Article by Alison Hugill – in Berlin; Tuesday, Jan. 21, 2014.
The small Norwegian town of Rjukan, hidden in a valley and shrouded in darkness half of the year, recently mounted a series of giant mirrors on a hillside to reflect the sun (which rarely reaches its depths) onto the townspeople below…[read on…]
Article by Graham Haught – in Berlin; Wednesday, Jan. 15, 2014.
The recent group exhibition ANALOG at Blain|Southern gallery in Mitte provides an interactive space to explore the experience of sound. Featuring works by Jannis Kounellis, Bruce Nauman, Max Neuhaus , Lawrence Weiner, Gilberto Zorio, Carsten Nicolai, Ignacio Uriarte, and Cyril de Commarque, ANALOG remains visually and tonally minimal so as to…[read on…]
Article by Andrea Ongaro – in Berlin; Tuesday, Jan. 09, 2014.
It’s well-known that the new gallery district in Berlin, for quite awhile now, is the area around Potsdamer Strasse. Some of the most important galleries of the city are there, a lot more are planning to move there and new ones are opening at a high rate…[read on…]
Article by Lucia Love, photos courtesy of David Potes – in New York; Friday, Dec. 27, 2013.
Attempting to navigate the halls of 108 Leonard Street on Saturday November 23rd would have proven a difficult feat to master. Visitors spanning generations poured enthusiastically through each resident artist’s studio through installations of mirrors and Crystal Stokowski’s protective tribal design…[read on…]
Article by Alison Hugill – in Berlin; Sunday, Dec. 15, 2013.
Brunhilde Groult‘s solo exhibition allEin at KM Galerie in Wedding is permeated with ritualistic references to natural cycles and the interconnectivity of the four creative elements: flora, fauna, minerals and humans. The central piece of the exhibition, her spherical sculpture 1+1+1+1=1 (2012) reflects on the essential oneness of the world…[read on…]
Interview by Xandra Popescu – in Berlin; Tuesday, Dec. 10, 2013.
The work of Yugoslav born artist Tanja Ostojić has piqued my interest many years ago. Her work draws inspiration from her own experience as a non-European Union citizen, a traveller and female artist…[read on…]
Article by Alison Hugill // Dec. 05, 2013
Katja Strunz is known for subtly weaving complex artistic references through her work. From Walter Benjamin’s Marxist concept of history to Constructivist allusions, the geometrical shapes and…[read on]
Article by Jazmina Figueroa – in Berlin; Monday, Nov. 26, 2013.
Body Pressure is the current exhibition at Hamburger Banhof that focuses on abstract interpretation of the human figure within sculpture since the 1960’s. The “sculpture garden”, including documentation of process based work and performances, is a body of work displaying ground-breaking artists that furthered a certain expressive or contemplative approach to the human figure…[read on…]
Article by Alison Hugill – in Berlin; Friday, Nov. 22, 2013.
Video art doesn’t always have the best reception in art galleries or museums: visitors rarely take the time to sit through a whole screening, in a setting where videos are looped and it’s easy to come and go as you please. But what if you were physically compelled to watch video art from start to finish?…[read on…]
Interview by Göksu Kunak – in Berlin; Tuesday, Nov. 19, 2013.
In the lecture performance I Dreamed a Dream: Politics in the Age of Mass Art Production (2013), writer and artist Hito Steyerl introduces us to the new Misérables of our era, while asking the pertinent question: Why are there so many art projects today? The absurdity of funding applications, the condition of the wretched who wait to be chosen or the link between museums and firearms…[read on…]
Article by Kimberley Brown – in London; Saturday, Nov. 16, 2013.
Racy imagery, tongue-in-cheek euphemisms, feminist interpretations and breath-taking sexualistion of everyday objects in Lucas’ work, is all brought together in a stunning retrospective of her entire collection, enabling “Situation” to bring something to the table for every visitor…[read on…]
Article by Jazmina Figueroa – in Berlin; Thursday, Nov. 14, 2013.
Inspired by the monumental artistic contributions of British director and artist Derek Jarman, The Jarman Award is an annual prize that is awarded to UK-based artists who work predominantly with film and display an experimental approach to filmmaking within their practice. The most important aspect of the Jarman Award is…[read on…]
