The Biennial Organization announced on Monday, May 18, 2020, that the Architecture Biennial will be postponed from this year to 2021, which means that the Art Biennial will also take place one year later. The ifa – Institute for Foreign Cultural Relations, which coordinates the German contribution as commissioner, also sees opportunities in the postponement of the 59th Venice Art Biennale by the Biennale organization until 2022. The curator of the German Pavilion at the 59th Art Biennale, Dr Yilmaz Dziewior, Director of the Museum Ludwig in Cologne, is reacting confidently to news of the Biennale di Venezia: „The postponement of the Art Biennale is a comprehensible and sensible decision. An opening of the Architecture Biennale this year would have been an incredible challenge for all participants – especially since the current situation makes trips abroad hardly possible at present. And I, too, as curator of the German Pavilion, see the postponement as a great opportunity to reflect the current social upheavals even more precisely in … Read the article further on DEEDS.WORLD   Image caption: Yilmaz Dziewior, Curator of the official German contribution for the 59th Biennale di Venezia 2022, © Rheinisches Bildarchiv Köln/Britta Schlier

Since 19 May 2020, the fifth and first digital Performing Arts Festival Berlin has been opening its virtual doors. Viewers from all over the world are invited until May 24, 2020 to discover the diversity of the city’s performing arts in the PAF documentary series, in the “Digital Showroom” and at “PAF Show & Tell” @home. In-depth discussions and trend-setting (political) talks round off the program. While the cultural and especially theatrical landscape has largely come to a standstill under the current restrictions, the Performing Arts Festival Berlin@home opens up digital meeting spaces and accesses to the city’s free performing arts to audiences, artists and professionals and focuses on the resulting possibilities of new formats and forms of the performing arts. The opening event on May 19 was a digital get-together with a welcome by Florian Bücking for the board of directors of LAFT – Landesverband freie darstellende Künste Berlin as the festival’s sponsor and the festival directors Sarah Israel and Tessa Hartig. Starting on May 20, the second day of the festival, the “Digital Showroom” invites you around the clock to discover the works of artists*, groups and … Read the article with all information and complete program further […]

until 31.01. | #0210ARTatBerlin | Das Verborgene Museum, which means “The Hidden Museum” shows the Foto Exhibition “Dance of the Hands” (Tanz der Hände) from 10th September 2015 to 31st January 2016. The Dance of the Hands was created and shown by the dancers Tilly Losch (*1903 in Vienna, +1975 in New York) and Hedy Pfundmayr (*1899 in Vienna, +1965 in Vienna) during their performance at Salzburger Festspiele in the year 1927. Das Verborgene Museum stands for artworks by female artists, who fell into oblivion for different reasons. Exhibition period: Thursday, 10th September 2015 to Sunday, 31st January 2016    Dance of the Hands – Das Verbogene Museum – Exhibitions in Berlin ART@Berlin

until 18.01. | #2609ARTatBerlin | Galerie Kornfeld shows from 22nd November 2019 the solo exhibition Les Nouveaux Constructeurs by the artist Stéphane Couturier. The exhibition “Les Nouveaux Constructeurs” will present, for the first time in Germany, photographer Stéphane Couturier’s work that resulted from his involvement with French painter Fernand Léger’s œuvre. Upon the invitation of Julie Gutierrez, curator of the Fernand Léger Museum in Biot, Stéphane Couturier worked intensely with the oeuvre of Fernand Léger, one of the masters of modern painting in early 20th-century France. Léger was particularly attentive to the radical transitions of his time. The central focus of his work was the changes people and cities went through due to machines and mass production. Drawing from the form experiments of the cubists, his body of work found its particular artistic expression, which merged the cubist avantgarde with communist engagement. Sète, Pont Sadi Carnot n°2, 2018, C-Print, 140 x 100 cm, Ed.: 5 “I became aware of the many elements that brought him closer to me–his fascination with the city, with industrial elements, with architecture, with the geometry of forms…”, comments Stéphane Couturier on his involvement with Léger’s body of work. As images of urban landscapes and industrial […]

