Mathias Poledna

“Estate”

2 December 2015 -
30 January 2016
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Mathias Poledna
Estate

 

2. Dezember 2015
- 30. Januar 2016
Neven-DuMont-Straße 17
& Elisenstrasse 4-6

 

Imitation of Life ist eine filmische Arbeit und Installation des Künstlers Mathias Poledna aus dem Jahr 2013. Der etwa dreiminütige 35-mm-Farbfilm wurde in der historischen, arbeitsintensiven Technik eines handgefertigten Zeichentrickfilms produziert und präsentiert eine neu entwickelte Cartoon-Figur im Zentrum eines Musikstückes.

 

Die animierte Atmosphäre und visuelle Textur der Arbeit erinnert an die Hochzeit der amerikanischen Trickfilmindustrie in den späten 1930er- und frühen 1940er-Jahren. Diese hatte sich während und im Nachlauf der großen Depression innerhalb nur weniger Jahre von einer einfachen Form des Massenspektakels zu einem Medium mit einer äußerst reichen und komplexen Bildsprache entwickelt, die unsere kollektive Vorstellungswelt bis heute nachhaltig prägt.

 

Imitation of Life eignet sich diese Sprache an, montiert sie neu und greift zugleich die Wider-sprüchlichkeiten und Ambiguitäten auf, die das Medium seit seinen Anfängen begleiten. Modernste Produktionsmethoden und ein visueller Reichtum, der vielfach der Syntax der europäischen Moderne und ihrem Umgang mit Oberfläche, Tiefe und Farbe geschuldet war und von der damaligen Avantgarde und kritischen Intelligenz gepriesen wurde, koexistierten in ihr mit sentimentalen Charakteren und der Märchen- und Fabelwelt entlehnten erzählerischen Formen.

 

Zu den besonderen Eigenschaften des Films zählt der außerordentliche Kontrast zwischen der Prägnanz der Szene und dem enormen Arbeitsaufwand, der für ihre Herstellung eingesetzt wurde: Mehr als 5.000 handgezeichnete Skizzen, Layouts, Zeichnungen, aquarellierte Hintergründe und Tuschezeichnungen auf Folie entstanden dafür in engster Zusammenarbeit mit namhaften KünstlerInnen aus den Animationsabteilungen von Filmstudios in Los Angeles, insbesondere Disney.

 

Der Soundtrack, ein zentrales Element in der Produktionsgeschichte der Arbeit, verbindet für das Projekt komponierte Originalmusik mit einem neuen Arrangement eines populären Songs der 1930er-Jahre von Arthur Freed und Herb Nacio Brown und wurde in voller Orchestrierung im Stil der Zeit auf einer historischen Scoring Stage der Warner Brothers Studios in Los Angeles eingespielt.

 

Im Kontext ihrer Präsentation in Venedig ermöglicht Polednas Installation ein komplexes Gegenlesen mit anderen historischen Momenten: dem Verhältnis von europäischer Kunst und amerikanischer Massenkultur, europäischer Emigration in die Vereinigten Staaten und amerikanischen Exporten nach Europa, der Präsentation von Filmen der Disney Studios bei den ersten Filmfestspielen von Venedig, der spätmodernistischen Architektur des österreichischen Pavillons sowie der Zeit von 1938 bis 1942, als das Gebäude leer stand, während österreichische KünstlerInnen ihre Arbeiten im deutschen Pavillon ausstellten.

 

Neben der Auseinandersetzung mit Animation verarbeitet Imitation of Life in seiner flüchtigen Szenenfolge auch andere Elemente aus der frühen Unterhaltungsgeschichte, von Varieté und Stummfilmkomödien bis hin zu Filmmusicals, und bedient sich zugleich verschiedener künstlerischer Formen zwischen Film, Musik, Malerei und Literatur. Polednas Arbeit folgt damit der synergistischen Logik ihres Mediums, entzieht sich jedoch einem nahtlosen Ganzen und erscheint auf diese Weise gleichermaßen fremd und gänzlich wiedererkennbar.

 

Pressetext: Mathias Poledna, Imitation of Life, Österreichischer Pavilion,
55. Esposizione d’Arte Internationale, La Biennale di Venezia, 1. Juni - 24. November 2013

Mathias Poledna
Estate

 

2 December 2015
- 30 January 2016
Neven-DuMont-Straße 17
& Elisenstrasse 4-6

 

Imitation of Life is a film work and installation by the artist Mathias Poledna produced in 2013. A 35mm color film roughly three minutes in length, Imitation of Life was produced using the historic, labor-intensive technique of handmade animation and is built around a cartoon character performing a musical number.

 

Its buoyant spirit and visual texture evoke the Golden Era of the American animation industry during the late 1930s and early 1940s. In the preceding years, the time of the Great Depression, the medium had evolved from a crude form of mass spectacle into a visual language of enormous richness and complexity that shaped and continues to resonate in our collective imaginary.

