Kunstraum Richard Sorge

MG Schneider's Artist's Late Night - April 24th 2012, 9 pm

Tue, 24 Apr 2012 16:11:33 +0200

BERLINER KUNSTKONTAKTER & Martina Goldbeck Griffin (A.G.Foundation)

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MG Schneider's Artist's Late Night

Das neue TALKFORMAT im Kunstbetrieb
Griffin Bar, Dienstag, den 24. April 2012 ab 21 Uhr, Einlass ab 20 Uhr
Martina Goldbeck + Konstantin Schneider
sowie geladene Gäste:

Arno Bojak - Maler
www.komet-berlin.de/bojak_bilder.html

Paulus Fugers – Kunstraum Richard Sorge
www.kunstraumrichardsorge.org/
www.flickr.com/photos/tulip-enterprises/

Ida Storm-Jansen – Coach für KünstlerInnen
www.stormjansen.com/

Judith Sturm - Malerin
www.judithsturm.com/

Musikalische Intervention: Beide Messies

Griffin Galerie + Bar- Invalidenstrasse 151 - 10115 Berlin

In der Griffin Galerie + Bar in Berlin wird am 24.4.2012 die Premiere des neuen TALKFORMAT's MG Schneider's artist's late night stattfinden. Die geladenen Gäste werden zunächst im Gespräch mit Konstantin Schneider aka BERLINER KUNSTKONTAKTER viel Wissen über ihren Alltag wie auch den Kunstbetrieb als Ganzem austauschen um gleich danach bei der Wahrsagerin und Künstlerin Martina Goldbeck die "nackte Wahrheit" über sich selbst und ihre Zukunft zu erfahren.

Musikalische Interventionen von "Beide Messies" runden das ca. einstündige Programm ab.

In MG Schneider's artist's late night schliesst sich der Kreis zwischen Kunst und Leben. Hier werden auf vergnügliche Art viele Themen be- oder angesprochen, die sonst vernachlässigt oder vergessen werden. Denn es soll u.a. die etwas verschüttete Erkenntnis aufgefrischt werden, dass jeder Künstler ausserdem ein Mensch ist.
Darüberhinaus wird natürlich zu Tagesaktuellem in der Kunstwelt Stellung bezogen.
Angedacht ist, dass sich das TALKFORMAT auf Wanderschaft begibt, da es in einer Metropole wie Berlin, Hauptstadt der Künstler, der Kultur und des Wissens genügend Orte gibt, an denen Menschen mit ihren Ideen noch Zukunft gestalten, wo andere mit ihrer Weisheit längst am Ende sind
Das Talkformat wird aufgezeichnet und kann dann jeweils innerhalb der darauffolgenden Tage auf YouTube gesehen werden. Ähnliche Formate wie "tv.noir" oder "konspirative Küchengespräche" haben hier auf anderen Gebieten ( Musik/ Kultur/ Literatur) schon Vorreiterfunktion.
Die erste Artists Late Night startet pünktlich wenige Tage vor dem besonderen Highlight der Berliner Kunstlandschaft, das den Messen schon längst den Rang abgelaufen hat - dem Gallery Weekend und wird ab dem Kunstherbst 2012 sowohl in der Griffinbar als auch an anderen Orten in Serie gehen.

Martina Goldbeck ist Künstlerin und war Gründerin und Leiterin der Galerie Scotty Enterprises, die sie von 2006-2010 als Geschäftsführerin managte. Darüberhinaus ist sie als professionelle Wahrsagerin mit über 15 jähriger Erfahrung tätig. Durch die Galerietätigkeit erlangte sie erweiterte Kenntnisse über Schieflagen und Befindlichkeiten des Kunstbetriebs, durch die Wahrsagerei ( Astrologie/ Karten) filtert sie zu erwartende Prognosen für alle Lebensbereiche und Lebenslagen heraus.
Sie ist Initiatorin und Organisatorin der Artists Late Night, und wird im Programm ausgewählten Gästen und dem Publikum zu erwartende Geschehnisse und Geheimnisse innerhalb des Kunst-Bizs vorraussagen oder entlocken, in der Rolle der "nackten Wahrheit". Man darf gespannt sein, es wird informativ, tiefschürfend und unterhaltsam.

