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The universe is built on a plan... with Jovana Popic/CRO-SER, Raha Rastifard/IR, André Wagner/DE, Veronika Witte/DE, Michael Zheng/CN-USA 21.01.2012 - 10.02.2012 In cooperation with SAVVY Contemporary
OPENING: 21.01.2012, 19 h
19:30h Vocal performance by Zvezdana Novakovic on an object by Jovana Popic FINISSAGE & Catalog Launch: 10.02.2012, 19 h LOCATION: Richardstraße 43/44, 12055 Berlin Please scroll down for German version Nicole Loeser has invited artists to consider notions of spirituality and inspiration with regard to studio practice today. The choice of artists is based on SAVVY Contemporary´s aim to examine the relationship and explore the borders between Western and non-Western art, and to investigate notions of ‘otherness’. THE UNIVERSE IS BUILT ON A PLAN ... engages diverse cultural idiosynchrasies and perspectives to explore how these particular themes shape studio practice today. To what extent does art assume its own life, whether through cross-cultural intervention or through recording and representing life? How does art both fulfill the autonomy of the individual and address the challenges of society as a whole? Posing these and other questions, the exhibition investigates the spiritual and inspirational drives within art-making today, and attempts to formulate questions about what kind of life-quality can be developed in this collaborative era. Jovana Popic (*1977, Zadar/CRO) explores in addition to a specific location the transcendent level of existence. Extremely impressive in its facilities is the intimate interplay between material, space and the fleeting acting work, which is composed of drawings, objects of phosphorescent polyester, videos or sound installations. The focus of her work is the visitor involved with his/her feelings and thoughts being able to empathize with dedication to the artistic and cultural history of the place and also to nature. Jovana studied painting and multimedia at the University of Belgrade/RS and at the University of Fine Art in Belgrade. She was often awarded (recently in 2011 with the Meisterschüler Award of the University of Arts) and participated in 2003 at the Venice Biennale. The idea of juxtaposing one´s self with the spirituality of another person has been an instrument used by Raha Rastifard (*1975, Tehran/IR). The Iranian, Berlin based, artist looks at history through her own desires. The series ´I and...´ shows the artist melting her personality together with another person´s spirituality. With people who inspired her, no matter where they come from, she presents a pure moment between the past and the present. Raha Rastifard studied photography, painting and art history at the National University of Art Tehran/IR and at the Free University of Berlin/DE. She participated in numerous international exhibitions, in 2011 her work has been shown in Berlin, Tehran/IR, Shanghai/CN and Delhi/IND. Trained as a photographer and interested in Hindu spirituality André Wagner (*1980, Burgstädt/DE) creates photos that are informed by social movements, architecture and especially nature. He photographs the natural movement of light producing a surrealistic effect of energy that when combined with the rotation of the earth, as André puts it “leads man to delve into the mystic knowledge down deep in his soul.” His unique gift is the sensual way of perceiving internal and external phenomena of a situation. André Wagner has entered prestigious competitions and won several distinguished prizes. Exhibitions have taken the photographer so far throughout Europe, China, New Zealand and the USA. Veronika Witte (*1962, Ahaus-Wessum in Westfalen/DE) creates a reflexive place, which shows identity as a complex construct. Originating in classical sculpture, Veronika Witte works on an enlarged „portrait concept“, which she pursues in a multi-disciplined scheme, thereby creating a space where art, theatre and science meet and referring to subjects like identity construction or new developments influencing our „social body“. she invents questionnaires, interviews and surveys. On the occasion of a residence on the island Phu Quoc in Vietnam she made a survey with inhabitants and tourists concerning the „concept of an island“, and the subjectively perceived ecological-social state of the island. Locals and tourists were questioned about geographical proportions and relations, as well as their personal reliable points of view on the island. They were invited to use only their internal sense of physical measurement and subjective imagination. This method was evolved into a so-called “individual mapping“. The installation “Coconut island” combines a video projected towards a rice field on the ground, representing in its shape the outline of all the drawings like a fictional island itself, onto which the projected drawings float like a fluidamorphous organism from border to border of the rice field. Veronika Witte studied at the Ecôle Nationale Supérieure des Beaux-Arts in Paris/FR. The multimedia artist has been invited to numerous exhibitions thoughout Europe and received several awards. Since 1999 she has been working closely with theaters (1999-2005 staatsbankberlin) and created stage design for the Saarland State Theater/DE and the State Theater Bielefeld/DE). Michael Zheng’s (*1965, Fujian/CN) works are inspired by both the eastern and western world and take a look at