A firework of the arts in Berlin at the beginning of the 100th Bauhaus anniversary 2019: 16th – 24th January 2019, in the Academy of Arts. The Bauhaus anniversary will be opened with fireworks of performative arts at the international opening festival from 16 – 24 January 2019 at the Academy of Arts, Berlin. Concert, installation, theatre, dance, discourse, workshop and club … Read the article further on > DEEDS.WORLD <   Image caption: The Triadic Ballet, Bavarian Junior Ballet Munich, Photo: Wilfried Hösl 100 years of bauhaus. The opening festival A Fireworks of the Arts in Berlin to mark the start of the Bauhaus anniversary 2019 – 24 January 2019 | ART at Berlin

After the successful start of the exhibition “1914/1918 Not Then, Not Now, Not Ever” in the German Bundestag in November 2018, the works of the 31 participating artists will travel to New York this summer. In June 2019, the exhibition will be opened at the New York headquarters in cooperation with the German representation of the United Nations and is intended to set an example of peaceful coexistence without violence. On the occasion of the end of the First World War 100 years ago, the exhibition “1914/1918 – Not Then, Not Now, Not Ever” entitled “1914/1918 – Not Then, Not Now, Not Ever” with works by internationally renowned artists from countries militarily involved in the First World War was shown in the German Bundestag. The joint art project … Read the article further on > DEEDS.WORLD <     Image caption: Key Visual Ausstellung 1914/1918 1914/1918 NOT THEN, NOT NOW, NOT EVER: From Berlin to UN Headquarters in New York – ART at Berlin

until 23.02. | #2331ARTatBerlin | PSM Gallery presents since 12th January 2019 the exhibition THIS IS NOT A LOVE SONG with artworks by Dave Allen, Christian Falsnaes, Nadira Husain, Shila Khatami, Almut Linde, Stefanie von Schroeter, Joulia Strauss and Silke Wagner. The exhibition is curated by  Raimar Stange. In the seventies, women of the “Revolutionary Cell” militantly protest against the abortion ban; a good three quarters of a century earlier, the so-called “Malweiber” fight for emancipation – not only in Worpswede; and today, vernissage visitors destroy parts of a typical “male-dominated” museum collection. “Feminist issues” like these are the focus of the exhibition THIS IS NOT A LOVE SONG. It is important that its selection considers not only – as it is common in today’s discussion – the aspects of identity politics, where materialist-Marxist issues, as e.g. “class membership”, are forgotten. Already Didier Eribon had self-critically confessed precisely this dysfunction in his book “Return to Reims” (2009). Silke Wagner, 04.03.75, 2008. Courtesy of the artist and Galerie Wilma Tolksdorf Hence, THIS IS NOT A LOVE SONG is also about women working in denim production in the Global South for the lowest wage, as well as about the important role of […]

until 09.03. | #2330ARTatBerlin| Daniel Marzona presents from 18th January 2019 the exhibition memento mori, curated by Dr. Burkhard Brunn, with the artists William Anastasi, Kirstin Arndt, John Beech, Sid Gastl, Ben Greber, Charlotte Posenenske, Michael Reiter, Marike Schuurman, Tsujimura Shiro and Martina Wolf. Transience in the tradition of MEMENTO MORI In Dutch still life painting during the Golden Age, “memento mori” was intended to remind people, even while surrounded by worldly pleasures and goods, to think of the end of life, expressed in what were known as vanitas symbols: an extinguished candle, an upturned or half empty glass, a violin, flute and a cold clay pipe (this explains the saying: only smoke and mirrors), or a plate perilously balanced on a table edge. The Latin word vanitas means vanity in the sense of futility. In the landscape painting of the Dutch baroque a broken off or horizontal tree trunk is seen as a symbol of death. With the transience of life in mind an impression of insecurity is created, nothing seems fixed, everything fluctuates, disappears, a concept expressed in English in the word precariousness. The sociologist Ulrich Beck uses the German term “Prekariat” to refer to a group of […]

