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until 21.06. | #4680ARTatBerlin | Crone Berlin shows from 02. May 2025 the exhibition Double Standard by the artist Anthony Goicolea.
Crone Berlin is showing the exhibition “Double Standard” by New York artist Anthony Goicolea, as part of Gallery Weekend Berlin.
On view are new paintings on canvas and Mylar in which Goicolea explores a theme that runs like a red thread through his entire body of work: the contradiction between inner and outer perception, the conflict between self-determination and external influence, the tension between societal norms and personal identity—resulting from diverse cultural backgrounds, sexual orientations, or gender roles.
Anthony Goicolea, Courtesy Crone Berlin
Anthony Goicolea, born in 1971 as the son of Cuban immigrants in Atlanta, Georgia, is one of the most versatile contemporary artists of his generation. In the late 1990s, he gained recognition for his digital photo collages and video works, later focusing primarily on painting and installations. In 2018, he created the prominent LGBTQ+ Memorial in Hudson River Park, a monument commissioned by the City of New York to commemorate both the victims of the 2016 attack on a gay nightclub in Orlando and all others who have suffered violence due to their queer identities.
In the exhibition Double Standard, Goicolea takes us on an emotional journey through the spheres of a constant search for meaning. He presents people caught in bizarre, melancholic moments, seemingly trapped between reality and a dream world.
In a very tender, but at the same time threatening way, his paintings capture the feeling that resonates deeply with almost all people who are queer or belong to another minority: The consolidating brokenness, the brave yet fearful approach to one’s own identity, because you are not like everyone around you. Goicolea’s works do not follow a traditional “narrative”, they rather show snapshots, short, frozen moments of the absurd but also liberating, as if someone had pressed the pause button in a shaky coming-of-age movie.
Vernissage: Friday, 2. May 2025, 6 – 9 pm
Exhibition period: Friday, 2. May until Saturday, 21. June 2025
Opening hours Gallery Weekend Berlin 2025:
Saturday, 03. May 2025, 11 am – 7 pm
Sunday, 04. May 2025, 11 am – 6 pm
Title image caption: Anthony Goicolea, Courtesy of Crone Berlin
Exhibition Anthony Goicolea – Crone Berlin | Zeitgenössische Kunst in Berlin | Contemporary Art | Exhibitions Berlin Galleries | ART at Berlin
