Philipp Modersohn

In his multidisciplinary practice, Philipp Modersohn highlights the vibrancy of all terrestrial matter. In his animated films, various non-human, often inorganic actors appear, stones, shells, plastics, etc., which tell of their existence and of their view of things, not least in relation to the human influence on their respective habitats. In his sculptures, which are mainly made of sediments and other originally earthbound materials, Modersohn emphasises the beauty of the fragile, drawing on the decisive shaping forces on our planet: pressure and heat. The works oscillate between indoor and outdoor objects and often have an architectural and design reference. Moreover, in both his sculptures and his films, Modersohn often makes use of contemporary appropriation of Baroque motifs to question the future of art-making in the age of the late Anthropocene.

Works
Biography
Exhibitions
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the witness interview, 2020

Philipp Modersohn

Video, colour, sound, 3:08 min

Bad Land Gut, 2022

Philipp Modersohn

Exhibition view
Terra incognita – Fragen an die Erde, Lantz´scher Skulpturenpark, Düsseldorf

Bad Land Gut, 2022

Philipp Modersohn

Exhibition view
Terra incognita – Fragen an die Erde, Lantz´scher Skulpturenpark, Düsseldorf

topiary light V, 2021

Philipp Modersohn

PET, PMMA, gravel, steel, concrete, LED light
170 x 54 x 50 cm

Still from: a reporting rock, 2020

Philipp Modersohn

Video, colour, sound, 5:55 min

décor dance (red), 2020

Philipp Modersohn

Mirror, quartz sand, pebble stones, steel, epoxy resin
53 x 63 x 18 cm

attitudes of heat, 2020

Exhibition view
Galerie Guido W. Baudach

Philipp Modersohn

a reporting rock, 2020

Philipp Modersohn

Exhibition view 'Etwas mehr als Arbeit'
Kunstverein Göttingen

a reporting rock, 2020

Philipp Modersohn

Exhibition view 'Etwas mehr als Arbeit'
Kunstverein Göttingen

lusty land, 2019

Philipp Modersohn

Steel, thin-bed mortar, sand, mirrors, glass, pebble stones
79 x 76 x 65 cm

The autonomous algae facility, 2020

Philipp Modersohn

Exhibition view
Kunstverein St. Pauli, Hamburg

Bautec3, 2018

Philipp Modersohn

Rollers, Asilikos, epoxy resin, steel, sand, gravel, stones, asphalt, glass, pigment
90 x 120 x 135 cm

Fungi Flushy, 2018

Philipp Modersohn

Exhibition view
Ku‘damm Karree Berlin

Si02go (street), 2017

Philipp Modersohn

Safety glass, asphalt, crayon, pebble, quartz sand, iron, epoxy resin
96 x 134 x 12 cm

triple P heute, 2017

Philipp Modersohn

Polyethylene, acrylic glass
107 x 10 x 12 cm

vista (infinity), 2017

Philipp Modersohn

Steel, hard ferrite, rubber, stone and glass
113 x 63 x 51 cm

Materina (Louis), 2017

Philipp Modersohn

Steel, concrete, space blanket, quartz sand, soil, clay granulate, thin-bed mortar, coconut fiber, wood fibre
180 x 45 x 45 cm

halo heap III, 2017

Philipp Modersohn

LED light, plexiglass, coated steel, concrete, silicone
18 x 32 x 32 cm

verbacken & verwittern, 2016

Philipp Modersohn

Exhibition view
Oldenburger Kunstverein

Loungeset 'Torba', 2016

Philipp Modersohn

Exhibition view
Oldenburger Kunstverein

bigger than a second, 2017

Philipp Modersohn

Glass, epoxy resin, quartz sand, stone
34 x 34 x 4 cm

Turbulenzen im Teich, 2015

Philipp Modersohn

Exhibition view
Galerie Guido W. Baudach

Floating XV, 2015

Philipp Modersohn

Concrete, glass, quartz sand, potash, soda
42,5 x 31,5 x 5 cm

Pilestone Primavera (Basalt), 2015

Philipp Modersohn

Thin-bed mortar, concrete, basalt flour, silicone, potting soil
70 x ∅ 75 cm

Allround Manege, 2015

Philipp Modersohn

Video, sound, floor projection
14:40 min

Couverture, 2015

Philipp Modersohn

Thin-bed mortar, sand, wood, glass
40 x 28 x 8 cm

Punktierungskörper, 2014

Philipp Modersohn

Pigmented concrete, polyamide, cork, lime hydrate
76 x 21 x 21 cm

Stracciatella Plateau, 2013

Philipp Modersohn

Pigmented concrete, glass
44 x 128 x 80 cm

born 1986 in Bremen
lives and works in Berlin

2007–2013	Bildende Kunst, Universität der Künste, Berlin
2009–2010	Visual Arts, Columbia University, New York
2006–2007	Study of Philosophy, Universität Potsdam

Solo Exhibitions

2022
The Selfish Shellfish, Galerie Guido W. Baudach, Berlin

2020
attitudes of heat, Galerie Guido W. Baudach, Berlin

2017
SiO2go, Galerie Guido W. Baudach, Berlin

2016
BLOCKPARADE, Bernhard-Brasch-Platz, Neuruppin, Germany
verbacken & verwittern, Oldenburger Kunstverein, Oldenburg, Germany
Loose Container, Galerie Karin Guenther, Hamburg, Germany

2015
Turbulenzen im Teich, Galerie Guido W. Baudach, Berlin

Group Exhibitions

2022
Terra incognita – Fragen an die Erde, Lantz´scher Skulpturenpark, Düsseldorf, Germany
'Identity not Proven' New acquisitions in the federal collection, Bundeskunsthalle, Bonn, Germany
A Stick in the Forest, LABINAC, Naples, Italy
AS IF EVERYTHING IS FOREVER - about processes and non-belonging, Kühlhaus Berlin

2021
Act 1, A piece of furniture, Berlin
Visible Invisible, Barbé Urbain Gallery, Gent, Belgium

2020
Etwas mehr als Arbeit, Kunstverein Goettingen, Germany
Welt in Teilen, Kunstverein St. Pauli, Heiligengeistfeld Hamburg, Germany
BROKEN - Light shines through, Callie's, Berlin

2018
Manifestations, Galerie Guido W. Baudach, Berlin
Ich bin ein Riss, ich will durch Wände gehen - Sammlung Peters-Messer und Miettinen Collection, Salon Dahlmann, Berlin
In media res curated by Guido W. Baudach, Hiromi Yoshii, Tokyo
Ausstellen des Ausstellens, Staatliche Kunsthalle Baden-Baden, Baden-Baden, Germany
Foutain of Youth, ESPE Academy De Rouen, Mont-Saint-Aignan, France

2017
Fountain of Youth, Reiter Galerie, Leipzig, Germany

2014
Die Punktierung der Sphärenarena, Correction Lines, Tiergarten, Berlin
Spacerologia, Ego Gallery, Poznan, Poland
Object and Environment, Galerie Guido W. Baudach, Berlin