https://juliaklemm.de juliaklemm.de Tue, 03 Feb 2026 09:54:46 +0000 https://juliaklemm.de en https://juliaklemm.de/Home-Page Fri, 29 Dec 2023 20:52:50 +0000 juliaklemm.de https://juliaklemm.de/Home-Page NEWS publications cv contact ︎ https://juliaklemm.de/Untitled-page Fri, 29 Dec 2023 20:52:51 +0000 juliaklemm.de https://juliaklemm.de/Untitled-page https://juliaklemm.de/Firmness-Till Fri, 29 Dec 2023 20:52:51 +0000 juliaklemm.de https://juliaklemm.de/Firmness-Till https://juliaklemm.de/Untitled-page-1 Fri, 29 Dec 2023 20:52:52 +0000 juliaklemm.de https://juliaklemm.de/Untitled-page-1 https://juliaklemm.de/9-16 Fri, 29 Dec 2023 20:52:53 +0000 juliaklemm.de https://juliaklemm.de/9-16 https://juliaklemm.de/Untitled-page-2 Fri, 29 Dec 2023 20:52:53 +0000 juliaklemm.de https://juliaklemm.de/Untitled-page-2 https://juliaklemm.de/a-chimera-is-not-a-pet Fri, 08 Feb 2019 17:49:39 +0000 juliaklemm.de https://juliaklemm.de/a-chimera-is-not-a-pet a chimera is not a pet <img width="1024" height="683" width_o="1024" height_o="683" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/6f2088e46402d1eeb4c0197666c526d7eca9752e20c3c7db2fd4e35b3ef368c3/1.acinap_julia-klemm_0001.jpg" data-mid="235775050" border="0" data-scale="100" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/6f2088e46402d1eeb4c0197666c526d7eca9752e20c3c7db2fd4e35b3ef368c3/1.acinap_julia-klemm_0001.jpg" />exhibition view <img width="1024" height="683" width_o="1024" height_o="683" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/1a478581aa29acd834c0155bd68e63edc4bc3eab05ba54ed206da32cc095b3eb/2.acinap_julia-klemm_0002.jpg" data-mid="235775051" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/1a478581aa29acd834c0155bd68e63edc4bc3eab05ba54ed206da32cc095b3eb/2.acinap_julia-klemm_0002.jpg" />exhibition view <img width="820" height="1024" width_o="820" height_o="1024" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/8b5556a4691e7f2ccaae3f621fd35bda05026733a2fbb8e9485e8a863c02d1c2/4.acinap_installation-views_11.jpg" data-mid="235775055" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/820/i/8b5556a4691e7f2ccaae3f621fd35bda05026733a2fbb8e9485e8a863c02d1c2/4.acinap_installation-views_11.jpg" />A chimera is not a pet 3; steel, glaze, ceramic, pigment; 46 × 34 × 42 cm <img width="684" height="1024" width_o="684" height_o="1024" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/c0e0addc071e6b20cd91b1b30e0431e50da4a24c76d25bd6c08df9092f80eba5/5.acinap_julia-klemm_4137.jpg" data-mid="235775057" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/684/i/c0e0addc071e6b20cd91b1b30e0431e50da4a24c76d25bd6c08df9092f80eba5/5.acinap_julia-klemm_4137.jpg" />detail <img width="684" height="1024" width_o="684" height_o="1024" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/4ffa165ea8e8f05d754fb071afca8bad38c11d3b4e6ecb175a8efc08224ac3d9/7.acinap_julia-klemm_0040.jpg" data-mid="235775072" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/684/i/4ffa165ea8e8f05d754fb071afca8bad38c11d3b4e6ecb175a8efc08224ac3d9/7.acinap_julia-klemm_0040.jpg" />Evasion; steel, glaze, ceramic, pigment, cloth; 23 × 23 × 65 cm <img width="819" height="1023" width_o="819" height_o="1023" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/6234bcdc0c2a06b415be65d041e015da13e914995ddfe7e0ad6da4698d3066ae/9.acinap_installation-views_09-2.jpg" data-mid="235775073" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/819/i/6234bcdc0c2a06b415be65d041e015da13e914995ddfe7e0ad6da4698d3066ae/9.acinap_installation-views_09-2.jpg" />exhibition view <img width="684" height="1024" width_o="684" height_o="1024" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/c692a15c6880c4d0923d0596a08c5c6082dfc219b5092ca97815b93c48f75e0f/10.acinap_julia-klemm_0021.jpg" data-mid="235775070" border="0" data-scale="45" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/684/i/c692a15c6880c4d0923d0596a08c5c6082dfc219b5092ca97815b93c48f75e0f/10.acinap_julia-klemm_0021.jpg" />&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp;<img