Gallery U17
The artist-run Gallery U17, founded 2026 by german artist Jörg Daniel, focusses on the power of oil or acrylic paintings, but also presents his interdisciplinary media art and pop culture. Advertising, celebrity photographs, film props, or for example surveillance technologies and homelessness are furtheron subject of discussion in Daniels roster of works.
No two of his Polaroid photographs are alike. By making exact cuts through Polaroids and transforming them into layered compositions, he creates mountains, monks, or even abstract surfaces. The destruction of a photograph thus becomes an act of creation, serving as a metaphor for a transformed perspective on the social world.
A Space for dreams and reality
Gallery U17 is a place, where art meets reflection — a space for creators and collectors to discuss works and trends.
Curatorial Vision
In 2015 Jörg Daniel curated the xhibition "Schwitzkästen" at the Künstlerhaus Dortmund, for which 10 international well known artists produced incredible works.
Competition Participations
Participation at UNESCO World Heritage poster competition 2010 in Regensburg, Germany.
Collector Engagement
Gallery U17 connects collectors with meaningful works, emphasizing artist infos and evolving narratives behind every piece.
Flieg, Widder, Flieg
Drawing,
ink & watercolour,
40x50cm, 2002
107 Tunes
An object made of vinyl and acrylics, 100x70cm, 2005
Artist’s Diary:
The object is created in four stages.
Wednesday, December 14, 2005
In the first step, a discarded vinyl record is smashed into 107 pieces, and the material's fracture characteristics are observed. It becomes apparent, that the vinyl shattered only upon the initial impact; subsequently, the individual pieces could only be bent rather than broken. Bent elements were discarded.
Thursday, December 15, 2005
The sound fragments are arranged and fixed onto an acrylic sheet according to a predetermined layout. A second acrylic sheet secures the sound fragments against unauthorized access.
Friday, December 16, 2005
The lighting—consisting of two neon tubes—is mounted between the two acrylic sheets, and the hanging mechanism is attached.
Saturday, December 24, 2005
"107 Tones"—a light object made of vinyl and acrylic—lies beneath the christmas gift table.
Metamorphosis Now
// METAMORPHOSIS NOW // (Social) Object, 220x65cm, 2011
„// METAMORPHOSIS NOW // is a work addressing the current situation of homelessness in Germany. It is a "social" object—a cocoon serving as a "shelter"—that affords homeless individuals a greater degree of "privacy" than the standard cardboard-box setup found on the street.
