In all its heterogeneity and diversity, as Monika Baer’s painterly works flow from one exhibition to the next, they manage to convey a sense of witnessing a long-term experiment beyond linear calculation that is highly relevant for all those interested in contemporary debates on painting. Today, Baer’s artistic negotiations between figuration and abstraction, between image [...]
Heribert C. Ottersbach At Alexander Ochs
The subjects of Heribert C. Ottersbach’s paintings are mostly architecture, landscapes, portraits or scenes of demonstrations. At first glance, the architectural subjects appear so commonplace that they prevent any clear identification. Ottersbach drives the formal austerity of the buildings to an extreme in such a way that the distance between the viewer and the painting [...]
Wang Shugang At Alexander Ochs Gallery
For the third solo exhibition of Wang Shugang (*1960) at Alexander Ochs, the conceptual approach of the artist is brought to the center of attention through the series of works exhibited. With his smaller scale bronze cast figures of seemingly uniform serial portraits, Wang joins many Chinese artists of his generation concerned with the central [...]
Pacific Standard Time: Kunst in Los Angeles 1950-1980: Artist Talk
This Artist Talk focuses on new artistic practices and movements in Los Angeles since the 1950s. How did Los Angeles become one of the world’s leading art centers? How was the international perception of LA changed, especially in comparison to the more prestigious art world of New York? The artists will discuss how and why [...]
Linda Karshan And Koho Mori-Newton At Kit Schulte Contemporary Art
With Big Dots, Koho Mori Newton challenged himself to create circles within their specific medium: the rotation. The circle in its natural form and the process of becoming one, is the main focus of his theme. The circle form, drawn from a free hand is imperfect, but will end up as a calm and perfect [...]
Ruven Kuperman At Kit Schulte Gallery
In New Mythologies, Ruven Kuperman attempts to connect japanese elements of tradition and culture with a heroic contemporary imagery, based on the old and new testament. Kuperman was born in 1964 in Kishenev, Russia and lives and works in Tel Aviv, Israel. He received his BA in fine arts and philosophy from Haifa State University [...]
Matteo Bergamasco At Kit Schulte Gallery
In the exhibition END Italian artist Matteo Bergamasco presents a series of visionary drawings about the apocalypse. Bergamasco says: For about two years I have been frequently dreaming about the end of the world. Each time it happens in a different way, for different reasons, in the most diverse settings… but always in a grandiose [...]
Zwölf im Zwölften
There’s no catalogue to accompany this exhibition; instead, the exhibition itself accompanies a book. With the twelfth volume of the series Contemporary Art in Turkey, René Block concludes and at the same time opens the series of monographs on contemporary Turkish art that he edited for the publisher Yapi Kredi. Book and exhibition present twelve [...]
Ray Johnson At Aurel Scheibler
Ray Johnson (1927–1995) needed but a few simple forms to create his icons – the bunny heads, snakes and stylized skulls that are among the characters peopling his collages. They represent him but also at times people, objects and themes that interested him and functioned in his work as a kind of label. Dubbed the [...]
CLAIM
Neue Berliner Räume is presenting the group exhibition CLAIM with works that are united by their reliance on a direct aesthetic presence rather than a conceptual background. The exhibition will be staged in a disused factory building and will feature works of painting, drawing, installation, sculpture, and video and sound art. Selected artists are: Christian [...]