until 29.02. | #2634ARTatBerlin | Stella A. presents on the occasion of the 20th gallery anniversary from 22nd November 2019 the exhibition THINK SMALL! with works by numerous artists. “For twenty years we have been presenting in about 100 exhibitions a program, which could be named (classified under the topic) „Think small“. The title refers to a contribution by George Brecht to an exhibition called „My Cologne Cathedral“ in 1980 (see illustration). The invitation „Think Small!“ not only concerns the size/format of the works but refers to an attitude of „Slower, smaller, less“ as well (notice our show in 2010). Persistently repeating ourselves, we present works dealing with quite complex questions while employing very little material costs, thus making it possible for the beholder to feel part of the creative act. On the occasion of our 20th anniversary in the location Gipsstraße we are presenting selected works of the artists listed below. We cordially invite you to the exhibition THINK SMALL!” Dorle Döpping & Michael Behn Artists:  Milena Aguilar, Roland Albrecht, Fritz Balthaus, Michael Behn, Joseph Beuys, Eddie Bonesire, Henning Brandis, George Brecht, Marcel Duchamp, Edel Exel, Robert Filliou, Nataly Hocke, Ralf Jurszo, Alison Knowles, Katharina Kohl, Jürgen Liefmann, Christoph Mauler, Marc […]

until 25.07. | #2744ARTatBerlin| Daniel Marzona presents from 5th June 2020 the exhibition A Space full of Drawings and a Drawing in Space. On display are works by the artists Stephen Antonakos, John Beech, Hal Busse, Olaf Holzapfel, Bernd Lohaus, Aron Mehzion, Ferdinand Penker, Joanna Przybyla, Fred Sandback, Elodie Seguin, Günther Uecker. The world is loud, And I’m quiet! (…) Paul Scheerbart, 1909 Now that the streets are getting fuller and louder again, public life is slowly rebooting, and most people are trying to feel their way to a “new normal” that is as busy as possible, we are using our summer exhibition to celebrate once more the value of stillness, concentration, and slowness. All of the works gathered in the exhibition – mostly drawings – are nonfigurative and borne by a gesture of tranquility. Nothing here pounces upon the viewer, nothing imposes itself. The works ask the viewer for a stance corresponding to the artistic stance – a focused and nuanced grasping of their respective aesthetic qualities. Despite the stringency of their fundamentally deliberate and measured work methods, the formal questions and emphases of the participating artists can be clearly distinguished. The combination and juxtaposition of precise color values […]

until 30.05. | #2743ARTatBerlin | Semjon Contemporary presents since March 2020 the group exhibition Cut & Grated with works by the artists Renate Hampke, Susanne Pomrehn, Ursula Sax, Stefan Thiel and Li Silberberg (Bibliothek). All five artists selected for this exhibition have developed a unique artistic practice when creating their artworks. This exhibition can well be described as a further differentiation of the well-received group show Penetrating Paper – Drilled, Cut, Folded… from 2017. But then there are the wood works by Renate Hampke, who has created her series Gefingert/Digitate by rubbing graphite powder not only onto paper but also plain birch panels. She creates minimal pattern works on the one hand, and on the other she also gives way to bundled energy and gesture. Susanne Pomrehn has been well-known for her photo cuts for almost 2 decades now. For this exhibition she has used the private photo archive by Semjon H. N. Semjon to create her stunning cuts, which abduct us into a world that cannot be deciphered and leave a strong impression of the abstract narrative she develops through her technique of cutting, inverting, pulling apart the photographs, and creating layers of realities. And thus, her new series […]

until 04.07. | #2741ARTatBerlin | After reopening Gallery Isabella Bortolozzi currently presents the video performance “Crocopazzo!” and the costumes by the artist Leila Hekmat. A hyperbolic comedy about a mother and her children that look to experimental modes of treatment, therapeutic practices and self-developed products to find their authentic person, and make the best of things. The setting: an intimate tv sound stage. A host interviews each of them and guides us through the complexity of this unusual self-obsessed ménage to understand the method to their madness and wonders with the audience if they perhaps have found the answers. For sale and on display a family/cult and much more than just your average goods and services. Equilibrium is lunacy and self betterment is curse of capitalism. Crocopazzo! preliminary sketches for Felvis with Lily McMenamy Mother is exceptionally alive to language and gesture, to the layers of meaning in every utterance; Alive to power play and conscious and unconscious manipulations. She doesn’t see any pain, desolation or terror in madness. She doesn’t glamorize it or claim it doesn’t exist. Rather she believes that the family could generate psychotic behavior in one member who was selected more or less unconsciously to bear […]