social systems, , for which he prefers to provide a new order. He often creates situations that challenge established positions and question, so that new perspectives are created. On July 27, 2004, the artist made a performance at the Geographical Center of Europe in Lithuania. Standing between the two official monuments that mark the Center(s) of Europe (the younger is a bit further away next to the older one), he whistled out the phrase “CENTER OF EUROPE” repetitively in Morse Code. As part of the piece, this event was broadcast on the Lithuanian National Public TV Nightly news. Michael Zheng is a performance and conceptual artist. After being a software engineer at Silicon Valley, he studied at the San Francisco Art Institute and the Skowhegan School of Painting and Sculpture. Exhibitions led the artist already all over the world. In 2010 his work was exhibited at the Marina Abramovic Institute in San Francisco. 2009-2011 he was a participant in the Vancouver Biennale in Canada. German version Nicole Loeser lädt für die erste Ausstellung bei SAVVY Contemporary in 2012 fünf KünstlerInnen ein, sich mit dem Thema Spiritualität und Inspiration auseinander zu setzen. Basis für die Wahl der KünstlerInnen ist- ähnlich dem Konzept der Projektgalerie, das die Grenze zwischen „West-Kunst“ und "Nicht-West- Kunst“ erforscht – die Perspektive auf das jeweilige Fremde zu lenken. THE UNIVERSE IS BUILT ON A PLAN… untersucht den inspirativen Einfluss auf künstlerisches Schaffen, der durch Begegnung und Erfahrung in fremden Kulturen entstanden ist. Hinterfragt wird unter anderem, inwieweit Kunst eine Lebensform repräsentiert, als interventionistische Praxis Strategien ergreift oder sich in einer dokumentarischen Weise hierzu stellt. Um sowohl der Autonomie eines Einzelnen als auch den Herausforderungen der Weltgemeinschaft begegnen zu können, versucht die Ausstellung Fragen zu formulieren, welche Lebensqualität sich im kollaborativen Zeitalter entwickelt lässt. Jovana Popic (* 1977, Zadar/CRO) erforscht an einem spezifischen Ort die transzendente Ebene der Existenz, denn auch unausgesprochene Gedanken bleiben oft in Erinnerung. Extrem beeindruckend ist das intime Zusammenspiel von unterschiedlichen Medien, Material und Raum und der flüchtigen Arbeit des Betrachters, Ihre Werke bestehen zum Teil aus Zeichnungen, Objekten und phosphoreszierendem Polyester, Videos oder Sound-Installationen. Im Fokus ihrer Arbeit steht der Mensch, der sich mit seinen Gefühlen und Gedanken engagieren muss, um sich ihrer künstlerischen Hingabe an die Kultur und Geschichte des Ortes und auch an die Natur einfühlen zu können. Jovana studierte Malerei und Multimedia an der Universität in Belgrad/RS und an der Universität der Künste in Berlin. Sie wurde mit dem Meisterschüler Preis der UdK 2011 ausgezeichnet und beteiligte sich 2003 an der Biennale in Venedig. Die Idee der Gegenüberstellung eines Fotos von sich selbst mit dem einer anderen Person ist ein Instrument, das Raha Rastifard (*1975, Teheran/IR) in ihrer Kunst verwendet. Die aus dem Iran stammende Künstlerin, die in Berlin lebt und arbeitet, betrachtet Geschichte mit einer ihr eigenen Wunschvorstellung geprägten Haltung. Die Serie "Ich und ..." zeigt das Verschmelzen ihrer Persönlichkeit mit der einer anderen, deren spirituelle Haltung sich bereits in deren Wirken zeigte. Mit inspirierenden Menschen, gleich welcher Kultur sie entstammen, verbunden zu sein, manifestiert sie einen magischen Moment zwischen Vergangenheit und Gegenwart. Raha Rastifard studierte Fotografie, Malerei und Kunstgeschichte an der National University of Art Teheran/IR und an der Freien Universität Berlin. Sie nahm an zahlreichen internationalen Ausstellungen, im Jahr 2011 wurde ihre Arbeit in Berlin, Shanghai/CN, Teheran/IR und Delhi/IND gezeigt. Ausgebildet als Fotograf und interessiert an der spirituellen Ordnung der Hindus schafft André Wagner (*1980, Burgstädt) Bilder, die sich mit sozialen Prozessen, der Architektur und vor allem der Natur beschäftigen. Er fotografiert die natürliche Bewegung des Lichts und erzeugt damit eine surrealistische Wirkung von Energie, die, kombiniert mit der Rotation der Erde "den Menschen dazu führt, das mystische Wissen über seine Seele tief zu ergründen." André Wagners einzigartige Gabe, auf sinnliche Art und Weise interne und externe Phänomene einer Situation wahrzunehmen, gibt ihm die Freiheit, malerische Fotografien zu entwickeln, die mittels Langzeitbelichtung eine tieferliegende Struktur der Realität abzubilden. André Wagner hat an prestigeträchtigen Wettbewerben teilgenommen und wurde mit zahlreichen Preise ausgezeichnet. Ausstellungen haben den Fotografen bisher durch Europa, China, Neuseeland und den USA geführt. Veronika Witte (*1962, Ahaus-Wessum in Westfalen) schafft einen reflexiven Ort, der Identität als komplexes Konstrukt widerspiegelt. Ausgehend von der klassischen Skulptur arbeitet sie an einem erweiterten "Portrait-Begriff. Mittels einer multi-disziplinären Arbeitsweise schafft sie einen Raum, in dem sich Kunst, Theater und Wissenschaft begegnen und der Themen wie Identitäts- konstruktion oder Entwicklungen unseres "sozialen Körpers" verhandelt. Dazu arbeitet sie beispielsweise mit Hilfe von Fragebögen, Interviews und Umfragen, wie für ihre Arbeit „Coconut Prison“, eine 1-Kanal-Videoprojektion auf ca.30 kg Reis, die bei ihrem Aufenthalt in Vietnam 2008 entstand. Bewohner der Insel Phu Quoc wurden nach ihrer