Gletscherbachfloß (Glacial-river-raft)
Helen Mirra
Jan. 30 until Apr. 17, 2021
Presented by Meyer Riegger in Karlsruhe
In Helen Mirra's artworks various media convene: textile, language, film and sound have participated in a conceptual meeting with classical genres such as sculpture, painting and drawing. Mirra has developed a reduced language of images and objects, accompanied by an abstract linking to our/her surroundings. She also creates references to a reality which lies outside of the work, reconstructing movement through time and space.
Gletscherbachfloß (Glacial-river-raft) is a summary of works from the past twenty-three years by Mirra that relate to water. Not only as a fluid or frozen element but also as a socio-poetic statement.
“I love weather. I live in the weather. I don't try to change it - and of course it changes. I don't try to get away from it. I pay attention to it. I respect it. One could also say, I am weather. That sounds more strange, but it resolves the need to explain the relationship. I don't think the works demand attention simply by their presence. They can be attended to, or they can be ignored. Somebody who is shouting demands attention, and it is difficult to ignore them, especially if they are nearby. Somebody who is speaking at a normal volume, you can either listen to them, or not. This is my interest anyway - to not-demand.“
(Mirra, Helen. in: „This is my interest anyway - to not-demand.“, interview with Zoë Dankert, Metropolis M, September 8, 2017.)
This exhibition is currently on view at Meyer Riegger in Karlsruhe (Klauprechtstr. 22). For more information about the works on view, please contact info@meyer-riegger.de


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Helen Mirra Map of 1°S 127°W, 2000 ink on paper 70 x 90 cm Photo: © Lukas Giesler

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Helen Mirra Map of parallel 81° N at a scale of one foot to one degree, 2002 16 mm print color, silent, 11 minutes watercolor on acetate 360'

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Helen Mirra Gletscher, 2021 wall painting Ed. of 3 Photo: © Lukas Giesler

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Helen Mirra Aprilo, 2020 linen, wool, silk 69 x 30 x 1 cm Photo: © Matthias Lindner, Berlin

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Helen Mirra 81° N, 2002 16 mm film 11:00 min Ed. of 3, no. 2/3

Helen Mirra Along, Below, 1999 vinyl record in handprinted cover 28 x 28 cm Photo: © Lukas Giesler
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Helen Mirra Portable Deck, 1998 corduroy, wool 300 x 300 cm Photo: © Lukas Giesler


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Helen Mirra 59°S Parallel at a scale of one inch to one degree longitude, 2000 watercolour on cotton 16 mm x 360 inch 87°S Parallel at a scale of one inch to one degree longitude, 2000 watercolour on cotton 16 mm x 360 inch

Helen Mirra 59°S Parallel at a scale of one inch to one degree longitude, 2000 watercolour on cotton 16 mm x 360 inch 87°S Parallel at a scale of one inch to one degree longitude, 2000 watercolour on cotton 16 mm x 360 inch


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Helen Mirra Augŭsto, 2019 linen 63,5 x 32 x 1 cm Photo: © Matthias Lindner, Berlin


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Helen Mirra
Herringfleet, 2004
ink on cotton
16 mm x 90 cm
Photo: © Lukas Giesler

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Helen Mirra Herringfleet, 2004 ink on cotton 16 mm x 90 cm Photo: © Lukas Giesler