Posts Tagged ‘painting’

INTERSECTIONS // Berlin-Bucharest Exchange: Post-painting – Mimetic Consumerism and the Poetics of Capitalist Realism in Romania

Article by Valentina Iancu – in Bucharest; Tuesday, Oct. 27, 2015.

The death of painting, which was emphatically announced after 1935 and has been repeatedly acclaimed in modernism, post-modernism, while still debated in some artistic mediums, is becoming an actual problem in the new capitalist cultural geographies of Eastern Europe. Being an instrument of communist propaganda, painting is mistrusted by the avidly reformed artistic community of the 90s…[read on…]

INTERSECTIONS // Berlin-Bucharest Exchange: Relic or Relevant? Painting in Berlin

Article by April Dell – in Berlin; Monday, Oct. 26, 2015.

Contemporary painting is often quoted as commercial, unoriginal, and irrelevant. Theorists have been claiming the death of painting since the establishment of Modernism, and shouts of its resuscitation have echoed since the 1980s. Though perhaps not leading the avant garde in recent decades, painting continues to carry weight in the collections of art institutions…[read on…]

Interview // Beatriz Morales: Unveiling the Hidden Truth

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Interview by Nora Kovacs – in Berlin; Saturday, Jun. 13, 2015.

Beatriz Morales puts a contemporary spin on artistic styles of the past with her colorful, emotive, and (sometimes) nuanced paintings. As a Mexican artist living and working in Berlin, her works are charged with a political and cultural energy that is unique to her background and the Mexican Embassy in Berlin recently invited her to do a solo exhibition, titled HIDDEN[read on…]

Nicky Broekhuysen

Berlin Art Link Studio Visit // Nicky Broekhuysen
by Alena Sokhan // Mar. 20, 2015
Artist Nicky Broekhuysen welcomes us to her neat studio in Moabit, a high ceilinged, concrete room that looks industrial but comfortable, the walls hung with…[read on]

Daniel Laufer

Berlin Art Link Studio Visit with Daniel Laufer and Alena Sokhan
by Alena Sokhan // Feb. 10, 2015
German filmmaker and artist Daniel Laufer’s studio is eclectic and divided, reflecting the different work that he puts into making his film installations. Part of the room richly furnished…[read on]