until 02.03. | #2327ARTatBerlin | ALEXANDER OCHS PRIVATE shows from 18th January 2019 the group exhibition ORNAMENT + ABSTRAKTION with artworks by Colin Ardley, Tanja Rochelmeyer, Brigitte Schwacke and Anja Schwörer. One hundred years ago in 1919, a year after the end of the first world war, architect Walter Gropiusfounded a new art school, the Bauhaus, in Weimar, Germany. On the occasion of the school’s centenary, this year sees numerous exhibitions. After two relocations, first to Dessau and then to Berlin, the Bauhaus was banned by the Nazis in 1933. In the 1950s, the former Bauhaus student Max Billfounded the Ulm School of Designin the tradition of the Bauhaus. This would become one of the originators of concrete art. Anja Schwörer, o.T., 2018, Netzgewebe, gefärbt und gebleicht, 62 x 55 cm In the Bauhaus’s founding manifesto, Walter Gropius wrote: “The ultimate objective of all artistic activities is construction (…).Architects, sculptors, painters… We must all go back to working with our hands.” In 1947, Max Bill formulated his conception of concrete art: “The objective (…) is to develop objects for intellectual and spiritual use (…). Ultimately, concrete art is the pure expression of harmonious measure and law.” In this age of increasing digitalisation in all areas of our lives, […]

until 16.03. | #2326ARTatBerlin | Robert Morat Galerie presents from 19th January 2019 the exhibition Kleinstadt (Small Town) by the photographers couple Ute and Werner Mahler. “We have been interested in this topic for a long time, we worked on suburbs and non-exciting places before. We wanted to visit cities that are not in any travel guide and that are too far from the highway for people to pass through. These places are biotopes in which life seems manageable. Where there is great community, but also strong social control. Where there are no attractions, the little things become exciting.” Ute Mahler in an interview with ZEIT Magazin. Kleinstadt #01, 2016 Ute and Werner Mahler (born 1949 and 1950), were key figures in photography in the former GDR and co-founded the renowned photography agency Ostkreuz after the fall of the Wall. After having pursued successful careers for decades independently, the couple presented their first joint project in 2011, a series of black-and-white portraits titled “Monalisas of the Suburbs”. In 2014, a second joint project followed, “The Strange Days”, a series of large format landscape studies. Kleinstadt #23, 2016 Now the couple presents a new joint project and its third joint publication, […]

until 10.03. | #2322ARTatBerlin | Haus am Lützowplatz presents from 17th January 2019 the exhibition “Burning Man – Electric Sky” by the artist couple Römer + Römer. With “Burning Man – Electric Sky“, the Berlin-based artist couple Römer + Römer presents a new series of works at the Haus am Lützowplatz that is concerned with the Burning Man festival. The exhibition mainly consists of nocturnal images, in which the Black Rock Desert in the State of Nevada is turned into a make-believe world lit by thousands of artificial light sources. The in some cases very large pictures painted on canvas were created on the basis of a research trip made in 2017. Römer + Römer, Black Rock Bandits Raccoon, 2018, Öl und Acryl auf Leinwand, 230 x 300 cm Living and working together since 1998, the artists Nina and Torsten Römer (*1978 in Moscow and *1968 in Aachen) met at the Kunstakademie Düsseldorf where they became master students of A.R. Penck. Their artistic work is based on the transmission of their photographs to large-format panels, offering viewers a juxtaposition that is both essentially sensual and media-reflexive. In the works by Römer + Römer, the indexical principle of photography – the testimony […]

until 16.02. | #2321ARTatBerlin | Galerie Max Hetzler shows from 18th January 2019 the solo exhibition STERNE the artist Raphaela Simon in the gallery rooms at Bleibtreustraße. Raphaela Simon (* Villingen) lives and works in Berlin. Simon studied with Peter Doig at the Academy of Arts Düsseldorf and in the class of Günther Förg at the Academy of Fine Arts Munich. Her works were part of solo and group exhibitions at Victoria Miro Gallery (2018); TRAMPS/Michael Werner, New York (2017); Hannah Hoffman Gallery, Los Angeles (2016 and 2015) and TRAMPS, London (2014), among others. Raphaela Simon, Lila Frau (detail), 2018 Preview: Friday, 18th January 2019, 6.00 – 8.00 p.m. Exhibition period: Friday, 18th January – Saturday, 16th February 2019 (at Bleibtreustraße 45)   Image caption: Raphaela Simon, Lila Frau (detail), 2018 Exhibition Raphaela Simon – STERNE – Galerie Max Hetzler | Contemporary Art – Zeitgenössische Kunst in Berlin – ART at Berlin