subjektiven Sicht bzgl. der ökologisch-sozialen Situation der Insel gefragt und eingeladen, für die Künstlerin „ihre“ Insel zu zeichnen und damit verbundene wichtige Orte aufzuzeigen. Das Video zeigt individuelle Kartographien, die sich ununterbrochen zu ungewöhnlichen amorphen Formen vermischen und verändern. Veronika Witte studierte an der Ecole Nationale Supérieure des Beaux-Arts in Paris/FR. Die Multimedia-Künstlerin wurde zu zahlreichen Ausstellungen in Europa eingeladen und erhielt wichtige Auszeichnungen. Seit 1999 arbeitet sie eng mit Theatern zusammen (1999-2005 staatsbankberlin, Künstlerische Leiterin). Zuletzt in 2010/2011 schuf sie Bühnenbilder für das Saarländische Staatstheater und das Staatstheater Bielefeld. Michael Zhengs (*1965, Fujian/CN) Arbeiten werden sowohl von der östlichen als auch westlichen Welt inspiriert und werfen einen Blick auf gesellschaftliche Systeme, für die er vorzugsweise eine neue Ordnung schafft. So kreiert er Situationen, die etablierte Positionen herausfordern und hinterfragen, so dass neue Perspektiven ermöglicht werden. Am 27. Juli 2004 stellte der Künstler eine Performance an der geo-graphischen Mitte Europas in Litauen dar. Zwischen beiden offiziellen Denkmälern stehend (ein jüngeres steht etwas weiter entfernt neben dem älteren), die das Zentrum Europas markieren, pfiff er das Wort "Mitte Europas" wiederholt in Morse-Code. Als Teil des Stückes, wurde diese Arbeit im Fernsehen auf dem Sender Lithuanian National Public TV Nightly News gesendet. Michael Zheng ist ein Performance-und Konzeptkünstler. Nach seiner Tätigkeit als Software-Ingenieur bei Silicon Valley, studierte er am San Francisco Art Institute und der Skowhegan School of Painting and Sculpture. Ausstellungen führten den Künstler bereits durch die ganze Welt, wichtige Stationen waren die Einzelausstellung 2010 am Marina Abramovic Institute in San Francisco sowie seine Teilnahme 2009-2011 an der Vancouver Biennale in Kanada. |
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Red concepts for right collectors PSJM/ES 24.11.2011 - 02.03.2012 Artist Talk: 24.02.2012, 6pm Review By Zitty Magazine, Berlin, 11.01.2012 Politkunst : Red Concepts For Right Collectors by Michael Nungesser WHITECONCEPTS is proud to present a selection of the Berlin-based Spanish duo’s works under the title, Red Concepts for Right Collectors, a solo exhibition which combines powerful theoretical content with careful formal execution, leading the audience towards social reflection. In many cases, PSJM’s ironic and aesthetic objects belong to larger projects, but now they are presented alone, demonstrating their autonomy as independent artworks and preserving the strength of their meaning. For example, their wallpaper titled, Marx®, refers to a project in which the artists registered a particular wallpaper design as a brand and displayed a full selection of comparably branded products. Likewise, the light-boxes of the censured Project Asia and Made by Kids for Kids series each question the corporate underlying practice of exploiting workers and children in developing nations, and the drawings from a series titled, Struggle, depicts citizens as insignificant individuals fighting against powerful trademarks. You are a commodity, the outcome of a PSJM public intervention in Berlin (2010) will also be shown on the gallery’s wall. Brand marketing and global economics play a critical role in PSJM´s work. Their pseudo-Hollywood Corporate Armies trailer describes a world ruled by corporations: marketing and totalitarianism unite in a dystopian scenario which shows how the world would be if capitalism was unconstrained and liberated from any limit that democratic institutions impose upon it. Corporate Armies also features a sculpture obtained through 3D digital technology. Next to the 3D animation, a black and white ´historical drawing´ further pushes the reference to mass culture and its fascination for the so-called beauty of war. The video-animation, Capitalism, shows two towers made of coins; one tower is permanent while the other continuously topples and is rebuilt. Its clean and minimal execution makes clear reference to issues of economic fluctuation, perpetually impending crises and most obviously 9/11, the tragic event that has come to define the new century and incite global terror. This video, which has been shown on large screens as a video-installation before, is now presented as a small video-object made of stainless steel. The exhibition is completed with works of two series belonging to a line of visual investigation that PSJM calls ‘social geometry’, where they create arrangements with an emphatic formal reduction based on statistical data: two fine art prints on cotton paper from their series, American Colors, that use the 5 conventional colors applied to the races of the world. Its composition is based on the population census percentage, the percentage of populations in prison and the poverty percentage in the USA as organized by race. Another 3D animation, Class Geometry, in which divisions are established between rotating schematic volumes, represents different social classes (upper class, middle class, and lower class). The video shows two possibilities for the development of the global social object: one is utopian and the other is dystopian. Perhaps not surprisingly but no less discouraging, it is the latter that matches the current trend toward eradicating the middle class population. Recently, PSJM was included among the ‘100 Most Represented International Political Artists’ in the book, Art & Agenda / Political Art and Activism (published by Gestalten, Berlin 2011). |