 

Imitation of Life appropriates and reassembles this language as it revisits the contradictions and ambiguities that accompanied the medium’s development. Advanced methods of production and visual ingenuity - indebted to the syntax of European modernism in its handling of surface, depth and color, and lauded by the avantgarde and critic intelligence of the time - coexisted with sentimental characterization and storytelling based on age-old fables and fairy tales.

 

Among the most pronounced features of the film is the extreme contrast between the conciseness of its scene, and the extraordinary amount of labor that went into its creation: more than 5,000 handmade sketches, layouts, animation drawings, watercolored backgrounds and ink-rendered animation cells, produced in close cooperation with acclaimed artists from the animation departments of film studios in Los Angeles, most notably Disney.

 

The soundtrack, another key element of the production, was recorded with a full orchestra in the style of the period at the Warner Brothers scoring stage in Los Angeles. It combines new original music created specifically for this project with a re-arrangement of a popular song from the 1930s written by Arthur Freed and Nacio Herb Brown.

 

Presented in Venice, Poledna‘s installation allows for a complex cross-reading with other episodes from this period: the relationship between European art and American mass culture; European emigration to the United States and American export to Europe; the presentation of animated films produced by the Disney Studios at the first film festivals in Venice; the late modernism of the Austrian Pavilion, and the period from 1938 to 1942 during which the building remained empty while Austrian artists exhibited in the German Pavilion.

 

Beyond its engagement with animation, Imitation of Life incorporates into its fleeting narrative a number of other elements from the early history of entertainment, such as Vaudeville, silent comedy and film musicals, and form diverse artistic forms including film, music, painting and literature. But even while it subscribes to the synergistic logic of its medium, the film deliberately eschews a seamless whole, remaining at once alien and utterly recognizable.

 

press release: Mathias Poledna, Imitation of Life, Austrian Pavilion
55. Esposizione d’Arte Internationale, La Biennale di Venezia, 1 June - 24 November 2013

Mathias Poledna

“Estate”
24 November 2015 -
30 January 2016

Mathias Poledna

“Estate”
installation view Galerie Buchholz, Köln 2015

Mathias Poledna

“Estate”
installation view Galerie Buchholz, Köln 2015

Mathias Poledna

“Estate”
installation view Galerie Buchholz, Köln 2015

Mathias Poledna

“Untitled (animation drawing)”, 2013
33 parts, graphite and red pencil on punched 16 field animation bond paper
each 34.3 x 41.9 cm (framed each 43 x 51 cm)

Mathias Poledna

“Untitled (animation drawing)”, 2013
33 parts, graphite and red pencil on punched 16 field animation bond paper
each 34.3 x 41.9 cm (framed each 43 x 51 cm)

Mathias Poledna

“Untitled (animation drawing)”, 2013
33 parts, graphite and red pencil on punched 16 field animation bond paper
each 34.3 x 41.9 cm (framed each 43 x 51 cm)

Mathias Poledna

“Untitled (animation drawing)”, 2013
33 parts, graphite and red pencil on punched 16 field animation bond paper
each 34.3 x 41.9 cm (framed each 43 x 51 cm)

Mathias Poledna

“Untitled (animation drawing)”, 2013
33 parts, graphite and red pencil on punched 16 field animation bond paper
each 34.3 x 41.9 cm (framed each 43 x 51 cm)

Mathias Poledna

“Untitled (animation drawing)”, 2013
33 parts, graphite and red pencil on punched 16 field animation bond paper
each 34.3 x 41.9 cm (framed each 43 x 51 cm)

Mathias Poledna

“Untitled (animation drawing)”, 2013
33 parts, graphite and red pencil on punched 16 field animation bond paper
each 34.3 x 41.9 cm (framed each 43 x 51 cm)

Mathias Poledna

“Untitled (animation drawing)”, 2013
33 parts, graphite and red pencil on punched 16 field animation bond paper
each 34.3 x 41.9 cm (framed each 43 x 51 cm)

Mathias Poledna

“Untitled (animation drawing)”, 2013
33 parts, graphite and red pencil on punched 16 field animation bond paper
each 34.3 x 41.9 cm (framed each 43 x 51 cm)

Mathias Poledna

“Untitled (animation drawing)”, 2013
33 parts, graphite and red pencil on punched 16 field animation bond paper
each 34.3 x 41.9 cm (framed each 43 x 51 cm)

Mathias Poledna

“Untitled (animation drawing)”, 2013
33 parts, graphite and red pencil on punched 16 field animation bond paper
each 34.3 x 41.9 cm (framed each 43 x 51 cm)

Mathias Poledna

“Untitled (animation drawing)”, 2013
33 parts, graphite and red pencil on punched 16 field animation bond paper
each 34.3 x 41.9 cm (framed each 43 x 51 cm)

