meet your idol

ARTISTS:
Helene Hellmich with, on, via Eva Barto, Sophie Calle, Kevin Kemter, Manfred Pernice, Anna Oppermann, Jonas Mekas, Joëlle Tuerlinckx and more.

19 September – 18 October 2014
insitu, Berlin

From all-time superstars to small and humble role-models, personal idols take many different forms, giving us something to be awed by and aspire to. For «Framework 3: meet your idol», insitu has invited the German artist Helene Hellmich to reflect on those who have influenced her practice and to present her work alongside theirs.

The presentation at insitu is a coherent ensemble that includes the work of her so-called idols. The artists and art pieces are invited into a dialogue with Hellmich’s artistic practice as well as each other. Their display not only offers keys to understanding Hellmich’s practice, but Hellmich creates an intervention that interweaves the work of her idols with her own.

CURATORS:
Marie Graftieaux, Nora Mayr, Lauren Reid (as insitu)

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Front left: Helene Hellmich «Contents: Joelle Tuerlinckx» (2014); front right: Kevin Kemter «Ohne Titel» (2014)

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From left to right: Helene Hellmich «Contents: Joelle Tuerlinckx» (2014); Manfred Pernice «Untitled (cassette 18)» (2013)

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Helene Hellmich «Computer Contents , 19.06.14, 17:56:01» (2014)

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From left to right: Helene Hellmich «Computer Contents , 19.06.14, 17:56:01» (2014); Sophie Calle «Mother Father Son Nr 483 elements» (1990)

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Helene Hellmich«Computer Contents , 19.06.14, 17:56:01» (2014); down: Kevin Kemter «Ohne Titel» (2014); right: Helene Hellmich «Books/Bücher/Livres» (2014)

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From left to right: Helene Hellmich «Video Jonas Mekas (neue Bildschirmaufnahme)» (2014); Kevin Kemter «Ohne Titel» (2014).

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Helene Hellmich «Gedankenkarten» (2014); Pen on shelf made out of lead: Eva Barto «Regrets» (2014)

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Helene Hellmich «Gedankenkarten» (2014)