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art Karlsruhe 2012 08.03.2012 - 11.03.2012 with Joseph Ramirez-Dalton (One Artist Stand) and André Wagner, Frauke Bergemann, Wolfgang Siesing LOCATION: Booth H1-V02, Messeallee 1, 76287 Rheinstetten  www.art-karlsruhe.de 222 galleries from twelve countries will present a wide range of almost all artistic disciplines, from modernism to contemporary art. This very special art market has earned its place successfully in the international fair calendars. The increase in visitors interest was shown in 2011 with over 45,000 visitors. |
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Preview Aftershow with Veronika Witte/DE, Jovana Popic/CRO-SER, Thorsten Goldberg/DE, Nikolaus Eberstaller/AT 12.09.2011 - 04.11.2011 Artist Talk: 15.09.2011, 6pm We are delighted to present Veronika Witte/D, Jovana Popic/CRO-SER, Thorsten Goldberg/D und Nikolaus Eberstaller/AT at PREVIEW BERLIN 2011 and cordially invite you to visit us at Hangar 2 / Booth 59. After the art fair works by the presented artists are shown in our showroom. An artist talk is to take place on 15/09/2011 by 6 PM The work of Jovana Popic (*1977 CRO-SER), Veronika Witte (*1962 DE), Nikolaus Eberstaller (*1969 AT) and Thorsten Goldberg (* 1961 DE) is based on the extension of the term from portrait and sculpture, to performative strategies. Occuring in a moment of physical and psychological ambiguity, how can identity be marked,? How do we orient ourselves, if perspectives appear disjointed, fragmented and relative? Which vanishing points do we create or which center? Documentary and staged images are linked together via various media questioning the concept of action by artists. In addition to emotional transfer it comes to visions of the future, expansion of consciousness and reflection of the actor. In this respect, artistic sensibility is organized into a movement that can result from an informal moment between a new form. The utopian component gives the work its transformative power, which expands the imagination and desire to awaken visions, aspirations and ideals. Nikolaus Eberstaller (*1968, Klosterneuburg/ AT) is a multimedia artist who was often awarded. Exhibitions took him throughout Europe and the USA. In 2011 he entered the prestigious competition of Charlatan Ink Collective, where he is now under the first 25 finalists (decision in October 2011). His multifaceted work encircles the "Big Five" of his world theatre: dream, our so called reality, social criticism, beauty and ugliness. Thorsten Goldberg (*1960, Dinslaken/DE) studied at the Art Academy in Stuttgart and lives in Berlin since 1990. He is initiator and co-editor of Public Art Wiki, an imaginary library, the internet encyclopedia for art in public space. In collaboration with the Office for Art in Public Space of the ´Kulturwerk´ and as a member of various committees he is involved in selecting and organizing competitions and documentaries on public art. Since 2011 he is a member of the advisory committee of art (BAK) to advise the Culture Senate in matters of art in architecture and art in urban space in Berlin. Since 2001 he was also lecturer and visiting professor at the Alice-Salomon University of in Berlin and at Art Colleges Art Academy Muenster, AdBK Munich, UfG Linz/AT, most recently as professor of fine arts and media at the Art Academy in Kiel. Jovana Popic (*1977, Zadar/CRO) studied painting and multimedia at the University of Belgrade/SER and at the University of Fine Arts in Berlin with Rebecca Horn. She works with different artistic media including sculpture, drawing, photography, video as well as scenography and performance. She was often awarded and participated in 2003 at the Venice Biennale. Numoerous exhibitions took her throughout Europe, Russia and Japan. Veronika Witte (*1962, Mannheim/DE) studied at the Ecôle Nationale Supérieure des Beaux-Arts in Paris/FR. Often rewarded the multimedia artist has been invited to numerous exhibitions throughout Europe. Since 1999 she has been working closely with theaters (1999-2005 staatsbankberlin) and created stage design for the Saarland State Theater/DE and the State Theater Bielefeld/DE. |
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PREVIEW BERLIN 2011 with Veronika Witte/DE, Jovana Popic/CRO-SER, Thorsten Goldberg/DE, Nikolaus Eberstaller/AT 09.09.2011 – 11.09.2011 OPENING: 08.09.2011, 6pm LOCATION: Airport Berlin Tempelhof/Hangar 2/Booth 59, Columbiadamm 10 - 12101 Berlin |
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The end of the dream (comes too soon) 31.08.2011 - 03.09.2011 LOCATION: Lindower Strasse 22 - 13347 Berlin In cooperation with Mica Moca berlin project e.V.
Bankrupt states, extreme weather patterns, nuclear accidents, polar ice melt - everything seems to suggest an imminent crash, and one of our own manufacture. Are we too passive in simply putting together economic and aid packages, or can we overcome the apparently vicious cycle? And can art itself serve to form a new position and even create a new vision? Or is art relegated to the confines of commercial enterprise, to the creation of products by which individuals are exalted for a market-savvy one-upmanship?
