Dive into the archives.
- A Star is Born: Tennessee Claflin at STYX Project Space
Last Friday night, Tennessee Claflin gave his first ever public performance in Berlin at STYX Project Space. Entitled Sunday Morning, the piece took as its departure point the passage from Genesis 2:7,
And then the LORD God formed man from the dust of the earth, and breathed into his nostrils the breath of life; and [...]
- The Critic as Avant-Garde Artist
I have to say that I’m a lot more interested now in the prospect of reading Boris Groys’s new book Art Power than I was before reading Brian Dillon’s review of it in the latest issue of Frieze. According to Dillon, Groys argues, among other things, that art criticism “is not necessarily written to [...]
- Robert Hughes is Back
God, I’ve missed Robert Hughes.
Hughes on Damien Hirst:
“His far-famed shark with its pretentious title, The Physical Impossibility of Death in the Mind of Someone Living, is “nature” for those who have no conception of nature, in whose life nature plays no real part except as a shallow emblem, a still from Jaws. It might [...]
- Jeremiah Palecek
My review of Jeremiah Palecek’s Berlin show is now online - check it out.
- One to Watch Out For: Karla Black
There’s a great essay by Jonathan Griffin in the latest issue of Frieze on Karla Black, an artist previously unknown to me. Check out images of her recent sculpture There Can Be No Arguments, courtesy of Mary Mary Gallery:
A new formalism?
- A Report from ABC - Art Berlin Contemporary
By now, anyone who has resided in Berlin for any length of time can tell you that all of this city’s “major art events” are the same. You tend to see, if not the same artists, then the same sort of work time and again, with perhaps one or two surprises thrown in. That’s [...]
- Jeremiah Palecek
Check out footage from Jeremiah Palecek’s recent opening at STYX Project Space in Berlin at his blog. I will be reviewing Palecek’s show for White Hot Magazine in the coming days, so stay tuned!
- Gallery Mittwoch
The Berlin art season officially gets underway tonight with Gallery Mittwoch at the former Friedrichshohe brewery in Friedrichshain: 8 independent galleries presenting dozens of artists in 1 amazing building.
Tomorrow: birthday, hangover.
- Ricarda Roggan at Kunst-Werke, Berlin
Ricarda Roggan: Still Life
KW Institute for Contemporary Art, Berlin
Through September 7th
There’s still time to see Ricarda Roggan’s show before it closes, and it’s worth the effort. Although her work might be overshadowed by the fact that Richard Serra’s films are being exhibited concurrently in the building, I have to say that, while I admire [...]
