Article by AJ Kiyoizumi – in Berlin; Tuesday, May 27, 2014.
American artist Evan Gruzis’ new solo show is his fourth one at DUVE Berlin, and it shows his range and development as an artist. His work has become more abstract and cohesive, demonstrating mindfulness of his progression and reception as an artist…[read on…]
Article by AJ Kiyoizumi – in Berlin; Tuesday, May 20, 2014.
Artist Florian Meisenberg knows that we no longer need to marvel at the software of Siri, and he knows that tweeting is already an aging sport. In his second show at Wentrup Gallery, we aren’t pushed to consider magical or gimmicky aspects of technology mixed with art. Instead, he plays with the already existing…[read on…]
Article by AJ Kiyoizumi in Berlin // Friday, May 08, 2014
Berlin’s Opernwerkstätten – the enormous space of former Opera workshops here in Berlin — has been taken over by three floors of art installations all sponsored by Olympus Photography…[read on…]
Article by AJ Kiyoizumi – in Berlin; Tuesday, Apr. 22, 2014.
Ai Weiwei‘s internet presence, friction with the Chinese government, and now his 18 room solo show at Martin-Gropius-Bau and visiting professor status at Berlin’s Institute of the Arts has made him into one of our most accessible, talked-about, and beloved artists in the world… [read on…]
On Nir Hod’s block you can still get a feeling for some aspects of old Manhattan, and the inside of his studio is no different. Barely visible in…[read on]
Article by AJ Kiyoizumi – in Berlin; Tuesday, Apr. 15, 2014.
The Odyssey has been translated into many languages, but never translated into the language of flowers. This is the work of artist Camille Henrot’s new exhibition, Snake Grass at Schinkel Pavillon. At first, the show doesn’t seem to be from the same artist who created the Silver Lion Award-winning Venice Biennale video, Grosse Fatigue in…[read on…]
Blog post by AJ Kiyoizumi – in Berlin; Friday, Mar. 28, 2014.
In her exhibit now at Galerie Eigen + Art, Birgit Brenner displays just a few of the strata, neuroses, and complications of internal experience. Though that theme is not a new one to art, she draws inspiration both from the thought-stream of daily hum-drum and universal, uncontrollable insanity of self-doubt. …[read on…]
Blog post by AJ Kiyozumi & Photos by Emelie Flood – in Berlin; Monday, Feb. 24, 2014.
Sofie Bird Møller mixes and matches body language in her new show at Sassa Trülzsch. As with many of her previous street art “Intervention” pieces, the base layer for her art is found material like advertisements, and, as with some of her newer work, old clothes…[read on…]
Article by AJ Kiyoizumi – in Berlin; Friday, Feb. 21, 2014.
The massive space of Blain|Southern isn’t an easy one to fill. The hangar-sized rooms can dwarf installations and sculpture, the white vaulted ceilings overpower. But the bursts of tailored and saturated colour in Yinka Shonibare’s solo exhibition Making Eden fill the void with their crafted energy…[read on…]
Blog post by Jennifer Florquin and photographs by Angela Bushati – in Berlin; Friday, Jan. 31, 2014.
Last Saturday, Peres Projects opened Eddie Peake’s Penetrates The Body, Nullifies the Sense. There was a playful mood throughout the gallery…[read on…]
Blog post by Joel Huggins & photos by Stephanie Third – in Berlin; Thursday, Nov. 21, 2013.
The Good-Bye Neukölln / Hello Lichtenberg exhibition was not only an opportunity to view a collection of works by a number of artists, including new work from Agathe Alberti Bock, Linards Kulless, and Archie Fitzgerald among others, but it was also a fond farewell to the space itself…[read on…]