The End of the Dream features over 30 internationally renowned artists and three co-curators, invited by curator, Nicole Loeser. From 31/08/2011 to 03/09/2011 their work will be installed in a former safe factory in Wedding. In addition to an exhibition of paintings, videos and installations, the program will include performances, artist talks and lectures. Realizing the dream of an independent experiment, the goal of the Mica Moca Project-Berlin and now Nicole Loeser is to create a place for utopian dreams and alternate worlds. Wedding is currently in transition; with respect to other parts of Berlin, this ungentrified area with vast offerings of open space is now being bought up and commercialized more and more - plastered figuratively as much as literally. In the end of September the site of this exhibition will also be converted into lofts and offices. Following a sort of rude awakening from the dream of capitalism and the recent months’ market economy, will it be possible for us to dream a new dream? (Text by Patricia Caspari) OPENING HOURS: 31/8/2011 6 – 10 pm, 1/9/2011 + 2/9/2011 2 – 7 pm, 3/9/2011 4 – 8 pm PROGRAM: 31.08.2011, Opening |18 - 22h Performance - Michael Zheng | 19:30h until 03.09.2011 18 hours-Perfomance | Hajnal Nemeth (performed by István Dankó / singer and Thomas Fischer / car mechanic 31.08.2011 Opera: “The Semele Project” | 20:00h 01.09.2011 Concert "OLGAR Intermedial Doubletrio : ANALOG vs. DIGITAL" | 21:30h 02.09.2011 Concert „Artists on Horses“ | 21:30h later on "Sleep Laboratory" with Johanna Thompson 03.09.2011 Sunrise-Performance „Esaetpirts“ | Johanna Thompson Workshop "Artist Village" | 17h Robert Barta / Jérémie Bennequin / Luk Berghe / Eberhard Bosslet / Marcel Buehler / Matthew Burbidge / Anton Burdakov / Youngjoo Cho / Sébastien Delvaux / Nikolaus Eberstaller / Nezaket Ekici / Megumi Fukuda / Stephanie Gerner / Elmar Hess / Maja Josifovic / Peter Kees / Tessa Knapp / Steve Lambert / Via Lewandowsky / Ari Benjamin Meyers / Jenny Michel / Greg Murr / Hajnal Németh / Sophia Pompéry / Jovana Popic / Joseph Ramirez / Raha Rastifard / Karen Scheper / Johanna Thompson / Mehran Tizkar / André Wagner / Hans Winkler / Veronika Witte / Seoung Won Won / Michael Zheng CURATOR: Nicole Loeser CO-CURATORS: Jung Me Chai, Maud Piquion, Judith Souriau, Veronika Witte An invited project "Prints" curated by Maud Piquion and Judith Souriau with Jérémie Bennequin / Sébastien Delvaux / Megumi Fukuda / Jenny Michel / Michael Zheng An invited project curated by Jung Me Chai with Youngjoo Cho / Seoung Won Won Coordination: Nicole Loeser, Iris Gamradt-Ruge, Berlind Wagner, Esther Kratz Press Contact: Anne Przybyla Technical Management: Mathias Dick Kindly supported by Klangschneider&Schneider, Gigant Print Works, acut logistics, Artekuranz, Director´s Lounge, Kunstverein Tiergarten/Galerie Nord, Blood Orange East, HIFI im Hinterhof, Galerie Wedding, Quartiersmanagement Pankstrasse Media Partner: AVIVA Berlin.de  Kindly supported by Jahn-Mack & Partner, Uferhallen, Wedding/Kulturfestival, Zucker-Museum, Anti-Kriegs-Museum, Gallery Andrae Kaufmann With special thanks to our friends and families, the fantastic team of MicaMoca, Dr. Matthias Birkholz, Lena Brandt, Bernd Gehrig, Irene Rossini, Serena Eltri, Horst Wengel, Wolfgang Schulz Press Reviews: Berliner Morgenpost, 31.08.2011 (german) Die Welt, 31.08.2011 (german) cronicascronicasvariasvarias.blogspot (spanish) elizabethdelfs.blogspot (english) Castor&Pollux (german) Kunstmagazin Berlin (german) iheartberlin (english) Monopol Magazin (german) catonbed (photos) kunstgeschichteportal (german) tip Berlin Magazin (german) MicaMoca Blog (english) http://micamoca.com/wordpress/?p=489 http://micamoca.com/wordpress/?p=527 http://micamoca.com/wordpress/?p=519 |
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I look to the sky and miss the ceiling. Michael Zheng (USA-CN) 24.06.2011 - 19.08.2011 Artist Talk: 13.07.2011, 5 pm
WHITECONCEPTS is pleased to present the first solo exhibition of Chinese artist Michael Zheng in Berlin. From 24 June - 19 August 2011 new photographic works and sculptures next to videos will be exposed in the exhibition "I LOOK TO THE SKY AND MISS THE CEILING".