width="684" height="1024" width_o="684" height_o="1024" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/ab1878b3024b8bb782600a7e58380f969322d27ab76bfe811981d45230066102/11.acinap_julia-klemm_4098.jpg" data-mid="235775071" border="0" data-scale="45" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/684/i/ab1878b3024b8bb782600a7e58380f969322d27ab76bfe811981d45230066102/11.acinap_julia-klemm_4098.jpg" />Transcending territories; glaze, ceramic, pigment; 32 × 30 × 48 cm <img width="684" height="1024" width_o="684" height_o="1024" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/f32ae1305f5d0080ca19819cbc85d51eed80d67b0386c289165df0837775a765/13.acinap_julia-klemm_4150.jpg" data-mid="235775122" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/684/i/f32ae1305f5d0080ca19819cbc85d51eed80d67b0386c289165df0837775a765/13.acinap_julia-klemm_4150.jpg" /><img width="1024" height="683" width_o="1024" height_o="683" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/4b445172f3ca21bf75af84c70e48074a68c28a4dbd779432672fd8e0d31dd2f5/16.acinap_julia-klemm_0037.jpg" data-mid="235775123" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/4b445172f3ca21bf75af84c70e48074a68c28a4dbd779432672fd8e0d31dd2f5/16.acinap_julia-klemm_0037.jpg" /><img width="684" height="1024" width_o="684" height_o="1024" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/05d6269028fe0197df625b6af53caf2e0b866ff89324b35f0d49c83827d0182d/15.acinap_julia-klemm_0036.jpg" data-mid="235775124" border="0" data-scale="49" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/684/i/05d6269028fe0197df625b6af53caf2e0b866ff89324b35f0d49c83827d0182d/15.acinap_julia-klemm_0036.jpg" />&nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp;<img width="684" height="1024" width_o="684" height_o="1024" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/6095af5dba4aa4c4d1cd1d3a659524f68deb961d9a8ebe6752e096a7fd701a1c/17.acinap_julia-klemm_0038.jpg" data-mid="235775128" border="0" data-scale="49" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/684/i/6095af5dba4aa4c4d1cd1d3a659524f68deb961d9a8ebe6752e096a7fd701a1c/17.acinap_julia-klemm_0038.jpg" />A chimera is not a pet 4; secondhand ceramic figures, steel, glaze, ceramic, screws; 27 × 46 × 260 cm <img width="1024" height="683" width_o="1024" height_o="683" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/eb71dea6bfe94d99fc904ba438c4598f4468964d4ec8f0cf7478faad399f54ff/18.acinap_julia-klemm_0009.jpg" data-mid="235775171" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/eb71dea6bfe94d99fc904ba438c4598f4468964d4ec8f0cf7478faad399f54ff/18.acinap_julia-klemm_0009.jpg" /><img width="684" height="1024" width_o="684" height_o="1024" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/53244e94863424e2d96e3ee8b151bd7808b99352e84d02d2c1a52eca7c1669d8/acinap_julia-klemm_4181.jpg" data-mid="235775172" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/684/i/53244e94863424e2d96e3ee8b151bd7808b99352e84d02d2c1a52eca7c1669d8/acinap_julia-klemm_4181.jpg" /><img width="684" height="1024" width_o="684" height_o="1024" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/6912508ab01de2a7e96e6e85b0ac1b87f51f1abae78cfb128bc15ad6e982c1e0/22.acinap_julia-klemm_4073.jpg" data-mid="235775168" border="0" data-scale="49" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/684/i/6912508ab01de2a7e96e6e85b0ac1b87f51f1abae78cfb128bc15ad6e982c1e0/22.acinap_julia-klemm_4073.jpg" />&nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp;<img width="684" height="1024" width_o="684" height_o="1024" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/eab02568c44ec55e1b707f71981b7b3109fd7cbd5a74504ea16b8e8de4f1f0ad/19.acinap_julia-klemm_0016.jpg" data-mid="235775170" border="0" data-scale="49" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/684/i/eab02568c44ec55e1b707f71981b7b3109fd7cbd5a74504ea16b8e8de4f1f0ad/19.acinap_julia-klemm_0016.jpg" /> A chimera is not a pet 2; steel, glaze, ceramic, pigment; 