Kuckei + Kuckei

Michael Laube

Works

Exhibitions

Publications
  • Michael Laube, laubepublicationneulaubepublicationkerber2016.jpg , Kerber Verlag , 2016
    Space Reloaded
    Kerber Verlag, 2016

    Michael Laube

    Space Reloaded

    Michael Laube's artistic development has its basis in painting. With his turning to acrylic glass as a carrier medium, he has transcended and broadened the familiar boundaries of the painterly to include spatiotemporal perspectives, which thus permit him more radical forms for his examinations of the themes of light, movement, color, and space. In his works, colorful structures interact in sequences of solid-colored stripes or rings, which then undergo, in part radical, alterations with a change in the viewer's position. Beginning with a basis layer, he mounts differently designed intermediate layers, so that a moving "in front of and behind" arises as a result of this layering. The monograph Space Reloaded provides insights into Michael Laube's artistic work of the last five years.

    140 pages
    24,50 × 30,50 cm
    Kerber Verlag, 2016
    ISBN 978-3-7356-0326-5
    Euro 38,00

  • Michael Laube, laubepublication00002514.jpg , Hatje Cantz , 2009
    in between
    Hatje Cantz, 2009

    Michael Laube

    in between

    Michael Laube (*1955 in Coburg) transgresses the boundaries of traditional painting in his own unique way, opening them up to different dimensions of space and time. Although the color in his acrylic glass objects and installations remains captured in the surface, it still seems dematerialized, disembodied, and never concretely localized. It becomes part of the surrounding space, woven into a dynamic, variable system of forces that is formed from light.

    The refractions, reflections, and highlights of the painted acrylic glass sheets, which are often arranged in layers, transform space into a multidimensional event that can be described anew again and again as one walks past it, thereby ruling out any absolute perception of Laube's works. They challenge the viewer to change perspective and do not conform to the definition of pure objectuality. This is the first comprehensive publication to present the Berlin-based artist's oeuvre.

    180 pages
    24,8 × 32,6 cm
    Hatje Cantz, 2009
    ISBN 978-3-7757-2514-9
    Euro 39,80

  • Michael Laube, laubepublicationlaubeoverbeck-1.jpg , Overbeck-Gesellschaft Lübeck , 2005
    Raum 9
    Overbeck-Gesellschaft Lübeck, 2005

    Michael Laube

    Raum 9

    The catalogue was published on occasion of Michael Laubes solo show at the Overbeck-Gesellschaft Lübeck.

    36 pages
    21 × 23 cm
    Overbeck-Gesellschaft Lübeck, 2005

Biography

Michael Laube was born in Coburg in 1955. He studied from 1986 until 1994 at the Hochschule der Künste Berlin. He lives and works in Berlin.

Grants and Awards

  • 1995

    • Scholarship of the Karl-Hofer-Gesellschaft, Berlin

  • 1989

    • Award of the Darmstädter Sezession für junge Kunst, Darmstadt, Germany

    • Art Award Zweibrücken, Kunstverein Zweibrücken, Germany

Solo Shows

  • 2022

    • Michael Laube, Kuckei + Kuckei Showroom Palma, Palma, Spain

  • 2020

    • about polygons, Kuckei + Kuckei, Berlin, Germany

  • 2018

    • The world unseen, Laura Rathe Fine Art, Houston, TX

  • 2017

    • Eye Candy, Laura Rathe Fine Art, Houston, TX

  • 2016

    • even/bent, Kuckei + Kuckei, Berlin

    • Illusion, Laura Rathe Fine Art, Dallas, TX

  • 2015

    • zwei.mal.raum, Galerie Robert Drees, Hannover, Germany

  • 2013

    • Raum 15, Kunstverein Münsterland, Coesfeld, Germany

    • Raum 14, Kunstverein Emsdetten, Emsdetten, Germany

  • 2012

    • Stray Light, Kuckei + Kuckei, Berlin

  • 2011

    • Geschichtet, Galerie Bernd A. Lausberg, Düsseldorf, Germany

  • 2010

    • Space Reloaded, Kunsthalle Cloppenburg, Cloppenburg, Germany

  • 2009

    • Kuckei + Kuckei, Berlin

  • 2008

    • New Work, Lausberg Contemporary, Toronto, ON

  • 2006

    • Raum 10, Kuckei + Kuckei, Berlin

  • 2005

    • Objekte und Installationen, Galerie Robert Drees, Hannover, Germany

    • Raum 9, Overbeck – Gesellschaft, Lübeck, Germany

  • 2004

    • Kuckei + Kuckei, Berlin

  • 2003

    • Raum 8, Kunstverein Friedrichshafen, Friedrichshafen, Germany

    • Raum 7, Kunstverein Konstanz, Konstanz, Germany

  • 2002

    • Kuckei + Kuckei, Berlin

  • 2000

    • 30 Meter, Kuckei + Kuckei, Berlin

  • 1999

    • Galerie Op Art Company, Karlsruhe, Germany

  • 1997

    • Neue Arbeiten, Galerie vierte Etage, Berlin

    • Galerie Op Art Company, Karlsruhe, Germany

    • Investitions Bank Berlin, Berlin

  • 1996

    • Sehstücke, Schering Kunstverein, KunstRaum Berlin, Berlin

  • 1994

    • Vorsicht frisch gestrichen, Galerie vierte Etage, Berlin

  • 1993

    • sub rosa, Galerie Buschgraben, Berlin

  • 1990

    • Galerie Broschwitz, Berlin

Group Shows

  • 2023

    • Relief, Loop – Raum für aktuelle Kunst, B-Part Exhibition, Berlin, Germany

    • more than minimal, Collectors Room Hamburg im Pavillon, Bad Gastein

  • 2022

    • Pure – Phänomene des Betrachtens II, Galerie Bernd A. Lausberg, Dusseldorf, Germany