The performance and conceptual artist studied first computer science at Tsinghua University in China, then moved to San Francisco, where he worked more than 10 years as a software designer in Bay Area / Silicon Valley. After that he decided to study at the San Francisco Art Institute with Paul Kos, Tony Labat and John Roloff. He also studied with Nari Ward and Patty Chang at Skowhegan School of Painting and Sculpture. His work shows traces of interventionist thinking studying cultural and social dependence on institutional and existential levels. With his conceptual approach, which is steeped in sincerity, absurdity and humor, he creates situations, questioning the established positions so that new perspectives can be experienced. His works are characterized by a performative character and are often shown in the form of photographs, video and sculptural installations. Exhibitions led the artist already all over the world. In 2010 he had an exhibition at the Marina Abramovic Institute in San Francisco, which is dedicated to profiling and documentation of performance art. In 2009 Michael Zheng was a participant in the Vancouver Biennale in Canada. From 2 July - 28 August 2011 works by Michael Zheng are to be seen in the group exhibition "Nomadic Settlers - Settled Nomads" in the artspace Kreuzberg / Bethanien Berlin. |
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Paintings Ailinger (DE) 28.04.2011 - 10.06.2011 In collaboration with GABRIELE SCHAUF |
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art Karlsruhe 2011 André Wagner - One Artist Show 10.03.2011 - 13.03.2011 LOCATION: Booth H4-L 08, Messeallee 1, 76287 Rheinstetten
At the fair art Karlsruhe WHITECONCEPTS shows a fine selection of the oeuvre by German artist Andre Wagner (*1980).
Romantic inclined and picturesque in their effect atmospheric landscape photographs are confronted with impressive architectural works, some of them are presented for the first time at the fair. Wagner succeeds in a remarkable way of perceiving internal and external phenomena of a situation. With virtuoso camera technology he produces authentic images that are not digitally manipulated. Wagner often summarizes single works into series. The moment depicted is deliberately loaded with content that rise above the purely aesthetic result. This effect is further enhanced when Wagner is working with very long exposure times and lets the material also speak. Exhibitions and study tours have taken the young emerging artist so far thoughout Europe, to China, New Zealand and the USA. Press 13.3.2011: ...Unter anderen nehmen WHITE CONCEPTS mit der Nachwuchsgaleristin Nicole Löser, die sich bereits als Kuratorin einen Namen in Berlin gemacht hat... Press 14.3.2011: ...Zum letzten Mal war der vom Senat geförderte “Berliner Block”, ART FROM BERLIN, dabei, etwa mit White Concepts. Gerade dieses Projekt zeitigt große Erfolge... |
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Laterna Magica Ruth Biller 24.02.2011 - 30.04.2011 Opening: 23.02.2011, Introduction: 7pm Location: EnBW Showroom, Schiffbauerdamm 1, 10117 Berlin-Mitte |
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The eye of... - Receptions of input Daniel Belasco Rogers and Sophia New - plan b, Eberhard Bosslet, Florian Freier, Philipp Geist, Thorsten Goldberg 28.01.2011 – 15.04.2011 In cooperation with DAS weekend, transmediale, club transmediale (CTM) + Create Berlin
The exhibition explores artistic ideas about the self and strange observation, which has changed enormously with the available digital media.
Questions about the nature of reality are raised and studied in detail, subjective and objective reality. Are perception and reality actually congruent? Information can hardly even concentrate. Illusion, reality and fiction mingle. How we use reality today? Targeted monitoring as the surveillance by cameras are received with mixed feelings, what do they really record and who evaluates the data? Is Orwell´s idea of 1984 "big brother is watching you" realized here? On one hand, private should remain private when it comes not on Google Street View to land. On the other hand, the company secures copyrights. Where we lay a contradiction, and whose data we just delete? In relation to the Internet platform Wikileaks, the question is precisely of what information we need today, and how the collective consciousness form. How can we control our thoughts to hold the actual course of things, if we do not want to subject a permanent illusion? Monitoring as a self-defense or to protect others? The ridge is very narrow. With electronic media, it is now possible to make data available, thus raising questions for which the international community must find an answer. Because even today, can be manipulated with all available technical achievements opinions and relationships covered up in the small and large scale. The exhibition questions our relationship to it. |
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STUMP STOOLS Eberhard Bosslet (DE) 01.12.2010 - 17.01.2011 In cooperation with Humboldt-University Berlin |
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Count for Nothing Katrin Korfmann (NL) 19.11.2010 - 20.01.2011 In cooperation with Gallery Kai Hilgemann, Berlin/DE Supported by 2X2 PROJECTS, Amsterdam/NL   In the context of the European Month of Photography Berlin Katrin Korfmann focuses on the apparently ordinary. Her emphatically neutral vision suggests a high degree of objectivity, while at the same time taking us into a fictional world. In a process embracing a variety of materials and media, she documents daily situations with the photographic or video camera and combines the individual shots subsequently into a complete work. A carefully planned choreography makes it possible for the artist to control the perception of her pictures. She places the evanescence of an event at the centre of observation, brings different moments in time to a single point and so gives the impression of a kind of ‘magical moment’. The viewer becomes the victim of illusion – the more secure you imagine yourself to be, the more persistently effective the artist’s manipulation. The fascination of Korfmann’s pictures lies in her creation of an illusory simultaneity, which unfolds into a world of details. The exhibition is accompanied by a catalogue published by d´jonge hond, Amsterdam/NL. The full colour catalogue is published in English and consists of 128 pages with texts by Tina Rahimy, Nicole Loeser, Rogério Taveira. Available for 28 EUR. Order here SPECIAL: 28.11.2010 PHOTO.OPEN (Finissage of European Month of Photography) „László Moholy-Nagy“, „Count for Nothing“ and „Creative Destruction“, Start from the Berlinische Galerie |