until 03.07. | #2740ARTatBerlin | EFREMIDIS GALLERY presents the exhibition Reverie from 22 May 2020. At the same time Efremidis announces that Tenzing Barshee has joined the team as program director. With Reverie, his first exhibition for Efremidis, he revisits to the exhibition Revelry, which he curated in 2014 at Kunsthalle Bern. Participating artistis: Mathis Altmann, Ketuta Alexi-Meskhishvili, Juliette Blightman, Vittorio Brodmann, Ann Cotten, Monster Chetwynd, Robert Escalera, David Hominal, Luzie Meyer, Josip Novosel Puppies Puppies (Jade Kuriko Olivo), Pippin Wigglesworth & Jannis Paetzold In the year 1974 American artist Anne Truitt (b.1921) set herself the task of writing every morning when she woke up. There was no time limit to how long she would write, just for as long as she wanted or could around her responsibilities. She started writing as a year-long project because she felt there was little integration between herself and herself as an artist. In the journal, she is referring to the self that is responsible for the domestic chores of maintaining a household, being a mother, and herself as an artist. She goes on to say that as her sculptures began to gain recognition, she felt it was harder to see herself: “It slowly […]

until 20.06. | #2737ARTatBerlin| Galerie Inga Kondeyne – Raum für Zeichnung presents from 19th May 2020 the group exhibition MAI-LINIEN.  Participating artists: Marlies Appel, Thomas Gosebruch, Hanna Hennenkemper, Kazuki Nakahara, Johannes Regin, Hanns Schimansky, Christiane Schlosser, Malte Spohr, Sam Szembek. The Wichtendahl Galerie shows in parallel Annette Schröter, Katharina Meister and Reinhard Wöllmer. You are cordially invited to visit the exhibition (individually or in pairs). Individual perception of the drawings opposite is again possible. Johannes Regin Malte Spohr Marlies Appel Hanna Hennenkemper Hanns Schimansky Sam Szembek Thomas Gosebruch Christiane Schlosser Kazuki Nakahara Exhibition period: Tuesday, 19th May to Saturday, 20th June 2020   Exhibition Mai-Linien – Galerie Inga Kondeyne | Zeitgenössische Kunst in Berlin | Contemporary Art | Exhibition Berlin Galleries | ART at Berlin    

until 06.09. | #2736ARTatBerlin | Alfred Ehrhardt Stiftung shows from 26th June 2020 the exhibition Cristal réel der Künstlerin Isabelle Le Minh. The exhibition period was originally planned for 2 May to 21 June 2020. With the first presentation in Germany of the exhibition Cristal réel by the German-French artist Isabelle Le Minh (*1965), the Alfred Ehrhardt Foundation’s archival work, which normally remains hidden, comes into its own: the inventory of approximately 20,000 photographs and the restoration of 1,000 glass plates. This archive work not only provides the humus for further art historical research, but also provides inspiration for new artistic discourse. A number of contemporary artists have already taken up the challenge of dealing with Alfred Ehrhardt’s work. But never before has Ehrhardt’s work been interpreted so intensively, directly and profoundly as by Isabelle Le Minh. Her new work is part of her After Photography group, in which she reinterprets the works of master photographers and questions their creative methods. After her involvement with Henri Cartier-Bresson, Hiroshi Sugimoto, and Bernd and Hilla Becher, she is now followed by Alfred Ehrhardt. © Isabelle Le Minh / ADAGP, Paris 2020 || © Alfred Ehrhardt Stiftung Isabelle Le Minh addresses the photo-historical conditions […]

until 19.09. | #2733ARTatBerlin | Robert Morat Galerie shows from 14th May 2020 the exhibition Human Territoriality by the photographer Roger Eberhard. “Human Territoriality” is a selection of Roger Eberhard’s photographs of former borders, around the globe and down through the course of human history. Some of these border lines have shifted over time, by only a few hundred meters or much more, due to climate change or man-made changes in the landscape, others have vanished with the fall of mighty empires on either side. Eberhard’s photographs, supplemented by in-depth captions, help us to grasp the protean puzzle of the world’s cartography. In a time of mass migration, border walls and spreading nationalism, they reveal the inherent instability of these man-made demarcations. 100th Meridian, USA, 2018 Borders are a means of separation. They separate two sides, defining a here and a there. But they also delineate what lies within the boundaries, instilling a sense of safety and security. Although they implicitly stake a claim to permanence, nothing is as changeable as boundary lines. So it is ironic that people and entire nations should develop so much pride and protectionism on the basis of existing borders, while they are artificial constructs […]

