Claus Richter – In front of the backdrop, behind the scenes …
Sonntag, 14 Oktober 2018
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Cologne, September 2018. How magical was the installation of his works at Art Cologne’s this year! I was fascinated by their playfully nostalgic, seemingly light-footed aesthetics; these figures, without exception, had awakened an almost childlike spirit of discovery in me. What was it about the devilish figures of the wall-work, holding the pendulum of the grandfather’s clock, grinning at me so provocatively? The wooden silhouette figures, on closer inspection, turned out to be anything but light-footed. Not only was a hand halted, but also time. A cut made for an end or a new beginning. Such interplay, disclosing profound stories against an apparently harmless backdrop, is typical of Claus Richter's art, as I will experience on my visit to the studio today ...
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Eva und Adele – A total artwork from the future
Sonntag, 16 September 2018
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Who hasn't seen them anywhere before? Their appearance simply attracts everyone's attention. Always dressed identically in bright, ladylike costumes, heavily made-up and with shaved heads, they usually only advance a few metres during their visits to the art fairs and events all over the world. All the time someone asks them for a photo. Since nearly 30 years you almost never hear them say "no". EVA & ADELE pose and smile - and that all the time. The smile is an essential component of their performance FUTURING, which dissolves any border between public and private. Only a few people know that this performance is accompanied by an impressive collection of paintings, drawings, photographs, sculptures, films and costumes and is represented in well-known museums and collections all over the world. The exhibition L'AMOUR DU RISQUE at me Collectors Room Berlin deals retrospectively with their complete work. An opportunity for me to meet them there ...
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Jürgen Klauke – From an observer to someone being affected or – What does my taste in art reveal about myself?
Sonntag, 22 April 2018
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Cologne, 15th March 2018. A former warehouse painted with graffiti. How fitting is what I think when arriving. This is exactly how I imagined Jürgen Klauke's studio. The building is as unconventional as his art. He has been setting standards in the development of conceptual photography, body art and performance since the late 1960s. His oeuvre also includes an impressive collection of drawings. The series DR. MÜLLERS SEX-SHOP ODER SO STELL’ ICH MIR DIE LIEBE VOR gave me an initial impulse to examine his work.
I have hardly ever experienced such discussions on art. Reactions varying from attraction to repulsion to shaking one's head or commenting "Oh! It's pretty weird. He must have taken a lot of drugs" to questioning whether I would hang up something like that at home.
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Jan Glisman – When and where does existence begin?
Sonntag, 08 Oktober 2017
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Cologne-Mülheim. My present goal leads me to the site of former industrial halls, located directly on the banks of the Rhine. This is where Jan Glisman's studio is. The artist became particularly well-known through spectacular actions, by means of which he initiated unpredictable processes for his sculptural work. But more about that later...
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Jonathan Meese – POWER TO ART!
Sonntag, 19 März 2017
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Berlin, 3. Februar 2017: Nur schemenhaft nehme ich den Gebäudekomplex des stillgelegten Wasserpumpwerks Prenzlauer Berg wahr. Zu sehr bin ich damit beschäftigt, die Sprechanlage zu hypnotisieren, nachdem ich – einmal tief durchatmend – den Klingelknopf gedrückt habe. Das fröhliche: „Hallo. Kommt rein!“, lässt mich aufatmen. Das Tor wird elektrisch geöffnet ...
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