen Objekt und Skulptur\u201c, Galerie Diehl, Berlin<br\/>1993 \u201cprivat\u201c, Kunstwerke Berlin \u201ca billion trash\u201c, Gallerie Gruppe Gr\u00fcn, Bremen (D) Brandenburgische Kunstsammlungen, Cottbus (D) \u201cExchange 2\u201c, Shedhalle, Z\u00fcrich<br\/>1992 \u201cz.B.\u201c, Galerie Schneiderei, Cologne \u201c1986\u201c, Galerie Vincenz Sala, Berlin \u201cinterVIEW\u201c, The Artists Museum, Lodz (PL) Saarlandmuseum, Saarbr\u00fccken (D)<br\/>1991 \u201cCALCULI\u201c, Neuer Berliner Kunstverein, Galerie Vincenz Sala, Berlin<br\/>1990 Museum f\u00fcr das F\u00fcrstentum L\u00fcneburg (D) \u201cJetzt Berlin\u201c, Malm\u00f6 Konsthall (S)<br\/>1989 \u201cKunstpreis Junger Westen\u201c, Kunsthalle Recklinghausen (D) \u201cFu\u00dfball in der Kunst\u201c, Pfalzgalerie Kaiserslautern, Leopold-Hoesch-Museum, D\u00fcren (D)<br\/>1988 \u201c6 RICHTIGE\u201c, Katakomben Monumentenstra\u00dfe, Berlin<br\/>1987 \u201cHaus Waende \u2013 memory\u201c, Salon am Burgplatz, D\u00fcsseldorf (D)<br\/>1985 \u201cars viva\/ farbige Plastik\u201c, Skulpturenmuseum Marl, Kunstverein Flensburg, Kunsthalle Wilhelmshaven, Frankfurter Kunstverein (D) \u201cDie sich verselbstst\u00e4ndigenden M\u00f6bel\u201c, Von der Heydt Museum, Wuppertal (D) \u201cWiederer\u00f6ffnung Haus Waende\u201c, Altes Museum M\u00f6nchengladbach (D) \u201cSculpture now\u201c, Galerie Wintersberger, Wandelhalle, Cologne \u201cForum junger Kunst 85\u201c, Museum Bochum, St\u00e4dtische Galerie Wolfsburg (D)<br\/>1984 Galerie Gugu Ernesto, Cologne \u201cHaus Waende\u201c, M\u00fcnsterstr. 446, D\u00fcsseldorf (D) \u201cars viva\/ farbige Plastik\u201c, Bad. KV Karlsruhe, K\u00f6lnischer Kunstverein (D) \u201cTreppen\u201c, Galerie Gugu Ernesto, Cologne<br\/>1983 Wachsfabrik, Cologne Kurt Schleuder-Giesser empfiehlt, M\u00fcnsterstr. 446, D\u00fcsseldorf (D)<br\/>1982 Skulpturenpark Seestern, D\u00fcsseldorf (D)   <\/p>\n\n<p class=\"has-large-font-size\">Collections<\/p>\n\n<p class=\"has-small-font-size\" style=\"line-height:1.7\">Statens Konstr\u00e5d, Stockholms Konst (S), Henry Art Gallery, Seattle, WA (US), Museum f\u00fcr Konkrete Kunst, Ingolstadt (D), Berlinische Galerie Berlin (D), Brandenburgische Kunstsammlungen Cottbus (D), IFA Institut (inges idee), Moderna Museet Stockholm (D), Schyl Donation, Malm\u00f6 Konsthall (S), Konstmuseet G\u00f6theborg (S), Konstmuseum Uppsala (S)<\/p>\n\n<p class=\"has-small-font-size\" style=\"line-height:1.7\"><\/p>\n\n<p class=\"has-small-font-size\" style=\"line-height:1.7\"><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Axel Lieber uses everyday objects as reference points and alters their materiality by stripping them of their semantic content, filling the resulting voids with new meanings. In doing so, he creates synesthetic overlaps and oppositions that seem to animate the sculptures and draw the viewer into an intimate sphere. 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