“Giving form to a force without doing violence to it” – this is how Jutta Körner describes the intention and inspiration of her artistic work: The freelance artist, who has a studio in the Reismühle Gauting, creates sculptures and objects made of clay and bronze, which through their archaic Forces in form and material act. Together with the painter and graphic artist Judith Jansen, Körner is now presenting their works in the “Treffpunkt Kunst” gallery in Ottobrunn. In her pictures, Jansen, who lives in Munich, presents life scenes and avatars that she was inspired by a photo of her grandmother: The art project of her fictional messages won the 2020 competition “What color does the future have” at the Munich Künstlerhaus as an installation.
The Kunstverein Ottobrunn is also opening its 2022 exhibition season with this show of works. Jansen and Körner’s works have been on display since the beginning of March, but the actual vernissage will take place this Saturday, March 12, starting at 3 p.m. The audience will be welcomed by the new chairman Rainer Binsch, the introduction will be given by Anna Arndt, the association’s artistic director. She is currently on the board alongside Binsch and treasurer Elke Schäffer-Lürssen. In addition, there is Sabine Zacharski as third chairwoman, like Binsch she is co-opted chairwoman, which means: You are appointed on a temporary basis and have to be confirmed by an election at a regular general meeting, which is expected to take place on May 10th. Elfie Bilger, who initially stepped in as co-optation co-chair after the surprising resignation of the previous short-term chairmen Jörg and Domenika Egerer in December, has already withdrawn from her position. Apparently she wants to focus more on her artistic work and build “her own small gallery” with other artists, as Binsch reveals.
Binsch, himself an architect and painter, no longer wants to look back on the eventful year 2021, but has a lot planned for his fellow campaigners. This includes a new rule for the exhibitors: “We now insist that the artists, as far as possible, are present during the opening times,” explains Binsch. Other plans include activating the sculpture garden around the corner from the gallery more strongly again, making the park in question more accessible or optimizing the outdoor advertising, i.e. also presenting itself as a gallery more visibly in the town centre; it is rather hidden on the side of the town hall building. In any case, the support for the club from local politicians is there – including Mayor Thomas Loderer (CSU). “He said he was happy to have us,” said Binsch.
The exhibition is open on Thursdays and Fridays from 3 p.m. to 6 p.m. and on Saturdays from 10 a.m. to 1 p.m. It ends on March 26th, when there is also a finissage, beginning at 10 a.m. with the two artists.