until 30.03. | #2318ARTatBerlin | Galerie Berinson presents from 12th January 2019 the exhibition with sculptures and reliefs by the artist László Péri (1899-1967). Galerie Berinson is exhibiting sculptures and reliefs by Hungarian-British artist and sculptor László Péri, created between 1933-1950 in England. The works come directly from the artist’s estate. László Péri (1899-1967), Sitzender, ca. 1950, pigmentierter Beton mit Maschendraht, 75 x 62 x 5 cm Péri was a pioneer in using concrete for sculptures and specialized in architectural reliefs in colored concrete. He developed an own recipe for the used material ‘Péricrete’, a mixture of concrete with polyester resin and metallic powders. Vernissage: Saturday, 12th January 2019, 6:00 -9:00 p.m.  Exhibition period: Saturday, 12th January – Saturday, 30th March 2019   Exhibition László Péri (1899-1967) – Galerie Berinson | Zeitgenössische Kunst in Berlin | Contemporary Art | Exhibitions Berlin Galleries | ART at Berlin

until 24.02. | #2317ARTatBerlin | Galerie mutare presents from 12th January 2019 the exhibition “Enchanting Sea of Flowers” with painting by the artist Reinhard Stangl. The exhibition “ENCHANTING SEA OF FLOWERS” presents works of the painter Reinhard Stangl, who lives in Berlin and Brandenburg, and who – for the first time – approaches the topic “flowers” in a subtle way. The exhibition opens on January 12th and will be open until February 24th 2019. In his rich and characteristic work the avowed urban citizen has so far preferred for his work subjects such as cities and bars at night and also landscapes. Now, Reinhard Stangl has mostly in a nearly erotic-appearing way dedicated himself to the floral motif. The often used black background of his pictures makes the strong colours of the flower details glow, often in a figurative, but sometimes also in an almost abstract way of painting. The beauties of nature are captured in a usually bright, but also in an isolated darker manner. They always seem to charm the viewer in a mysterious way. Reinhard Stangl REINHARD STANGL, born in Leipzig, studied painting from 1972 to 1977 at the College of Fine Arts, Dresden. Then he was […]

until 22.02. | #2314ARTatBerlin | Peres Projects presents from 11th January 2019 the group exhibition Road to the Unconscious. Finding your center, standing still, take a deep breath in. Pay close attention to your breath as you pull it in through your nose and push it out through your mouth. Breath slowly, deeply, naturally. Once you’ve found your breath rhythm, we’ll begin your journey. Go at whatever pace feels comfortable, and take breaks whenever you feel is necessary. As you begin to walk counter clockwise through the space, pay attention to your steps, left and right, and check in with your breath. Feel how your body moves, the shifting of your weight, enjoy the motion. You feel strong, energetic, but not rushed. When you’re ready, turn your attention to your surroundings, the idols on your left and right guiding you deeper into this dream world, allow yourself to be submerged in the environment, the sculptures and wall works create the world you’re entering. Pay attention to the characters you begin to encounter, they’re sharing a meal and look up at you as you pass by them, meeting your gaze. You don’t need to feel afraid of them, they are friendly, […]

until 09.03. | #2313ARTatBerlin | Galerie Thomas Schulte shows from 25th January 2019 at the Corner Space of the gallery the exhibition A Walking Artist by the artist Hamish Fulton. UPCOMING Winter Break 22 December to 5 January Dieter Appelt 26 January to 9 March Hamish Fulton (Corner Space) 26 January to 9 March © Hamish Fulton, 2018 Vernissage: Friday, 25th January 2019, 7:00 – 9:00 p.m. Exhibition period: Saturday, 26th January – Saturday, 9th March 2019   Exhibition Hamish Fulton – Galerie Thomas Schulte | Zeitgenössische Kunst in Berlin | Contemporary Art | Exhibitions Berlin Galleries | ART at Berlin

