For the third time, Haus der Kunst's Capsule exhibitions give young, international emerging artists the opportunity to present new works. The Capsule format provides each artist with an autonomous exhibition space.

When encountering Sara MacKillop's work, close attention to detail is recommended. MacKillop draws on office stationery such as pens, envelopes and fax paper, or employs modest materials such as cardboard boxes, wall paper and record sleeves. Although these ephemeral items are easily identifiable, the artist wittily and subtly interferes with their attributes and dimensions. The familiar, thereby, becomes unfamiliar, and the unremarkable becomes notable. MacKillop's artist books of appropriated mail order catalogues and typewriter manuals, or restrained arrangements of colored pencils, disclose not only a sense of humor, but also point to the artist's fascination with bureaucratic systems, seriality and patterns, which she subtly erodes and interrupts – the eye skips a beat, much as a scratched vinyl record. It is with slight shifts and incremental changes that MacKillop manages to reveal poetry in the ordinary.

Sara MacKillop (b. 1973 in Bromley, UK) lives and works in London. She studied painting at the Royal College of Art, London. She has exhibited extensively: group shows include "Books and Prints," Serralves Museum, Porto; "Concrete Poetry," Hayward Gallery, London; "Kultur und Freizeit," Westfälischer Kunstverein, Münster; solo shows include Kunsthalle Charlottenburg, Copenhagen; Spike Island, Bristol; White Columns, New York; Whitechapel Project Space, London.

Sara MacKillop: Installation view Haus der Kunst, 2016 Photo: Maximilian Geuter
Sara MacKillop: Installation view Haus der Kunst, 2016 Photo: Maximilian Geuter
Sara MacKillop: Installation view Haus der Kunst, 2016 Photo: Maximilian Geuter
Sara MacKillop: Installation view Haus der Kunst, 2016 Photo: Maximilian Geuter
Sara MacKillop: Installation view Haus der Kunst, 2016 Photo: Maximilian Geuter
Sara MacKillop: Installation view Haus der Kunst, 2016 Photo: Maximilian Geuter
Sara MacKillop: Installation view Haus der Kunst, 2016 Photo: Maximilian Geuter
Sara MacKillop: Installation view Haus der Kunst, 2016 Photo: Maximilian Geuter
Sara MacKillop: Installation view Haus der Kunst, 2016 Photo: Maximilian Geuter
Sara MacKillop: Installation view Haus der Kunst, 2016 Photo: Maximilian Geuter
Sara MacKillop: Pen fence/ Envelope Houses installation view, 2014 dimensions variable, Courtesy the artist and Clages Gallery
Sara MacKillop: Pen fence/ Envelope Houses installation view, 2014 dimensions variable, Courtesy the artist and Clages Gallery
Sara MacKillop: Envelope Houses, 2014 Courtesy the artist and Clages Gallery
Sara MacKillop: Envelope Houses, 2014 Courtesy the artist and Clages Gallery
Sara MacKillop: Pen fence 2, 2014 digitally printed vinyl on window, dimensions variable, Courtesy the artist and Clages Gallery
Sara MacKillop: Pen fence 2, 2014 digitally printed vinyl on window, dimensions variable, Courtesy the artist and Clages Gallery
Sara MacKillop: 6 Pens, 2014 Installation view Westfälischer Kunstverein, Münster, Courtesy the artist and Westfälischer Kunstverein
Sara MacKillop: 6 Pens, 2014 Installation view Westfälischer Kunstverein, Münster, Courtesy the artist and Westfälischer Kunstverein
Sara MacKillop: Installation view Haus der Kunst, 2016 Photo: Maximilian Geuter
Sara MacKillop: Installation view Haus der Kunst, 2016 Photo: Maximilian Geuter
Sara MacKillop: Installation view Haus der Kunst, 2016 Photo: Maximilian Geuter
Sara MacKillop: Installation view Haus der Kunst, 2016 Photo: Maximilian Geuter
Sara MacKillop: Installation view Haus der Kunst, 2016 Photo: Maximilian Geuter
Sara MacKillop: Installation view Haus der Kunst, 2016 Photo: Maximilian Geuter
Sara MacKillop: One Page Pop- Up 1, 2015 digital print on paper, 29,7 x 42 cm, Courtesy of the artist and Florence Loewy
Sara MacKillop: One Page Pop- Up 1, 2015 digital print on paper, 29,7 x 42 cm, Courtesy of the artist and Florence Loewy
Sara MacKillop: One Page Pop-Up 2, 2015 digital print on paper, 29,7 x 42 cm, Courtesy the artist and Florence Loewy
Sara MacKillop: One Page Pop-Up 2, 2015 digital print on paper, 29,7 x 42 cm, Courtesy the artist and Florence Loewy