Article by Jeni Fulton in Berlin // Sep. 12, 2012
The fifth edition of Art Berlin Contemporary, or abc presented itself in refreshingly new colours this year. Gone were the awkward ‘curatorial’ premise of last year’s show (entitled All about Painting), and the strangely installative snaking wall. Instead, Manuel Reader’s…[read on]
Article by Angela Connor – in Berlin; Wednesday, Sep. 19, 2012.
Interview by Anna C. Purcell in Berlin // Sep. 11, 2012
With the diversity of contemporary works, it seems implausible to find a space that fits all artists, methods, and content range too dramatically. Two Berliners embraced the need for change, initiating the search for individualistic…[read on]
Article by Adela Yawitz – in Berlin; Thursday, Aug. 30, 2012.
To admit, I spent an inordinate amount of time, last month, watching olympic gymnasts do impossible things on the barbie-pink mattresses of the London gymnastic hall. In glittering one-pieces, their makeup running with tears and sweat, these girls’ bodies were hypnotizing, their efforts communicating no message besides years of practice and physical ability. I watched on safely from my couch…[read on…]
Interview by Francesca Brooks – in London; Monday, Aug. 20, 2012.
French Riviera is closed over August, but disappointed visitors should feel free to call and leave a message. Sebastiaan Schlicher’s answerphone project is a sign that all is not dead at the other end of the line. The second installment in an ongoing sound art series, Schlicher’s piece will function as the interim performance piece…[read on…]
Interview by Anna C. Purcell – in Berlin; Saturday, Aug. 11, 2012.
Article by Alison Hugill – in Berlin; Saturday, Aug. 04, 2012.
A note Larry Clark has written about his work, scrawled in childlike handwriting and mounted alongside his Teenage Lust photo series at C/O Berlin, describes with nostalgic longing the drugged out gang bangs and violent sex scenes of his rural American youth. He laments not having had a camera at the time, to capture the uninhibited sexual thrills of his boyhood…[read on…]
Article by Adela Yawitz – in Berlin; Monday, Jul. 30, 2012
Article by Evanna Folkenfolk – in Berlin; Wednesday, Jul. 26, 2012
Interview by Melissa Steckbauer in Berlin; Monday, Jul. 23, 2012.
As part of Kunst braucht Fläche, a public art installation project in Berlin, artist Melissa Steckbauer conducted the following two interviews on the topic of “intuition”. The first interview is with Ashema Wierowski, the owner of the Be-Touched massage studio in the Kreuzberg neighborhood of Berlin…[read on…]
Article by Anna C. Purcell – in Berlin; Wednesday, Jul. 18, 2012
Gabriel Orozco’s new show, Asterisms, opened on July 6th at the Deutsche Guggenheim. Using detritus collected from a variety of locations, the Mexican-born artist creates a two-fold sculptural and…[read on…]