Mathias Poledna

“Untitled (animation drawing)”, 2013
33 parts, graphite and red pencil on punched 16 field animation bond paper
each 34.3 x 41.9 cm (framed each 43 x 51 cm)

Mathias Poledna

“Untitled (animation drawing)”, 2013
33 parts, graphite and red pencil on punched 16 field animation bond paper
each 34.3 x 41.9 cm (framed each 43 x 51 cm)

Mathias Poledna

“Untitled (animation drawing)”, 2013
33 parts, graphite and red pencil on punched 16 field animation bond paper
each 34.3 x 41.9 cm (framed each 43 x 51 cm)

Mathias Poledna

“Untitled (animation drawing)”, 2013
33 parts, graphite and red pencil on punched 16 field animation bond paper
each 34.3 x 41.9 cm (framed each 43 x 51 cm)

Mathias Poledna

“Untitled (animation drawing)”, 2013
33 parts, graphite and red pencil on punched 16 field animation bond paper
each 34.3 x 41.9 cm (framed each 43 x 51 cm)

Mathias Poledna

“Untitled (animation drawing)”, 2013
33 parts, graphite and red pencil on punched 16 field animation bond paper
each 34.3 x 41.9 cm (framed each 43 x 51 cm)

Mathias Poledna

“Untitled (animation drawing)”, 2013
33 parts, graphite and red pencil on punched 16 field animation bond paper
each 34.3 x 41.9 cm (framed each 43 x 51 cm)

Mathias Poledna

“Untitled (animation drawing)”, 2013
33 parts, graphite and red pencil on punched 16 field animation bond paper
each 34.3 x 41.9 cm (framed each 43 x 51 cm)

Mathias Poledna

“Untitled (animation drawing)”, 2013
33 parts, graphite and red pencil on punched 16 field animation bond paper
each 34.3 x 41.9 cm (framed each 43 x 51 cm)

Mathias Poledna

“Untitled (animation drawing)”, 2013
33 parts, graphite and red pencil on punched 16 field animation bond paper
each 34.3 x 41.9 cm (framed each 43 x 51 cm)

Mathias Poledna

“Untitled (animation drawing)”, 2013
33 parts, graphite and red pencil on punched 16 field animation bond paper
each 34.3 x 41.9 cm (framed each 43 x 51 cm)

Mathias Poledna

“Untitled (animation drawing)”, 2013
33 parts, graphite and red pencil on punched 16 field animation bond paper
each 34.3 x 41.9 cm (framed each 43 x 51 cm)

Mathias Poledna

“Untitled (animation drawing)”, 2013
33 parts, graphite and red pencil on punched 16 field animation bond paper
each 34.3 x 41.9 cm (framed each 43 x 51 cm)

Mathias Poledna

“Untitled (animation drawing)”, 2013
33 parts, graphite and red pencil on punched 16 field animation bond paper
each 34.3 x 41.9 cm (framed each 43 x 51 cm)

Mathias Poledna

“Untitled (animation drawing)”, 2013
33 parts, graphite and red pencil on punched 16 field animation bond paper
each 34.3 x 41.9 cm (framed each 43 x 51 cm)

Mathias Poledna

“Untitled (animation drawing)”, 2013
33 parts, graphite and red pencil on punched 16 field animation bond paper
each 34.3 x 41.9 cm (framed each 43 x 51 cm)

Mathias Poledna

“Untitled (animation drawing)”, 2013
33 parts, graphite and red pencil on punched 16 field animation bond paper
each 34.3 x 41.9 cm (framed each 43 x 51 cm)

Mathias Poledna

“Untitled (animation drawing)”, 2013
33 parts, graphite and red pencil on punched 16 field animation bond paper
each 34.3 x 41.9 cm (framed each 43 x 51 cm)

Mathias Poledna

“Untitled (animation drawing)”, 2013
33 parts, graphite and red pencil on punched 16 field animation bond paper
each 34.3 x 41.9 cm (framed each 43 x 51 cm)

Mathias Poledna

“Untitled (animation drawing)”, 2013
33 parts, graphite and red pencil on punched 16 field animation bond paper
each 34.3 x 41.9 cm (framed each 43 x 51 cm)

Mathias Poledna

“Untitled (animation drawing)”, 2013
33 parts, graphite and red pencil on punched 16 field animation bond paper
each 34.3 x 41.9 cm (framed each 43 x 51 cm)

Mathias Poledna

“Untitled (animation drawing)”,
2013 - 2015
44 parts, graphite and red pencil on punched 16 field animation bond paper
each 34,3 x 41,9 cm (framed each 43 x 51 cm)

Mathias Poledna

“Untitled (animation drawing)”,
2013 - 2015
44 parts, graphite and red pencil on punched 16 field animation bond paper
each 34,3 x 41,9 cm (framed each 43 x 51 cm)

