Article by Alison Hugill, photos by Stephanie Third – in Berlin; Sunday, Sep. 22, 2013.
The sixth edition of art berlin contemporary (abc) showcases the work of artists from over 130 international galleries. As ambitious as that may sound, the event is not your typical art fair: abc consciously strayed from the jam-packed booth format, giving artists and gallerists free-reign on how their works were…[read on…]
Article by Alison Hugill – in Berlin; Tuesday, Jul. 16, 2013.
The title of the exhibition reads as a provocation. “Unlike the present influx of international hipster dilettantes,” it seems to say, “we ‘original Berliners’ were serious about life, politics, and artistic collaboration.” When passive-aggressive anger is regularly surfacing over the ‘tourist problem’ in Berlin, the exhibition at Kunstraum Kreuzberg/Bethanien offers one version of who these ‘authentic Berliners’ are and where their resentment…[read on…]
Article by Alison Hugill – in Berlin; Tuesday, May 07, 2013.
Haus der Kulturen der Welt (HKW) opened their two-year research study ‘The Anthropocene Project’ in January of this year. The project proposes the Anthropocene–the ‘age of mankind’–as our current geological epoch, in which it is now widely believed that humanity forms nature. The Anthropocene model suggests that the Earth’s current geo-processes are primarily…[read on…]
Curators Dan Dorocic and Alison Hugill are inviting artists to participate in their exhibition Future Ruins: Obsolescence & Inoperativity from May 23–25, 2013 in the former grain…[read on]
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…]
Opposite Stattbad Wedding – one of Berlin’s community swimming pools turned nightclub and exhibition space – stand several former warehouse buildings…[read on]
Part one of a two-part interview: American artist Rebecca Loyche and German photographer Jonathan Gröger conceived of the Berlin open art venue MMX…[read on]
Article by Alison Hugill, photos by Chloé Richard and Olivier Toggwiler – in Berlin; Friday, Jun. 22, 2012.
British artist Anthony McCall began working with ‘solid light’ films in the 1970s. His simple projections, emphasizing the sculptural qualities of light beams, were at this time exclusively projected horizontally. The artist used a standard 16-mm cinema projector to transmit 2-dimensional drawings onto a wall. The dark gallery rooms, filled with…[read on…]
Article by Alison Hugill – in Berlin; Thursday, Jun. 07, 2012.
Diana Artus’ black and white photographs of cityscapes and architectural facades have a spectral, haunting quality from the start. Yet her technique of creasing, folding, reproducing and adding dimension to her recent works intensifies this element, making the buildings protrude and furrow into uncanny forms…[read on…]
Article by Alison Hugill – in Berlin; Wednesday, May 30, 2012.
The space at Berlin Kreuzberg’s Delloro Contemporary Art, run by Italian gallerist Rolando Anselmi, is a radiant setting for any exhibition: the fortress-like doors of this third-floor warehouse loft open onto an exquisite white space, with multiple floor-to-ceiling windows dispensing light from either side…[read on…]
Blog post by Alison Hugill – in Berlin; Sunday, May 27, 2012.
BERLIN ART LINK proudly announces its 2012 media partnership with SCOPE. With over 45 art fairs spanning more than a decade, SCOPE is a premier showcase for emerging international contemporary art. SCOPE have presented the most innovative galleries, curators and artists around the world at their fairs and carried out non-profit initiatives that push the boundaries of art, design, music and fashion. [read on…]