- Florian Roithmayr
these here withins
Renata Fabbri is glad to present these here withins, Florian Roithmayr’s first solo exhibition in Italy.
Focused on the physicality of the encounters between different materials, bodies or surfaces, Florian Roithmayr explores some of the praxis, gestures and techniques that define sculptural practice. By experimenting and investigating across different procedures and possibilities, Florian Roithmayr is specifically interested in generating and tracing material transformations in the processes of making. Through his work, he aims at registering the consequences of one surface or material yielding another through capturing the unexpected occurrences that characterize artistic production. Such a peculiar approach might be described as a sort of micro-exploration, a journey into those small gestures and events that are often regarded as marginal to the overall process. As such he often engages in an open and organic process in which the remains of a production or the objects conceived in function to it, fold into potential new trajectories.
For his first solo show at the gallery, the artist presents a series of new works conceived and produced in relation to the space of the gallery as well as a reconfiguration of his most recent productions. In particular, the exhibition features a series of sculptural pieces emerging from his exploration into processes of moulding and casting, a subject that sits at the very core of Florian’s most recent research-project: “The humility of plaster”. As a matter of fact, these here withins emerges from – and is part of –this long-term trajectory of research culminating in a program of exhibitions, public events that examine and unravel the infrastructure of historical and academic practices defining the tradition of moulding and casting. Such major project – “The humility of plaster” – results from the tight collaboration and partnership among a number of international funding bodies, art organizations and institutions such as The University of Cambridge Museums, The Wysing Art Centre (Bourn), Kettle Yard (Cambridge), HS Projects (London), Elephant Trust, Arts Council England, the Henry Moore Foundation and the Paul Mellon Centre. Through this body of works not only he looks at the widespread application of casting processes beyond the artistic canon, but also at the moulds which make up the very fabric of cast production themselves. While usually regarded as simple tools or templates for reproduction, within Florian’s research these moulds are being studied and questioned in relation to actual sculptural thinking. The artist re-thinks/re-positions the status of these objects, questioning their actual role as key components within an artistic process.
Renata Fabbri is glad to present these here withins, Florian Roithmayr’s first solo exhibition in Italy.
Focused on the physicality of the encounters between different materials, bodies or surfaces, Florian Roithmayr explores some of the praxis, gestures and techniques that define sculptural practice. By experimenting and investigating across different procedures and possibilities, Florian Roithmayr is specifically interested in generating and tracing material transformations in the processes of making. Through his work, he aims at registering the consequences of one surface or material yielding another through capturing the unexpected occurrences that characterize artistic production. Such a peculiar approach might be described as a sort of micro-exploration, a journey into those small gestures and events that are often regarded as marginal to the overall process. As such he often engages in an open and organic process in which the remains of a production or the objects conceived in function to it, fold into potential new trajectories.
For his first solo show at the gallery, the artist presents a series of new works conceived and produced in relation to the space of the gallery as well as a reconfiguration of his most recent productions. In particular, the exhibition features a series of sculptural pieces emerging from his exploration into processes of moulding and casting, a subject that sits at the very core of Florian’s most recent research-project: “The humility of plaster”. As a matter of fact, these here withins emerges from – and is part of –this long-term trajectory of research culminating in a program of exhibitions, public events that examine and unravel the infrastructure of historical and academic practices defining the tradition of moulding and casting. Such major project – “The humility of plaster” – results from the tight collaboration and partnership among a number of international funding bodies, art organizations and institutions such as The University of Cambridge Museums, The Wysing Art Centre (Bourn), Kettle Yard (Cambridge), HS Projects (London), Elephant Trust, Arts Council England, the Henry Moore Foundation and the Paul Mellon Centre. Through this body of works not only he looks at the widespread application of casting processes beyond the artistic canon, but also at the moulds which make up the very fabric of cast production themselves. While usually regarded as simple tools or templates for reproduction, within Florian’s research these moulds are being studied and questioned in relation to actual sculptural thinking. The artist re-thinks/re-positions the status of these objects, questioning their actual role as key components within an artistic process.
- Florian Roithmayr, These here withins, 2018Plaster, variable dimensions
- Florian Roithmayr, these here withins, 2018Plaster, variable dimensions
- Florian Roithmayr, these here withins, 2018Only edition, screen printing, 60x70 cm
- Florian Roithmayr, Pistacchio, 2018Alabaster plaster, pigment, 31x16x5 cm
- Florian Roithmayr, these here withins, 2018Installation view at Renata Fabbri, Milan
- Florian Roithmayr, EndStart n.12, 2018Plaster, 104x15x63 cm
- Florian Roithmayr, Nowadays cocoon, 2015Plaster, felt, plastic, cardboard, cotton, variable dimensions.
- Florian Roithmayr, Forma n.15, 2018Plaster, pigments, 32x32x84 cm
- Florian Roithmayr, Forma n.9, 2018Alabaster plaster, pigment, 36x36x21 cm
- Florian Roithmayr, Forma n.10, 2018Alabaster plaster, pigment, 32x36x21 cm
- Florian Roithmayr, Forma n.11, 2018Alabaster plaster, pigment, 31x33x21 cm
- Florian Roithmayr, Forma n.12, 2018Alabaster plaster, pigment, 40x36x21cm
- Florian Roithmayr, Forma n.13, 2018Alabaster plaster, pigment, 30x41x21 cm
- Florian Roithmayr, Forma n.14, 2018Alabaster plaster, pigment, 40x38x21 cm

- Sophie Ko

- Gizela Mickiewicz,
- Alessandro Teoldi

- T-Yong Chung,
- Andrea Martinucci,
- Florian Roithmayr
Oct 11-13, 2019
Pav. 12 – Booth SC7

- Giovanni Kronenberg,
- Florian Roithmayr
Apr 5-7, 2019
Established Contemporary
Pav. 3 – Gate 5 – Booth D02

- Vlatka Horvat,
- Florian Roithmayr
Oct 4 – 7, 2018
Booth 15
Ambika P3
University of Westminster,
35 Marylebone Road, London
NW1 5LS

Renata Fabbri is delighted to announce that the artist has been chosen to create a project for the Croatian pavilion at the Sixtieth Venice Biennale, to take place April 20 to November 24, 2024.