Konstantin Schneider wirbelt als BERLINER KUNSTKONTAKTER mit seinem Markenzeichen, einem kanariengelbem Helm samt einer darauf montierten Handkamera seit 2006 durch Vernissagen und über Kunstmessen in aller Welt. Mobil, modern, metropolitan, ein Mann, ein Helm, ein Kunstfernsehsender wäre die passende Kurzbeschreibung für den hünenhaften gebürtigen Niedersachsen.
2009 kürte ihn db-artmag zum "populärstem Blogger der deutschen Hauptstadt". Zu seinem 5jährigen Jubiläum im Frühjahr 2011 ehrten über 50 Künstler aus aller Welt den "rasenden Kunstreporter" direkt am Hauptstadtboulevard Unter den Linden mit der Ausstellung "Shadows of the Bright“.Für den Kunstkontakter, der 6 Jahre lang für die Kunstwelt Kunst betrachtet und tausende von Vernissagen durchpflügt hat, dabei unterwegs mit Künstlern, Galeristen und Messemachern plauderte, kommt es einer Revolution gleich, wenn er am 24. April 2012 erstmals Gesprächspartner zu einer Show einlädt, um über "coole und heisse" Aspekte, die die Kunstwelt betreffen, nun vor , und nicht mehr hinter der Kamera, als Moderator zu reden.

Beide Messies, das sind Andreas A. Müller und Bo Wiget. Auch wenn ihnen erotische Intelligenz und imperatives Entertainment in Fleisch und Blut übergegangen sind, tun die beiden meistens nur so. Eines Ihrer Dogmen lautet: In der Provinz hat man keine Chancen. Auch deshalb leben sie in Berlin und sind hier Avantgarde.

Zu den Gästen:

Paulus Fugers ist Co-Organisator des Kunstraum Richard Sorge, welcher nach der Zwangsschliessung in Friedrichshain demnächst in einem 400 qm grossen Loft am Kottbusser Damm wiedereröffnet.

Ida Storm-Jansen ist als Consulterin tätig und coacht KünstlerInnen u.a. als Dozentin für Finanzfragen beim Berufsverband Bildender Künstler. Ihre Kurse erfreuen sich größter Beliebtheit und sind immer schnellstens überbucht. Auch das spricht für sich.

Judith Sturm studierte an der Hochschule für Bildende Künste Saar und lebt seit einigen Jahren in Berlin, wo sie im Reuterkiez den Raum82 betreibt

Arno Bojak hat als Meisterschüler der Akademie Düsseldorf u.a. bei Markus Lüppertz studiert, entwickelte seitdem jedoch eine völlig neue und eigene Handschrift

Griffin Galerie + Bar
Invalidenstrasse 151
10115 Berlin
U8 Rosenthaler Platz
M8 Pappelplatz

Die Kunst muss raus

Sun, 30 Oct 2011 20:32:42 +0100

Die Kunst muss raus

Wieder einmal steht ein Berliner Künstlerhaus vor dem Aus. Der Atelier- und Ausstellungsort in der Landsberger Allee 54 wurde am 20.10.2011 offiziell für die Öffentlichkeit gesperrt.

Grund: Bauliche Mängel und Gefahr in Verzug für Mieter und Besucher. Viele der 70 ansässigen Künstler und Galeristen reagierten geschockt auf diese Nachricht. Hofften sie doch noch am Mittwoch, die drohende Räumung durch den neuen Eigentümer, die Estavis AG, abwenden zu können. Das nun das Berliner Bauaufsichtamt als letzte Instanz in einem Konflikt auftritt, der seit Monaten zwischen Pächter Daniel Künzel, der Estavis AG und den Mietern herrscht ist trauriger Höhepunkt in dieser Angelegenheit.

