DANIEL VON STURMER

NOTES Lett Thomas 31 May–6 July 2024 3 East Street

Press Release

In NOTES, von Sturmer presents a picture of language in motion. Single verbs, nouns, and adjectives are presented on replica Post-It notes, elevating humble stationery in aluminium. At any given moment, just a single note will be placed on the wall, replaced periodically by an attendant. Through this ritual action, a lone word becomes imbued with significance and potential. von Sturmer asks us to consider how language is mutable and ever-shifting, and how meaning and narrative is constructed through context, and ultimately, through us.

Daniel von Sturmer (b. 1972, Auckland) is a Melbourne-based artist, with an experimental practice ranging across video, photography, and installation. von Sturmer was one of three artists representing Australia at the 52nd Venice Biennale (2007), a finalist in Aotearoa’s 2004 Walters Prize, and the winner of the Melbourne Prize for Urban Sculpture in 2017. Recent exhibitions include: Play: video art in the collection, Gothenburg Museum of Art, Sweden (2022); CATARACT (concrete), permanent installation, ACMI, Melbourne, (2020); Painted Light, Geelong Performing Arts Centre, (2019); Spacemakers and Roomshakers, Art Gallery of New South Wales (2018). von Sturmer’s work is held in collections including AGNSW, Sydney; ACMI, Melbourne; MUMA, Melbourne; MCA, Sydney; NGV, Melbourne; Queensland Art Gallery, Brisbane; Gothenburg Museum of Art; Auckland Art Gallery; Chartwell Collection, Auckland, and Dunedin Public Art Gallery.

About the Artist

Daniel von Sturmer was born in New Zealand and studied at RMIT University in Melbourne, where he now lives and works. In 2007 he represented Australia at the 52nd Venice Biennale. He has exhibited at numerous international public venues including the Australian Centre for Contemporary Art (ACCA), Melbourne; Museum of Contemporary Art, San Diego; the Gothenburg Museum of Art, Sweden; the Hamburger Bahnhoff Museum, Berlin and Auckland Art Gallery. Recent solo exhibitions include The Field Equation at ACCA, Melbourne (2006); Set Piece (2009) at Site Gallery, Sheffield and The Cinema Complex (2010) at Anna Schwartz Gallery, Sydney.

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