Opening Thursday, 9.05.2024, 6 p.m. to 9 p.m.
Exhibition running from 10.05. until 12.05.2024
Open: Friday, Saturday, Sunday from 3 p.m. to 7 p.m.
RETRAMP Gallery
Reuterstr.62
12047 Berlin
www.retramp.com
The solo exhibition “Sign of Life (Lebenszeichen)“, by sculptor and performer Thomas Bratzke aka ZASD presents a selection of drawings and sculptures that primarily testify an examination of the constant of change. Together, they represent a collection of deliberately formed, existential new beginnings and represent ZASD’s prevailing search for an image yet to be discovered, embodying the temporal infinity of a moment that is not influenced by the past nor the future.
ZASD’s scripts were envisioned a long time ago and stand here alongside current works. Arising from the roots of handwriting, the “manus”, and the calligraphic gesture of the dancing lines of “gestus”, his written and drawn works on paper penetrate space through a manipulation of surface.
His sculptures made out of geometric pieces of ceramics form a space, which he in turn paints, labels and therein “christens”.
Curated by Katia Hermann.
About the artist
Thomas Bratzke aka ZASD is a sculptor and performer from Berlin (*1977). Bratzke has been working on the development of transgressive, artistic works based on writing and graffiti since the early 2000s, such as his large-format plastic “3D tags” installed in the city. In the areas of urban calligraphy, writing as social sculpture (as with the project “City of Names” 2005 as part of the
exhibition Backjumps Live Issue #2 on Mariannenplatz, Berlin) and performances with the Berlin collective “Jazzstylecorner” and “RZM ( RitscheZasdMarien), he has developed an internationally recognized artistic position. Since 2019 he has been part of the “Hybrid Sculptors” with
performances at the ZKM Karlsruhe, Biesdorf Castle, Kunstquartier Bethanien and Urban Nation.
Thomas Bratzke has exhibited installations, performance art, sculptures and drawings in Berlin, New York, Tokyo and in many cities throughout Germany and Europe. The publication “Knowing ZASD by His Walk” (Document Press, 2016, Berlin) provides an overview of his work up to 2016.
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