Mathias Poledna

“Untitled (animation drawing)”,
2013 - 2015
44 parts, graphite and red pencil on punched 16 field animation bond paper
each 34,3 x 41,9 cm (framed each 43 x 51 cm)

Mathias Poledna

“Untitled (animation drawing)”,
2013 - 2015
44 parts, graphite and red pencil on punched 16 field animation bond paper
each 34,3 x 41,9 cm (framed each 43 x 51 cm)

Mathias Poledna

“Untitled (animation drawing)”,
2013 - 2015
44 parts, graphite and red pencil on punched 16 field animation bond paper
each 34,3 x 41,9 cm (framed each 43 x 51 cm)

Mathias Poledna

“Untitled (animation drawing)”,
2013 - 2015
44 parts, graphite and red pencil on punched 16 field animation bond paper
each 34,3 x 41,9 cm (framed each 43 x 51 cm)

Mathias Poledna

“Untitled (animation drawing)”,
2013 - 2015
44 parts, graphite and red pencil on punched 16 field animation bond paper
each 34,3 x 41,9 cm (framed each 43 x 51 cm)

Mathias Poledna

“Untitled (animation drawing)”,
2013 - 2015
44 parts, graphite and red pencil on punched 16 field animation bond paper
each 34,3 x 41,9 cm (framed each 43 x 51 cm)

Mathias Poledna

“Untitled (animation drawing)”,
2013 - 2015
44 parts, graphite and red pencil on punched 16 field animation bond paper
each 34,3 x 41,9 cm (framed each 43 x 51 cm)

Mathias Poledna

“Untitled (animation drawing)”,
2013 - 2015
44 parts, graphite and red pencil on punched 16 field animation bond paper
each 34,3 x 41,9 cm (framed each 43 x 51 cm)

Mathias Poledna

“Untitled (animation drawing)”,
2013 - 2015
44 parts, graphite and red pencil on punched 16 field animation bond paper
each 34,3 x 41,9 cm (framed each 43 x 51 cm)

Mathias Poledna

“Untitled (animation drawing)”,
2013 - 2015
44 parts, graphite and red pencil on punched 16 field animation bond paper
each 34,3 x 41,9 cm (framed each 43 x 51 cm)

Mathias Poledna

“Untitled (animation drawing)”,
2013 - 2015
44 parts, graphite and red pencil on punched 16 field animation bond paper
each 34,3 x 41,9 cm (framed each 43 x 51 cm)

Mathias Poledna

“Untitled (animation drawing)”,
2013 - 2015
44 parts, graphite and red pencil on punched 16 field animation bond paper
each 34,3 x 41,9 cm (framed each 43 x 51 cm)

Mathias Poledna

“Untitled (animation drawing)”,
2013 - 2015
44 parts, graphite and red pencil on punched 16 field animation bond paper
each 34,3 x 41,9 cm (framed each 43 x 51 cm)

Mathias Poledna

“Untitled (animation drawing)”,
2013 - 2015
44 parts, graphite and red pencil on punched 16 field animation bond paper
each 34,3 x 41,9 cm (framed each 43 x 51 cm)

Mathias Poledna

“Untitled (animation drawing)”,
2013 - 2015
44 parts, graphite and red pencil on punched 16 field animation bond paper
each 34,3 x 41,9 cm (framed each 43 x 51 cm)

Mathias Poledna

“Untitled (animation drawing)”,
2013 - 2015
44 parts, graphite and red pencil on punched 16 field animation bond paper
each 34,3 x 41,9 cm (framed each 43 x 51 cm)

Mathias Poledna

“Untitled (animation drawing)”,
2013 - 2015
44 parts, graphite and red pencil on punched 16 field animation bond paper
each 34,3 x 41,9 cm (framed each 43 x 51 cm)

Mathias Poledna

“Untitled (animation drawing)”,
2013 - 2015
44 parts, graphite and red pencil on punched 16 field animation bond paper
each 34,3 x 41,9 cm (framed each 43 x 51 cm)

Mathias Poledna

“Untitled (animation drawing)”,
2013 - 2015
44 parts, graphite and red pencil on punched 16 field animation bond paper
each 34,3 x 41,9 cm (framed each 43 x 51 cm)

Mathias Poledna

“Untitled (animation drawing)”,
2013 - 2015
44 parts, graphite and red pencil on punched 16 field animation bond paper
each 34,3 x 41,9 cm (framed each 43 x 51 cm)

Mathias Poledna

“Untitled (animation drawing)”,
2013 - 2015
44 parts, graphite and red pencil on punched 16 field animation bond paper
each 34,3 x 41,9 cm (framed each 43 x 51 cm)

Mathias Poledna

“Untitled (animation drawing)”,
2013 - 2015
44 parts, graphite and red pencil on punched 16 field animation bond paper
each 34,3 x 41,9 cm (framed each 43 x 51 cm)

