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Louise Bourgeois, Untitled, 2010 \u2013 photo Christopher Burke, \u00a9 The Easton Foundation<\/p>\n Louise Bourgeois, Untitled, 2010 \u2013 photo Christopher Burke, \u00a9 The Easton Foundation<\/p>\n
Jo Baer was a major protagonist of New York\u2019s minimal art scene up until the 1970s, whereafter she abandoned abstraction for figuration instead. Her recent works are wondrous, airy collages that draw on different art historical chapters and characters. Chronology is crunched together to pleasing effect, so that within a single work figures from Picasso\u2019s \u201cLas Meninas\u201d might be found cosying up to a Stonehenge pillar. At Barbara Thumm<\/a>, she\u2019ll present a series of drawings \u2013 mostly created as preliminary sketches to her larger canvases \u2013 as well as two paintings. Here too, Baer blends historical images, like the prehistoric Lion-man and Cretan frescoes, into seductive temporal puzzles.<\/p>\n The group show \u201cHaptic House\u201d, at Neuk\u00f6lln project space<\/span> Horseandpony<\/span><\/a>, boasts an impressive ensemble of artists, from Zuzanna Czebatul, Zs\u00f3fia Keresztes and Maximilian Schm\u00f6tzer to the feminist punk poet, Kathy Acker. According to the (rather cryptic) blurb, the space will act as <\/span>a facilitative landscape for the works on display to become multi-functional, personalised versions of themselves, specifically designed for the viewers. Suffice to say, we are very intrigued.<\/span><\/p>\n The<\/span> Schinkel Pavillon\u2019s<\/span><\/a> team scored a great coup with this exhibition of the French-American artist, Louise Bourgeois, already open at the Mitte space. \u201cThe Empty House\u201d focuses on Bourgeois\u2019 \u201csack forms\u201d \u2013 works that embody the artist\u2019s predominant interest in architecture and the female anatomy during the last two decades of her life. The sacks\u2019 architectonic elements are linked to Bourgeois\u2019 earlier cell installations, which the artist began making in 1991. She described these evocative sculptures as articulating \u201cdifferent types of pain: physical, emotional, psychological, mental and intellectual pain \u2026 each cell is concerned with the pleasure of the voyeur, with the attraction of seeing and being seen.\u201d In the Schinkel show, as ever, Bourgeois\u2019 ability to translate raw emotion into compositions of exquisite restraint proves breathtaking.<\/span><\/p>\n Young British sculptor Rebecca Ackroyd gets her Berlin d\u00e9but at <\/span>Peres-Projekte<\/span><\/a>\u2019 grand premises on Karl-Marx Allee. Her work examines themes of movement and immobility, finding poetry in the grey area that exists between the two. Through large, painstaking drawings and rugged sculptures, she asks whether bodies can find agency within these hard-to-define contexts. A mini preview of her Berlin exhibition was shown earlier this year at New York\u2019s Independent Fair, to considerable acclaim. And it\u2019s not surprising \u2013 the gestural poise that Ackroyd displays in her work is uncanny. \u201cThe Mulch\u201d, as the show is titled, is not to be missed.<\/span><\/p>\n Kraupa-Tuskany Zeidler<\/span><\/a> is the go-to destination for white-hot, emerging artists. This GWB, they\u2019re exhibiting the work of Yu Honglei, whose work most definitely falls into this category. The Chinese artist is best known for his beguiling sculptures, which prove difficult to classify, resembling Central Asian carvings as much as they do 1990s Alessi kitchen appliances or visually sophisticated aliens. At KTZ\u2019s Kreuzberg space, Honglei will present a series of new works in resin and bronze, alongside a video installation, showcasing his ability to pick aspects from China\u2019s digital and physical quotidian, and commingle them into surprising concoctions.<\/span><\/p>\n French artist Edouard Baribeaud\u2019s indisputable command of drawing and printmaking techniques gives his works a delightful intricacy. In a 2015 interview, the artist described himself as \u201ca storyteller who draws,\u201d and indeed, it\u2019s easy to lose yourself in his in his adroitly detailed works, which combine 19th-century aesthetics and surrealist storylines with a deep knowledge of Indian miniature painting.<\/span> Galerie Judin<\/span><\/a> is located on Potsdamer Stra\u00dfe so if you\u2019re planning to attend any of the GWB openings this Friday, make sure to pop by the show<\/span>.<\/p>\n Julian-Jakob Kneer hails from Basel, which \u2013 aside from hosting the world’s most important art fair, and several frightening pharma companies \u2013 is home to the only protestant carnival in existence. His show at<\/span> Room E-10 27<\/span><\/a> at Center takes inspiration from this annual display of Saturnalian partying, honing in on the character Waggis \u2013 usually portrayed as an outsider. The artist links this symbol of inadequacy to emos, loners and other so-called cultural misfits, highlighting the power dynamics inherent to such categorisations, and the violence this can spark.