A part of the exhibition series Intercalating the Drift. Solo exhibitions by Mirak Jamal, George Rippon and Michele Di Menna accumulate into a group exhibition that is both collaboration and divergent singular works.
Intercalating the drift Exhibition series January – March 2016 Oranienstrasse 37, 10999
A part of the exhibition series Intercalating the Drift. Solo exhibitions by Mirak Jamal, George Rippon and Michele Di Menna accumulate into a group exhibition that is both collaboration and divergent singular works.
Mirak Jamal my dear friends in Berlin January 30–February 19, 2016 Opening January 30, 2016 6–10PM
George Rippon Power Constellations February 20–March 11, 2016 Opening February 20, 2016 6–10PM
Michele Di Menna TBA March 12–March 31, 2016 Opening March 12, 2016 6–10PM
“Some stains don’t come out. For Canadian-born, London-residing artist Athena Papadopoulos, the allegorical stain is a central element of her work; a transfer evidence of narrative, memory, and identity, flowing in spills and fragments onto her fabric surfaces where image and reference material ooze onto themselves. Athena creates a personal mythos, a diary mess, drawing in the viewer to a spotty autobiography. After all, what have we learned these past years about ourselves more than our constant urge to peer into the lives of others?
Using materials such as Pepto Bismol, hair dye, or self-tanner to stain bedsheets which she attaches to canvas before stretching them, the artist creates abstract compositions consisting of pasted illustrations, photo transfers, enamel pins, nail polish, red wine… What culminates is an artwork as character, defined by small elements of heavy consumption, spirited with hedonism as they seem to spiral through a modern day Dionysian world.
It was an incredibly busy year for the artist since graduating with her MFA from Goldsmiths, showing at the Zabludowicz Collection last winter, followed by her solo exhibition for Gallery Weekend this year with Supportico Lopez in Berlin. There are no signs of repose. This December, Athena will be showing in a group exhibition curated by Samuel Leuenberger of SALTS Basel at Les Urbanes Arts Festival, Art Basel Miami Beach, and 2016 brings a solo show in New York gallery Shoot the Lobster, as well as a solo booth presentation at MiArt 2016 with Leopold Thun and Angelina Volk’s new nomadic gallery Emalin.”
A Project by Viktor Briestensky + Adam Shiu-Yang Shaw with works by
Viktor Briestensky (CAN) Marco Bruzzone (IT) Aleksander Hardashnakov (CAN) Leslie Kulesh (US) Andrea Lukic (CAN) Antoine Renard (FR) Adam Shiu-Yang Shaw (CAN) Max Stocklosa (DE)
Invited by Kate Brown and Lauryn Youden
Friday, July 17, 2015 – Saturday, August 1, 2015 Opening: Thursday, July 16, 2015 5–9PM Zossener Str. 41 10961 Berlin
May 31 – July 4, 2015 Oranienstrasse 37 10999 Berlin: Or Gallery Berlin Hours: Saturdays 12–5PM
—–
A set of instructions:
“Scoop marble-sized dollop, warm it with your palms. Run fingers through hair, over the waves, the kinks, the frizzies, flyaways, unruliness. It is important to work it in from root to tip, lest the pomade sits on top of the surface. Then go over it with a fine toothed comb.” [Excerpt from the label of Brillantine Pomade for its 1900 Parisian debut]
Lies overheard from impostors in the room:
“You’re confident and you’re handsome and funny Feel better tonight” [Excerpted from the mouth of Mary B. Kay at an opening]
A beautiful piece of meat on a table, something served:
“Is it good?” “Who cares, let’s eat!” [The cracking of a shell]
Chin, chin on the fine china, a confidence trick:
“Truly, this is the Beautiful Era – La Dolce Vita, it caught us like a flu! May we sniffle and sneeze forever.” [Achoo-ed by Mister Modern Man, gesturing the décor]
The spirit of a transitioning age embodies the object to affirm its vision, and the gimmick continues to proliferate under pearly surfaces, building its folklore. As a tool of artistic production, the gimmick evades public scrutiny and gains trust to affirm what needs to be believed. It smooths itself over the pervasive dissonance, discord, and doubt and our own sincerest naiveté towards a most unclear future. The trick self-exposed, Brillantine deals with displays of power and vulnerability, occurring simultaneously in a discomforting scene of failure and grace.
John Burgess Sol Calero Mia Goyette Kristina-Talisa Jaggard Przemek Pyszcek Alex Turgeon Lauryn Youden
Organized by Kate Brown
Friday, February 13, 2015 – Friday, March 7, 2015 Opening February 13, 6-9 PM Kiefholzstrasse 401 12435 Berlin
—–
From time to time the Platz would be filled with people, chance elements dictating the flow: temperature, time of day, day of week, season of the year, bank holidays, and so on. With near certainty, the population would swell as the air approached that interior warmth of 21–22 degrees. Then, the levelling of shadows as tidal return. The sun sets at 5:14 pm CET today and those leaving the workplace might wonder about going to the Platz before heading home.
Back in from a long weekend with warmth on the skin. Nick nacks bought from some yearning for whatever. Totems to become the poor, shelved object. Our spaces have been outmoded. They were outmoded by use, outmoded by us, and we didn’t see the time passing or feel the change of light, or the overgrowth.
Truly, there is nothing so conceptual about working for the weekend, nothing so sacred about managing fixer-uppers, general to-dos, or late day reclines.
Daniel Keller Ella Plevin Rachel de Joode Natalia Ibañez Lario Annabelle Arlie Debora Delmar Corp. Katharina Fengler Alex Bienstalk Andrew Birk Ulrike Buck
Art that let guests leave one arm free to shake a hand, hold a drink…or grab…
This link is not longer working, but please see exhibition views online www.ashleyberlin.de
