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until 06.04. | #4171ARTatBerlin | Galerie Judin shows from 24th February 2024 (Opening: 23.02.) the exhibition Cheerful Melancholia by the artist Hortensia Mi Kafchin.
While Hortensia Mi Kafchin’s title for her third solo exhibition at Galerie Judin describes an ambivalent emotional state, the artist also refers to German Renaissance artist Albrecht Dürer, one of the first ever to depict himself as an artist, and to Melancholia, his famous etching. Dürer’s poised self-portraits mark the beginning of a tradition of artistic self-reflection that Kafchin continues today in a way that is as poignant as it is unsettling.
The 15 paintings of the exhibition can be interpreted biographically, but always aim at larger contexts of meaning. At almost six meters in width, Kafchin addresses the beginning of her rocky life path in her monumental Drained Danube. The ship with an oversized compass is a code for the young artist’s endeavors navigating her way from the Romanian hinterland to Western Europe and the international art scene.
Vernissage: Friday, 23rd February 2024, 6:00 – 8:00 pm
Exhibition period: Saturday, 24th February – Saturday, 6th April 2024
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Image caption: Drained Danube, 2022-2024, oil on canvas, 193 × 570 cm, photo: Trevor Good
Exhibition Hortensia Mi Kafchin – Galerie Judin | Zeitgenössische Kunst in Berlin | Contemporary Art | Exhibitions Berlin Galleries | ART at Berlin
