Interview by Elizabeth Feder – in San Francisco; Friday, Dec. 07, 2012.
As much art arguably should, Flemish artist Jan Van Oost’s work conjures up some complex and conflicting responses. Delicate and exquisite treatment of materiality used to render images and figures of morbidity draws one in with simultaneous curiosity and revulsion. Oost is speaking from another era, drawing his inspiration from the expressive energy of 19th century Belgian symbolists like Antoine Wiertz, Léon Spilliaert and…[read on…]
Interview by Natasha Klimenko – in Berlin; Monday, Nov. 26, 2012.
Obstacles stand in the way of sculptural production in India: lack of funding, class divisions in exhibition spaces, difficulties experienced by artists in obtaining documentation to go abroad. The Creative India Foundation, established in 2010 for the purpose of supporting art, artists, and the art scene in the country, is currently developing a large-scale sculpture park… [read on…]
Article by Devon Caranicas – in Berlin; Wednesday, Oct. 24, 2012.
Originally from Indianapolis, Indiana, Grayson Cox draws on his printmaking background, two year sojourn in Tokyo and ergonomic design as inspiration for his sculptural and wall hanging work. Most recently, the artist’s solo The Water’s Fine at Gasser & Grunert in New York CIty embodied a more relational aesthetic through his inverted table top installation. Circular spaces of various sizes were removed from an installed wall-to-wall wooden form, forcing viewers to crouch…[read on…]
Interview by Jeni Fulton – in Berlin; Friday, Oct. 19, 2012.
Sculptor Paolo Grassino (Turin, 1967) creates large-scale installations using industrial materials. Plastic piping, cargo pallets, latex and steel are marshalled to create landscapes and figures alluding to chaos and urban dystopia. Animals and humans are rendered in metal and black latex, robbed of their eyes, mouths and ears. Incorporating Arte Povera’s use of low or everyday materials and using a restricted monochromatic palette…[read on…]
Interview by Anna C. Purcell in Berlin // Sep. 11, 2012
With the diversity of contemporary works, it seems implausible to find a space that fits all artists, methods, and content range too dramatically. Two Berliners embraced the need for change, initiating the search for individualistic…[read on]
Interview by Francesca Brooks – in London; Monday, Aug. 20, 2012.
French Riviera is closed over August, but disappointed visitors should feel free to call and leave a message. Sebastiaan Schlicher’s answerphone project is a sign that all is not dead at the other end of the line. The second installment in an ongoing sound art series, Schlicher’s piece will function as the interim performance piece…[read on…]
Interview by Anna C. Purcell – in Berlin; Saturday, Aug. 11, 2012.
Today, modernity confounds the traditional creative process. Documentation has risen to a level of significance previously unseen, and questions linger about the importance of work being translatable. How easily can pieces be transformed into shared digital files from physical objects?…[read on…]
Interview by Melissa Steckbauer in Berlin; Monday, Jul. 23, 2012.
As part of Kunst braucht Fläche, a public art installation project in Berlin, artist Melissa Steckbauer conducted the following two interviews on the topic of “intuition”. The first interview is with Ashema Wierowski, the owner of the Be-Touched massage studio in the Kreuzberg neighborhood of Berlin…[read on…]
Part one of a two-part interview: American artist Rebecca Loyche and German photographer Jonathan Gröger conceived of the Berlin open art venue MMX…[read on]
Video by MONA production in Dubai // Jun. 21, 2012
During Art Basel this past week, two Dubai-based galleries, Gallery Isabelle Van Den Eynde (participants of last year’s abc in Berlin) and Green Art Gallery were selected to participate in the Art | Statements sector, marking them as the first Gulf region-based galleries in the 43-year history of Art Basel to be invited…[read on…]
Video by BAL Productions in Dubai // June 14, 2012
Berlin Art Link spoke with multimedia artist Fayçal Baghriche at Satellite project space in Al Serkal, Dubai where he produced his site-specific installation, ‘Nothing More Concrete’. Over three months, Baghriche…[read on…]
Interview by Jeni Fulton – in Berlin; Tuesday, Jun. 05, 2012.
The New Berlin Painters launch their first exhibition at Statt Berlin Gallery on June 8, 2012, featuring the works of Paul Vogeler and Moritz Hoffmann. Vogeler and Hoffman showcase their latest works in an exhibition accompanied by a catalogue, words from Jerry Saltz, a manifesto, among other elements…[read on…]
