PRESS BULLETIN PETER ZIMMERMANN NEXT OF KIN 26 March 2010- 25 April 2010 Opening: 26 March 2010- Friday

Peter Zimmermann is at Dirimart with his Epoxy Works!

Dirimart presents to art enthusiasts the recent works of Peter Zimmermann, who has aroused worldwide interest with the canvases and sculptures he created using epoxy resin.

Using book covers as his source in his works since the 1980s, Zimmermann has made use of posters, wall papers, printed materials and boxes in his creation process through the years. Staring from the mid-1990s, he has introduced a different interpretation in his works by abstracting through computer effects a set of materials he discovered himself. The artist creates compositions from pictures manipulated by transferring into a computer the details extracted from the images featuring a cell structure he examined under a microscope or buildings, mountains and blocks. He then combines this with epoxy material to create works each of which contains frames taken from life.

Peter Zimmermann’s exhibition Next of Kin, which includes twelve works by the artist, will be open to visits until 25 April 2010.

Born in 1956 in , Zimmermann graduated from the Staatlichen Academy where he studied between 1979 – 1984. Based in Cologne, Germany, artist’s works have been exhibited in many leading galleries and museums worldwide. Some of his most recent solo exhibitions include: Museum Moderner Kunst Kärnten, Klagenfurt (2009), Galerie Horach Moya, new paintings, Galeria Filomena Soares, currents, cma, Columbus Museum of Art, Columbus, Ohayo (2008) wheel, Kunsthalle Nuremberg (cat.) Reliance, Galerie Emmanuel Perrotin, (2007)

PETER ZIMMERMANN, NEXT OF KIN, may be viewed from 26 March 2010 to 25 April 2010 Monday through Saturday between 10.00 -19.00. For more information, please contact the gallery: Dilâ Çakıl, [email protected]