Denn immer wieder wiesen die Mieter, die Verantwortlichen auf gravierende Mängel am Gebäude hin, ohne dass diese reagierten. Um die nötigsten Reparaturen zu finanzieren, gründeten die Kunstschaffenden im Jahre 2010 den Kunstverein LA54. Im Glauben bis 2015 in den Räumen bleiben zu können, investierten sie gemeinsam in die Renovierung des maroden Gebäudes und hielten so den Ausstellungs- und Atelierbetrieb am Laufen. Dass ihre Bemühungen umsonst sein sollten, erfuhren die Künstler aus einer offiziellen Pressemittelung, die am 3.3.2011 in der Berliner Immobilien Zeitung erschien. Die Estavis AG informiert darin die Öffentlichkeit über ihre anstehenden Sanierungspläne für die Patzenhofer Brauerei. Geplant sind Eigentumswohnungen im höheren Preissegment. Weder Pächter noch Investor kontaktierten die Künstler persönlich, um sie über die neue Situation zu informieren. Erst auf Initiative der Mieter sind Pächter und Investor bereit für Gespräche. Diese führten zu keiner Einigung, doch die Estavis AG lehnt jedes weitere Gespräch mit den Künstlern ab. Zwar sicherte der Pächter den Künstlern ein Bleiberecht bis Ende des Jahres zu, doch nur unter der Bedingung, danach bindend in ein Ausweichquartier in Hohenschönhausen umzuziehen. Doch der Bezirk Hohenschönhausen ist für viele der Mieter keine Alternative zu ihrem jetzigen Standort in Friedrichshain. Auch die Aussicht auf weitere Verträge mit Daniel Künzel lockt wenige der Künstler. Denn viele der Mieter, die sich in der Vergangenheit wegen fehlender Renovierungsarbeiten beschwerten und sich gegen die geplante Räumung durch die Estavis AG zur Wehr setzten, wurden durch den Pächter unter Druck gesetzt und schikaniert. Mitten in diesen anhaltenden Konflikt fällt nun die Entscheidung des Bauaufsichtamts, das Haus sofort zu schließen. Für die Mieter eine Katastrophe, da sie nicht nur ihren Arbeits- und Lebensraum verlieren, sondern auch noch mit finanziellen Ausfällen zu rechnen haben. Daniel Künzel und der Estavis AG dagegen, kommt die sofortige Räumung des Künstlerhauses sehr gelegen.

Doch mit der Schließung des Kunststandortes in der Landsberger Allee verlieren nicht nur die Mieter ihre Arbeits- und Lebensgrundlage. Auch die Berliner Kulturlandschaft ist wieder um einen einzigartigen künstlerischen Freiraum ärmer. Angesichts des anhaltenden Trends, alternatives Berliner Kulturgut zu veräußern, sollte sich der Berliner Senat fragen, was die Lebensqualität einer Stadt ausmacht, die weltweit mit seiner Kreativenfreundlichkeit wirbt. Innovative Kunsträume oder vereinheitliche Luxusquartiere?

Text: Gesa Steeger, freie Publizistin

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Playground Berlin at Mica Moca: AykoWnOmiCa

Mon, 25 Jul 2011 19:05:15 +0200

Photo courtesy Amit Elan

Adar Aviam, Amit Elan & Liav Gabay - AykoWnOmiCa (installation)

"AykoWnOmiCa" is a living-room environment with surreal twists and grotesque figuration, custom made for one of Mica Moca's spaces using paint and cardboard. The installation thematizes homeliness, bringing private atmosphere into a public space.

Playground Berlin Weekend at Mica Moca
site-specific installations & performances
July 16th & 17th 2011

Established in 2009, Playground Berlin is an international collective dedicated to independent art collaboration and presentation. Blurring generational, national, cultural and sexual boundaries, Playground Berlin's projects offer a delirious convergence of visual art, music, mixed media installations and performances.

www.playground-berlin.org/
Photo courtesy Amit Elan

TAZ Newspaper on Mica Moca & Playground Berlin Weekend

Sun, 24 Jul 2011 17:15:02 +0200

Article in the TAZ newspaper by Jan Scheper describing the background of the Mica Moca Project and the Playground Berlin Weekend, July 16th and 17th 2011.