    • Color Story: Michael Laube & Paul Rousso, Laura Rathe Fine Arts, Houston, TX

  • 2021

    • Here We Are, MPV Gallery, 's-Hertogenbosch, Netherlands

  • 2020

    • from dawn till dusk // update, Galerie Robert Drees, Hannover, Germany

  • 2019

    • Invited by:, Galerie Robert Drees, Hannover, Germany

    • Celebrating 20 years, Laura Rathe Fine Art, Houston, TX

  • 2018

    • EINSNULLNULL, Galerie Robert Drees, Hannover, Germany

  • 2017

    • Rorschach – an Experiment, Kuckei + Kuckei, Berlin

    • Michael Laube / Gavin Rain, Laura Rathe Fine Art, Dallas, TX

    • Vanguard, Laura Rathe Fine Art, Houston, TX

  • 2016

    • Psychedelic, JanKossen Contemporary Art Gallery, New York City, NY

    • Michael Laube / James Verbicky, Laura Rathe Fine Art, Houston, TX

  • 2014

    • Exhibition Kobe, Galerie Mark Peet Visser. 's-Hertogenbosch, Belgium

  • 2012

    • Winter Group Exhibition, Lausberg Contemporary, Toronto

    • Spiel-Zeuge, Freshfields, Bruckhaus, Deringer, München, Germany

    • KunstStoff, Galerie DIS, Maastricht, Netherlands

  • 2011

    • Upstairs Downstairs, Lausberg Contemporary, Toronto, ON

    • Occasion, galerie remixx, Graz, Austria

    • Winter Thaw, Lausberg Contemporary, Toronto, ON

  • 2010

    • Beyond Painting, Lausberg Contemporary, Toronto, ON

  • 2009

    • shifting, Galerie Robert Drees, Hannover, Germany

    • Die Farbe Bunt, Galerie Lausberg, Düsseldorf, Germany

    • Kunst im kleinen Format, Overbeck-Gesellschaft Lübeck, Germany

    • Best of Lausberg Contemporary, Lausberg Contemporary, Toronto, ON

  • 2008

    • gegenstandslos, Gesellschaft für Kunst und Gestaltung, Bonn

    • German Wave, Karin Weber Gallery, Hong Kong

  • 2006

    • Tower/Lights, Kunstallianz 1 Berlin, Berlin

    • personal structures: schwarzweiss als farbe, Galerie Bernd A. Lausberg, Düsseldorf, Germany

    • Konstruktiv, galerie remixx, Graz, Austria

  • 2005

    • STRIPES – LINES – COLORS, Galerie Wolfgang Exner, Wien, Austria

  • 2004

    • JUNGER SOMMER 2004 – OBJEKTE – FOTOGRAFIE – MALEREI, Galerie Wolfgang Exner, Wien, Austria

    • SET -Ein Werkstattbericht, Kuckei + Kuckei, Berlin

    • Colors & Stripes, Galerie Robert Drees, Hannover, Germany

  • 2002

    • don, Chinati Foundation, Marfa TX

  • 2001

    • Kunstsalon Wolfsberg, Zürich, CH

    • Sommerausstellung, Kuckei + Kuckei, Berlin

  • 2000

    • Stadtkunstprojekte, Berlin-Köpenick, Berlin

  • 1999

    • Sommer 1999, Kuckei + Kuckei, Berlin

    • Werkschau 6, Neues Kunstquartier, Berlin

    • Galerie Schrade, Schloss Mochental

  • 1997

    • Stipendiaten der Karl-Hofer-Gesellschaft, Kunstamt Kreuzberg-Bethanien, Berlin

    • Investitionsbank Berlin, Berlin

  • 1996

    • Biennale internationale d'art miniature, Salle Augustin-Chenier inc., Quebec, Canada

    • Fax-Art: Hommage an Heidelberg, Ottheinrichsbau, Heidelberg, Germany

    • Blick!, Haus der Boecker GmbH, Berlin

    • Nachtraum, eine Ausstellung im Dunkel, Internetprojekt, Berlin

    • 100, Galerie Broschwitz, Berlin

  • 1995

    • Fünf Berliner Künstler, Galerie Kinter, Remshalden-Geradstetten, Germany

    • Per Versand, Galerie Kinter, Remshalden-Geradstetten, Germany

    • Fünf Berliner Künstler, Galerie vierte Etage, Berlin

    • Berlin – Glasgow, Glasgow School of Art, Glasgow, GB

    • Arbeiten auf Papier, Galerie vierte Etage, Berlin

  • 1992

    • Auszug, Waldenser Ateliers, Berlin

  • 1990

    • Zweitakt, Kunst aus Berlin-Ost und Berlin-West, Ausstellungszentrum am Alexanderplatz, Berlin

  • 1989

    • Preis der Darmstädter Sezession für junge Kunst, Mathildenhöhe, Darmstadt, Germany

    • Kunstpreis Zweibrücken, Kunstverein Zweibrücken, Germany

Permanent Installations

    • Musikschule Marzahn, Berlin

    • HTWK – Hochschule für Technik, Wirtschaft und Kultur Leipzig

    • Chapel at Marienschule Potsdam

    • Mein Schiff 3 – Große Freiheit Bar & Coffeehouse, Royal Caribbean Cruises

    • Deutscher Bundestag, Berlin

    • Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer, Berlin

    • NORD/LB Hannover

    • Volksfürsorge Hamburg

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