Mathias Poledna

“Untitled (animation drawing)”,
2013 - 2015
44 parts, graphite and red pencil on punched 16 field animation bond paper
each 34,3 x 41,9 cm (framed each 43 x 51 cm)

Mathias Poledna

“Untitled (animation drawing)”,
2013 - 2015
44 parts, graphite and red pencil on punched 16 field animation bond paper
each 34,3 x 41,9 cm (framed each 43 x 51 cm)

Mathias Poledna

“Untitled (animation drawing)”,
2013 - 2015
44 parts, graphite and red pencil on punched 16 field animation bond paper
each 34,3 x 41,9 cm (framed each 43 x 51 cm)

Mathias Poledna

“Untitled (animation drawing)”,
2013 - 2015
44 parts, graphite and red pencil on punched 16 field animation bond paper
each 34,3 x 41,9 cm (framed each 43 x 51 cm)

Mathias Poledna

“Untitled (animation drawing)”,
2013 - 2015
44 parts, graphite and red pencil on punched 16 field animation bond paper
each 34,3 x 41,9 cm (framed each 43 x 51 cm)

Mathias Poledna

“Untitled (animation drawing)”,
2013 - 2015
44 parts, graphite and red pencil on punched 16 field animation bond paper
each 34,3 x 41,9 cm (framed each 43 x 51 cm)

Mathias Poledna

“Untitled (animation drawing)”,
2013 - 2015
44 parts, graphite and red pencil on punched 16 field animation bond paper
each 34,3 x 41,9 cm (framed each 43 x 51 cm)

Mathias Poledna

“Untitled (animation drawing)”,
2013 - 2015
44 parts, graphite and red pencil on punched 16 field animation bond paper
each 34,3 x 41,9 cm (framed each 43 x 51 cm)

Mathias Poledna

“Untitled (animation drawing)”,
2013 - 2015
44 parts, graphite and red pencil on punched 16 field animation bond paper
each 34,3 x 41,9 cm (framed each 43 x 51 cm)

Mathias Poledna

“Untitled (animation drawing)”,
2013 - 2015
44 parts, graphite and red pencil on punched 16 field animation bond paper
each 34,3 x 41,9 cm (framed each 43 x 51 cm)

Mathias Poledna

“Untitled (animation drawing)”,
2013 - 2015
44 parts, graphite and red pencil on punched 16 field animation bond paper
each 34,3 x 41,9 cm (framed each 43 x 51 cm)

Mathias Poledna

“Untitled (animation drawing)”,
2013 - 2015
44 parts, graphite and red pencil on punched 16 field animation bond paper
each 34,3 x 41,9 cm (framed each 43 x 51 cm)

Mathias Poledna

“Untitled (animation drawing)”,
2013 - 2015
44 parts, graphite and red pencil on punched 16 field animation bond paper
each 34,3 x 41,9 cm (framed each 43 x 51 cm)

Mathias Poledna

“Untitled (animation drawing)”,
2013 - 2015
44 parts, graphite and red pencil on punched 16 field animation bond paper
each 34,3 x 41,9 cm (framed each 43 x 51 cm)

Mathias Poledna

“Untitled (animation drawing)”,
2013 - 2015
44 parts, graphite and red pencil on punched 16 field animation bond paper
each 34,3 x 41,9 cm (framed each 43 x 51 cm)

Mathias Poledna

“Untitled (animation drawing)”,
2013 - 2015
44 parts, graphite and red pencil on punched 16 field animation bond paper
each 34,3 x 41,9 cm (framed each 43 x 51 cm)

Mathias Poledna

“Untitled (animation drawing)”,
2013 - 2015
44 parts, graphite and red pencil on punched 16 field animation bond paper
each 34,3 x 41,9 cm (framed each 43 x 51 cm)

Mathias Poledna

“Untitled (animation drawing)”,
2013 - 2015
44 parts, graphite and red pencil on punched 16 field animation bond paper
each 34,3 x 41,9 cm (framed each 43 x 51 cm)

Mathias Poledna

“Untitled (animation drawing)”,
2013 - 2015
44 parts, graphite and red pencil on punched 16 field animation bond paper
each 34,3 x 41,9 cm (framed each 43 x 51 cm)

Mathias Poledna

“Untitled (animation drawing)”,
2013 - 2015
44 parts, graphite and red pencil on punched 16 field animation bond paper
each 34,3 x 41,9 cm (framed each 43 x 51 cm)

Mathias Poledna

“Estate”
installation view Galerie Buchholz, Köln 2015

Mathias Poledna

“Estate”
installation view Galerie Buchholz, Köln 2015

Mathias Poledna

“Untitled (animation drawing)”,
2013 - 2015
15 parts, graphite and red pencil on punched 16 field animation bond paper
each 34,3 x 41,9 cm (framed each 43 x 51 cm)

Mathias Poledna

“Untitled (animation drawing)”,
2013 - 2015
15 parts, graphite and red pencil on punched 16 field animation bond paper
each 34,3 x 41,9 cm (framed each 43 x 51 cm)

