In Sardinia, Sam Cherof discovers the richness of being. Completed during his residency at Nalusaca, Sardinia, the new paintings presented in 'I tried to learn to meditate' at Stallmann, Berlin, involve all senses and nuances. Art as a sensual discovery, between childhood and transformation.
Tag: Berlin
Rudolf Englert x Chloe Bensahel
"Rudolf Englert x Chloe Bensahel" unites two positions that are related across time and independent of the different media. The juxtaposition emphasises the simultaneously analytical and playful approach of both artists and enables a new way of perceiving their works.
a matter of time: Roberta Cotterli and Claudio Zorzi
The artist-couple Roberta Cotterli and Claudio Zorzi jointly present their work. Roberta Cotterli’s sculptures examine male representation in art history; Claudio Zorzi’s portraits develop the idea of a modern Icon. Both investigate time in relationship with process, art history, and moments spent with the other. The exhibition centres around the question of muse and model, suggesting a play between intimate representation vs. presented intimacy. Classical motifs are taken up and continued; roles are turned around. Old Masters and Christian iconography intersect with the Contemporary. a matter of time.
Mona Hatoum: Berlin Retrospective
How to arrive at such a reduced language? Yet so intense. Mona Hatoum investigates geo- and sociopolitical conditions and conflicts, Her retrospective at three Berlin institutions presents her varied and poetic oeuvre.
Grotesquely Genius
Humorous, perverse, and esthetic: Performance artist Leila Hekmat discusses her exhibition at Haus am Waldsee, previous works, her iconography, and inspiration.
Double Review: Fred Sandback/Rebecca Horn
Once more, Galerie Thomas Schulte transforms its gallery space through two impressive installations. And presents a simple understanding of beauty.
Desert Disco
Allan McCollum's Constructed and Bleach Paintings are wall structures out of canvas and adhesive. They carry meditation and war, history and the Now. A guide to geometric versatility.
Space-rendered Poetry
Rafael Domenech’s "Notations From Somewhere" is fun, playful and deeply poetic. Innovative and interesting both visually and with regard to subject, the exhibition – subtly, but distinctly – proposes different modes of existence, individually and as a community. An experience for body and thought!