Blog post by AJ Kiyoizumi – in Berlin; Tuesday, Apr. 15, 2014.
Despina Stokou‘s work has been compared to Jean-Michel Basquiat’s in that they both execute colorfully layered paintings that operate at both minute and distanced viewpoints. But Stokou’s current show at Eigen + Art Lab is memorable in that viewing her painted works is like an archaeological dig through our collective knowledge of recent popular culture, and involves…[read on…]
Article by Sarah Gretsch – in Berlin; Thursday, Jun. 06, 2013.
Berlin.Status [2] is the second survey by Künstlerhaus Bethanien of the city’s current artistic tendencies and trends. Over a year ago Berlin.Status [1] showed artists born between 1973 to 1980, but this year the crowd gets younger, featuring a set of artists between 1978 to 1984. Curated by Sven Drühl and Christoph Tannert, this show…[read on…]
Ignacio Uriarte – “Sonderzeichen”; insitu Wednesday, Apr. 24, 2013 ETHALL Group Show by BECKER-HISBERG-REINERT, ANA GARCIA-PINEDA, MARTIN VITALITI Opening Reception: Wednesday, Apr. 24; 6pm Brunnnenstraße 65 (click here for map) AJLART “The City Is Wilder” – ROBERT MONTGOMERY Exhibition: Apr. 26 – Jun. 15, 2013 Opening Reception: Wednesday, Apr. 24; 9pm Kater Holzig, Michaelkirchstraße 23… Read more »
Tucked away on the top level of a massive GDR architectural gem near Alexanderplatz, the studio of artist Despina Stokou greets us with the anticipated…[read on]
Blog post by Alison Hugill – in Berlin; Friday, Oct. 15, 2012.
A hallmark for many artists and art enthusiasts who moved to Berlin in the second half of the ‘noughties,’ Pampero Appartement was a weekly exhibition, party and ‘vokü’ (Volks Küche) in a former brewery building off Prenzlauer Allee until 2010. .. [read on…]
Article by Anna Russ // May 04, 2012
On Sunday, May 20 from 1–4:30pm bpigs will present the third edition of Speed Portfolio Viewing at Verein für Kunst und Kultur am Rosa Luxemburg Platz in the L40 building. Based on the structure of speed dating,…[read on]
Article by Jeni Fulton – in Berlin; Saturday, Mar. 24, 2012.
The BMW-sponsored Guggenheim „urban research“ lab found the Wrangelkiez area in Kreuzberg a little too hot for its liking. Citing police warnings regarding possible attacks with “Farbbeutel” (paint-filled bags) and rotten eggs, the mobile building skulked off to find another, less lefty-anarchist sodden area…[read on…]
Article by Despina Stokou // June 23, 2011
…about 54th Venice Biennale, Tracey Emin’s Show in Hayward Gallery London, and the Based In Berlin show…[read on]
By Clare Ros // Mar. 04, 2011
Dear Gallery, please don’t fuck up my chances of success by failing to promote me (my work) properly. Be bold dear Gallery, be open minded, be generous, be fair! Be tolerant with me, be understanding, be helpful!…[read on]
Challenging conventions is not an unfamiliar territory for Carson Chan, a curator of PROGRAM. With a background in architectural design and theory, he comes out…[read on]