Mathias Poledna

“Untitled (animation drawing)”,
2013 - 2015
15 parts, graphite and red pencil on punched 16 field animation bond paper
each 34,3 x 41,9 cm (framed each 43 x 51 cm)

Mathias Poledna

“Untitled (animation drawing)”,
2013 - 2015
15 parts, graphite and red pencil on punched 16 field animation bond paper
each 34,3 x 41,9 cm (framed each 43 x 51 cm)

Mathias Poledna

“Untitled (animation drawing)”,
2013 - 2015
15 parts, graphite and red pencil on punched 16 field animation bond paper
each 34,3 x 41,9 cm (framed each 43 x 51 cm)

Mathias Poledna

“Untitled (animation drawing)”,
2013 - 2015
15 parts, graphite and red pencil on punched 16 field animation bond paper
each 34,3 x 41,9 cm (framed each 43 x 51 cm)

Mathias Poledna

“Untitled (animation drawing)”,
2013 - 2015
15 parts, graphite and red pencil on punched 16 field animation bond paper
each 34,3 x 41,9 cm (framed each 43 x 51 cm)

Mathias Poledna

“Untitled (animation drawing)”,
2013 - 2015
15 parts, graphite and red pencil on punched 16 field animation bond paper
each 34,3 x 41,9 cm (framed each 43 x 51 cm)

Mathias Poledna

“Untitled (animation drawing)”,
2013 - 2015
15 parts, graphite and red pencil on punched 16 field animation bond paper
each 34,3 x 41,9 cm (framed each 43 x 51 cm)

Mathias Poledna

“Untitled (animation drawing)”,
2013 - 2015
15 parts, graphite and red pencil on punched 16 field animation bond paper
each 34,3 x 41,9 cm (framed each 43 x 51 cm)

Mathias Poledna

“Untitled (animation drawing)”,
2013 - 2015
15 parts, graphite and red pencil on punched 16 field animation bond paper
each 34,3 x 41,9 cm (framed each 43 x 51 cm)

Mathias Poledna

“Untitled (animation drawing)”,
2013 - 2015
15 parts, graphite and red pencil on punched 16 field animation bond paper
each 34,3 x 41,9 cm (framed each 43 x 51 cm)

Mathias Poledna

“Untitled (animation drawing)”,
2013 - 2015
15 parts, graphite and red pencil on punched 16 field animation bond paper
each 34,3 x 41,9 cm (framed each 43 x 51 cm)

Mathias Poledna

“Untitled (animation drawing)”,
2013 - 2015
15 parts, graphite and red pencil on punched 16 field animation bond paper
each 34,3 x 41,9 cm (framed each 43 x 51 cm)

Mathias Poledna

“Untitled (animation drawing)”,
2013 - 2015
15 parts, graphite and red pencil on punched 16 field animation bond paper
each 34,3 x 41,9 cm (framed each 43 x 51 cm)

Mathias Poledna

“Untitled (Animation Forest)”, 2013
archival pigment print on cotton rag paper
177.8 x 140.3 cm

Mathias Poledna

“Untitled (Animation Forest)”, 2013
archival pigment print on cotton rag paper
177.8 x 140.3 cm

Mathias Poledna

“Estate”
installation view Galerie Buchholz, Köln 2015

Mathias Poledna

“Estate”
installation view Galerie Buchholz, Köln 2015

Mathias Poledna

“Estate”
installation view Galerie Buchholz, Köln 2015

Mathias Poledna

“Untitled (animation drawing)”,
2013 - 2015
50 parts, graphite and red pencil on punched 16 field animation bond paper
each 34,3 x 41,9 cm (framed each 43 x 51 cm)

Mathias Poledna

“Untitled (animation drawing)”,
2013 - 2015
50 parts, graphite and red pencil on punched 16 field animation bond paper
each 34,3 x 41,9 cm (framed each 43 x 51 cm)

Mathias Poledna

“Untitled (animation drawing)”,
2013 - 2015
50 parts, graphite and red pencil on punched 16 field animation bond paper
each 34,3 x 41,9 cm (framed each 43 x 51 cm)

Mathias Poledna

“Untitled (animation drawing)”,
2013 - 2015
50 parts, graphite and red pencil on punched 16 field animation bond paper
each 34,3 x 41,9 cm (framed each 43 x 51 cm)

Mathias Poledna

“Untitled (animation drawing)”,
2013 - 2015
50 parts, graphite and red pencil on punched 16 field animation bond paper
each 34,3 x 41,9 cm (framed each 43 x 51 cm)

Mathias Poledna

“Untitled (animation drawing)”,
2013 - 2015
50 parts, graphite and red pencil on punched 16 field animation bond paper
each 34,3 x 41,9 cm (framed each 43 x 51 cm)

