Archive for the “Berlin” category
Political/Minimal
by Travis Jeppesen on January 21, 2009
My review of Political/Minimal, the current group exhibition at KunstWerke, is now online at WhiteHot Magazine of Contemporary Art.
2008: Moments: Berlin
by Travis Jeppesen on January 20, 2009
When I was in high school, I remember picking up an introductory art history textbook and skimming the contents. I didn’t know much about art at the time, but the chapters were pretty standard, covering all the basics for newbies (…)
Candice Breitz
by Travis Jeppesen on December 17, 2008
My review of the Candice Breitz solo exhibition in Berlin is now online.
Deflated: Jeff Koons in Berlin
by Travis Jeppesen on December 9, 2008
The two Jeff Koons solo exhibitions currently on in Berlin – one a retrospective of the sculptures, the other a show of new paintings – confirm that Koons is the worst living artist anywhere. Koons is a sort of con (…)
DISORIENTATIONS Berlin Book Launch
by Travis Jeppesen on November 22, 2008
The book launch for my collection of art criticism, DISORIENTATIONS, will be on November 29th at 19:00 at a new gallery/bar space at Kronenstraße 71, 10117 Berlin Please contact me if you want to come, I will put your name (…)
3. PORN FILM FESTIVAL BERLIN: The Last Day
by Travis Jeppesen on October 27, 2008
The 3. Porn Film Festival Berlin reached its ecstatic climax last night with a screening of Claudette, winner of the Maleflixx.TV Award for Best Gay Film at this year’s festival – even though it’s not a gay film or even (…)
Todd Verow at 3. Porn Film Festival Berlin
by Travis Jeppesen on October 26, 2008
I have to admit that I haven’t seen any of Todd Verow’s previous films, but I admire the abrasive, fuck-you aesthetic you find in his latest, Where Your Heart Should Be, which received its world premiere last night at the (…)
Katharina Klewinghaus at 3. Porn Film Festival Berlin
by Travis Jeppesen on October 26, 2008
As someone who was addicted to slasher films as a child in the 1980s, and who went on to read a ton of feminist and queer theory at university in the 1990s, I’ve long been fascinated with the contradictory ways (…)
PORN AGAIN: 3. Porn Film Festival Berlin
by Travis Jeppesen on October 24, 2008
This week I’ll be “reporting” from the third installment of Berlin’s Porn Film Festival. By reporting, I mean that I’ll be catching films here and there, discussing what I’ve seen, exploring general issues that arise in the conflation of art (…)
Thiago Rocha Pitta at Andersen’s Contemporary, Berlin
by Travis Jeppesen on October 16, 2008
Notes on an Island Shipwreck is a simple project exploring the polar motifs of land and sea. Thiago Rocha Pitta is restrained in his approach, and the exhibition is well thought-out, though not extraordinary. The centerpiece, Project for a Stormy (…)
