Nikola Irmer ~ Horst

Nikola Irmer ~ Horst

Preview

Thursday January 17^th 2008 - 6pm – 8pm

Exihibtion Jan 18th - Feb 29th

Veiw by Appointment

Apartment is delighted to announce Horst the first UK solo exhibition of German artist Nikola Irmer. Irmer studied Fine Art at Glasgow School of Art and at Hunter College, New York. She now lives in and works in Berlin. Her practice investigates the complexities and revelations of the artist/model relationship; Irmer seeks out her models through the distribution of flyers, and the placement of advertisements in the personal columns of local newspapers. What begins as a simple exchange has the potential to develop into a collaborative relationship which creates sensitive and revealing portraits of unexpected subjects.

Horst is a sixty year old, 18 stone, drag queen whose unusual response to one of Nikola’s advertisements initiated a three year collaboration. A series of these paintings will be shown at Apartment. The paintings depict Horst’s creation of a spectacular drag persona; the domestic context of Apartment facilitates an interesting intimacy to the experience of the work that delves into this private transformative process.

Nikola Irmer

Above one of Nikola Irmer's paintings in Apartment along with a selection of five paintings in the bedroom. The show consists of a series of paintings that depict Horst's transformation into a drag persona. Also included in the show is a collage that reveals a creative dialogue between artist and model; Horst uses sketches and images of the work created during their sessions to create new imagery that celebrates the relationship that the artist and model have developed over a the years. Postcards and collages sent to Irmer by Horst extend the creative process beyond the studio, Irmer's willingness to include these images in this exhibition reveal the value she places on her subjects as model and in this case as collaborator.

Apartment opening....

Here are some images from the opening on Thursday, (above Paul Harfleet, Hilary Jack and Nikola Irmer, below some other visitors). In other news Apartment has just started a group on Facebook; do join for more images and to offer opinion and comment on our program and to easily hear of updates:
http://www.facebook.com/group.php?gid=6641529143

Apartment currently features in Art World Magazine; in an interesting article by Kate Feld that explores alternative gallery spaces, along with Apartment, Porch Gallery, Phlight, Bog Standard Gallery, Caravan Gallery and 312 feature.

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Top Right is a full list of the previous shows and events that Apartment has hosted, with full colour images of every work we have shown. Please also explore the list of artists that have shown.

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Apartment ~ News

Apartment is awaiting news on funding to inform visitors to our blog of forthcoming exhibitions. Berlin based artist Nikola Irmer is the next confirmed show, details will follow soon. Lamport Court where Apartment is based continues to be a centre of various cultural activity. LoneLady (above) continues to create electrifying music on the seventh floor, and has just released a vinyl; ‘Early the haste comes’ is available in all good outlets, for more information on LoneLady visit Lamport Court based independent record label Filthy Home Recordings. Lamport Court poetry magazine continues to support new writing. Paul Harfleet is about to feature his Pansy Project at the Homotopia Festival in Liverpool. Hilary Jack is currently exhibiting at CUBE in Manchester and is preparing a show for Transition Gallery in London. This is not to mention the other bands, artists, DJ’s and musicians based in this unlikely artistic hub.

Radio Appearance!...

Paul Harfleet (Co-Director) and E.P.Niblock (writer in residence) will be appearing on BBC Radio Manchester Thursday 13th September just after 10pm. Tune in to listen to the latest news form Apartment and hear some of Euphemia's explorations at Apartment so far.