Mathias Poledna

“Untitled (animation drawing)”,
2013 - 2015
50 parts, graphite and red pencil on punched 16 field animation bond paper
each 34,3 x 41,9 cm (framed each 43 x 51 cm)

Mathias Poledna

“Untitled (animation drawing)”,
2013 - 2015
50 parts, graphite and red pencil on punched 16 field animation bond paper
each 34,3 x 41,9 cm (framed each 43 x 51 cm)

Mathias Poledna

“Untitled (animation drawing)”,
2013 - 2015
50 parts, graphite and red pencil on punched 16 field animation bond paper
each 34,3 x 41,9 cm (framed each 43 x 51 cm)

Mathias Poledna

“Untitled (animation drawing)”,
2013 - 2015
50 parts, graphite and red pencil on punched 16 field animation bond paper
each 34,3 x 41,9 cm (framed each 43 x 51 cm)

Mathias Poledna

“Untitled (animation drawing)”,
2013 - 2015
50 parts, graphite and red pencil on punched 16 field animation bond paper
each 34,3 x 41,9 cm (framed each 43 x 51 cm)

Mathias Poledna

“Untitled (animation drawing)”,
2013 - 2015
50 parts, graphite and red pencil on punched 16 field animation bond paper
each 34,3 x 41,9 cm (framed each 43 x 51 cm)

Mathias Poledna

“Untitled (animation drawing)”,
2013 - 2015
50 parts, graphite and red pencil on punched 16 field animation bond paper
each 34,3 x 41,9 cm (framed each 43 x 51 cm)

Mathias Poledna

“Untitled (animation drawing)”,
2013 - 2015
50 parts, graphite and red pencil on punched 16 field animation bond paper
each 34,3 x 41,9 cm (framed each 43 x 51 cm)

Mathias Poledna

“Untitled (animation drawing)”,
2013 - 2015
50 parts, graphite and red pencil on punched 16 field animation bond paper
each 34,3 x 41,9 cm (framed each 43 x 51 cm)

Mathias Poledna

“Untitled (animation drawing)”,
2013 - 2015
50 parts, graphite and red pencil on punched 16 field animation bond paper
each 34,3 x 41,9 cm (framed each 43 x 51 cm)

Mathias Poledna

“Untitled (animation drawing)”,
2013 - 2015
50 parts, graphite and red pencil on punched 16 field animation bond paper
each 34,3 x 41,9 cm (framed each 43 x 51 cm)

Mathias Poledna

“Untitled (animation drawing)”,
2013 - 2015
50 parts, graphite and red pencil on punched 16 field animation bond paper
each 34,3 x 41,9 cm (framed each 43 x 51 cm)

Mathias Poledna

“Untitled (animation drawing)”,
2013 - 2015
50 parts, graphite and red pencil on punched 16 field animation bond paper
each 34,3 x 41,9 cm (framed each 43 x 51 cm)

Mathias Poledna

“Untitled (animation drawing)”,
2013 - 2015
50 parts, graphite and red pencil on punched 16 field animation bond paper
each 34,3 x 41,9 cm (framed each 43 x 51 cm)

Mathias Poledna

“Untitled (animation drawing)”,
2013 - 2015
50 parts, graphite and red pencil on punched 16 field animation bond paper
each 34,3 x 41,9 cm (framed each 43 x 51 cm)

Mathias Poledna

“Untitled (animation drawing)”,
2013 - 2015
50 parts, graphite and red pencil on punched 16 field animation bond paper
each 34,3 x 41,9 cm (framed each 43 x 51 cm)

Mathias Poledna

“Untitled (animation drawing)”,
2013 - 2015
50 parts, graphite and red pencil on punched 16 field animation bond paper
each 34,3 x 41,9 cm (framed each 43 x 51 cm)

Mathias Poledna

“Untitled (animation drawing)”,
2013 - 2015
50 parts, graphite and red pencil on punched 16 field animation bond paper
each 34,3 x 41,9 cm (framed each 43 x 51 cm)

Mathias Poledna

“Untitled (animation drawing)”,
2013 - 2015
50 parts, graphite and red pencil on punched 16 field animation bond paper
each 34,3 x 41,9 cm (framed each 43 x 51 cm)

Mathias Poledna

“Untitled (animation drawing)”,
2013 - 2015
50 parts, graphite and red pencil on punched 16 field animation bond paper
each 34,3 x 41,9 cm (framed each 43 x 51 cm)

Mathias Poledna

“Untitled (animation drawing)”,
2013 - 2015
50 parts, graphite and red pencil on punched 16 field animation bond paper
each 34,3 x 41,9 cm (framed each 43 x 51 cm)

Mathias Poledna

“Untitled (animation drawing)”,
2013 - 2015
50 parts, graphite and red pencil on punched 16 field animation bond paper
each 34,3 x 41,9 cm (framed each 43 x 51 cm)

