Article by Anna C. Purcell – in Berlin; Monday, Jul. 09, 2012.
While winding around the Seine on an early summer morning, a Parisian munches on a croissant, preparing for a day spent wandering the stately halls of the Louvre, perusing some of the world’s finest art. Meanwhile, a Berliner afoot along the Spree stumbles upon an open air still raucous from the evening before, as squalls of the city’s youth mingle amongst some of the world’s finest Graffuturism…[read on…]
Article by Anna C. Purcell – in Berlin; Wednesday, Jun. 27, 2012.
An astonishing and diverse collection of two hundred Arbus photographs opened on June 22nd at the Martin-Gropius- Bau, providing viewers exposure to her most iconic pieces. Intentionally minimalist in its approach, the retrospective challenges visitors to engage exclusively with the intrinsic power of the photographs…[read on…]
Article by Anna C. Purcell – in Berlin; Monday, Jun. 25, 2012.
In his new series “Island Me,” Berlin-based artist Jens Hanke presents pieces that challenge the conventions of traditional charcoal-drawings. On large paper primed with bone glue, Hanke creates fantastical landscapes, often creating a sense of ambiguity that allows the viewer to have an intensely personal experience…[read on…]
Article by Alison Hugill, photos by Chloé Richard and Olivier Toggwiler – in Berlin; Friday, Jun. 22, 2012.
British artist Anthony McCall began working with ‘solid light’ films in the 1970s. His simple projections, emphasizing the sculptural qualities of light beams, were at this time exclusively projected horizontally. The artist used a standard 16-mm cinema projector to transmit 2-dimensional drawings onto a wall. The dark gallery rooms, filled with…[read on…]
Article by Alison Hugill – in Berlin; Wednesday, Jun. 20, 2012.
Last week I picked up a program for 48 Stunden Neukölln, the weekend-long arts festival taking place in Berlin’s southeastern Neukölln neighbourhood. The sheer number of exhibits, installations, performances and events on offer made any kind of systematic planning impossible and when the festival began on Friday night I was none the wiser about where to start…[read on…]
Article by Anna C Purcell – in Berlin; Monday, Jun. 18, 2012.
The BMW Guggenheim Lab opened in Prenzlauer Berg’s Pfefferberg complex on June 15th, the second stop after New York on its six-year tour. The Lab will offer free programs to the public until July 29th, serving as a forum to discuss the key issues related to the shaping of modern cities. Though each topic revolves around the theme of contemporary urban issues, seminars cover everything from sustainability to the…[read on…]
Article and photos by Dina Münzfeld in London; Friday, Jun. 15, 2012.
The simple word Weighted turns a London-based private art collection’s exhibit into a wordy adventure. Curator Ellen Mara de Wachter orchestrates nine artists from the Zabludowicz collection in Weighted Words, a show that tackles the relationship between art and language and examines the latter’s function and status in cultures flooded with images…[read on…]
With dOCUMENTA (13), Carolyn Christov-Bakargiev has created an exhibition which points to the paradox at the heart of contemporary art. As she puts in her opening statement…[read on]
Article by Anna C. Purcell, photos by Chloé Richard – in Berlin; Monday, Jun. 11, 2012.
On Friday, June 8th, Berlin Art Link presented the second installment of its Night & Day Series, 404 NOT FOUND, at TorStrasse’s Sur la Montagne. The six artists’ works functioned as a commentary on the challenges and antagonisms that exist between web works and conventional, gallery-ready art…[read on…]
Article by Alison Hugill – in Berlin; Thursday, Jun. 07, 2012.
Diana Artus’ black and white photographs of cityscapes and architectural facades have a spectral, haunting quality from the start. Yet her technique of creasing, folding, reproducing and adding dimension to her recent works intensifies this element, making the buildings protrude and furrow into uncanny forms…[read on…]
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……[read on]
Article and photos by Anna Smith – in Berlin; Tuesday, Jun. 05, 2012.
Essays and Observations’ minimal website intrigued me into visiting the gallery and seeing the exhibition with the equally intriguing title “appropriation”. The website, like many gallery websites is sleek but unlike most of them, lacks images. It compensates for that strange lack of imagery with well thought out texts. After reading them, I started seeing this lack of visual stimuli as a challenge to first understand…[read on…]
