Article by Jessyca Hutchens – in Berlin; Friday, Sep. 20, 2013.
When it comes to the emerging art-stars of the contemporary scene, what is it that really helps them to rise above the fray? Prestigious awards like the Preis der Nationalgalerie für Junge Kunst play a role in showcasing artists seen as destined for greater things. But other than a list of vague…[read on…]
Article by Jenny Tang – in Berlin; Wednesday, Sep. 18, 2013.
In the preface to their 1944 volume Dialectic of Enlightenment Theodor W. Adorno and Max Horkheimer wrote, while in exile from their native Germany: “We have no doubt … that freedom in society is inseparable from enlightenment thinking. We believe we have perceived with equal clarity, however, that the very concept of that thinking … already contains the germ of the regression which is taking place everywhere…[read on…]
In anticipation of the opening this Thursday of art berlin contemporary, we interviewed the director, Maike Cruse. Formerly the press secretary for Kunst-Werke and later Art Basel, Cruse came to abc last year where she continued to expand upon its ‘not-quite-an-art-fair’ format and grow…[read on…]
Article by Jazmina Figueroa – in Berlin; Friday, Sep. 13, 2013.
Modern utopian structures depend on technological developments to get closer to a perceived notion of the ideal society. In futuristic examples of a utopia, society is united by the idea of progress through technological advancement. In the current exhibition new atlantis at km temporaer the artists highlight specific technologies that originate from utopian…[read on…]
Article by Jazmina Figueroa – in Berlin; Tuesday, Sep. 10, 2013.
The most recent exhibition at Tanya Leighton Gallery, A Day Before This Place, explores concepts relating to urban frameworks, collective conduct in relation to virtual or real spaces, and the myriad ways urbanism can influence behaviour. The artists presented revisit architectural components…[read on…]
Interview by Marta Jecu in Berlin // Sep. 03, 2013
Recently divulged, the press release of the 2013 Lisbon Architecture Triennial titled Close, Closer, makes foremost a visual statement, three paper clippings…[read on…]
Interview by Sarah Gretsch and Anna Russ – in Berlin; Monday, Aug. 19, 2013.
Situated on Potsdamer Straße among galleries like Krome and Thomas Fischer is the bright, young face of LSD Galerie. But LSD is not like its nearby counterparts; it marks the beginning of a growing trend in galleries adopting artist-run…[read on…]
Article by Alena Sokhan – in Berlin; Thursday, Aug. 15, 2013.
In the sunny neighborhood of Prenzlauerberg, among the traditional European pale stucco apartment buildings that line the street is a strange, squat wooden bunker-like building with a bright red door. This is REH Kunst, which stands for…[read on…]
Article by Andrea Ongaro – in Berlin; Wednesday, Aug. 07, 2013.
If there is a dominant mode in photography nowadays, it is perhaps documentary photography. Even though it might sound obvious, a photograph is potentially always a document, but its reality should not be taken for granted. Until the 1970s, photojournalism was the primary mode of documentary photography. In the last decades, we…[read on…]
Article by Alena Sokhan – in Berlin; Thursday, Aug. 01, 2013.
On Saturday, Jul 20th 2013, the faintly neoclassical garden of the Schinkel Pavillon was filled with people drinking to the closing of Jeremy Shaw’s exhibition Variation FQ. The setting could not have more suitable: the contrast…[read on…]
Article by Alexandra Borras – in Berlin; Tuesday, Jul. 23, 2013.
The opening at Institut für Raumexperimente presented a series of experiments by students who have participated in the last semester of Professor Olafur Eliasson´s class. The institute has a purpose to re-invent the educational strategies of art studies. Supported by the Einstein Foundation Berlin and affiliated with…[read on…]
