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Voids, Points, Particles — Appearance and erasure

Article by Natasha Klimenko – in Berlin; Thursday, Nov. 08, 2012.

The space is clean and white, minimally dressed. Seemingly empty frames hang on one of the walls. A black circle is drawn on each pane of glass. Initially, the purpose of the marking is unclear. Is it the price of the frame? A careless scribble? But at the center of the circle, rising to the surface of perception, is a miniscule speck…[read on…]

Icelandic Space: reflections and imaginaries

Olafur Eliasson - print from 'The large Iceland series' (2012); copyright Olafur Eliasson 2012; photograph by Jens Ziehe courtesy of neugerriemschneider, Berlin

Article by Natasha Klimenko – in Berlin; Thursday, Nov. 01, 2012.

The vastness of space spills beyond the eye’s sight, beyond the photograph’s frame, beyond the body’s physical capacity for travel. Without a landmark, the space loses perspective meaning, expanding and contracting with no definite boundary points. There is nothing to suggest how large the given landscape is. Were you located in the space, you would find yourself…[read on…]

AES+F at Martin Gropius Bau

Article by Angela Connor – in Berlin; Monday, Oct. 29, 2012.

Russian art collective AES+F is exhibiting for the first time in Germany their epic masterpiece The Trilogy at Martin Gropius Bau Gallery. Presented as an immersive large-scale installation over three rooms, Last Riot (2005-07), The Feast of Trimalchio (2009) and Allegoria Sacra (2011) are pictorial orgies that depict scenes of death, desire, catastrophe, consumption and international warfare…[read on…]

The Power of Digital Art. ‘reflecting on networks’ at km temporaer

Article by Angela Connor – in Berlin; Friday, Oct. 26, 2012.

Accessible to anyone with a computer and Internet connection, digital art has become a global experience, capable of liberating individuals from the elitist system of art production and consumption through its mass distribution and participatory models. Blurring the boundary between artist and viewer, collaboration and inclusive actions became key components at km temporaer last weekend, where curators…[read on…]

On the Road: Conversation with GRAYSON COX in New York

Grayson Cox – “Ergonomic Discussion Lectern”

Article by Devon Caranicas – in Berlin; Wednesday, Oct. 24, 2012.

Originally from Indianapolis, Indiana, Grayson Cox draws on his printmaking background, two year sojourn in Tokyo and ergonomic design as inspiration for his sculptural and wall hanging work. Most recently, the artist’s solo The Water’s Fine at Gasser & Grunert in New York CIty embodied a more relational aesthetic through his inverted table top installation. Circular spaces of various sizes were removed from an installed wall-to-wall wooden form, forcing viewers to crouch…[read on…]

Istanbul Design Biennial

Article by Alison Hugill, photos by Jana Koschack – in Istanbul; Monday, Oct. 22, 2012.

The weekend of October 13th marked the opening of the first Istanbul Design Biennial in the Beyoğlu district of Turkey’s largest city. Working from the theme ‘Imperfection,’ the curators Emre Arolat and Joseph Grima developed two separate exhibitions highlighting over 100 projects by…[read on…]

Interview with Paolo Grassino

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…]

Last Chance to See Wael Shawky at KW

Article by Adela Yawitz – in Berlin; Monday, Oct. 15, 2012.

Over the summer, the entrance level hall of KW Institute became a branch of the Occupy movement, getting dirtier, less museum-like and more Zuccoti-park-like as the Berlin Biennial went on. More confusing were the occupy Kassel tents, outside of the main hall of dOCUMENTA (13), where Wael Shawsky’s work was among the pieces on view. The visual effect of the two camps was almost identical, even…[read on…]

Dennis Hopper at Martin-Gropius-Bau

Article by Anna C. Purcell – in Berlin; Saturday, Oct. 06, 2012.

Well-known actor turned photographer, Dennis Hopper‘s lifelong career contains an overwhelming amount of stunning images. His works, which are brazenly political, capture the vitality of American culture in the 1960s. The Lost Album, which…[read on…]

Thomas Demand at Sprüth Magers Berlin

Article by Angela Connor in Berlin // Oct. 02, 2012.
German artist Thomas Demand (b. 1964) is well known for his large-format photographs of life-sized three-dimensional sculptures made from cardboard and paper. Trained as a sculptor at the prestigious Kunstakademie…[read on…]

The Way: Majka from the Movies”. Part of Sammlung Hoffmann Dialogues Series

Article by Jeni Fulton, exhibition photos by Rian Davidson – in Berlin; Sunday, Sep. 30, 2012.

Salons have played a key role in the reception process of artworks, providing a forum for the free exchange of ideas and opinions since the days of Diderot and Baudelaire. Momentum, the Berlin platform for time-based art, hosts these events to coincide with…[read on…]

Brice Guilbert’s Lyrical Abstraction

Brice Guilbert, "Fantôme / Levier / Obstacle," charcoal on wall, 2012; photo by Evanna Folkenfolk

Article by Evanna Folkenfolk – in Berlin; Tuesday, Sep. 25, 2012.

“It is the representation of ideal feelings,” he says, and somehow this makes sense. “It is the romantic tension between interiority and exteriority, the tension between what I try to do with the space inside of my self and the space outside.”… [read on…]