Posts Tagged ‘art’
URBAN NOISE: Perspective counts
Blog Entry by SP Williams – in Berlin; Thursday, May 5, 2011.
Things that can be easily expressed and separated by terms are, in reality, entangled, out of focus, alterable and, depending on the perspecitve, visible or invisible. Noise does not just describe clattering, din or sounds, but also almost implausible frequencies that can subliminally influence moods and points of view.
KARLA MARIE BENTZEN: Dirty Fingers Opening
Blog Entry by Adam Roche – in Berlin; Saturday, April 30, 2011.
The opening on the15th April there was a great display of affection towards the illustrative based work of Karla Marie Bentzen, of which ended in an amazing night. As Karla Marie Bentzen’s first solo exhibition went very well, and I hope to see more of her work. The exhibition runs from April 15 until May 14 2011, at the Berlin Unlike Gallery.
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KATRIN FRIDRIKS: Leak of Information
Blog Entry by SP Williams – in Berlin; Tuesday, April 26, 2011.
Leak of Information is metallic, just like our technology-based contemporary time. With a new well-defined colorimetric using “silver, gold, steel, cooper, aluminium” as backgrounds/shadows, drawing from platforms/heart of planet earth, Fridriks is taking us deeper. Playing with colors and their own reflects, she is casting a new light on our society and its dynamics.
NANNA HÄNNINEN: Plants/Objects/Paint
Blog Entry by SP Williams – in Berlin; Saturday, April 23, 2011.
Hänninen’s approach is obviously of a conceptual nature: through digital processing, color values are removed from the original color photographs of the subject, so that the-now black-and-white photographs serve as the ground for the painting’s components.
Last Week I will Have a 1:8 Conversation with Wil Murray: A Conversation with Wil Murray
by Elvia Pyburn-Wilk // Apr. 15, 2011
Wil Murray is a Canadian painter currently living in Berlin. I recently met with him at his studio in the the cavernous former DDR radio station, to discuss his upcoming exhibition,…[read on]
SHARE YOUR FOOD: A Holistic Approach
Blog Entry by Chloé Richard – in Berlin; Thursday, April 14, 2011.
The brainchild of Camila Soares, Tainá Guedes and Thomas Meyer, the idea of the event is to “invite you to share with us not only our table, but also something you believe could feed our body and soul, in order to make our world a better place. Out of these donations, made by all of you, our guests, a magazine will be printed.”
KARLA MARIE BENTZEN: Dirty Fingers
Blog Entry by Adam Roche – in Berlin; Tuesday, April 12, 2011.
Bentzen has produced a number of new drawings which will be displayed alongside a large, sight-specific wall piece. Her geometric shapes will also leak onto the gallery windows, heightening the sensation of being part of Bentzen’s surreal world.
PICTOPLASMA FESTIVAL: Visual Overload
Blog Entry by SP Williams – in Berlin; Thursday, April 7, 2011.
25 galleries, projects spaces and hidden locations will exhibit hundreds of character-based design and artwork from April 6 to 10.
TREND MAFIA: A Market for the Unique and Quirky
Blog Entry by Jeni Fulton – in Berlin; Tuesday, April 5, 2011.
Fifty Berlin-based exhibitors showcase their individually designed and limited edition clothes, jewellery and art work.
LORNA MACINTYRE: Turbulent Nature
Blog Entry by Danielle Griffin – in Berlin; Saturday, April 2, 2011.
Lorna MacIntyre is a Scottish mixed-medium artist. Her current exhibition at Galerie Kamm is titled “A Tree of Night,“ named after a collection of short stories by Truman Capote. The work featured in the exhibition is meant to capture the dark, turbulent and often violent aspects of nature, and uses different mediums and processes.
EDOUARD BARIBEAUD: Der Flug Der Eule
Blog Entry by SP Williams – in Berlin; Friday, April 1, 2011.
“I often stroll around in untouched landscapes, no man’s land, featuring unfinished buildings, places that are out of time and heterotopic. For me these are places at a crossroads of diverse sensibilities. They radiate a universal and timeless mood, to drift one’s soul. Here I collect images and do sketches and take photographs right on spot. The dreamlike imagination creates images that precede cognition.”