Q&As

Interview with Paolo Grassino

Paolo Grassino, photo by Nikki Brendson

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 // Anna Jill Lüpertz & Sophie Weiser

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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]


A phonic occupation. Interview with Sebastiaan Schlicher at London’s French Riviera

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…]


Kunst braucht Fläche: Two Interviews on Intuition

Melissa Steckbauer, Untitled

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…]


On the Road Series // Two Galleries make history at Art Basel 2012

Shadi Habib Allah at Art Basel

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…]


New Berlin Painters to Launch First Exhibition in Berlin this Friday

Paul Vogeler - "Das Vaterland"

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…]