44 × 38 × 74 cm <img width="1109" height="1400" width_o="1109" height_o="1400" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/351ecf7f0e7d477a3635c836e48f6bb5236f8a73aaeb2fa832e837af80f44c40/ACINAP_Julia-Klemm_0020.jpg" data-mid="244320817" border="0" data-scale="63" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/351ecf7f0e7d477a3635c836e48f6bb5236f8a73aaeb2fa832e837af80f44c40/ACINAP_Julia-Klemm_0020.jpg" />Untitled; secondhand ceramic figures, glaze, ceramic, fired soft toy, luster; 12 × 14 × 11 cm <img width="684" height="1024" width_o="684" height_o="1024" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/aa91952274005d02a07d1c4ee9aba6db64cc121ee02d6d52a836ed773c9e2f77/acinap_julia-klemm_0047.jpg" data-mid="235775191" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/684/i/aa91952274005d02a07d1c4ee9aba6db64cc121ee02d6d52a836ed773c9e2f77/acinap_julia-klemm_0047.jpg" />exhibition view <img width="684" height="1024" width_o="684" height_o="1024" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/7b5ea33182a2711b4c284d900ee47ef8e6c61521913684f962be6f39ababcb87/acinap_julia-klemm_4209.jpg" data-mid="235775193" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/684/i/7b5ea33182a2711b4c284d900ee47ef8e6c61521913684f962be6f39ababcb87/acinap_julia-klemm_4209.jpg" />Double trouble; ceramic, steel, pigment, glaze; 24 × 34× 60 cm <img width="1400" height="935" width_o="1400" height_o="935" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/cdddc64ab9e7039bef8160fbedc67e27eaafbe4a2a7535cd371d7f7631f84e9c/ACINAP_Julia-Klemm_0046.jpg" data-mid="244320823" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/cdddc64ab9e7039bef8160fbedc67e27eaafbe4a2a7535cd371d7f7631f84e9c/ACINAP_Julia-Klemm_0046.jpg" /><img width="1024" height="683" width_o="1024" height_o="683" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/2acb782a7eebaa22c546a91e6d1f9c9390d6b4874d15f5eba17c28a66619fd07/27.acinap_installation-views_03.jpg" data-mid="235775189" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/2acb782a7eebaa22c546a91e6d1f9c9390d6b4874d15f5eba17c28a66619fd07/27.acinap_installation-views_03.jpg" />A chimera is not a pet 1; secondhand ceramic figures, glaze, ceramic, steel, fired soft toy; 15 × 25 × 14,5 cm <img width="683" height="1024" width_o="683" height_o="1024" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/7395462fa4205f659d8c215eebfa50a3c89667ca637ab95e25b1e0b4751f13f0/acinap_julia-klemm_4172.jpg" data-mid="235775254" border="0" data-scale="61" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/683/i/7395462fa4205f659d8c215eebfa50a3c89667ca637ab95e25b1e0b4751f13f0/acinap_julia-klemm_4172.jpg" />Mimicry; second ceramic figures, steel, luster, glaze, ceramic; 12 × 14 × 8 cm <img width="844" height="1024" width_o="844" height_o="1024" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/e1b18e336479cd788befc9b7aa07366c12f0a16e3d58c25dd386c41e38df1f2a/29.acinap_installation-views_05.jpg" data-mid="235775257" border="0" data-scale="100" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/844/i/e1b18e336479cd788befc9b7aa07366c12f0a16e3d58c25dd386c41e38df1f2a/29.acinap_installation-views_05.jpg" /><img width="684" height="1024" width_o="684" height_o="1024" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/e21c3fdc6b9cb12767b0d70453d04e419bcbd6b600c049d510face89d5893cb7/29.acinap_julia-klemm_0052.jpg" data-mid="235775260" border="0" data-scale="49" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/684/i/e21c3fdc6b9cb12767b0d70453d04e419bcbd6b600c049d510face89d5893cb7/29.acinap_julia-klemm_0052.jpg" />&nbsp; &nbsp;<img width="684" height="1024" width_o="684" height_o="1024" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/5521d61d6a9f863a9e0e5449fc3e7d0fedad01305c1e17bb4442dd5cf9f8de2a/30.acinap_julia-klemm_0051.jpg" data-mid="235775258" border="0" data-scale="49" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/684/i/5521d61d6a9f863a9e0e5449fc3e7d0fedad01305c1e17bb4442dd5cf9f8de2a/30.acinap_julia-klemm_0051.jpg" />Gryphon; secondhand