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until 02.11. | #4360ARTatBerlin | Galerie Judin shows from 10. September 2024 the group exhibition Ghost Image by the artists Alexander Basil, Pablo Bronstein, Elijah Burgher, Michael Buthe, Daniel Correa Mejía, Anders Dickson, Hervé Guibert, Christoph Hänsli, Almut Heise, Hortensia Mi Kafchin, Pierre Klossowski, Sholem Krishtalka, Karen Lamassonne, Jannis Marwitz, Piotr Nathan, Paul P., Maaike Schoorel, Helen Verhoeven und Amelie von Wulffen. The exhibiiton is curated by Krist Gruijthuijsen.
The exhibition Ghost Image takes the example of Guibert’s intimacy with his mother as a starting point to question the representation of the self beyond the grasp of an image, one that is fueled by the depiction of memory and loss and rendered through the lens of painting. With each of the many artists responding to this subject in his or her own way, the show presents a testament to the complexities of self-presentation and, in particular, questions the understanding of memory and depiction.
The French author and photographer Hervé Guibert once wrote “My body, due to the effects of lust or pain, has entered a state of theatricality, of climax, that I would like to reproduce in any matter possible: by photo, by video, by audio recording. It’s a laboratory that I offer up as a performance…”. He wrote this knowing his life was coming to an end due to his HIV/AIDS condition. Guibert wrote about photography, particularly about the photographs that are not taken. He was interested in the psychology beyond the frame of an image.
Guibert pooled his according thoughts and writings in a collection of essays, titled Ghost Image. Perhaps the most affecting text relates to the day on which Guibert’s mother, usually shy in front of a camera, agreed to have her portrait taken. She was forty-five and stood, as we are told, on the threshold between beauty and old age. She allowed her hair, mostly worn up in tight curls, to be taken down, washed and combed by her son. The intimacy of this moment is palpable, and it becomes clear that on this day mother and son were actually collaborating with one another to create a special moment in their relationship. However, Guibert failed to properly load the camera and the fruits of their shared endeavor resulted in nothing more than a blank slate of film.
Opening: Tuesday, 10. September 2024
Exhibition dates: Tuesday, 10. September – Saturday, 2. November 2024
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Title image caption: Daniel Correa Mejía, El Otro, El Enigmatico, 2024
Exhibition Ghost Image – Galerie Judin | Zeitgenössische Kunst in Berlin | Contemporary Art | Exhibitions Berlin Galleries | ART at Berlin
