Verena Issel

Antikensammlung

Kunstverein Springhornhof, Neuenkirchen, Germany

Antikensammlung is a collection of rather bad paintings of classical artworks. It’s connected to the installation Schnuckentempel, which you can also find on this homepage. Both installations playfully imitate classical art and, in doing so, offer a cheeky greeting to the rather conservative—but charming—federal state of Lower Saxony (Niedersachsen), where the museum hosting this exhibition is located.

I love being a northern soul ;) and I spent seven years of my life studying for a master of classical philology. So yes... oops.

INGREDIENTS:

Vessel I
Vessel II
Vessel III
Vessel
Bottle
Bottle II
Tiger Vessels
Vessel IV
Untitled
Untitled
Tennisschläger
Shapenet
Kunstraub
Untitled

Antikensammlung 2021, various works, dimensions variable,
object in the middle:
Kunstraub
2021, wood stain and Styrofoam on wood, 100 × 140 cm,
Installation view Kunstverein Springhornhof
Photo: Fred Dott, Hamburg

Vessel I-III
2021, wood stain and acrylics on wood, each 60 × 60 cm
Photo: Fred Dott, Hamburg

(left to right)
Bottle
2021, pipe cleaners on cardboard, 70 × 50 cm,
Bottle II
2021, 80 × 60 cm, mesh and yarn
Vessel IV
wood stain and acrylics on wood, 60 × 60 cm
Photo: Fred Dott, Hamburg

Vessel I-III
2021, wood stain and acrylics on wood, each 60 × 60 cm
Photo: Fred Dott, Hamburg

Antikensammlung
2021, (left) Shapenet, 2021, rope and net, 45 × 190 cm,
(right) Untitled, 2021, pipe cleanser and plastic, 60 × 90 cm,
Installation view Kunstverein Springhornhof
Photo: Fred Dott, Hamburg

Vessel
2021, pipe cleaners and laquer on cardboard, 70 × 50 cm
Photo: Fred Dott, Hamburg

Tiger Vessels
wood stain and acrylics on wood with pool noodles, 140 × 140 cm
Photo: Fred Dott, Hamburg