Playground Berlin at Mica Moca: Joana Dias

Sat, 23 Jul 2011 19:34:55 +0200

Joana Dias - Lost in Between (installation)

Joana Dias is a visual artist born in Rio de Janeiro, based in Berlin since 2008. She graduated in Cinematography at Univercidade Gama Filho and currently studies photography at the Neue Schule für Photographie in Berlin.

Joana Dias' installation presents the viewer with an associative photographic narrative, expressed in links, graphics and contrasts, connecting different places, perspectives and colors.

From the Playground Berlin Weekend at Mica Moca; site-specific installations & performances, July 16 & 17 2011.
An international selection of artists has been invited by Playground Berlin to conceive site specific work for the Mica Moca building, a former safe factory in Berlin Wedding. The presentation covers performances, installations, video-art and concerts. Curated by Marcela Donato & Kunstraum Richard Sorge. Thanks to Tiago Oudman.

www.playground-berlin.org/
www.micamoca.com/

Playground Berlin at Mica Moca: Przemek Dariuz Fronczak

Fri, 22 Jul 2011 17:55:39 +0200

Przemek Dariuz Fronczak - The String and the Light Bodies (video installation)

Przemek Dariusz Fronczak is a 24 years old video artist living in Berlin. After finishing art school, he has developed an oeuvre of installations and paintings. Through his website he created a platform for artists under the name “Dear-us”.

Przemek Dariusz Fronczak presents an installation inspired by string theory, incorporating prints and analogically manipulated video beamer.
www.behance.net/gallery/String-bodys-%28string-theory-con...

From: Playground Berlin Weekend at Mica Moca site-specific installations & performances July 16 & 17 2011

www.playground-berlin.org/
www.micamoca.com/

Playground Berlin at Mica Moca: Nick Dewar

Fri, 22 Jul 2011 17:22:30 +0200

Nick Dewar - Soapbox (installation)

New Zealand Berlin-based artist Nick Dewar uses digital animation, sound and analogue objects such as domestic equipment to create his installations.

"Soapbox" uses sound and video to explore ideas of reality and its corruption through learned information and experience. The soundtrack and installation provide a glimpse of an alternate dimension, where the dissonance and discord hidden beneath the surface of ordinary life is brought to the foreground.
www.nickdewar.tv/

From:
Playground Berlin Weekend at Mica Moca
site-specific installations & performances
July 16 & 17 2011

Playground Berlin at Mica Moca: Clemence de la Tour du Pin

Fri, 22 Jul 2011 16:59:09 +0200

Clemence de la Tour du Pin
"What owes the space to the silence? Still not sure" 2011
(video projection, neon light and writing)

Clemence de La Tour du Pin is a French artist currently working in Berlin. Her performative installations "become messy monuments to their own creative process," capturing elements of the everyday, with found materials and familiar themes recurring throughout the spaces she manipulates.

At the midpoint of the Mica Moca project at this location, Clemence de la Tour du Pin presents an animation which refers to the ephemeral nature of such art projects. With Berlin changing and getting more commercially developed, she questions whether the possibilities it offers to artists will still be available in the future.
clemencedelatourdupin.blogspot.com/

From:
Playground Berlin Weekend at Mica Moca
July 16 & 17 2011
site-specific installations & performances

www.playground-berlin.org/
www.playground-berlin.org/pdf/micamoca.pdf
www.micamoca.com/

Stand der Dinge - J.Jackie Baier at Playground Berlin/MIca Moca

Thu, 21 Jul 2011 18:45:39 +0200

J.Jackie Baier - Der Stand der Dinge (slide-installation, triptych)

Noted photographer and documentary filmmaker J.Jackie Baier presents us with a deeply personal and unglamorized view of Berlin's sexual underground. Baier portrays in a non-voyeuristic way the lives of transsexual prostitutes, drag queens and other "misfits".
www.jackielynn.de/

From
Playground Berlin Weekend at Mica Moca, July 16 & 17 2011, site-specific installations & performances.
An international selection of artists has been invited by Playground Berlin to conceive site specific work for the Mica Moca building, a former safe factory in Berlin Wedding. The presentation covers performances, installations, video-art and concerts.