ceramic figures, glaze, ceramic, steel, fired soft toy; 18 × 22 × 17 cm a chimera is not a pet, 2025 Gallery The Tiger Roomcurated by Magdalena Wisniowska; GIG MunichThe problem I think, is that too often a chimera is seen as a pet. We visualise chimeras as these mythical fire breathing monsters, maybe with a lion’s head, a body of a goat, and a serpent for a tail. Three distinct animals are combined into one, their individual characteristics clearly visible for us to see. In contrast, biologically,a genetic chimera is often invisible, a nightmarish combination of two different sets of DNA, a result of one or more zygotes fusing together during the early stages of prenatal development. How this alien DNA might manifest is not altogether clear, but you hear stories of mothers having different DNA than their children, and the DNA from semen and saliva not matching in rape tests. To look for distinctions in chimeras would be the first step towards their domestication, treating the hybrid animal as another family member, a pet. But you cannot cuddle the long lost twin you might be carrying with you, inside. Julia Klemm’s ceramic work often involves a combination of several smaller ceramic pieces, each with their own specific animal DNA. Sometimes these are readymade figurines of cats, lions or horses, glossy and kitsch, inhabitants of Flohmärkte and Omas’ living rooms. At other times, these are recreations of existing public art, of lion statues such as those found on Odeonsplatz, scanned, scaled down and then modelled with a 3D-printed negative mould. Rarely, an animal-type structure is moulded in clay by Julia on the spot, traces of fur scratched with a serrated scraper onto its surface. These smaller animal ceramics are first broken, smashed into almost unrecognisable fragments before they are combined, their intertwining made permanent by the heat of the ceramic oven. I look for these fragments as I walk around the work and try to classify them: look, here are some lion’s legs, and here, a cat’s head, but upside down and half-broken, so that I can see the form inside and outside. Focussing on the surface helps, as I detect the glossy spots of a panther or the layer lines of the 3D printer. In doing so, I am looking for a pet, with fur strokable like a pastel-coloured soft toy. I try to make the strange shapes of Julia Klemm’s work once again familiar to me. But their outward appearance is a result of a logic that remains hidden. The work demands I see it as a multiplicity, which means in animal terms, as a population. And science teaches us that a population is not a fixed set of individuals of the same species, but an always evolving, interacting mass that changes in relation to its location and environment. The alliances made in a population are not just of the filial kind between individual members of the group, but those made with other groups, other animals, with plants, and with geography.&nbsp; To see the inner workings of the animal in Julia Klemm’s ceramics, I need to step away from the animal and take a more expansive view, one that acknowledges population change forged by mutation. It is very alien to see the world in this way, as foreign and as violent as the shards of steel that interpenetrate the work, both holding it together and ripping it apart. Magdalena Wiśniowska 2025 https://juliaklemm.de/The-Glazing-Cabin Tue, 03 Feb 2026 09:54:46 +0000 juliaklemm.de https://juliaklemm.de/The-Glazing-Cabin The Glazing Cabin <img width="1200" height="800" width_o="1200" height_o="800" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/dc44ab5c7dcad97722a1ace91882ae712399e284605d7edca96f9abadfa41b83/web_13.jpg" data-mid="251284560" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/dc44ab5c7dcad97722a1ace91882ae712399e284605d7edca96f9abadfa41b83/web_13.jpg" /> exhibition view <img