ART DIALOG

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Fabian Seyd – Evolution of art

Berlin. In the district Pankow I visit the young artist Fabian Seyd. Seyd, whose work primarily comprises painting, as well as sculptures and installations, was able to book his first museum solo exhibitions in the last two years. A significant step! If an artist succeeds in the museum, this is regarded as a qualified acknowledgment of the artistic achievement. The art is "ennobled", its value increases, the career of those involved takes its course. I would like to learn more about his works, as well as more about his artistic career. I’m supposed to drive to the petrol station, then take a U-turn to the other side of the road and then drive to the “ugliest high-rise” I see. Then I’m in the right place. Really! Truly ugly! But at least identifiable as an artist's house because of the graffiti ...

Jonathan Meese – POWER TO ART!

Berlin, 3. Februar 2017: Nur schemenhaft nehme ich den Gebäudekomplex des stillgelegten Wasserpumpwerks Prenzlauer Berg wahr. Zu sehr bin ich damit beschäftigt, die Sprechanlage zu hypnotisieren, nachdem ich – einmal tief durchatmend – den Klingelknopf gedrückt habe. Das fröhliche: „Hallo. Kommt rein!“, lässt mich aufatmen. Das Tor wird elektrisch geöffnet ...
18.1.2017: It’s a sunny winter afternoon. For today’s visit to the studio, I only have to travel a short distance. The artist whom I will introduce today lives and works in my home town of Monchengladbach. This is sculptor and painter, Thomas Virnich. Several of his works are well known to me from the public sphere as well as museum exhibits. The Düsseldorf Academy graduate and Professor of the Braunschweig University of Fine Arts is currently being featured in Lugano. I’ve heard a lot about his unusual work. It is a former school that has been continually undergoing a transformation into a place of art since 1989.
Today we’re staying in Mönchengladbach. I'm being visited by the photo artist Carsten Sander. So I could better understand and relate to his work, I’m posing as a model for his current project series, Pipistrella. It is, so to speak, a self-experimental studio visit.

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