English
Deutsch
until 18.04. | #4969ARTatBerlin | Galerie Société shows from Thursday, 12. March 2026 the exhibition “My Original Friend” by the artist Bunny Rogers.
Bunny Rogers’ conceptual practice draws on deeply personal references to reflect on experiences of alienation and intimacy. Her complex narrative worlds often focus on “forgotten objects”, lending humble everyday items the presence of people and moments that have shaped her life. For Rogers, imagination is not secondary to ‘reality’ but a parallel structure through which experiences are processed and reconfigured. Drawing on the pop culture of the late 1990s and early 2000s, her multifaceted practice analyses how notions of identity and belonging were reshaped at a time when the virtual and the real began to overlap and merge in unprecedented ways.
In his fourth solo exhibition at SOCIÉTÉ, Rogers transforms the gallery into an immersive installation that spatially translates the familiar iconography of video game missions. In this dark and strangely flattened environment of grey bricks, pseudo-classical columns and torch lighting, we encounter a series of self-portraits in the guise of Joan of Arc, a cartoon character from the short-lived MTV series Clone High. Joan acts as a mask or proxy for the artist, allowing Rogers to distance herself from the image and transfer the autobiography into a mediated form. In each image, she holds a different key in her
Opening: Thursday, 12. March 2026, 6 am to 8 pm
Exhibition dates: Thursday, 12. March to Saturday, 18. April 2026
To the gallery
Bildunterschrift Titel: Bunny Rogers, Joan R Key 8, 2025. Fine Art Print on Hahnemühle PhotoRag Ultrasmooth 305g, gold-leafed artist frame, 200.5 x 163 x 7.5 cm, 79 x 64 x 3 in. Courtesy the artist and SOCIÉTÉ, Berlin.
Exhibition Bunny Rogers – Galerie Société | Zeitgenössische Kunst in Berlin | Contemporary Art | Exhibition Berlin Galerien | ART at Berlin
