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Yvonne Lee Schultz – Artist Statement
Porcelain Pistols
The table is a meeting point of society and becomes decorated. It is an old custom to use common traditional tableware and porcelain figures.
The Porcelain Pistols become part of this culture and are perfectly integrated into the well-known tableware by their patterns and material. They completely blend in the setting with the shining surface of the porcelain together with the beauty of the hand painted traditional patterns.
The complacence of the pleasing arrangements becomes perplexingly broken by the form of the weapon. And suddenly we can associate the different aspects of the sexes – the perfection of engineering and technology, and the weapon as an instrument of power and politics for those of the traditional men's world, and the decorative home, beauty and seduction combined in the object of the porcelain pistol for those aspects of the women's world:.
The set table with usually offers cakes, tea and coffee for a lazily chatty afternoon now unifies luxury, death and beauty.
Coffee table gatherings represent a place where society can deal, make promises, bargain at the table, enforce political intentions, negotiate and probate disputes, claim for shares, increase stocks, reinstate power and areas of responsibility, fight domestic quarrels, as well as family rows. The pistols seek to symbolize a society which it is commonly deals with aggression and violence.
The Porcelain Pistols have the form of the PP/K and P 99, and show a shiny white surface. They are unique specimen in a series .
Each pistol is hand painted with different motifs referring to the classical well known German and Austrian dinnerware, e.g.: Blue Onion, Scattered Flowers, Golden Rim, Bouquet, Red Rose. All are marked with YLS, the initials of the artist.
There are two forms made from the original models of Karl Walther, Ulm:
The PP/K, the smaller one (James Bond)
The P/99, the bigger one of the more modern design
The artwork is 17% smaller as the original model due to the burning process
Front side and back side of the Porcelain Pistols are painted differently.
The title of the Pistols refer to their original designation and their artistic realization in porcelain. E.g.:
PP/99/ D ("Dandelion")
PP/F ("Feather")
Resumé
1966 born in Berkeley, Cal. USA
1995/96 Masterstudent of Prof. Markus Lüpertz/
Diploma of the Academy, Kunstakademie Düsseldorf
Solo exhibitions (selection)
1995 Sky of the World, 23.3.93, CEBit ‘95 under the Protectorat of
Sprengel Museum, Hannover (Catalogue), supported by VEBA.com and the worldwide studios of WDR/ARD
1996 sky flag: Dome Cologne, Römer Frankfurt, Wuppertal, Hamburg,
Bonn, Dresden, Kunstverein Düsseldorf, Naumburg, Odeonsplatz
Munich
Sky of the World, 8. Mai 1995, Sydney Biennale ‘96, Australian
Center of Photography, Sydney,
1998 sky in space, Museum Baden, Solingen
1999 Maler-Himmel, Goethe Institut, Budapest,
2000 Horizont, 19.12.98, Sprengel Museum Hannover, Catalogue,
2003 driven, Galerie Tanit, München
2005 Galerie Stefan Denninger, Berlin
2006 Zagreus Projekt, Berlin
Group exhibitions (selection) and scholarships
1992 Trinationale, Langas Galerie, Vilnius, Lithuania
AVE Int. Audio- und Videofestival Arnhem, The Netherlands
1993 13. Int. Video Festival, Tokio
European Video Festival, Bologna, Italy
1994 short film days , Oberhausen, Prize German Competition
1995 Museum am Ostwall, Dortmund
1996 New York travel scholarship
Museum Ludwig, Cologne
1997 Palazzo degli Affari, Florence
1998 Laut-Malerei, Kunsthalle Wuppertal (Catalogue)
scharf, Museum Baden, Solingen
1999 Sterben, Tod, Gedenken, Von der Heydt-Museum: Christ church, Wuppertal
53. Bergischer Kunstpreis, Museum Baden, Solingen
sleep city, sub 11, temporärer Projektraum, Munich
2000 petit fours, der spiegel, Künstlerwerkstatt Lothringer Str., Munich
Himmelfahrt, Diözesanmuseum Freising (Catalogue)
Internationaler Art Award 2000, Kunstverein Hürth (Catalogue)
2001 1 year scholarship, Stiftung Kunstfonds Bonn
Lucas-Cranach-Preis, Kronach
2002 bauLab., Kunstnernes Hus, Oslo
home speed home, Galerie Pankow, Berlin
abgedreht, neon installation, Water tower, Wesel
Rhytmen der Nacht, Galerie Markus Wimmer, Landshut
2003 About Painting in Photography, Galerie Carol Johnssen, Munich
Überfluss, Wasserspeicher Prenzlauer Berg, Berlin
Spuren, collection of ADAC, Landesmuseum Baden-Württemberg, Stuttgart
Sitzkunst, wandering exhibition in Germany, start Messe Köln, artwork in collection NORD/LB
2004 strip, Wilhelm-Hack-Musseum: Scharpf Galerie, Ludwigshafen, with C. Desgranges
strip, Städtische Galerie Neunkirchen, with C. Desgranges
2005 Galerie Wäcker & Jordanow, Munich
Wilhelm-Hack-Museum: Scharpf Galerie, Ludwigshafen
Art and Architecture /Site Specific Works
2001 VW, Wolfsburg, indoor
2002 Water tower, Wesel, (temp.) outdoor
2004 NORD/LB, New York, indoor
2004 European Patent Office, entrance hall, Munich, indoor
2007 March: Realisation of the project of competition of the BDI (Cultural
Committee of German Industries), Erholungshaus, Bayer-Leverkusen
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