Playground Berlin at Mica Moca: Madeline Stillwell - Machine Pipe Drawing

Thu, 21 Jul 2011 18:42:02 +0200

Madeline Stillwell's live performances & installations have been exhibited at institutions in Sweden, Germany and North America. In Berlin her work is regularly presented by Wilde Gallery. She has lectured as a Visiting Artist extensively and currently teaches Performance at several institutions. She lives and works in Berlin.

"Machine Pipe Drawing" is a two parts performance, an exploration of public space, internal dialogue, and shared experience. Stillwell aims to investigate conflicting extremes within the human mind, while generating cyclical relationships between self & collective, energy & entropy, production & waste.

madelinestillwell.com/

Playground Berlin Weekend at Mica Moca
site-specific installations & performances
July 16 & 17 2011 at Mica Moca Project

www.playground-berlin.org/
http://www.micamoca.com/

Portrait Arrows by Karl Addison & James Bullough for Playground Berlin Weekend at Mica Moca

Thu, 21 Jul 2011 18:33:56 +0200

A collaboration art installation by James Bullough & Karl Addison for Playground Berlin Weekend at Mica Moca. An international selection of artists has been invited to conceive site specific work for the Mica Moca building, a former safe factory in the working class district Berlin Wedding.

James’s work explores the balance between contrasting elements. Abstract graffiti inspired backgrounds live with color and texture are met with intensely realistic images. Highly rendered portraits float atop layers of ambient space and geometric forms. Contemporary street art techniques and materials collide with those of the realist oil painters James admires.

Addison’s purpose (it seems) is three-fold: to amuse us the first time we discover one of his pieces, to draw us in—inviting us to take a closer look, and to make us stop and see every minute detail—and in a sense, to stop and see him.

More Info:
www.jamesbullough.com
www.idrawalot.com
www.playground-berlin.org/

Paul Polaris, Tobias von Glenck & Martin Lorenz - von und zu - at Playground Berlin/Mica Moca

Thu, 21 Jul 2011 18:01:56 +0200

For the "von und zu" performance which Paul Polaris presented at Kunstverein Zurich she worked with objects covered in wood-, marble,- and steel-like material and experimented with their sounds and meaning. She has now developed this idea into a cooperation with the two musicians Tobias von Glenck & Martin Lorenz and their project Trabant Echo. With e-bass and turntables they improvise on classical music samples, "imitating" acoustic instruments and thereby generate new sounds. Jointly the three artists explore their aim to work on fragile moments, creating a dense carpet of sounds, movements and images.
paulpolaris.com/
www.youtube.com/watch?v=pIWOh3JJlyY
www.trabant-echo.net

Playground Berlin Weekend at Mica Moca: site-specific installations & performances.

Curated by Marcela Donato & Kunstraum Richard Sorge. Thanks to Tiago Oudman.

Andrè Wakko's Sonematik at Playground Berlin Weekend at Mica Moca

Thu, 21 Jul 2011 17:57:37 +0200

Brazilian-born André Wakko is an artist based in Berlin who specializes in interactive art, and generative art and sound installations. He's also internationally active as an innovative electronic music producer, musician and dj.

For the Playground Berlin Weekend at Mica Moca, on July17, 2011, André Wakko presented a special performance of Sonematik, his audio visual concert which integrates new ways of generating audio-visual compositions in real time. The performance leverages a massive screen projection surface as a canvas for exploring dense monochromatic meshes and emergent patterns.
http://www.andrewakko.com/all/generativ_visuals/

http://www.playground-berlin.org/

Playground Berlin at MIca Moca: Amit Elan - Dejuweeshgäimedjetju

Thu, 21 Jul 2011 18:51:21 +0200

Photo: Amit Elan

Amit Elan is a 22 years old Berlin based Israeli artist. He studied at Hamidrasha Art Academy and has since developed mixed media installations. His work has been shown in solo and group exhibitions throughout Europe, Asia and Israel.

