{"id":43,"date":"2016-03-16T09:00:27","date_gmt":"2016-03-16T13:00:27","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.londonmithraeum.com\/bloomberg-space-archive\/eva-grubinger-five-problems\/"},"modified":"2017-07-17T08:45:27","modified_gmt":"2017-07-17T12:45:27","slug":"eva-grubinger-five-problems","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.londonmithraeum.com\/bloomberg-space-archive\/eva-grubinger-five-problems\/","title":{"rendered":"Five Problems"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]<strong>Exhibition Dates:<\/strong> 1st April \u2013 28th May 2016<br \/>\nFive Problems is a series of sculptures that relate formally to Vexier (or disentanglement) puzzles, thought to originate in the \u2018wisdom games\u2019 of Song Dynasty-era China. These conundrums, involving freeing and attaching puzzle parts, come in a variety of materials including string, metal and wood with their appeal deriving from their apparent insolvability. In Five Problems, Eva Grubinger enlarges and reworks such brainteasers, locating them on the floor, walls and ceiling. Being too heavy to manipulate, the \u2018problems\u2019 become mental ones, calisthenics for the brain.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/assets.bbhub.io\/company\/sites\/31\/2017\/06\/FINAL-Eva-Grubinger-Press-Release-2016.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Press Release<\/a>[\/vc_column_text][vc_single_image image=&#8221;47&#8243; alignment=&#8221;center&#8221; img_link_to_large=&#8221;yes&#8221; img_link_lightbox=&#8221;yes&#8221; img_size=&#8221;large&#8221;][vc_single_image image=&#8221;48&#8243; alignment=&#8221;center&#8221; img_link_to_large=&#8221;yes&#8221; img_link_lightbox=&#8221;yes&#8221; img_size=&#8221;large&#8221;][vc_single_image image=&#8221;49&#8243; alignment=&#8221;center&#8221; img_link_to_large=&#8221;yes&#8221; img_link_lightbox=&#8221;yes&#8221; img_size=&#8221;large&#8221;][vc_single_image image=&#8221;50&#8243; alignment=&#8221;center&#8221; img_link_to_large=&#8221;yes&#8221; img_link_lightbox=&#8221;yes&#8221; img_size=&#8221;large&#8221;][vc_single_image image=&#8221;51&#8243; alignment=&#8221;center&#8221; img_link_to_large=&#8221;yes&#8221; img_link_lightbox=&#8221;yes&#8221; img_size=&#8221;large&#8221;][vc_single_image image=&#8221;52&#8243; alignment=&#8221;center&#8221; img_link_to_large=&#8221;yes&#8221; img_link_lightbox=&#8221;yes&#8221; img_size=&#8221;large&#8221;][vc_separator][vc_column_text]<strong>About:<\/strong> Eva Grubinger<br \/>\nEva Grubinger lives and works in Berlin. She has had solo shows at Museum of Contemporary Art Kiasma, Helsinki (2001); BALTIC Centre for Contemporary Art, Gateshead (2003); Berlinische Galerie, Berlin (2004); Schirn Kunsthalle, Frankfurt am Main (2007); Museum der Moderne, Salzburg (2009), Belvedere Palace and Museum, Vienna (2012); and Institute of Contemporary Arts, London (2015), among others. She has participated in group shows at Deichtorhallen, Hamburg (2002), Taipei Fine Arts Museum (2008), Krannert Art Museum, Illinois (2009), Marrakech Biennale (2012); Galeria Vermelho, S\u00e3o Paulo (2013); Witte de With Center for Contemporary Art, Rotterdam (2014); and Kunsthalle Wien, Vienna (2015), among others. She is currently a guest professor at Kunstakademie Dusseldorf.[\/vc_column_text][vc_column_text]<strong>Photo Credit:<\/strong> Eva Grubinger, 2016[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column][\/vc_row]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]Exhibition Dates: 1st April \u2013 28th May 2016 Five Problems is a series of sculptures that relate formally to Vexier (or disentanglement) puzzles, thought to originate in the \u2018wisdom games\u2019 of Song Dynasty-era China. 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