Mathias Poledna

“Untitled (animation drawing)”,
2013 - 2015
50 parts, graphite and red pencil on punched 16 field animation bond paper
each 34,3 x 41,9 cm (framed each 43 x 51 cm)

Mathias Poledna

“Untitled (animation drawing)”,
2013 - 2015
50 parts, graphite and red pencil on punched 16 field animation bond paper
each 34,3 x 41,9 cm (framed each 43 x 51 cm)

Mathias Poledna

“Untitled (animation drawing)”,
2013 - 2015
50 parts, graphite and red pencil on punched 16 field animation bond paper
each 34,3 x 41,9 cm (framed each 43 x 51 cm)

Mathias Poledna

“Untitled (animation drawing)”,
2013 - 2015
50 parts, graphite and red pencil on punched 16 field animation bond paper
each 34,3 x 41,9 cm (framed each 43 x 51 cm)

Mathias Poledna

“Untitled (animation drawing)”,
2013 - 2015
50 parts, graphite and red pencil on punched 16 field animation bond paper
each 34,3 x 41,9 cm (framed each 43 x 51 cm)

Mathias Poledna

“Untitled (animation drawing)”,
2013 - 2015
50 parts, graphite and red pencil on punched 16 field animation bond paper
each 34,3 x 41,9 cm (framed each 43 x 51 cm)

Mathias Poledna

“Untitled (animation drawing)”,
2013 - 2015
50 parts, graphite and red pencil on punched 16 field animation bond paper
each 34,3 x 41,9 cm (framed each 43 x 51 cm)

Mathias Poledna

“Untitled (animation drawing)”,
2013 - 2015
50 parts, graphite and red pencil on punched 16 field animation bond paper
each 34,3 x 41,9 cm (framed each 43 x 51 cm)

Mathias Poledna

“Untitled (animation drawing)”,
2013 - 2015
50 parts, graphite and red pencil on punched 16 field animation bond paper
each 34,3 x 41,9 cm (framed each 43 x 51 cm)

Mathias Poledna

“Untitled (animation drawing)”,
2013 - 2015
50 parts, graphite and red pencil on punched 16 field animation bond paper
each 34,3 x 41,9 cm (framed each 43 x 51 cm)

Mathias Poledna

“Untitled (animation drawing)”,
2013 - 2015
50 parts, graphite and red pencil on punched 16 field animation bond paper
each 34,3 x 41,9 cm (framed each 43 x 51 cm)

Mathias Poledna

“Untitled (animation drawing)”,
2013 - 2015
50 parts, graphite and red pencil on punched 16 field animation bond paper
each 34,3 x 41,9 cm (framed each 43 x 51 cm)

Mathias Poledna

“Untitled (animation drawing)”,
2013 - 2015
50 parts, graphite and red pencil on punched 16 field animation bond paper
each 34,3 x 41,9 cm (framed each 43 x 51 cm)

Mathias Poledna

“Untitled (animation drawing)”,
2013 - 2015
50 parts, graphite and red pencil on punched 16 field animation bond paper
each 34,3 x 41,9 cm (framed each 43 x 51 cm)

Mathias Poledna

“Untitled (animation drawing)”,
2013 - 2015
50 parts, graphite and red pencil on punched 16 field animation bond paper
each 34,3 x 41,9 cm (framed each 43 x 51 cm)

Mathias Poledna

“Untitled (animation drawing)”,
2013 - 2015
50 parts, graphite and red pencil on punched 16 field animation bond paper
each 34,3 x 41,9 cm (framed each 43 x 51 cm)

Mathias Poledna

“Untitled (animation drawing)”,
2013 - 2015
50 parts, graphite and red pencil on punched 16 field animation bond paper
each 34,3 x 41,9 cm (framed each 43 x 51 cm)

Mathias Poledna

“Untitled (animation drawing)”,
2013 - 2015
50 parts, graphite and red pencil on punched 16 field animation bond paper
each 34,3 x 41,9 cm (framed each 43 x 51 cm)

Mathias Poledna

“Untitled (animation drawing)”,
2013 - 2015
50 parts, graphite and red pencil on punched 16 field animation bond paper
each 34,3 x 41,9 cm (framed each 43 x 51 cm)

Mathias Poledna

“Untitled (animation drawing)”,
2013 - 2015
50 parts, graphite and red pencil on punched 16 field animation bond paper
each 34,3 x 41,9 cm (framed each 43 x 51 cm)

Mathias Poledna

“Untitled (animation drawing)”,
2013 - 2015
50 parts, graphite and red pencil on punched 16 field animation bond paper
each 34,3 x 41,9 cm (framed each 43 x 51 cm)

Mathias Poledna

“Untitled (animation drawing)”,
2013 - 2015
50 parts, graphite and red pencil on punched 16 field animation bond paper
each 34,3 x 41,9 cm (framed each 43 x 51 cm)