width="800" height="1200" width_o="800" height_o="1200" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/baf3fe0ec1f61bfe821b1358c0fc8d91a73ec82779b270d58c15b07c5a115112/web_15.jpg" data-mid="251284558" border="0" data-scale="63" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/800/i/baf3fe0ec1f61bfe821b1358c0fc8d91a73ec82779b270d58c15b07c5a115112/web_15.jpg" /><img width="1200" height="800" width_o="1200" height_o="800" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/0c6fc9cc81dc7f5bbb3ed0cf495f6150a7cea5af4df34b85ec71debfcf5fcfff/web_10.jpg" data-mid="251284561" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/0c6fc9cc81dc7f5bbb3ed0cf495f6150a7cea5af4df34b85ec71debfcf5fcfff/web_10.jpg" /> THE GLAZING CABIN @Process space Saloon Edit H. March – August 2026 Ridlerhöfe Munich www.edit-h.org At The Glazing Cabin, we collectively developed a wide variety of glazes from raw materials, the results of which were incorporated into a process-based Gesamtkunstwerk at Saloon Edit H. The project resulted in an extensive repertoire — an installation of glaze test pieces that made the process visible. This book documents all of the test results: PDF participating artistsMoritz AltmannBarbara JonaschJulia KlemmPhoebe LeschKathrin PartelliChristian ProbstKristina SchmidtMatthias TragerElina Uschbalis <img width="630" height="480" width_o="630" height_o="480" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/2400b44bf1c57dbdec2d0a0548637a7e592e34ba9a6fdb1e1c97997b37f79c54/BA8.jpg" data-mid="251284688" border="0" data-scale="16" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/630/i/2400b44bf1c57dbdec2d0a0548637a7e592e34ba9a6fdb1e1c97997b37f79c54/BA8.jpg" />&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp;<img width="1766" height="1060" width_o="1766" height_o="1060" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/3a32efabfe8826c32256857736f52f4cfa6633c9554ccb2ade6595c371674d1d/logo.jpg" data-mid="251284694" border="0" data-scale="27" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/3a32efabfe8826c32256857736f52f4cfa6633c9554ccb2ade6595c371674d1d/logo.jpg" /> https://juliaklemm.de/birds Sat, 20 Dec 2025 10:58:42 +0000 juliaklemm.de https://juliaklemm.de/birds birds <img width="3000" height="2250" width_o="3000" height_o="2250" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/01d0755240082ab92db4f9ecf91c48e374d077d8e40879bc3e2eec0fc3f77052/01_Julia-Skulpturen_7062.jpg" data-mid="242037207" border="0" data-scale="100" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/01d0755240082ab92db4f9ecf91c48e374d077d8e40879bc3e2eec0fc3f77052/01_Julia-Skulpturen_7062.jpg" /> <img width="3000" height="2250" width_o="3000" height_o="2250" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/66ac98087c91ad57539148b545b6c2c5f2e27cb3ef64090904fcde7c30485710/01_Julia-Skulpturen_7036.jpg" data-mid="242037206" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/66ac98087c91ad57539148b545b6c2c5f2e27cb3ef64090904fcde7c30485710/01_Julia-Skulpturen_7036.jpg" /> <img width="3000" height="2250" width_o="3000" height_o="2250" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/ebb7978e0a780125644fa6de723615758c136fc891086b756bc501469cfeb8a4/01_Julia-Skulpturen_7017.jpg" data-mid="242037202" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/ebb7978e0a780125644fa6de723615758c136fc891086b756bc501469cfeb8a4/01_Julia-Skulpturen_7017.jpg" /><img width="3000" height="2250" width_o="3000" height_o="2250" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/f9604174b609afe01890e9bab0be9d0e760609ee30ef850a275bb1ae1739c494/01_Julia-Skulpturen_7019.jpg" data-mid="242037204" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/f9604174b609afe01890e9bab0be9d0e760609ee30ef850a275bb1ae1739c494/01_Julia-Skulpturen_7019.jpg" />installation views <img width="3000" height="2250" width_o="3000" height_o="2250" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/2bf1d976ffc13e2aba22e5b9be034afccfdf16c9f717a9086865b0ed50a45f72/02_Julia-Skulpturen_7066.jpg" data-mid="242037208" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/2bf1d976ffc13e2aba22e5b9be034afccfdf16c9f717a9086865b0ed50a45f72/02_Julia-Skulpturen_7066.jpg" />Birds (3); ceramic, glaze, porcelain, secondhand ceramic birds; 15 x 28,5 x 23 cm <img width="3000" height="2250" width_o="3000" height_o="2250" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/b7341a362317328e767a76b87700e1744d1bb1d6b46e40b72472aa0feafe5a94/03_Julia-Skulpturen_7072.jpg" data-mid="242037210" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/b7341a362317328e767a76b87700e1744d1bb1d6b46e40b72472aa0feafe5a94/03_Julia-Skulpturen_7072.jpg" />Birds (4); ceramic, glaze, porcelain, secondhand ceramic birds; 14 x 25 x 25 cm <img width="3000" height="2250" width_o="3000" height_o="2250" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/8d3c2f363692efb75249d9a442e407cad089551881ccb493ec1b7915628955a7/05_Julia-Skulpturen_7091.jpg" data-mid="242037217" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/8d3c2f363692efb75249d9a442e407cad089551881ccb493ec1b7915628955a7/05_Julia-Skulpturen_7091.jpg" />Birds (2); ceramic, glaze, porcelain, secondhand ceramic birds, steel; 15,5 x 22 x 20 cm <img width="3000" height="2250" width_o="3000" height_o="2250" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/8ca910f8dcde51e5c5f850015061cfdfd402837da23d756c15341b895b908721/04_Julia-Skulpturen_7083.jpg" data-mid="242037213" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/8ca910f8dcde51e5c5f850015061cfdfd402837da23d756c15341b895b908721/04_Julia-Skulpturen_7083.jpg" /> Birds (1); ceramic, glaze; 15,5 x 24,5 x 23 cm Fotos: Kai Werner Schmidt 2025 Galerie Petra RinckDüsseldorfGroup show with Dragutin Banic, Markus Karstiess, Julia Klemm, Filiz Özcelik, Viola Relle BirdsThe starting point for this ceramic series ´birds´ are digitized 3D models of porcelain macaws from the 18th century produced by the Meissen porcelain manufactory. These exotic bird sculptures embody a European aesthetic of the foreign and once served as a colonial representation. During a residency in Colombia lasting several weeks, I worked with the newly formed German-Colombian collective ´C.I.C. – Centro de Investigación en Cerámica´. Together, we explored so-called ´wild clays´ from the Santa Rosa de Cabal region – locally sourced, untreated clays. After processing them, I used the 3D-printed negative molds I had brought with me to form fragments of the original porcelain macaws: scaled ceramic parts of bird bodies. In a second step, I combined these with ceramic birds found at Colombian flea markets – mass-produced decorative objects that represent contemporary everyday culture and resemble today's European mass-produced ceramics. I also left these objects fragmentary, open, permeable, processual.The result was hybrid objects that deliberately subvert the hierarchies between high and everyday culture, between colonial representation and the local present. Their cracks, breaks, and cavities evoke associations of transformation and loss, in which cultural meanings can overlap and shift. The final firing took place in a wood-fired ceramic kiln, beyond industrial standardization. In this archaic process, flames, heat, and ash create uncontrolled surfaces that reveal uncontrollable color gradients, deposits, and traces. Many thanks to Stiftung KUNSTFONDS Bonn for the artist scholarship <img width="5150" height="2486" width_o="5150" height_o="2486" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/4e7c3fbd073e7bc16beb6b699420f2249707de4132776b580442444c469ea4f4/KF-Logo_monochrom_01.jpg" data-mid="242256553" border="0" data-scale="25" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/4e7c3fbd073e7bc16beb6b699420f2249707de4132776b580442444c469ea4f4/KF-Logo_monochrom_01.jpg" /> https://juliaklemm.de/blended-spheres Sun, 05 Jan 2025 10:51:44 +0000 juliaklemm.de https://juliaklemm.de/blended-spheres blended spheres <img