REALFICTIONAL Julie Hayward & Thomas Reinhold

In the exhibition "RealFiktional" painting by Thomas Reinhold are juxtaposed with objects by Julie Hayward.T

The works by Thomas Reinhold presented in the exhibition come from his series Tektonik der Schwebe (Tectonics of Suspense) and Transport und Kommunikation (Transport and Communication). “What I am interested in is the intermediate zone in which forms arise that seem to be suspended between trickles. Relying on contemplation and lucid dreaming, I walk a narrow line creating pictures raised from the unconscious in a way as immediate and direct as possible. My painting knows no rational transformation, no abstraction, but aims at nestling in the realms opposed to that of perception to establish its reservoir there.” The communication mentioned in the title of the workgroup occurs when the repetition of the process described above results in an overlapping and exchange of colours and turns the consecutive steps of the artistic process into a spatial experience for the viewer.

Julie Hayward’s cyborg-like beings have an organic as well as a mechanic aspect. Evoking science-fiction scenarios, her technoid objects trigger ambiguous feelings: while they rouse unconscious fears on the one hand, humor and irony are essential ingredients of her bizarre inventions on the other. They evoke technical processes, perhaps of machines that might start to move but are resting at the moment. Yet the functions suggested by concrete objects and apparatuses have more complex origins than mechanical gear units and physical energy. “I represent interior processes, emotional constructions, and existential issues. The nearly constructive form of the objects lending form to the unconscious sheds light on processes that are usually impossible to grasp.” Julie Hayward’s drawings, which provide a starting point for her sculptural works, are the product of a psychological automatism, while the titles provide some key for their interpretation