A 4 Foundation – An innovative art lab
Tuesday, 26 March 2019
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Cape Town. There are academies, galleries, museums, art exhibitions, festivals ... and now also a laboratory to experiment with art. At the initiative of the collector Wendy Fisher and her curator Josh Ginsburg, an innovative institute, the A4 Foundation, came into being in 2017, right in the middle of Cape Town. Here, space – literally and figuratively - was created for the passionate experimentation with art, new forms of art funding and communication of art and, particularly, for trying things out. Today, in our conversation with Josh Ginsburg, we hear some more about it ...
- Published in Architecture, Art market, Art projects, Artcollectors, Exhibition reviews
Norval Foundation – A museum as a leisure destination
Tuesday, 19 March 2019
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Cape Town. With the opening of the Norval Foundation, another architectural and conceptual highlight for culture buffs was created in Cape Town. The opening of the Zeitz Mocaa Museum as recently as last year drew international attention for the first time to as yet little known African contemporary art. This led to the creation of another space which feels committed to exploring and presenting the African art of the 20th and 21st century ...
- Published in Architecture, Artcollectors, Exhibition reviews
Mischa Kuball – Irritation as a concept
Sunday, 20 January 2019
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Berlin, Jewish Museum. I have an appointment with Mischa Kuball in the Libeskind building, one of THE contemporary architectural icons of Berlin. His light and sound installation res·o·nant, specially created for this location, remarkably illustrates the working method of this conceptual artist, who has been presenting his artistic statements in public and institutional spaces since 1977.
- Published in Architecture, Art projects, Exhibition reviews, Mulitimedia, Public Art
Armin Rohde – Stolen Light
Sunday, 09 December 2018
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There's a lot going on at Sander I Sohn Gallery in Düsseldorf: TV teams and journalists are holding the door open and passers-by are slowing down to take a closer look at the scene. In fact, it's Armin Rohde, one of Germany’s most famous actors, currently preparing his first exhibition of photography. And to answer the first question immediately: yes, he can take photographs with impressive aesthetics ...
- Published in Exhibition reviews, Photography
Eva und Adele – A total artwork from the future
Sunday, 16 September 2018
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Who hasn't seen them anywhere before? Their appearance simply attracts everyone's attention. Always dressed identically in bright, ladylike costumes, heavily made-up and with shaved heads, they usually only advance a few metres during their visits to the art fairs and events all over the world. All the time someone asks them for a photo. Since nearly 30 years you almost never hear them say "no". EVA & ADELE pose and smile - and that all the time. The smile is an essential component of their performance FUTURING, which dissolves any border between public and private. Only a few people know that this performance is accompanied by an impressive collection of paintings, drawings, photographs, sculptures, films and costumes and is represented in well-known museums and collections all over the world. The exhibition L'AMOUR DU RISQUE at me Collectors Room Berlin deals retrospectively with their complete work. An opportunity for me to meet them there ...
- Published in Exhibition reviews, Graphics, Installation Art, Mulitimedia, Painting, Performance, Photography, Public Art, Sculpture, Video Art
Matthias Wollgast – Genius Appropriation
Sunday, 22 July 2018
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- Published in Art projects, Digital Art, Exhibition reviews, Graphics, Installation Art, Mulitimedia, Newcomer, Photography, Sculpture, Studio visits, Video Art
Markus Ambach – The city as a studio
Sunday, 24 June 2018
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- Published in Art projects, Exhibition reviews, Public Art, Studio visits
Jan Albers – Making-of Making Breaking
Sunday, 05 November 2017
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Berlin-Kreuzberg, 7 October 2017. Rather than meeting Jan Albers in his Düsseldorf’ studio, I met him during the process of installing Making Breaking, his current solo show in Berlin. Although his sculptures have participated in many exhibitions in important museums in the Rhineland, as well as in the United States and Australia, Berlin had never hosted his artwork. This was just one of the reasons why curator and filmmaker Nicola Graef, known for her film Neo Rauch – Gefährten und Begleiter, to invite Albers to the German capital, where she developed a unique exhibition format for the show.
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