width="2000" height="1334" width_o="2000" height_o="1334" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/310218b1989ab78a7f710dc5b549e4b3b9850b3338c490639076034d7c5c3bf0/Artothek_Julia-Klemm-0006.jpg" data-mid="224161440" border="0" data-scale="100" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/310218b1989ab78a7f710dc5b549e4b3b9850b3338c490639076034d7c5c3bf0/Artothek_Julia-Klemm-0006.jpg" /> exhibition view <img width="1334" height="2000" width_o="1334" height_o="2000" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/850f693055d91034a05d08cb56223b041c9040df9d2fab080443b3136f70f30d/Artothek_Julia-Klemm-0032.jpg" data-mid="224161449" border="0" data-scale="73" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/850f693055d91034a05d08cb56223b041c9040df9d2fab080443b3136f70f30d/Artothek_Julia-Klemm-0032.jpg" />&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp; <img width="1800" height="1200" width_o="1800" height_o="1200" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/cf14e737d07ff872505f4ed870d171bbe2f27f0505935d49e8b71713519aa466/BP_3.jpg" data-mid="244820701" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/cf14e737d07ff872505f4ed870d171bbe2f27f0505935d49e8b71713519aa466/BP_3.jpg" /><img width="1334" height="2000" width_o="1334" height_o="2000" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/55fa8b28e9f2142eb587092f5b330dae136f2a79850f72e938865300794ee150/Artothek_Julia-Klemm-0021.jpg" data-mid="224161447" border="0" data-scale="93" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/55fa8b28e9f2142eb587092f5b330dae136f2a79850f72e938865300794ee150/Artothek_Julia-Klemm-0021.jpg" /><img width="1334" height="2000" width_o="1334" height_o="2000" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/d24d1fd9600a879d42a8050a89d3cdd244279894a20ec2ec43a01a0de16f2cd8/Artothek_Julia-Klemm-0016.jpg" data-mid="224161446" border="0" data-scale="93" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/d24d1fd9600a879d42a8050a89d3cdd244279894a20ec2ec43a01a0de16f2cd8/Artothek_Julia-Klemm-0016.jpg" />ceramic, secondhand ceramic and porcelain animals, glaze, stuffed animal transformation, pigments 67 x 54 x 156 cm <img width="1040" height="733" width_o="1040" height_o="733" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/ab9b3c0c4d6257c4f5591df3825bafc2e463b65bfa4b77d98382816441c87b06/Web_neu_3.jpg" data-mid="244820558" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/ab9b3c0c4d6257c4f5591df3825bafc2e463b65bfa4b77d98382816441c87b06/Web_neu_3.jpg" /> <img width="1200" height="1800" width_o="1200" height_o="1800" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/f9133613ec39cf6702d03175c3bbcba8071b280676b615232d28f65e4fbb4aa7/Web_neu_2.jpg" data-mid="244820557" border="0" data-scale="70" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/f9133613ec39cf6702d03175c3bbcba8071b280676b615232d28f65e4fbb4aa7/Web_neu_2.jpg" /> &nbsp; <img width="1800" height="1200" width_o="1800" height_o="1200" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/6466db94577fea95a9c61c103027da23873fa850c81dc3d7b71bbb9f5784dc42/bp_15.jpg" data-mid="244820704" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/6466db94577fea95a9c61c103027da23873fa850c81dc3d7b71bbb9f5784dc42/bp_15.jpg" />ceramic, glaze, pigments, steel; 78 x 56 x 131 cm <img width="1334" height="2000" width_o="1334" height_o="2000" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/cd494b8f210f02fa914c1508447d01de0e37eabe6cb0b662a3fc5efe441c9219/Artothek_Julia-Klemm-0012.jpg" data-mid="224161443" border="0" data-scale="75" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/cd494b8f210f02fa914c1508447d01de0e37eabe6cb0b662a3fc5efe441c9219/Artothek_Julia-Klemm-0012.jpg" />exhibition view <img width="1200" height="1800" width_o="1200" height_o="1800" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/dd97c1f82beb7f77290466ed41ccc4e5e126016a8137a2b80c1f1d35a89bcaf9/Web_neu_1.jpg" data-mid="244820556" border="0" data-scale="51" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/dd97c1f82beb7f77290466ed41ccc4e5e126016a8137a2b80c1f1d35a89bcaf9/Web_neu_1.jpg" /> ceramic, secondhand