In his art Austrian Knopp Ferro evokes grace and dynamism by placing slender iron rods around spatial constructions. The artist employs fine wires that create parallel and perpendicular lines, which intertwine and question the value of space. Suspended from the ceiling, floating effortlessly above us or protruding out of the floor, all the works presented in this exhibition challenge not only our understanding of gravity, but also our experience of geometrical shapes within time and space.

Ferro’s compositions allude to past theatrical experiences resulting from his collaborative efforts throughout the seventies and eighties with the artist collective Jet Ferro and performance theatre Bumper to Bumper. These theatrical concerns are translated into gravity defying structures, which aim to activate the space that surrounds them by producing elusive waves of motion. The artist manipulates the minimal and kinetic properties of his metal constructions creating light and shadow, gravity and weightlessness. The dramatic sensibility achieved in each sculpture originates from minimal geometric shapes confronting one another. These structures not only evoke emotion, but also create a poetic relationship with their surroundings.

Knopp Ferro was born in Cologne in 1953. From 1975 to 1977 the artist studied metal sculpture and performance art at the Academy of Art & Design in Cologne. He founded in the seventies the legendary artist group Jet Ferro and was part of the Zurich based performance theatre Bumper to Bumper. He has exhibited widely including Argentina, Spain, Austria, Switzerland, Germany and the United States. His work is part of several public collections including the Ella Fontanals-Cisneros Collection in Miami, the Artothek Cologne in Germany, the MACBA Museum Art Center in Buenos Aires, Argentina and the Collection of the Republic of Austria in Vienna. The artist currently undertakes large-scale commissions from Switzerland and Latin America. Knopp Ferro works and lives in Munich, Germany.