Lucie Stahl

BB9_Lucie_Stahl_03
Installation view of "Schwarze Pumpe 3," 2016 and "Vattenfall’s Chance," 2016, courtesy Lucie Stahl, photo: Timo Ohler

* 1977 in Berlin, lives and works in Berlin

Created from flatbed scans of three-dimensional objects, the murky aesthetic of Lucie Stahl’s collage-style prints looks to larger processes by which physical detritus and natural contamination are generated. In Stahl’s contribution, scanned works are combined with photographs. Images of brown coal extraction sites and extracting machinery were shot in the Lusatian region of Germany, not far from Berlin. In this area, local activists are engaged in a fierce battle with the coal mining industry about the planned expansion of this non-renewable energy source. The work also includes photographs of a miniature power plant, blown up to over life-size. These images are pierced by circular orifices, which are connected by a tubing system made of vent pipes running behind the walls and out of the exhibition space. Forming periscopes, these holes channel the gaze to offer a specific view outside of the KW building.

List of works

BB9_Lucie_Stahl_07
Installation view detail of Schwarze Pumpe 1 (detail), 2016, courtesy Lucie Stahl, photo: Timo Ohler
Schwarze Pumpe 1, 2016

Ink-jet print, epoxy resin, aluminum

BB9_Lucie_Stahl_04
Installation view of Schwarze Pumpe 1, 2016 and Stacks, 2016, courtesy Lucie Stahl, photo: Timo Ohler
Stacks, 2016

Ink-jet print, epoxy resin, aluminum

BB9_Lucie_Stahl_01
Installation view from left to right: Schwarze Pumpe 1, 2016, Stacks, 2016, Negative Growth (Rückbau), 2016, Schwarze Pumpe 2, 2016, Sourcerer, 2015, Excavator (Ausgräber), 2016, Schwarze Pumpe 3, 2016, Vattenfall’s Chance, 2016, courtesy Lucie Stahl, photo Timo Ohler
Negative Growth (Rückbau), 2016

Ink-jet print, epoxy resin, aluminum

Schwarze Pumpe 2, 2016

Ink-jet print, epoxy resin, aluminum, wood, mirror

BB9_Lucie_Stahl_06
Installation view detail of Schwarze Pumpe 2 (detail), 2016, courtesy Lucie Stahl, photo: Timo Ohler
Sourcerer, 2015

Ink-jet print, epoxy resin, aluminum

Excavator (Ausgräber), 2016

Ink-jet print, epoxy resin, aluminum

BB9_Lucie_Stahl_05
Installation view detail of Schwarze Pumpe 3 (detail), 2016, courtesy Lucie Stahl, photo: Timo Ohler
Schwarze Pumpe 3, 2016

Ink-jet print, epoxy resin, aluminum wood, mirror

Vattenfall’s Chance, 2016

Ink-jet print, epoxy resin, aluminum

All works Courtesy Lucie Stahl