Simon Wachsmuth at Galerie Hohenlohe, Vienna, 16 May - 31 Jul

Exhibition Description:

Simon Wachsmuth's works for this show continue to explore a common theme dealing with the perception and construction of time, especially the past. The title represents the finite nature of the speed of light, whereby objects are not seen as they are in our present time, but as they were in our past. We perceive the sun as it looked eight minutes ago.

Between black and white panels, the artist has placed reflecting magnetic spheres that mirror both the exhibit and its viewers, creating itself as a part of the complex layering of time. Wachsmuth refers to a quote from the historian Reinhart Koselleck, 'History only exists by being made contemporary and therefore cannot be brought to a close. Thus history is only possible within the constellation of past, present and future.'

Throughout the show, Simon Wachsmuth uses various media to reveal the fragility of our perception.

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