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Television André Wagner (DE) 20.10.2010 – 20.11.2010 In cooperation with Gallery Horst Dietrich In the context of the European Month of Photography Berlin André Wagner (*1980) is in search of the primeval forces of nature. Inspired by the situations he finds, sometimes supplemented by imaginative staged scenarios, he captures powerful impressions of people and places. The exhibition shows two series from the year 2010. The central theme of these works is the overlap of different levels of time and space. With a sure sense of ‘the simultaneity of the non-simultaneous’ (Ernst Bloch), Wagner catches moments of privacy that are determined by the atmosphere of the room. The portrait of a man meditating on a roof is juxtaposed with the view of an interior that is illuminated only by the light of a television set. In Wagner’s work every moment seems to be loaded with content which goes beyond the purely aesthetic message. This effect is enhanced still further when the photographer works with long exposures. ‘The light imaged is my path through time,’ as he once described it. The exhibition is accompanied by a catalogue published by Darling Publications, Cologne/DE. Full coloured and published in German and English it consists of 50 pages with an essay by Arne Rautenberg. Available for 30 EUR. Order here SPECIAL: 28.10.2010, 5 - 9pm, „after work“ walkaroundcharlottenburg< |
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Grammar of the Douro Greg Murr (USA) 20.09.2010 - 18.10.2010
Artist Statement
In 2005 I began making pictures using recombined satellite photos. I had been living in New York City for several years and took periodic trips along the Hudson River to points north. In hopes of connecting with the outside world while carrying forward my interest in dynamics, I chose water as my principal building material and subject. I parsed a satellite image of the Hudson into twenty-six pieces and reconfigured its segments, transcribing these individual shapes in pencil onto watercolor paper. The initial result was a vaguely suggestive plant form, every reach of the river overlapping another and growing upward into the white of the page. |
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NIGHT SHOTS - art movies going 360° Jerome Symons, Station Rose, Roland Fuhrmann, Philipp Geist, Yuki Jungesblut, Michiel Brand, SPTA 05.09.2010 - 06.10.2010 SPECIAL GUEST: "Artists on Horses" live on stage 06.10.2010, 10 pm In cooperation with HomeBase Lounge and Cinegraphy SPECIAL: 360° Panorama-Screen, 9-Channel-Video-Projections, Interactive Installations On the occasion of artforum invited international artists will be presenting the decomposition of the borders between art and cinematography, with unexpected medial potentials... |
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constructing clouds Thorsten Goldberg (DE) 20.08.2010 - 10.10.2010 In cooperation with Piecunia
18.06.2010
Cumulus Berlin Inauguration of the sculpture of Thorsten Goldberg for the Federal Ministry of Food, Agriculture and Consumer Protection, Berlin/DE A stylized white and shiny cumulus cloud is set rotatable on the very tip of a traversable mast with arm inside the newly build garden of The Federal Ministry of Food, Agriculture and Consumer Protection (BMELV), Wilhelmstrasse in Berlin. The cumulus is made of glass-fibre reinforced plastic (GRP) Size of the cloud ca. 3,5 x 2,5 x 2,5m. The chrome surfaced mast is slewable by wind and via a steel handle by hand ca. 200° around the corner of the building. Mast height ca. 11m with 6m arm. Thorsten Goldberg is well-known for his architectural art projects. Dealing intensivly with science and environment and inspired by the relation between people and nature he creates poetic sculptures. „Cumulus Berlin“ combines the playful easiness of a child’s mind with serious considerations of an adult. The careful handling with ressources affects at the same time our thoughts referring to trancendency and Utopia. On the occasion of the realization of the sculpture „Cumulus Berlin“ the exhibition "Constructing Clouds" at the Borsig-Villa shows drawings, sketches and other cloud objects. |
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cities in flux Group show with Susanne Kessler (DE/IT), Karen Lebergott (USA), Greg Murr (USA), Mayumi Okabayashi (JP), Michael Yuen (AUS/CN) 22.06.2010 - 15.08.2010 Lecture "cities: what is a city? city in flux." by Michael Yuen: 21.06.2010, 4:30pm
Cities of flux are places of infinite possibilities. They begin as infinite chaos. They occur at the birth of a nation: post war Tokyo or New York, during 1860, during the steam boat era or present day Beijing are examples. In these cities we can test philosophy and reality. Here, when we make an intervention the stakes are higher than in a stable city, the repercussions greater. Within these cities of flux, we find rapidly changing social structures and built environments with no clear direction. And, in them it is not enough tomerely describe and document, but rather it is important to find tools for acting in them. Ideas from Europe and America which have been for a long time useful in the city, no longer fit comfortably with the reality of Asia´s mega cities. By testing it and by intervening into it, what might we learn from the city of flux? By living in it.