until 21.12. | #2310ARtatBerlin | Galerie Gilla Lörcher shows from 15th December 2018 the solo exhibition One-single-artwork-show #8 with one artwork by the artist Joanna Jones. We cordially invite you to the One-single-artwork-show # 8 (Do-Sa 15-18 hrs open), where an abstract painting of the British painter Joanna Jones is in the centre. With this exhibition we say goodbye to the winter break. Joanna Jones Untitled, 210  x 160 cm, acrylic on canvas, Foto Gilla Loercher Joanna Jones’s practice over several decades has included painting and performance. Interested in the inter-connectedness of things, thoughts and encounters she has developed a performative process in painting that positions her body as an agency of a particular kind of knowing and takes painting into the territory of an event. The British artist Joanna Jones lives and works in Dover (UK). Following a foundation year at Northwich College of Art, she continued her studies in London at the Byam Shaw School. Jones received her National Diploma of Design in painting from Goldsmith`s College, and graduated from the Royal Academy Schools in 1970. Joanna Jones is a recipient of several art awards including the first prize in the Greater London Councils painting competition (1969), a […]

until 09.02. | #2309ARTatBerlin | Esther Schipper shows from 14th December 2018 the solo exhibition Wonderland by the artist Julia Scher. Esther Schipper is pleased to announce Wonderland, Julia Scher’s fifth solo exhibition with the gallery since her first participation in a 1991 group exhibition at Esther Schipper, Cologne. Twenty years after its first iteration, Scher reenacts her historical environment, Wonderland, 1998. The work was originally conceived—in a smaller scale—for the group exhibition Performance Anxiety at the MCA, Chicago, 1997, but was first presented in its final design in New York a year later, at Andrea Rosen Gallery. The installation subsequently travelled to various institutions such as the CAPC–Musée d’art contemporain in Bordeaux, where it was included in the infamously censored group exhibition Présumés innocents [Presumed Innocents], 2000. Immersed in the gallery’s theatrical pink and purple light atmosphere, Scher’s Wonderland is a multimedia environment where visitors are welcomed by the sound of the artist’s authoritative yet soothing voice: “Attention. There are live cameras here in Wonderland, recording you… Warning. Your size may change, here in Wonderland. Thank you for coming!” At the center of the space are two semi-circular child-sized desks arrayed with complex technical equipment and cabling, vintage computer […]

until 19.01. | #2293ARTatBerlin | KOW shows from 24th November 2018 the exhibition His Master’s Voice by the artist Alice Creischer and in parallel the exhibition Crusoe by the artist Eugenio Dittborn.  Alice Creischer Alice Creischer’s third exhibition at KOW is a snapshot of contemporary German politics, as well as an illustration of political and creative continuity. In the gallery’s downstairs showroom, the works make for a choppy survey of social developments of the past thirty years and more, developments that have been subjected to so much critical analysis that it’s almost impossible today to keep talking about them, to think of new ways to talk about them again and yet again. Meanwhile, seemingly unstoppable shifts of the social climate time and again, and yet again, leave critical thinking at a loss for words. All these things can’t be happening. And yet they are. And they’re plain for all to see. Alice Creischer, Für Camille B., 2016 Creischer’s exhibition conveys her bemusement and bafflement over her own German history and presumably also over the habit of constantly mulling it over. In a war against France, the Germans finally found a crown to bow to. They founded their empire in 1871 as […]

until 26.01. | #2306ARTatBerlin | Galerie Barbara Wien currently shows the exhibition the big aspiration of the small picture One of Dieter Roth’s most important books, Mundunculumfrom 1967, is about perception, vocabulary and the world. In one of the pictures in this book, Roth shows “how a small picture can have a big aspiration, and a big picture can have a small aspiration”. It’s a sketch that outlines the impact of seeing – in the mind of the beholder, big can have a relatively small impact, whereas small can have a bigger impact. The sketch is of magnificent simplicity, and that’s the crux of the matter. Dieter Roth, Mundunculum, 1967 We chose Dieter Roth’s drawing as a motto for our exhibition, which devotes itself to the small format. On show are drawings and objects from all artists represented by the gallery. Artists: Georges Adéagbo Eric Baudelaire Nina Canell Mariana Castillo Deball Jimmie Durham  Hans-Peter Feldmann Ester Fleckner Luca Frei  Ludwig Gosewitz Ian Kiaer Arthur Köpcke Dave McKenzie Elisabeth Neudörfl Peter Piller Eva von Platen Vaclav Pozarek Michael Rakowitz Dieter Roth Tomas Schmit Shimabuku Ingrid Wiener Haegue Yang Vernissage: Friday, 30th November 2018, 18:00 – 21:00 Uhr Exhibition period: Saturday, 1st December 2018 – Saturday, 26th January 2019   Image […]

