PORTRAIT / NSW Australia 2020

Portrait of the artist getting covered with ashes and charcoal collected after the devastating bushfires in New South Wales/Australia in 2020.

Realized with the help of my Australian artists friends Sue McCauley and Michael Buckley!

Foto: Henriette Pogoda
Assistance: Joana Bacelar

[Swaantje Güntzel, PORTRAIT / NSW Australia 2020, 2020, Diasec, 120 x 80 cm]

#art #conceptualart #contemporaryart #kunst #konzeptkunst #zeitgenössischekunst #photography #fotografie #portrait #porträt #henriettepogoda #waldbrand #bushfires #australia #australien #newsouthwales #michaelbuckley #suemccauley #charcoal #holzkohle #climatecrisis #klimakrise #klimawandel #climatechange #joanabacelar #swaantjeguentzel #swaantjegüntzel

SEASCAPE I / Nordfrieslandmuseum Husum

This is the first work I produced within my ongoing series "SEASCAPES" in 2020.

Portrait staged in front of a seascape without title by Karl Rohwedder-Ruge (1865-1940), dated on the first third of the 20th century. The painting is part of the collection of Nordfriesland Museum. Nissenhaus Husum. The artist is surrounded by single use plastic items typically found in public space.

[Swaantje Güntzel, SEESTÜCK I / Nordfrieslandmuseum Husum, 2020, Diasec, 80 x 120 cm]

Foto: Henriette Pogoda

#art #conceptualart #contemporaryart #kunst #konzeptkunst #zeitgenössischekunst #nordfrieslandmuseum #husum #karlrohwedderruge #seestück #seestücke #seascape #seascapes #museum #collection #oilpainting #painting #paintings #northsea #nordsee #photography #fotografie #henriettepogoda #waste #marinedebris #littering #singleuseplastic #coffeetogo #takeaway #fastfood #müll #plasticbag #plastiktüte #plastikflasche #plasticbottle #swaantjeguentzel #swaantjegüntzel #strabd #beach #waves #wellen #einwegplastik #caprisonne #caprisun #durstlöscher #navydress #goldrahmen

SEASCAPE III / Bröhan-Museum

Portrait realized in front of the work "Wellen im Sturm" (Waves in the storm), 1915, by Karl Hagemeister at Bröhan-Museum Berlin. The artists is holding foil balloons while contemplating the painting, being surrounded by balloons found on different German beaches and balloons that already deflated.

[Swaantje Güntzel, SEESTÜCK (Seascape) III / Bröhan-Museum, 2021, Diasec, 80 x 120 cm]

Foto: Henriette Pogoda
Assistance: Joana Bacelar

#art #conceptualart #conceptualphotography #contemporaryart #kunst #konzeptkunst #zeitgenössischekunst #photography #fotografie #bröhanmuseum #berlin #seascape #seestück #seestücke #balloon #balloons #luftballons #folienballon #marinedebris #karlhagemeister #museum #ausstellung #welle #waves #wellenimsturm #deutschesee #rügen #ostsee #herzballon #swaantjeguentzel #swaantjegüntzel #mickymouse #swan #schwan #unicorn #einhorn #henriettepogoda

SEASCAPE IV / Museum Kunst der Westküste, Föhr

Production in front of the work “Harbor Entrance” (1916) by Erich Heckel (1883–1970). The work was realized in the painting depot of Museum Kunst der Westküste (Föhr). The artist holds a 100-pound US aerial bomb under her arm which was recovered from the North Sea. The work is part of the artist´s ongoing series "Seascapes".

In the German North and Baltic Seas, there are contaminated sites of about 1.6 million tons of conventional munitions and 5,000 tons of chemical warfare agents dumped during World War II by military operations or afterwards by dumping (source: Federal Environment Agency Germany).

Realized with the help of SeaTerra GmbH.

[Swaantje Güntzel, SEESTÜCK IV / Museum Kunst der Westküste, Föhr, 2024, Diasec, 80 × 120 cm]

Foto: Henriette Pogoda
Assistance: Joana Bacelar

#art #conceptualart #contemporaryart #kunst #konzeptkunst #zeitgenössischekunst #fotografie #photography #seascape #seascapes #seestück #seestücke #erichheckel #war #munition #worldwar1 #ww1 #worldwar2 #ww2 #marinedebris #seaterra #mkdw #museumkunstderwestküste #föhr #nordsee #ostsee #northsea #balticsea #museum #museumsdepot #painting #henriettepogoda #aerialbomb #bomb #zerscheller #hafeneinfahrt #fliegerbombe #ammunition #paintings #reddress #swaantjeguentzel #swaantjegüntzel

Napoli

Hand-painted porcelain plate showing the streetscape of Naples/Italy when the litter service was on strike.

