Gert & Uwe Tobias

Gert Tobias and Uwe Tobias (born 1973) are twin brothers working as a collaborative duo of visual artists.

The brothers were born in Braşov, Romania; they live and work in Cologne. They are known for their woodcut prints as well as relief sculptures, and drawings using typewriters, watercolours and ceramics.^[1] Their work centres on their Romanian heritage and the myth and legend that is associated with that area, such as the story of Dracula.^[2] They combine their native history with elements of contemporary graphic design, camp horror films and abstract art.^[3]

An untitled installation shown at the Frieze Art Fair in 2007 paired shuffleboard motifs with Russian Constructivism's aesthetics while suggesting several variations of a creation story as its subjects. It consisted of preliminary drawings made using a typewriter threaded with black and red ribbon, collages, ceramic trophy figurines, and large color woodblock prints on paper. This installation was remounted by Team Gallery at their Wooster Street location in 2012.^[4]

Selected exhibitions

2004

Kunstverein e.V., Cologne

2005

Dead / Undead, Galerie Six Friedrich Lisa Ungar, Munich
7, Simon Lee Gallery, London
Roswitha meets Dionysos, The Breeder Projects, Athens

2006

Loveless, Team Gallery, New York
Hammer Museum, Los Angeles

2007

If You Build It, They Will Come, Brukenthal Museum, Sibiu
Return to Form, Patricia Low Contemporary, Gstaad
Projects 86, Museum of Modern Art, New York
Made in Germany - Aktuelle Kunst aus Deutschland, Sprengel Museum Hannover, Hannover

2008

Kunstmuseum Bonn, Bonn

2010

Exhibiting with photographer Diane Arbus at Nottingham Contemporary from 17 July till 3 October 2010. {Link Archived 2010-10-04 at the Wayback Machine}

2011

Gemeentemuseum, The Hague, Netherlands

2012

Gert & Uwe Tobias, Kunstverein Hamburg, Hamburg, Germany

2013

Gert & Uwe Tobias, Whitechapel Gallery, London, UK

References

^ "MoMA.org". Archived from the original on 2008-03-11. Retrieved 2008-03-23.
^ Nickas, Bob, Hammer.UCLA.edu Archived 2008-04-07 at the Wayback Machine
^ "YouWorkForThem.com". Archived from the original on 2011-07-18. Retrieved 2008-03-23.
^ Sherwood Pundyk, Anne (March 2012). "Untitled Frieze Fair 2007 Installation by Gert and Uwe Tobias". The Brooklyn Rail. They are currently represented by Galerie Michael Janssen in Cologne and Galerie Rodolphe Janssen Archived 2008-02-17 at the Wayback Machine in Brussels and members of the prestigious Artist Pension Trust which invests in the advancement of emerging and leading contemporary artists through a collaborative investment strategy and active worldwide loans services.

Bibliography

Rhoda Eitel-Porter, "Gert & Uwe Tobias". Print Quarterly, XXX, no. 3, September 2013, pp. 361–365.

External links

Gert and Uwe Tobias on ArtFacts.com
Gert and Uwe Tobias on ArtNet.com
Gert and Uwe Tobias at Artist Pension Trust
Further information from the Saatchi Gallery
More information from Galerie Rodolphe Janssen

[1] "MoMA.org". Archived from the original on 2008-03-11. Retrieved 2008-03-23.

[2] Nickas, Bob, Hammer.UCLA.edu Archived 2008-04-07 at the Wayback Machine

[3] "YouWorkForThem.com". Archived from the original on 2011-07-18. Retrieved 2008-03-23.

[4] Sherwood Pundyk, Anne (March 2012). "Untitled Frieze Fair 2007 Installation by Gert and Uwe Tobias". The Brooklyn Rail. They are currently represented by Galerie Michael Janssen in Cologne and Galerie Rodolphe Janssen Archived 2008-02-17 at the Wayback Machine in Brussels and members of the prestigious Artist Pension Trust which invests in the advancement of emerging and leading contemporary artists through a collaborative investment strategy and active worldwide loans services.

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