Sport collages created by Jens Ullrich

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When sport becomes art
Sport collages created
by Jens Ullrich
Ramon Balius i Juli
The German artist Jens Ullrich, born
in Tukuju (Tanzania) in 1968, studied
at the Academy of Arts in Düsseldorf.
Lives and works in Düsseldorf and Berlin linked to Van Horn gallery, in Düsseldorf, and Reception gallery in Berlin. Since 2006 he is professor at the
UDK Berlin. He has presented his work
in numerous exhibitions, most notably
held at the Kunstverein Hannover, the
Tate Modern in London, the Sztuki Museum of Lodz, the Glucksman Gallery
in Cork and the Abteiberg museum in
Mönchengladbach.
Jens Ullrich in 2011, probably inspired and influenced by the Olympic
Games that were held in London in
2012, created a series of collages that
superimposed fragments of photographic images of neoclassical sculptures of athletes, over colored photographs of contemporary athletes
in action. The alignment of the stone
elements and the human form in motion is carefully made and disguised.
The result is collages that generate
an incredibly real effect between past
and present. The resulting figures are
almost always arms and legs in the
air, in extreme positions that have the
look of a light and weightless classic
monument. This false impression is enhanced because the face of the modern
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athlete systematically concealed, not
the classic athlete’s. The images are
presented on a large scale (1 × 1,5 m
approximately). We had the pleasure
to see about thirty of these collages in
the extensive published literature; it is
remarkable that there is parity in the
representation of women and men.
To make collages, Ullrich combines
photographs of great sporting moments obtained from newspapers and
magazines with images of sculptures
from the Olympic Stadium and various
locations in the city of Berlin where
the Olympic Games were held in 1936.
These statues wanted to look like classical Greek and Roman sculptures, although some athletes represent superhuman dimensions. Jens Ullrich and
most observers emphasize the German
fascist spirit of these works, making it
impossible to arouse any human emotion. However, nobody has been able
to destroy this “temple” that extends
all across Berlin. After the war a great
debate was developed, which continues after more than sixty years,
whether these statues should stay in
place or if it is necessary to destroy
them. Some people think that, after
all, are not different from the Greek
and Roman classics, and are visited
by tourists from around the world.
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Experts say they represent a time in
history that people have the right to
study. It seems that everything remains the same. Jens Ullrich writes
as an excuse for using in his collages
these discussed works: “I prefer figurative sculpture and, with the collages, I pretend symbolic reparation. The
Figure 1. Sculpture of athletes (420 × 600 cm) built
for the Olympics Games 1936 in Berlin.
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collages seek a new action in violation
of authorship, so that the free spirit,
who is said to fly like a dove, may possess them at the end”.
Figure 2. Sculpture of athletes (420 × 600 cm) built
for the Olympics Games 1936 in Berlin.
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Sport collages created by Jens Ullrich
Figure 3. Jens Ullrich, nº 06, 113 x 127,8 cm.
Courtesy of VAN HORN, Düsseldorf & RECEPTION,
Berlin.
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Figure 4. Jens Ullrich, nº 77, 113 x 167 cm. Courtesy of VAN HORN,
Düsseldorf & RECEPTION, Berlin.
Figure 5. Jens Ullrich, nº 53, 113 x 183 cm. Courtesy of VAN HORN,
Düsseldorf & RECEPTION, Berlin.
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Figure 6. Jens Ullrich, nº 37, 113 x 147 cm. Courtesy
of VAN HORN, Düsseldorf & RECEPTION, Berlin.
Figure 7. Jens Ullrich, nº 56, 113 x 147 cm. Courtesy
of VAN HORN, Düsseldorf & RECEPTION, Berlin.
Figure 8. Jens Ullrich, nº 42, 113 x 166 cm.
Courtesy of VAN HORN, Düsseldorf & RECEPTION,
Berlin.
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Figure 9. Jens Ullrich, nº 04, 113 x 145 cm. Courtesy
of VAN HORN, Düsseldorf & RECEPTION, Berlin.
Figure 10. Jens Ullrich, nº 05, 113 x 168 cm. Courtesy
of VAN HORN, Düsseldorf & RECEPTION, Berlin.
Figure 11. Jens Ullrich, nº 51, 113 x 92 cm.
Courtesy of VAN HORN, Düsseldorf &
RECEPTION, Berlin.
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Figure 12. Jens Ullrich, nº 61, 113 x 222 cm. Courtesy of
VAN HORN, Düsseldorf & RECEPTION, Berlin.
Figure 13. Jens Ullrich, nº 60, 113 x 202 cm. Courtesy
of VAN HORN, Düsseldorf & RECEPTION, Berlin.
Figure 14. Jens Ullrich, nº 27, 113 x 162 cm.
Courtesy of VAN HORN, Düsseldorf &
RECEPTION, Berlin.
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Figure 15. Jens Ullrich, nº 18, 113 x 177 cm. Courtesy of
VAN HORN, Düsseldorf & RECEPTION, Berlin.
Figure 16. Jens Ullrich, nº 41, 113 x 142 cm.
Courtesy of VAN HORN, Düsseldorf & RECEPTION,
Berlin.
Figure 17. Jens Ullrich, nº 02, 113 x 147 cm.
Courtesy of VAN HORN, Düsseldorf &
RECEPTION, Berlin.
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Figure 18. Jens Ullrich, nº 63, 113 x 235 cm. Courtesy
of VAN HORN, Düsseldorf & RECEPTION, Berlin.
Figure 19. Jens Ullrich, nº 16, 113 x 149 cm. Courtesy
of VAN HORN, Düsseldorf & RECEPTION, Berlin.
Figure 20. Jens Ullrich, nº 32, 113 x 227 cm. Courtesy
of VAN HORN, Düsseldorf & RECEPTION, Berlin.
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