[Swaantje Güntzel, Napoli, 2014, hand-painted porcelain, diameter: 19,9 cm]

The plate was painted by Heike Tropisch.

Foto: Swaantje Güntzel

#art #conceptualart #contemporaryart #kunst #konzeptkunst #zeitgenössischekunst #porcelain #handpainted #porzellanteller #neapel #naples #napoli #schmuckteller #goldrand #heiketropisch #wastemanagement #waste #müll

Stereoscopy

A miniature Volvic plastic bottle was glued into a historical stereoscopy showing a historical maritime view.

[Swaantje Güntzel, Stereoscopy, 2021, paper, plastics, 37,5 × 29,9 cm]

Foto: Tobias Hübel

#art #conceptualart #contemporaryart #kunst #konzeptkunst #zeitgenössischekunst #stereoskopie #stereoscopy #volvic #miniaturobjekt #maritimeansicht #maritimephotography #fotografie #photography #marinedebris #waste #plastikflasche #plasticbottle #swaantjeguentzel #swaantjegüntzel #marinepollution

ARCTIC YOGHURT
Intervention

“On December 2nd, 2021 at 12.04 a.m. I ate a yoghurt and threw the plastic pot into the Ofotfjord (Norway)”

[Swaantje Güntzel, Arctic Yoghurt, 2021, Intervention]

Foto: Jan Philip Scheibe

#art #conceptualart #contemporaryart #kunst #konzeptkunst #zeitgenössischekunst #intervention #performanceart #performance #marinedebris #waste #yoghurt #artcticyoghurt #plasticpollution #ofotfjord #norway #norwegen #reddress #fjord #swaantjeguentzel #swaantjegüntzel #womensart #womenartist #arktis #arctic

Setzkasten XL

Display case filled with toys washed ashore the beaches of Kure and Midway Atoll and swallowed by Laysanalbatrosses. The albatrosses were found with stomachs filled with plastic objects on both atolls (Northwestern Hawaiian Islands).

Realized with the help of Kure Atoll Conservancy.

[Swaantje Güntzel, Setzkasten XL, 2018, plastics, wood, glass, 41, 3x 31,5 cm]

Foto: Tobias Hübel

#art #conceptualart #contemporaryart #kunst #konzeptkunst #zeitgenössischekunst #object #marinedebris #pacific #kureatoll #midwayatoll #midway #pazifik #waste #toys #spielzeuge #beach #strand #kureatollconservancy #plastik #plastics #laysanalbatros #albatrosse #swaantjeguentzel #swaantjegüntzel

REMINDER
The exhibition "Infinity - Empitness - Liveliness" at Planetarium Hamburg can still be visited until May 31st! Where Art meets Science in Space.

What do our imagination of Outer Space have in common with our imagination of the Arctic? And why is it important to become aware of our cultures of perceptions for creating more just and sustainable futures?

The exhibition was realized by Die Junge Akademie (Anne Hemkendreis, Oliver Rymek, Timo de Wolff, Professor Michael Saliba) and hosted by Planetarium Hamburg.


Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft (DFG) - German Research Foundation
Das Dokumetarische Exzess und Entzug DFG-Graduiertenkolleg
#BodovonBorriesFoundation

Poster: Swaantje Güntzel, Andreas Zierhut "Sterntaler", 2022
Design: Spirit & Bones Design

"Sterntaler" was realized during my Artist-in-Science Residence at European Space Agency - ESA / ESOC in Darmstadt in 2022, organized by Kultur einer Digitalstadt e.V..

#art #conceptualart #contemporaryart #artmeetsscience #planetariumhamburg #hamburg #space #esa #andreaszierhut #spacedebris #exhibition #annehemkendreis #diejungeakademie #oliverrymek #timodewolf #michaelsaliba #deutscheforschungsgemeinschaft #dasdokumentarische #spiritandbonesdesign #artistinscienceresidence #artistresidency #artistinscience #sterntaler #brothersgrimm #reddress #swaantjeguentzel #swaantjegüntzel #kultureinerdigitalstadt #darmstadt

GOLD II

Common packaging for take away menus made of polystyrene covered with gold leaf.

[Swaantje Güntzel, GOLD II, 2020, polystyrene, gold leaf, 20,5 x 25 x 7 cm]

Foto: Tobias Hübel

#art #conceptualart #contemporaryart #kunst #konzeptkunst #zeitgenössischekunst #singleuseplastic #fastfood #waste #gold #einwegplastik #müll #blattgold #goldleaf #könnensienichtmalwasschönesmachen #cantyoudosomethingniceforachange #takeaway #swaantjeguentzel #swaantjegüntzel #polystyrene #goldII