Article by Alexandra Borras, photos by Alex Marcus – in Berlin; Tuesday, Jul. 02, 2013.
Tobias Becker returns to Berlin with a series of maps, conceptual representations of how the world might exist when breaking with convention. Until the 24th August we will have the opportunity to view his solo exhibition Eines Tages at Galerie Hunchentoot. This new project will be focused on temporality and how…[read on…]
Article by Andrea Ongaro – in Berlin; Saturday, June 29, 2013.
The exhibition Domestic Utopias presented at the NGBK deals with a very articulated topic and confronts different artistic positions around the concept of dwelling and the organization of domesticity. The idea is to underline how architectural issues reflect and interpret social utopias, proposing…[read on…]
Article by Sarah Gretsch – in Berlin; Wednesday, Jun. 26, 2013.
As I enter the courtyard of Aqua Carré Berlin, I am greeted by the hum of dozens of voices and a jolt of vibrating windows. The source: two guys in black maneuvering a table of records spinning long, monotonous tones. Thirty-one Berlin-based artists’ works scatter the space––everything from sculpture, to painting and drawing, to photography…[read on…]
Article by Ester Ippolito – in Berlin; Friday, Jun. 21, 2013.
The white cube, both as a physical space and a concept, permeates the realm of museums and galleries. Contemporary artists have been working within the constraints of the white space for decades. Katharina Grosse’s Wunderblock, an exhibition that recently opened at the Nasher Sculpture Center in Dallas, Texas, embodies…[read on…]
Article by Pip Jones, photos by Rebecca Capp – in Berlin; Tuesday, Jun. 18, 2013.
Brand new Neukölln project space, Bootsbau may have taken its namesake from water, but directors Bárbara Fonseca and Natalia Blanco’s 48 Hours Neukölln exhibition is more interested in land. The (Un) Natural History of Plants, their 4th project, serves as an enquiry into the human preoccupation with personal plant life and…[read on…]
Interview by Sarah Gretsch – in Berlin; Saturday, Jun. 15, 2013.
Louise Bourgeois: The Spider, The Mistress and The Tangerine, directed by Marion Cajori and Amei Wallach, is a journey into the work and psyche of an icon of modern art. As Bourgeois’ works are nostalgic, so is the film; time vacillates from…[read on…]
Article by Ally Bisshop – in Berlin; Wednesday, Jun. 12, 2013.
You don’t need to have witnessed the immolation of Edward Woodward in The Wicker Man to appreciate the grand British shamanic histories alluded to in Jeremy Deller’sEnglish Magic. But, rather than heralding any continuing tradition of mastery and conquest, Deller’s works point to the places where the idea of grandeur…[read on…]
Article by Sarah Gretsch, photos by Joe Goergen – in Berlin; Monday, Jun. 10, 2013.
In the late 1960s a form of art later coined “land art” sprung up from the newly formed circles of minimalism. With artist Robert Smithson and his work Spiral Jetty at its forefront, land art brought the problems of space, borders, and manufactured versus spontaneous creation to artistic dialogue. Today Smithson’s theory of site versus nonsit, is still…[read on…]
Article by Jeni Fulton – in Berlin; Saturday, Jun. 08, 2013.
The curator of the 55th Biennale di Venezia, which opened on Saturday, Massimiliano Gioni, is a fan of the clear line. As he announced, “Art is a form of looking at the world, not just decorative objects”, and the Biennale in the guise of The Encyclopaedic Palace served as his definition of the world. Self-taught artist…[read on…]
Article by Sarah Gretsch – in Berlin; Thursday, Jun. 06, 2013.
Berlin.Status [2] is the second survey by Künstlerhaus Bethanien of the city’s current artistic tendencies and trends. Over a year ago Berlin.Status [1] showed artists born between 1973 to 1980, but this year the crowd gets younger, featuring a set of artists between 1978 to 1984. Curated by Sven Drühl and Christoph Tannert, this show…[read on…]
Article by Andrea Ongaro – in Berlin; Tuesday, May 28, 2013.
The Martin Gropius Bau is presenting a show that is sure to be the event of the year in Berlin. A great amount of energy and means has been deployed for an exhibition that can be seen only in Berlin–a show that was conceived here, specifically to be realized here. Anish Kapoor is exhibiting a series of works that occupy the entire ground floor of the Martin Gropius Bau, including the…[read on…]
Interview by Sarah Gretsch – in Berlin; Tuesday, May 21, 2013.
United Visual Artists (UVA) has been described as a practice, a collective and as an art and design studio. From installation specific to large-scale permanent works, each project is different, blurring borders between mediums, making classification impossible. Individual works bring together members from a variety of disciplines, traversing the realms of architecture, sculpture, live performance, and digital…[read on…]