until 19.01. | #2302ARTatBerlin | Semjon Contemporary presents from 7th December 2018 the exhibition Accrochage with artworks of all artists of the gallery and of guest artists. Vernissage: Friday, 7th December 2018, 7:00 – 9:30 p.m. Exhibition period: Friday, 7th December to Saturday, 19. January 2019 ATTENTION: Christmas break from 22 December 2018 to 7 January 2019   Image caption: Courtesy of Semjon Contemporary – several artworks Exhibition Accrochage – Semjon Contemporary | Zeitgenössische Kunst in Berlin – Contemporary Art – Ausstellungen Berlin Galerien – ART at Berlin  

until 31.01. | #2301ARTatBerlin | From December 2018 until the end of January 2019, Galerie1214 shows positions and developments of painterly motifs by artists of the gallery and from the collection. Britta Lumer‘s “Dyade” (2017) is a multi-perspective portrait with indian ink on paper and canvas, which brings the portrait of a head from a Rembrandt’s dark background. Britta Lumer, Dyade, 2017 Jessica Buhlmann‘s complex image “Folded Space” (2016) reveals the musical impregnation of the painter, supplemented by the object “Octett”. Jessica Buhlmann, Folded Space, 2016 By Marie Irmgard we show acrylic works on paper, which translate da Vinci’s stain-form experiments into the fluid. Marie Irmgard Isabel Borges is represented by constructivist picture collages and a small, enigmatic composition in acrylic. Isabelle Borges Isabelle Borges Isabelle Borges From the collection we show three plates by Wolfgang Betke a (virtual) triptych of haunting energy, which combines the symbolism of painting with a intricate design of the surfaces. Wolfgang Betke Wolfgang Betke Wolfgang Betke From Christina Michalis‘ oeuvre, we take up material-specific works with acrylic and sand from 2012, combined with the sophisticated foil print Avoid / Nobody (2017), homage and ironic refraction at the same time. Christina Michalis Exhibition period: Saturday, 1st […]

until 15.01. | #2298ARTatBerlin | axmann kunstgalerie presents from 1st December 2018 paintings by the French artist Daniel Therasse and the Italian artist Michela Crisotomi. Gallery owner Otto Axmann briefly introduces both artists: “Daniel Therasse was born in France in 1955. He has received various international exhibitions and awards, including the Prix de l’Assemblee. The art critic Luis Porquet (Une Vision Bouillonnante du Monde, 2013) compares Daniel Therasse with a social director who stages the daily life of people as a big, sometimes absurd carnival. He finds inspiration where life is concentrated. Be curious, look at his works of art. We cordially invite you.” Daniel Therasse “From our international art scene we present the artist Michela Crisostomi, born 1976 in Italy. Michela Crisotomi studied at the Accademia Belle Arti in Florence. She graduated from the Orneore Metelli School of Art. In 2011 she received the Gold Award of the International Festival of Contemporary Art of the city of Sulmona. Various publications including Stemperando. Curated by Giovanna Bar-Bero in cooperation with Nationale d’Arte Contemperanea. Michela Crisotomi’s art can be seen in exhibitions worldwide. Discovery is her keyword. To interpret icon painting in a contemporary way. We look forward to your visit.” Michela […]

until 26.01. | #2297ARTatBerlin | Galerie Buchholz is currently showing the solo exhibition Außenprojekte der Künstlerin Isa Genzken. At the same time Galerie Buchholz presents the solo exhibition Asphalt by the artist Thomas Eggerer. Opening: Tuesday, 27th November 2018, 7 – 9 pm Exhibition period: Tuesday, 27th November 2018 – Saturday, 26th January 2019   Image caption: Courtesy of Galerie Buchholz – Isa Genzken Exhibition Isa Genzken + Thomas Eggerer – Galerie Buchholz | Zeitgenössische Kunst in Berlin | Contemporary Art | Exhibitions Berlin Galleries | ART at Berlin