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The artist and the forty thieves Michael Yuen (AUS), Marcin Kowalik (PL) 11.06.2010 - 14.06.2010 In cooperation with Gallery Absence of Art, Berlin/DE The exhibition was stolen from WHITECONCEPTS. After their daring escape and high speed car chase, the thieves planned to install the exhibition in another space 3 km away. The thieves worked while the gallery was open and right in front of the gallery visitors` eyes. The brazenness and arrogance of the thieves was evident by the poster they left behind illustrating the amount of the heist that had been completed, how empty the gallery had become. A video fed of the thieves at work and the heist in progress was displayed. Entwined in this robbery is the exhibition of Michael Yuen. It documents many of his projects, which were carried out in the public space. His interventions into the city work across a range of mediums including sound, light and performance. As the show continues to run till 15th of June Marcin Kowalik and other 39 thieves will rebuild and copy pieces from Whiteconcepts to the Absence of Art gallery. The exhibition, in its rebuilt state, will be a product of artists" collaboration. Further, the concept for the exhibition can be extended to include the swapping of the entire content of Whiteconcepts and The Absence of Art objects such ass furniture and other stuff. Also the exhibition will be downloaded illegally via internet by Chilean group of artists. |
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Freedom Calling Leonore Stern (UK), ATW (DE/USA) 08.04.2010 - 05.06.2010 |
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Waking Night Daniela Finke (DE) 12.02.2010 - 06.04.2010 In cooperation with PG Lab |
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Christmas Palm Group show curated with Marcin Kowalik (PL) OPENING: 20.12.2009 LOCATION: Potsdamer Str. 91 - 10785 Berlin-Schoeneberg In cooperation with Freies Museum, Berlin/DE Supported by Beznadziejna Gallery, Warsaw/PL |
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Feminine Soul Hybrids Su Ling Gyr (CH/UK), Manzur Kargar (AF) 05.11.2009 - 20.11.2009 Booklaunch: "Jeunette World" works by Su Ling Gyr with texts by Edy Poppy (NOR) LOCATION: Alexandrinenstraße 1a - 10969 Berlin-Kreuzberg Supported by Rechtsanwälte Weis&Partner and C. & A. VELTINS |
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SPACE MATRIX (INVENTION OF SPACES 01) Eberhard Bosslet (DE), Thorsten Goldberg (DE), Katrin Korfmann (NL), Christian Liebermann (DE), Greg Murr (USA), Mayumi Okabayashi (JP), Joachim Seinfeld (DE-ISR), Veronika Witte (DE) 26.09.2009 - 27.09.2009 LOCATION: Bluecherstr. 32 - 10961 Berlin-Kreuzberg Supported by select berlin properties and ATELIERLOFTS |
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WAITING FOR JULIA (3X10MIN) Katrin Korfmann (NL) 16.01.2009 - 07.02.2009 Gallery artMbassy Berlin |
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Drawings and small formats Group exhibition with 30 international artists 11.12.2008 – 10.01.2009 Gallery artMbassy Berlin |
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TimeLines Edward Mapplethorpe (USA) First solo show in Germany 18.10.2008 – 20.11.2008 Gallery artMbassy Berlin
TimeZones
Edward Mapplethorpe (USA) 18.10.2008 – 10.11.2008 In cooperation with Ketterer Kunst Berlin In the context of the European Month of Photography Berlin |
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Preview Berlin 2008 with artMbassy Berlin 30.10.2008 – 02.11.2008 with Christian Liebermann (DE), Edward Mapplethorpe (USA), Alessia von Mallinckrodt (USA), Greg Murr (USA), Pietro Ruffo (IT) |
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Change the position Part 2 Christian Liebermann (DE) 23.09.2008 – 10.10.2008 Gallery artMbassy Berlin |
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Change the position Part 1 Greg Murr (USA), Jan Bauer (DE) 06.09.2008 – 22.09.2008 Gallery artMbassy Berlin |
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Star Shots 2 Kathrin Guenter (DE) 01.08.2008 - 15.08.2008 Gallery artMbassy Berlin and kulturreich Hamburg/DE |
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Missing Alessia von Mallinckrodt (USA) 09.05.2008 – 08.06.2008 Gallery artMbassy Berlin |
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re-construction of time Veronika Witte (DE), Joachim Seinfeld (DE-ISR), Karen Lebergott (USA) 04.04.2008 – 03.05.2008 Gallery artMbassy Berlin |
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objects of life Patti Smith (USA), Steven Sebring (USA) 08.02.2008 – 14.02.2008 Gallery artMbassy Berlin |
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Magie real Frauke Bergemann (DE), Katrin Korfmann (NL), Virginie Morel (F), Marcella Müller (DE), Werner Gasser (DE-IT), Roberto de Paolis (IT), Christoph Martin Schmid (DE), Andy Scholz (DE) 10.11.2007 – 02.02.2008 Gallery artMbassy Berlin |
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Souvenirs de Kassel / Fundstücke der documenta 12 Peter Kees (DE) 26.10.2007 – 07.11.2007 Gallery artMbassy Berlin |
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summerbeat 07 Ralph Meiling (DE), Ester Vonplon (CH), Kai von Kröcher (DE), Philipp Hennig (DE) 27.07.2007 – 01.09.2007 beat.Gallery for contemporary art |
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projection playground Thorsten Freye (DE) 09.06.2007 – 21.07.2007 beat.Gallery for contemporary art |
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286 Tage beat Oliver Gröne (DE), Manzur Kargar (AF), Wolfgang Siesing (DE), Corinna Holthusen (DE), Christian Blau (DE) 27.04.2007 - 31.05.2007 beat.Gallery for contemporary art |
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Solo show in my head Tra Bouscaren (USA) 01.04.2006 – 30.04.2006 Gallery ma:contemporary |