Article by Samuel Staples // July 18, 2018
In the exhibition ‘Augmented Sunrise Beneath The Skin,’ currently on view at the Wedding non-profit artist-run space Gr_und, themes of identity and belonging in an increasingly globalized world are confronted…[read on]
Article by Samuel Staples // July 10, 2018
What does it truly mean to immerse oneself? This is one of the many questions explored in the exhibition ‘Welt ohne Aussen. Immersive Spaces since the 1960s’ currently on view at Gropius Bau…[read on]
Article by Celia Wickham // July 6, 2018
Marcela E. Torres is a Chicago-based artist and educator originating from Salt Lake City, Utah, and a recent graduate of the School of the Art Institute of Chicago. Having been brought up within the Mormon faith…[read on]
Article by Julianne Cordray // June 28, 2018
In Xiyadie’s paper-cuts, currently on view at NOME in Berlin, plant and animal life are entangled with human figures and architectural structures in scenes of queer eroticism…[read on]
Article by Dagmara Genda // June 22, 2018
Jeremy Shaw’s show at the Kunstverein in Hamburg premieres his ‘Quantification Trilogy’ (2014–18), a triad of videos that speculate about a controlled trajectory of evolution and documents…[read on]
Article by Samuel Staples // June 21, 2018
In ‘Forever Endless’ artists Jayson Patterson and Caner Teker deal with the negotiation and “snakes and ladders” of queer relationships. Here the Australian-born, Berlin-based Patterson and German…[read on]
Article by Ilyn Wong // June 20, 2018
In their exhibition ‘Mighty Good Men,’ the artists Andrew J Burford and Constantin Hartenstein critique masculinity as fractured and troublesome, yet always inescapably hegemonic…[read on]
Article by William Kherbek // June 14, 2018
The phrase “the personal is political” is familiar, even cliché, and it is clear enough that in an age in which personal civil liberties are being eroded by repressive governments, where historically oppressed groups…[read on]
Video by BAL Productions // June 11, 2018
Philippe Parreno is perhaps best known for his evolving artworks. No exhibition ends the way it began, and his current show at Gropius Bau in Berlin is no different. Part of the Berliner Festspiele’s Immersion program,…[read on]
Article by Lucile Bouvard // June 09, 2018
A large-scale helium balloon in the shape of a stylized rock floats over Oranienplatz in Berlin. On its top stands a small inflatable building. Below it, on the sidewalk, a group of performers…[read on]
Article by Berlin Art Link // May 31, 2018
“I see my role as an activator, an instigator, a facilitator of processes, often focused on emancipation and engagement,” Italian artist Marinella Senatore tells Berlin Art Link. The Italian artist, based between Paris and…[read on]
Article by Monica Salazar // May 28, 2018
In his artistic practice, Jordan Seiler explores the influence and monopolization of advertising media on our public spaces. In the early 2000s, the Brooklyn-based artist began his ‘PublicAdCampaign’ project,…[read on]