until 12.01. | #2286ARtatBerlin | KLEMM’S currently shows the solo exhibition Gestalt by the photographer Ulrich Gebert. It is our pleasure to present Ulrich Gebert‘s fourth solo exhibition at the gallery tonight. The exhibition showcases his new project Gestalt and will be on view from November 17, 2018 until January 12, 2019. Gestalt consist of 62 photographs that were produced in a period from 2010-2018 – the same number that renowned photographer Albert Renger-Patzsch, who was associated with “New Objectivity,” used for his late body of work called “Gestein”, published as a book in 1966. Whilst Renger’s focus after the war was to look for primary things – besides his commercial output he mainly photographed trees and just stones – Gestalt is the attempt of a contemporary take on stones as a photographic theme that is not concerned by the primary or endmost things. On the contrary, the work seeks its actuality in picturing factitiousness, in the form of artificial stones. In today’s event culture those man-made landscapes are part of a popular narrative of deception, found in zoological gardens as well as in amusement parks. The central point ofGestalt is not the use of photographic trickery to perfect the intended illusion, but rather to carve out its […]

until 22.12. | #2251ARTatBerlin | Galerie Kunst am Gendarmenmarkt currently shows the exhibition New pictures from Paris – metropolises and people – Moscow, Paris and the rest of the world by Ekaterina Zacharova, curated by Peter Michael Dinter. Dear Madam or Sir, Dear friends and guests of the Galerie Kunst am Gendarmenmarkt, We would like to invite you to the second exhibition of Mrs. Ekaterina ZACHAROVA at the gkag. In her very typical painting style, full of energy, movement, verve and magic, Ms. Ekaterina Zacharova shows us her latest paintings from Paris. And there are not so many ideas and myths about such a dazzling city as Paris. Paris, the city of longings, city of love and fashion. Paris, the queen with a great past. City of constant change, with dark sides seething and nightly enchanted – yellow, golden shining. Center of power and Accrochage of cultures. Hedonistic and romantic, mystical and enervating at the same time. Walküre, Dublin, 2011, 100 x 120 cm, Öl auf Leinwand  For this we present you selected works from the previous s eries of pictures. New York, Havana, Moscow and Shanghai. We are looking forward to your visit of the Vernissage as well as the exhibition! […]

until 22.12. | #2288ARTatBerlin | WENTRUP currently presents the solo exhibition Doppelgänger by the artist Karl Haendel. Wentrup Gallery is pleased to present Karl Haendel’s second solo exhibition with the gallery, titled Doppelgänger, opening on 16th November 2018. Since the start of his career Haendel (b.1976) has used drawing to discover connections between seemingly disparate nodes of cultural data, drawing attention to the overlaps between the social, political, and personal. Through formal manipulation and repacking of pre-existing imagery, Haendel explores how our culture uses images to produce opinions, values and beliefs and how the images we produce reflexively re-shape these frameworks. However, this exhibition is not really an exhibition, it might be better described as two exhibitions in one, or perhaps, an exhibition with a split personality. Upon entering the gallery you are immediately confronted with a wall interrupting your path, forcing you to choose which way to go – left or right. Wentrup gallery is bisected by a wall, and each half of the space appears just like its other half; the drawings in both spaces are identical in size and medium, framed in the same manner, and hung in the same configuration. You are never able to view a work next […]

until 12.01. | #2276ARTatBerlin | Galerie Barbara Weiss presents since 20th November 2018 the solo exhibition Diary by the Ukrainian photographer Boris Mikhailov. Opening: Saturday, 17th November 2018, 6 – 9 pm Exhibition period: Tuesday, 20th November 2018 – Saturday, 12th January 2019   Image caption: Galerie Barbara Weiss – Boris Mikhailov Exhibition Boris Mikhailov – Galerie Barbara Weiss | Zeitgenössische Kunst in Berlin | Contemporary Art | Exhibitions Berlin Galleries | ART at Berlin