This document provides information on furniture sculptures and installations by artist Elisabeth Penker from 2001 to 2010. It describes several of her "Bench-Shelf" sculptures made of acrylic on plywood and their exhibitions. It also mentions her "Hanging Chairs" sculpture from 2009 and a 2003 installation with photo-collages and music. The document provides details on the materials, dimensions and exhibitions of Penker's works.

1. ELISABETH PENKER
Elisabeth Penker, “CT Structure” (Shelf-Table) Acrylic on poplar plywood
Kunst im Parlament (curated by Peter Pakesch) 2006
75 x 21 x 82cm (2 parts) | manufacturer: Atelier Elisabeth Penker
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2. Elisabeth Penker, “Bench-Shelf” Acrylic on poplar plywood
view: “First Nation Pavilion” from “Protections” (curated by Adam Budak & Christine Peters)
Kunsthaus Graz, 2006 46 x 151 x 42cm | manufacturer: Atelier Elisabeth Penker
background: 4-channel sound installation “De-Grammatical”
The “Bench-Shelf” mirrors the bottom and the top seating elements thereby giving the object an asym-
metrical appearance. The “Bench-Shelf” form developed out of the FO/GoLab model by Penker for a
video reference library developed in the summer 2001. It was later used by the museums doorman (in
Porto) as furniture.

3. Elisabeth Penker, “Bench-Shelf” Acrylic on poplar plywood
view: MAK CAT Tower, Vienna (curated by Andreas Kristof) 2008
46 x 151 x 42cm | manufacturer: Atelier Elisabeth Penker
Photo: Martin Wesely
Elisabeth Penker, “Bench-Shelf” Acrylic on poplar plywood
view: Galerie nächst St.Stephan / Rosemarie Schwarzwälder (Log-In), Vienna, 2008
46 x 151 x 42cm | manufacturer: Atelier Elisabeth Penker

4. exhibition view FO/GO Lab, “First Story” Galeria do Palacio, Porto (curated by Ute Meta Bauer) 2001
FO/GO LAB, Elisabeth Penker, model for video reference library
“First Story” Galeria do Palacio, Porto (curated by Ute Meta Bauer) 2001

5. Elisabeth Penker, “Hanging Chairs”, 2009 Compressed Cedar, Wooden-dowells, Gallery Chair (Galerie nächst St. Stephan)
Acrylic Paint 100 x 182,5 x 22 cm
view: Galerie nächst St.Stephan / Rosemarie Schwarzwälder (Log-In), Vienna, 2010
Hanging, on the wall are 3 chair objects
hung similar to Shaker/Amish chair hanging
construction, which were designed to hang
on the wall and not to take up valuable floor
space.
Two objects are hand-made “sculptural-
chairs”, which cannot stand alone. The sec-
ond object is a folding chair which is folded
flat and painted one color from a frontal
view in the color of Amish board design.
By unfolding the chair the original color of
the wood is clearly visible creating a second
composition (or view). Numerous contem-
porary artists, have related the Shakers/Am-
ish radical functionalism to their sculptural
practice.

6. Elisabeth Penker, LISTE Basel (Solo Project) “Can we talk about it without talking”
burlap, leather, cedar wood, photo-collages, sound equipment
and music by Coloreblind (Nina Erber, Martin Guttmann, Doron Goldfarb, Elisabeth Penker
Galerie Michael Hall, Vienna 2003 | Photo: Sabine McGrew

7. “Cultural Translation 1” Gallery G.U.N, Oslo 2000
Elisabeth Penker, “Cultural Translation 2” Kunstlerhaus Klagenfurt (curated by Ulli Sturm), 2001
Conversation setting (2 benches with table) for focus group with S. Ferfoglia, Cornelius Kolig, Gregor Podnar, Gerhard Pilgram.
Represented by Charim Galerie, Dorotheergasse 12, 1010 Vienna | charim@charimgalerie.at |
43 1 512 0915 | www.charimgalerie.at
Furniture available at rauminhalt, Harald Bichler Schleifmülgasse 13, 1040 Vienna |
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