until 18.07. | #2732ARTatBerlin | WENTRUP currently shows the exhibition zoom in – zoom out, a group show with painting, sculpture and mixed media. Works of the following artists are presented: Nevin Aladağ, Hicham Berrada, Miriam Böhm, Axel Geis, Thomas Grünfeld, Karl Haendel, Sophie von Hellermann, Gregor Hildebrandt, John McAllister, Florian Meisenberg, Olaf Metzel, Peles Empire, David Renggli, Jan-Ole Schiemann, Wawrzyniec Tokarski, Timm Ulrichs. Three persons are allowed to stay in the gallery rooms at the same time. Please follow the current distance restrictions and wear a mask to protect your mouth and nose when entering the gallery. Exhibition period: Thursday, 7th May – Saturday, 18th July 2020   Image caption: Exhibition view through the shop window of WENTRUP, photo: via WENTRUP Exhibition zoom in – zoom out – WENTRUP | Zeitgenössische Kunst in Berlin | Contemporary Art | Exhibitions Berlin Galleries | ART at Berlin

until 15.05. | #2729ARTatBerlin | Grisebach is reopening after the Corona closure the exhibition “Hilma af Klint und das wilde Zeichnen (Hilma af Klint and Wild Drawing) with works by the artist Hilma af Klint that have never before been shown publicly. The exhibition was originally planned for the period from March 17 to April 11, 2020. Stockholm, November 1906: Swedish artist Hilma af Klint is 44 years old when she turns her life upside down. She turns away from the academic painting in which she was trained and begins to work abstractly – in ever larger formats. In the following months she creates numerous series, including the cycle “The Ten Greatest”, whose paintings measure more than three meters in height. Kandinsky’s, Malevich’s, or Mondrian’s experiments with non-representational painting were still a long way off, when Hilma af Klint noted in her notebook: “The attempts I have made […] will astonish mankind. Her prediction came true not later than 2018, when the Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum in New York opened a major retrospective of her work: the show attracted more than 600,000 visitors and became the most successful exhibition in the museum’s history. Grisebach is pleased to present Julia Voss’ […]

until 15.08. | #2728ARTatBerlin | Gallery Z22 presents from 9 May 2020 the exhibition Spaceless with photographs of the artist Katerina Belkina. From 29 June to 15 August 2020 the exhibition can be visited by appointment. KATERINA BELKINA: LIGHT AND HEAVY There is an average Russian city where the flight of time has stopped. Samara, my hometown is a racy city, which nevertheless seems faceless. From time to time, something is created there and something is destroyed. It is messy and full of contrasts, being simultaneously heavy and light, rich and poor, beautiful and ugly. It is the quintessence of the most common city in the world. It has everything and nothing. I get amazed and excited by such places. Women form the most brilliant representation of this place. Life in such a city is not comfortable for a woman, and she seeks to escape, but to escape you need a guarantee that you end up in a better place to live. The fact you are a woman grants you no pleasure and no future. You are constantly confronted with races, showing off and stress of competitions. Katerina Belkina, Tram Stop, 2014, Archival Pigment Print, 100 x 130 cm, 39 3/8 […]

until 13.06. | #2726ARTatBerlin | Kristin Hjellegjerde Berlin presents from 9th May 2020 the exhibition “IKWOKIRIKWO: The Dance of Spirits” by the artist Gerald Chukwuma. Gerald Chukwuma’s thrilling ability to capture moments of rapture reaches new heights in his meditations on the ancient Ikwokirikwo dance, at the Kristin Hjellegjerde Gallery Berlin. “The Ikwokirikwo is a form of communication – culture, religion, ritual and invocation rolled into one. I spent many hours talking to dancers who are in their eighties and nineties now;for them, it’s dance as a bridge to the ecstatic.” In its size and vibrancy, Chukwuma’s work transports. The sheer, painstaking physicality – of building, cutting, nailing, burning, chiselling, and painting – generates energy. The spiralling figures draw the viewer into their dance, flashes of colour elevate. Accurately, Chukwuma describes his work as a visual orchestra; the mix of woods like a series of bass tones, the use of fire to bring out the black, nails hinting at percussion, playing on pieces from aluminium cans and phone cards – “beautiful, durable, and colourful”, they form the melody. The result is best described as a force of nature. These works were made over a period of months in three separate […]