ceramic and porcelain animals, glaze 17 x 7,5 x 7,5 cm <img width="4608" height="3072" width_o="4608" height_o="3072" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/a0a00045b67d78d0652463634807d198219f2cd745ea6defffe8819fd8e1c041/ansicht.jpg" data-mid="224161458" border="0" data-scale="99" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/a0a00045b67d78d0652463634807d198219f2cd745ea6defffe8819fd8e1c041/ansicht.jpg" />exhibition view <img width="1334" height="2000" width_o="1334" height_o="2000" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/1c63e903a71839cd225b69d809252f1db9df6f54a7c9f1abf3bf98a134fea1ee/Artothek_Julia-Klemm-0008.jpg" data-mid="244820569" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/1c63e903a71839cd225b69d809252f1db9df6f54a7c9f1abf3bf98a134fea1ee/Artothek_Julia-Klemm-0008.jpg" /> &nbsp;<img width="1334" height="2000" width_o="1334" height_o="2000" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/ce792e50a770618829044fc3e4ffc39cbac9c8e346f5b3260099cbcf4d39bb38/Artothek_Julia-Klemm-0007.jpg" data-mid="224161441" border="0" data-scale="48" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/ce792e50a770618829044fc3e4ffc39cbac9c8e346f5b3260099cbcf4d39bb38/Artothek_Julia-Klemm-0007.jpg" /> &nbsp;<img width="1334" height="2000" width_o="1334" height_o="2000" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/8be47e7fb98059cc767ab310d952454d3a337e5c9e0373749927ecca5a37f2d7/Artothek_Julia-Klemm-0009.jpg" data-mid="224161442" border="0" data-scale="48" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/8be47e7fb98059cc767ab310d952454d3a337e5c9e0373749927ecca5a37f2d7/Artothek_Julia-Klemm-0009.jpg" />ceramic, secondhand ceramic and porcelain animals, glaze, stuffed animal transformation, pigments 16 x 8 x 7,5 cm; 43 x 39 x 64 cm <img width="1334" height="2000" width_o="1334" height_o="2000" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/418ce60ebf5f775f3b30ebae35e02c4682c4a0a12c766eff483cbc8026de404c/Artothek_Julia-Klemm-0011.jpg" data-mid="224161444" border="0" data-scale="75" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/418ce60ebf5f775f3b30ebae35e02c4682c4a0a12c766eff483cbc8026de404c/Artothek_Julia-Klemm-0011.jpg" />ceramic, glaze, pigments, steel, secondhand porcelain animal; 25 x 14 x 26 cm blended spheres, 2024 Artothek MunichJulia Klemm's sculptures expand the traditional boundaries of the ceramic medium. In addition to classically modelled clay, 3D-printed molds are used, textile fragments, stuffed animals, pieces of metal and, above all, parts of second-hand ceramic figures are also processed into assemblages.The resulting works appear fragile, but at the same time organic due to their shapes and the play of colours in the glazes. They mix found objects of different origins with self-created objects, playing with our subjective memories and moments of recognising figurative motifs.The processed found objects tell stories, awaken associations and, when assembled into sculptures in a new context, provide insights into the ambivalence of elementary emotional worlds and pose questions about supposedly outdated, hierarchical structures.The works shown in the exhibition ‚blended spheres‘ were created at the Fondation Bruckner and were supported by the City of Munich Scholarship for Fine Arts 2023. Text: Markus Lettner @CUBAPARIS Photographies by Christoph Grothgar and Julia Klemm <img width="1200" height="1800" width_o="1200" height_o="1800" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/66efd014f2054c3ad595b2829144b1943f8cd7b633cc74a46b8e3cbac1ee9d39/Julia_Klemm_blended-spheres-Serie_2025.2.jpg" data-mid="251286309" border="0" data-scale="58" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/66efd014f2054c3ad595b2829144b1943f8cd7b633cc74a46b8e3cbac1ee9d39/Julia_Klemm_blended-spheres-Serie_2025.2.jpg" />ceramic, secondhand ceramic and porcelain animals, glaze, stuffed animal transformation, pigments, glass powder12 x 8 x 19 cm&nbsp;