Article by AJ Kiyoizumi in Berlin // Feb. 10, 2014 John Waters‘ role can’t be limited to just one descriptive word: director, actor, professor, screenwriter, artist, comedian, bad influence, etc. Nicknames such as the “pope of trash” have tried to sum up his public persona, but looking at his art might be a better way to attempt to understand him…[read on…]
Article by Graham Haught – in Berlin; Friday, Feb. 07, 2014.
On Wednesday January 29th, transmediale launched Art Hack Day at the Haus der Kulturen der Welt. Art Hack Day – curated in conjunction with L.E.A.P. – took place within the framework of a 48-hour “challenge,” wherein…[read on…]
Article by Kate Brown – in Berlin; Monday, Feb. 03, 2014.
By the end of the opening at OTHER Projects, a project space nestled in Neukölln, the immersive installation TONICC no longer existed in its original form. It had literally melted; both consumed and simultaneously destroyed by its audience. However, its initial…[read on…]
Article by Alison Hugill – in Berlin; Tuesday, Jan. 21, 2014.
The small Norwegian town of Rjukan, hidden in a valley and shrouded in darkness half of the year, recently mounted a series of giant mirrors on a hillside to reflect the sun (which rarely reaches its depths) onto the townspeople below…[read on…]
Article by Graham Haught – in Berlin; Wednesday, Jan. 15, 2014.
The recent group exhibition ANALOG at Blain|Southern gallery in Mitte provides an interactive space to explore the experience of sound. Featuring works by Jannis Kounellis, Bruce Nauman, Max Neuhaus , Lawrence Weiner, Gilberto Zorio, Carsten Nicolai, Ignacio Uriarte, and Cyril de Commarque, ANALOG remains visually and tonally minimal so as to…[read on…]
Article by Andrea Ongaro – in Berlin; Tuesday, Jan. 09, 2014.
It’s well-known that the new gallery district in Berlin, for quite awhile now, is the area around Potsdamer Strasse. Some of the most important galleries of the city are there, a lot more are planning to move there and new ones are opening at a high rate…[read on…]
Article by Lucia Love, photos courtesy of David Potes – in New York; Friday, Dec. 27, 2013.
Attempting to navigate the halls of 108 Leonard Street on Saturday November 23rd would have proven a difficult feat to master. Visitors spanning generations poured enthusiastically through each resident artist’s studio through installations of mirrors and Crystal Stokowski’s protective tribal design…[read on…]
Article by Alison Hugill – in Berlin; Sunday, Dec. 15, 2013.
Brunhilde Groult‘s solo exhibition allEin at KM Galerie in Wedding is permeated with ritualistic references to natural cycles and the interconnectivity of the four creative elements: flora, fauna, minerals and humans. The central piece of the exhibition, her spherical sculpture 1+1+1+1=1 (2012) reflects on the essential oneness of the world…[read on…]
Interview by Xandra Popescu – in Berlin; Tuesday, Dec. 10, 2013.
The work of Yugoslav born artist Tanja Ostojić has piqued my interest many years ago. Her work draws inspiration from her own experience as a non-European Union citizen, a traveller and female artist…[read on…]
Article by Alison Hugill // Dec. 05, 2013
Katja Strunz is known for subtly weaving complex artistic references through her work. From Walter Benjamin’s Marxist concept of history to Constructivist allusions, the geometrical shapes and…[read on]
Article by Jazmina Figueroa – in Berlin; Monday, Nov. 26, 2013.
Body Pressure is the current exhibition at Hamburger Banhof that focuses on abstract interpretation of the human figure within sculpture since the 1960’s. The “sculpture garden”, including documentation of process based work and performances, is a body of work displaying ground-breaking artists that furthered a certain expressive or contemplative approach to the human figure…[read on…]
Article by Alison Hugill – in Berlin; Friday, Nov. 22, 2013.
Video art doesn’t always have the best reception in art galleries or museums: visitors rarely take the time to sit through a whole screening, in a setting where videos are looped and it’s easy to come and go as you please. But what if you were physically compelled to watch video art from start to finish?…[read on…]