until further notice | #2725ARTatBerlin | 68 projects presents from 1st May 2020 the exhibition Ab- und Zusagen | Gedanken eines Galeristen with works by Hiba Al Ansari, Tammam Azzam, Stéphane Couturier, Nick Dawes, Farshad Farzankia, Hubertus Hamm, Rusudan Khizanishvili and Vera Pagava. Even gallerists think. Actually, always. Especially intense in times like these. Not only from time to time. After all, it’s not enough to act intuitively, to find creative forms of presentation, to motivate artists, to ensure that collectors and art connoisseurs are content. It is also not enough to plan exhibitions, to organize diligently, to work hard, to talk a lot, to realise one’ s passion for the gallery and to sell paintings. The gallerist must also think, have foresight, and perceive future possibilities in the present moment. A given situation may change, sometimes gradually, at other times abruptly. And occasionally the unforeseen overrides all plans. From time to time, confirmations are followed by cancellations… Images were supposed to go on journeys. New works by Tammam Azzam, Farshad Farzankia, Nick Dawes, Hiba Al-Ansari, Rusudan Khizanishvili, Stéphane Couturier, Hubertus Hamm and Vera Pagava. From Berlin to Art Dubai, Paris Photo New York and to Frieze New York. Shutdown. […]

until 02.06. | #2722ARTatBerlin | hilleckes probst galerie shows from 30th April 2020 the exhibition Sonnenwelt (> Sunworld) with paintings by the artist Alvar Beyer. The exhibition will be visible from 30th April onwards at the Homepage of the gallery. Due to the current situation there will be no opening ceremony. But the pictures are hung in the gallery and can also be seen on site by appointment. The currently valid rules and protective measures will of course be taken into account. Instead of a vernissage, the gallery owners Bettina Hilleckes and Anna Probst, together with the artist Alvar Beyer, will welcome you in this VIDEO, and provide insight into the exhibition and the work. Sonnenwelt, 150 x 110, Acrylic on Canvas 2020 Frühes Grün 150 x 110 cm, Acrylic on Canvas 2020 The artist Alvar Beyer comes from Weimar, he studied in Leipzig with Arno Rink and Neo Rauch, among others. Beyer lives and works in Berlin. Zho,150 x 110, Acrylic on Canvas 2020 Fractal III 150 x 200 cm, Acrylic on Canvas 2017 Alvar Beyer 1970 born in Weimar 1991-96 Study of painting and graphic arts at the Academy of Visual Arts Leipzig, with Prof. Arno Rink and Neo […]

until 02.05. | #2721ARTatBerlin | Gallery Z22 shows virtually (see links below) from 28 March 2020 the exhibition On The Road with photography of the artist Johannes Neuhann. The exhibition can also be viewed in person by appointment. Johannes Neuhann: “The beautiful is where you find it – this variation of a quotation from Marcel Duchamp hits the core of my artistic activity. On the Road – the title of the exhibition at Galerie Z22, which links the two photo series on display, expresses an essential characteristic of my working method. On the way on the paths and streets the curious eye is the most important tool. While walking, cycling or driving a car, objects are examined for their aesthetic usefulness, only to be finally fixed with the camera. Signs in the surroundings, such as the temporary yellow marking stripes, are recognized, selected, photographed and later only slightly edited as potential elements of an image composition, regardless of their meaning and function in traffic. Galerie Z22, Einladung zu Ausstellung On The Road von Johannes Neuhann The found objects I discovered show a variety of forms that no human being could ever invent: dancing lines, strict geometric constructions, weathered and cracked […]