<\/span><\/p>\n Simon Fujiwara\u2019s<\/span><\/a> interest lies in (often personal) storytelling, and the friction between the subjective and objective perceptions of it. His show \u201cJoanne\u201d centres on the tale of his former art teacher, an objectively attractive woman who was fired from her job when a photoshoot she starred in was subjectively deemed too raunchy by her employer. Viewers are confronted with an empathetic video portrait of Joanne \u2013 but Fujiwara gives his work a clever, quasi-Lynchian twist by infusing it with the visual codes of an athleisure brand ad. By glazing this story of redemption with a thick layer of aspirational aestheticism, the artist creates a work that is highly current in its interrogation of factuality.<\/span> From established artists to the next big thing, we’ve got you covered for one of the biggest events in Berlin’s art calendar.<\/p>","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":64646,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_kad_post_transparent":"","_kad_post_title":"","_kad_post_layout":"","_kad_post_sidebar_id":"","_kad_post_content_style":"","_kad_post_vertical_padding":"","_kad_post_feature":"","_kad_post_feature_position":"","_kad_post_header":false,"_kad_post_footer":false,"_kad_post_classname":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[11856,8,10172,139],"tags":[10528,1375,10529,10530,10531,10532,10533,10534,10535,10307,1025,666,10536,1352,343,10537],"class_list":["post-64409","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-sleek-art","category-berlin","category-film","category-art","tag-barbara-thumm","tag-contemporary-art","tag-edouard-baribeaud","tag-galerie-judin","tag-galerie-wedding","tag-gallery-weekend-berlin","tag-horseandpony","tag-jo-baer","tag-julian-jakob-kneer","tag-kathy-acker","tag-kraupa-tuskany-zeidler","tag-peres-projects","tag-rebecca-ackroyd","tag-schinkel-pavillon","tag-simon-fujiwara","tag-yu-honglei"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"\n
\nGallery Weekend Berlin<\/a> is only moments away and once again, Berlin’s gallerists have pulled out all the stops to charm collectors, curators and critics alike. Dozens of interesting shows will be on display across the city, and for those just visiting on this particular occasion, seeing all of them will likely prove impossible. But we have a few key criteria to help you on your way. First, don\u2019t limit yourself to official participants, as there are plenty of non-participating initiatives proposing stimulating exhibitions. Second, save for a few exceptions, you might want to ditch shows by old white dudes (you’ve seen it before and you’ll see it again), and get acquainted with the many exciting up-and-comers set to make waves. And if you can’t be bothered to do it yourself, we’ve got you covered. Here are eight unmissable events handpicked by SLEEK for your GWB pleasure.<\/p>\nJo Baer at Barbara Thumm<\/h3>\n
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Jo Baer, “Posts and Spreads”, 2013. Courtesy of the artist and Barbara Thumm.<\/p>\nHaptic House at Horseandpony Fine Arts<\/h3>\n
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Josefin Arnell, still from Champs, single channel video with sound, 2018<\/p>\nLouise Bourgeois at Schinkel Pavillon<\/h3>\n
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Louise Bourgeois, “Peaux de Lapins, Chiffons Ferrailles \u00e0 Vendre”, 2006, Steel, stainless steel, marble, wood, fabric and plexiglass. Image: Copyright of The Easton Foundation\/VG Bild-Kunst, Photo: Andrea Rossetti.<\/p>\nRebecca Ackroyd at Peres Projects<\/h3>\n
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Rebecca Ackroyd, “Glory Slips”, 2018 . Image: courtesy of the artist and Peres Projects Berlin.<\/p>\nYu Honglei at Kraupa-Tuskany Zeidler<\/h3>\n
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(Left) Yu Honglei ‘Black Dragon River’ 2016 (Right) Yu Honglei ‘Head’ 2009 Both Courtesy the artist; Kraupa-Tuskany Zeidler, Berlin; Antenna Space, Shanghai Courtesy the artist and Antenna Space, Beijing and Shanghai<\/p>\nEdouard Baribeaud at Galerie Judin<\/h3>\n
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Julian Jakob, “Kneerwicked Games”. Image: Courtesy of the artist<\/p>\nJulian-Jakob Kneer at Center<\/h3>\n
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Julian-Jakob Weer, \u201cWicked Games\u201d. Image: Courtesy of the artist.<\/p>\n<\/h3>\n
Simon Fujiwara at Galerie Wedding<\/h3>\n
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Simon Fujiwara, “Joanne” film still. Image: Courtesy of the artist.<\/p>\n
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\nGallery Weekend Berlin<\/a> runs from April 25-27 2018<\/em><\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"