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Is Berlin the Bushwick of Europe? It’s a city vaster than Paris, newer than London and New York, and cheaper than all 3. In some ways it’s similar to NY, or how NY used to be – a city pinging with artists and still so many empty spaces. The galleries are supporting the emerging artists and as a result are gaining prestige. Most in fact, can be seen within the former red-light district of Schöneberg-Tiergarten. Meanwhile here in NY, many artists with strong work are being pushed out of the city, due to the high cost of living, and are now flocking towards gritty and poorer areas for cheaper rent. We could take a cue from Berlin. Spaces such as Duve Berlin showcase a lot of installation work – its cheaper to make than painting. And familiar names like The Bruce High Quality Foundation and Halina Klein are in the stable.
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“In some ways it’s similar to NY, or how NY used to be – a city pinging with artists and still so many empty spaces.”
Fred Fleisher, Fred As Anakin/Vader, 2012. Acrylic on Canvas, 66 x 76.2 cm. Courtesy of Galerie Open
In Focus: 4 Walls In Berlin
By Hillary Dever
Is Berlin the Bushwick of Europe? It’s a city vaster than Paris, newer than London and New York, and cheaper than all 3. In some ways it’s similar to NY, or how NY used to be – a city pinging with artists and still so many empty spaces. The galleries are supporting the emerging artists and as a result are gaining prestige. Most in fact, can be seen within the former red-light district of Schöneberg-Tiergarten. Meanwhile here in NY, many artists with strong work are being pushed out of the city, due to the high cost of living, and are now flocking towards gritty and poorer areas for cheaper rent. We could take a cue from Berlin. Spaces such as Duve Berlin showcase a lot of installation work – its cheaper to make than painting. And familiar names like The Bruce High Quality Foundation and Halina Klein are in the stable. Younger gallerists are also improvising spaces to showcase work in apartment galleries. The ingenuity of artists to maintain despite financial difficulty is impressive – if we aren’t handed an opportunity, the only option is to create one for ourselves.
Here is this week’s listing:
Living in my World. Featuring: Twig Capra, Fred Fleisher and Ashley Reaks
Galerie Open
February 9 – March 31, 2012
The works in this exhibit are quirky, weird and playful. Especially Fred Fleisher whose anatomical painting meets Beavis and Butthead like illustration. And it’s title Fred as Anakin/Vader is a witty nod to Star Wars geeks.
Asta Gröting The travelling carriage of Goethe the Mercedes of Adenauer and my smart.
carlier | gebauer
March 3 – April 14, 2012
This show is compromised of mysterious works, the second solo exhibition by German artist Asta Gröting. Creating enigmatic sculptures, Asta Gröting’s work explores the expressive properties of various materials (silicon, bronze, polyester, polyurethan) and their relationship to form through a complex system that intertwines intimacy, history and memory.
Asta Gröting, Courtesy of carlier | gebauer
Martin Eder. AsymmetryGalerie EIGEN + ART Berlin
March 3 – May 5, 2012
During the last months, Martin Eder has created a block of work which is composed by new figured abstract sculptures made of aluminium, accompanied by ten canvases and works on paper. An extract of this block is now shown at Galerie EIGEN+ART in Berlin.
For a long time, Martin Eder’s work was to be read as a coded irony, a melancholic intermediary stage in the cosmos of New Objecivity, sharp, cynic anti-attitude, contemporary figurative painting and installation.
Martin Eder, Courtesy of Galerie Eigen
