Lothar Hempel, Slowdance, 2015, MDF, inkjet on dibond, painted steel, tree branch, paint, 220 x 265 x 390 cm, 86 5/8 x 104 3/8 x 153 1/2 ins, (MA-HEMPL-00114) Courtesy Stuart Shave/Modern Art, London
Lothar Hempel, Old New Girl (Sturm), 2012, inkjet on aluminium, acrylic, oil, spray paint, colour pencil, framed, 202 x 160 cm, 79 1/2 x 63 ins, (MA-HEMPL-00106) Courtesy Stuart Shave/Modern Art, London
Lothar Hempel, Plakat (Interiors), 2015, inkjet on dibond, plastic bag, colour pencil, framed, 173 x 173 x 7 cm, 68 1/8 x 68 1/8 x 2 3/4 ins, (MA-HEMPL-00110) Courtesy Stuart Shave/Modern Art, London
Lothar Hempel, Jetsam, 2010, silkscreen on stainless steel, stretched fabric panels, electric light, 235 x 180 x 30.5 cm, 92 1/2 x 70 7/8 x 12 1/8 ins, (MA-HEMPL-00107) Courtesy Stuart Shave/Modern Art, London
Lothar Hempel, Treibgut/Flotsam, 2015, plastic bags, dummy iPhone 6, inkjet on dibond, acrylic, colour pencil, perspex, 171.5 x 131.5 x 13 cm, 67 1/2 x 51 3/4 x 5 1/8 ins, (MA-HEMPL-00108) Courtesy Stuart Shave/Modern Art, London
Lothar Hempel, Plakat (Storm), 2015, laminate, inkjet on dibond, acrylic, colour pencil, ink, perspex, foam, leather, wire, framed, 259 x 259 x 7 cm, 101 3/4 x 101 3/4 x 2 3/4 ins, (MA-HEMPL-00112) Courtesy Stuart Shave/Modern Art, London
Lothar Hempel, Plakat (Projektor), 2015, laminate, inkjet on dibond, colour pencil, ink, perspex, cellophane, framed, 259 x 259 x 10 cm, 102 x 102 x 4 ins, (MA-HEMPL-00111) Courtesy Stuart Shave/Modern Art, London
Lothar Hempel, Tropenkoller, 2015, perspex, sand, river stones, beans, pasta, pingpong balls, plastic bags, tinsel, artificial plants, 245 x 109 x 114 cm, 96 1/2 x 42 7/8 x 44 7/8 ins, (MA-HEMPL-00109) Courtesy Stuart Shave/Modern Art, London
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Tropenkoller

Taking the title Tropenkoller (Tropical Madness), German artist Lothar Hempel’s latest exhibition at Stuart Shave/Modern Art, London (Feb 27-Mar 21), incorporates a diverse range of media and imagery in order to interrogate certain constructs intrinsic to the genetic makeup of society: human interaction, morality, and prejudice.


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ABOUT THE CONTRIBUTOR

Lothar Hempel

is a Berlin-based artist. Having studied at Kunstakademie Düsseldorf, Germany, Hempel's work has been the subject of solo shows at Stedelijk Museum Bureau Amsterdam, (1998) Institute of Contemporary Art, London (2002), and La Conservera, Ceuti, Spain (2012).

This article is an online exclusive from March 2015.

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