until 18.04. | #2717ARTatBerlin | Galerie mehdi chouakri shows from 14th March 2020 an exhibition with artworks by the artist Lothar Hempel in the gallery premises at Fasanenplatz. The exhibition will take place in spite of the corona crisis and the vernissage will also take place. It starts already at 4 pm and ends at 9 pm. The gallery wrote about this: “In order to make your visit to the exhibitions more pleasant, we have decided to open at 4 pm. You are welcome to visit the exhibitions in peace and quiet between 4 and 9 pm.” At the same time, the exhibition “Autogrill” by Salvo will be shown at mehdi chouakri in Mommsenstraße. Vernissage: Friday, 13th January 2020, 4:00 – 9:00 pm Exhibition period: Saturday, 14th March – Saturday, 18th April 2020   Image caption: Courtesy of mehdi chouakri – Lothar Hempel   Exhibition Lothar Hempel – Galerie mehdi chouakri | Zeitgenössische Kunst | Contemporary Art | Exhibitions Berlin Galleries | ART at Berlin  

until 25.04. | #2718ARTatBerlin | Galerie Minimal shows from 4th April 2020 the photo exhibition Graphic Encounters with minimalistic photography from the series of the same name by the French artist François Aubret. François’ work is a collection of geometries and patterns he comes across in urban environments. Like a graphic designer, he composes architecture, urban elements and nature into vibrant photographic designs. Despite the sameness of our modern cityscapes, François reveals the hidden beauty and humour found in them. François Aubret is a French photographer based in Paris. After working as a museum and exhibition designer in Shanghai and Los Angeles, he decided to use his creativity towards his own artistic practice and become the artist of his own shows. His background as an environmental designer influences the way he looks at his surroundings. To him this is where his sensibility for architectural details and dynamic compositions comes from. Francois Aubret, Graphic Encounters 11 Francois Aubret, Graphic Encounters 02 Francois Aubret, Graphic Encounters 03 Events ATTENTION: These dates were given to us before the Corona crisis. Please contact the Galerie Minimal. Artist talk with François Aubret Date: Saturday 04. April 2020 Time: 5:00 – 6:00 pm Vernissage with François […]

until 23.02. | #2713ARTatBerlin | Galerie Kremers presents from 14th March 2020 the exhibition “In a Color Frenzy – Narrative Painting behind Glass” with works by the artist Natascha Mann. In parallel, surreal works by Paul Schwietzke will be shown. Natascha Mann The artist Natascha Mann, who was born in Bayreuth in 1946, is a master of painting and playfully challenging the viewer´s beliefs, which are effective in role models of male painters and female models e.g. Natascha Mann, Paintress and Model, 1986, Acrylic behind Glass Her paintings sparkle with power and imagination. Her numerous trips to exotic locations such as Polynesia and Micronesia, had a strong influence on her characters and pictorial stories. Numerous exhibitions and participations in international art fairs document her work. Natascha Mann studied painting in Stuttgart and Munich and received a fullbright scholarship at the university in Corvallis (USA). After that, she completed a full dance degree at the Folkwang School in Essen. She taught at the University of Applied Sciences for Design in Würzburg and headed the etching workshop at the Academy in Nuremberg. Natascha Mann lives and works in Marktbreit near Würzburg. ‘ Natascha Mann, Amor und Psyche, 1986, Acrylic behind Glas, 80 […]

until 15.03. | #2714ARTatBerlin | Robert Morat Galerie presents from 11th March 2020 the exhibition “Who are you?” by photographer Florian Jaenicke, which will be shown for only a few days. During this period the book premiere will take place on 13th March. “We often stare at Frederick for a long time because we cannot believe that his big eyes cannot see us. Because where the images are formed in the brain, there’s constant thunder and lightning.” In his photo column in the ZEITmagazin, Florian Jaenicke has been giving millions of ZEIT readers an insight into life with his son Friedrich, who is severely disabled, every week since the beginning of 2019. In the book accompanying the column, Jaenicke describes with sensitivity, respect and love how life feels with a child who cannot speak or maintain eye contact. A reading that shifts perspectives – and teaches what happiness means. For Friedrich: The Beatles and roast pork. For his parents: love for Friedrich. Friedrich, Photo: Florian Jaenicke Vernissage: Tuesday, 10th March 2020, 6:30 – 9:00 pm Book Release:Friday, 13th March 2020, 6:30 Uhr, together with Christoph Amend, editor-in-chief of ZEITMagazin (CANCELLED!) Ausstellungsdaten: Wednesday, 11th March to Sunday, 15th March 2020 Finissage: Sunday, […]

until 29.04. |#2710ARTatBerlin | Galerie Dittmar shows from 13th March 2020 the exhibition “The 1970s” with works on paper by Gerhard Altenbourg, Georg Baselitz, Rudolf Englert, Georg Frietzsche, Joan Hernández Pijuan, Imi Knoebel, Arnulf Rainer, Aldo Rossi, Gottfried Salzmann, Ernesto Tatafiore and Hannsjörg Voth. The 1970s is a decade of eminent importance in the visual arts. New art movements emerged in the late 1960s, such as conceptual art, interdisciplinary and process-like approaches; furthermore, photography, to which previously little attention was paid, was integrated as an art. One fundamental document for the expanded, and then random, concept of art is Joseph Kosuth’s programmatic publication in 1969: “Art after Philosophy”. The term of avant-garde stayed in use as a “metahistorical category” (Christian Demand) to be on the safe side. At the same time, the picture, the painting, the medium of paper, underwent a great renaissance that was hopefully not its last blossoming. Ernesto Tatafiore, Les souvenirs, 1974, Aquarell, Bleistift, Collage, 24,5 x 34,5 cm Depending on the individual circumstances, either essential foundations for what was to come were laid, initial outstanding works were presented or important, sometimes crucial overviews of works were created. The following generation was able to build upon this […]

extended until 13.06. | #2709ARTatBerlin | Galerie Gilla Lörcher shows from 14th March 2020 the solo exhibtion with paintings by the artist Simone Strasser. The exhibition is the second part of the three-part painting series, which gives an insight into the art of female contemporary abstract painters. After the exhibition by artist Ivana Klickovic, who lives in Berlin (17.01. – 28.02.2020), there is now the exhibition by artist Simone Strasser, who lives in Ingolstadt / Munich. The artist Simone Strasser has created an extensive painterly work since the late 90s. The small to large format pictures presented here in the exhibition are characterized by a lyrical abstraction. The paint application is gestural, the colors are sometimes matte to very intense. The artist often repaints the canvases in countless layers. The proportions of unprocessed or only primed but unpainted canvas vary. Simone Strasser writes about her work: “The format becomes an object, whereby the area is what interests me – if you can go into the real nothing, hold something for eternity that you cannot hold on to. The paintings are as figurative as they are abstract. I only work with perception and blindly transfer the motif to the canvas in […]

until 11.04. | #2706ARTatBerlin | Galerie Thomas Fischer as guest of Soy Capitán shows from 7 March 2020 the exhibition “Zink” by the artist Irmel Kamp. When looking down on the city of Paris, there is a special bluish-white, dull shine on the roofs of the city. This comes from zinc, which Georges-Eugène Haussmann had ordered to be used across the city. The material was mined in Kelmis/La Calamine on the German-Belgian order, and Irmel Kamp also comes from this area. She began her very first series in the late 1970s: Irmel Kamp, Aubel, 1982, Gelatin Silver Print, 40 x 33 cm pictures of buildings with zinc façades that she systematically photographed in a certain area. The project took several years, only ending when entirely completed. Equipped with a medium format camera and tripod, Irmel Kamp first pursued her interest in architecture at the end of the seventies. Architecture, she says, brought her to photography. Her Bauhaus series from Tel Aviv shows that she looks at buildings with certain formal, but also narrative qualities that others would overlook. She has known the East Belgian area behind Aachen since her childhood. All the zinc sheet metal facades point to the west. […]

until 09.04. | #2705ARTatBerlin | Esther Schipper presents from 7th March 2020 the exhibition Fog Dog by the artist Daniel Steegmann Mangrané. Esther Schipper is pleased to announce Daniel Steegmann Mangrané’s second solo exhibition with the gallery. Entitled Fog Dog, the exhibition includes architectural light interventions, a sound installation and a new film. A two-part light intervention greets the visitor upon entering the exhibition. Lit entirely by natural light, angled dividing walls transform the space into a series of connecting rooms. A large triangular opening in the ceiling and a head-high funnel-shaped construction narrowing toward an aperture fundamentally alter the experience of the space, controlling and shaping the entering light. A second rectangular construction in the back of the gallery opens into an adjoining room, funnelling the light to create a diffuse brightness, apparition-like. While the rectangular openings recall the windows found in ecclesiastic architecture and its tradition of controlling light (e.g. as marker of the divine), yet also obliquely refer to the work of 20th century light & space artists constructing environments to shape light. The floor of the exhibition space is covered with fine gravel, giving an unexpected feeling and sound to the visitor’s gait, as a series […]