"Dejuweeshgäimedjetju" was presented at the Playground Berlin Weekend at Mica Moca, July 16 & 17 2011 feat. site-specific installations & performances.

An international selection of artists has been invited by Playground Berlin to conceive site specific work for the Mica Moca building, a former safe factory in Berlin Wedding. The presentation covers performances, installations, video-art and concerts. Curated by Marcela Donato & Kunstraum Richard Sorge with Tiago Oudman.
Established in 2009, Playground Berlin is an international collective dedicated to independent art collaboration and presentation. Blurring generational, national, cultural and sexual boundaries, Playground Berlin's projects offer a delirious convergence of visual art, music, mixed media installations and performances.
http://www.playground-berlin.org/

Playground Berlin Weekend at Mica Moca

Tue, 12 Jul 2011 19:01:10 +0200

Location:
Mica Moca
lindower strasse 22, Wedding
Berlin, Germany

SATURDAY 13.00 to 24.00
SUNDAY 16.00 to 24.00

CONCEPT:
An international selection of artists has been invited to conceive site specific work for the Mica Moca building, a former safe factory in the Berlin Wedding. From subtle architectonic interventions, to participatory performances, to installations made from found materials to projections; many of the invited artists have ample experience creating informal ephemeral installations for Berlin's much quoted „temporary spaces“ - the city's special post-Wall situation of limitless derelict space, small means, and a lack of professional art structures has created the setting for what has become an art historic niche for independent artists.

PLAYGROUND BERLIN:

MICA MOCA:

MicaMoca project Berlin is an an experiment in mixing genres, instigating culture clash and challenging the imagination. An old safe factory on Lindowerstrasse 22, Berlin is the setting until the end of September. Mica Moca's fluid program of cultural events and projects combines a wide array of disciplines.

FEATURING:

Gert-Jan Akerboom
Adar Aviam, Amit Elan & Liav Gabay
James Bullough & Karl Addison
J.Jackie Baier
Joana Dias
Nick Dewar
Marcela Donato
Tulip Enterprises
Przemek Dariuz Fronczak
Jens Kloppmann
Mia Morikama & Constance Marx
Tiago Oudman
Paul Polaris, Tobias von Glenck & Martin Lorenz.
Clemence de la Tour du Pin
Madeline Stillwell
André Wakko

LINKS:
playground-berlin.org
micamoca.com

CURATED BY:
Tiago Oudman, Kunstraum Richard Sorge, Marcela Donato

Artist Talk with Jens Kloppmann & Martin Bayer

Wed, 25 May 2011 20:47:57 +0200

(English version below)

Zum Ausklang der Ausstellung "schlachten" im Kunstraum Richard Sorge freuen wir uns sehr, am Donnerstag 26.05. um 20:00 U. zum Künstlergespräch zwischen Jens Kloppmann und Martin Bayer einzuladen.

Martin Bayer ist nicht nur als Kurator Spezialist für das Thema Kunst und Krieg. Er betreibt das Blog wartist.org, hat am King´s College London War Studies studiert und ist ein gefragter Referent und Berater zu sicherheitspolitischen Themen.

schlachten:
Bis einschliesslich Sonntag 29. 05.2011.
Mi.- So. von 15-18 Uhr und nach Vereinbarung.
Donnerstag 26.05.2011, 20 Uhr: Künstlergespräch Jens Kloppmann/Martin Bayer.
Samstag 28.05.2011 ab 15 Uhr bis spät: LA54 Hoffest und Finissage.

Kunstraum Richard Sorge
Landsberger Allee 54, Alte Brauerei
10249 Berlin

Links:
http://www.kunstraumrichardsorge.org/
http://wartist.org
http://kloppmann.org

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English version:

Artist's Talk with Jens Kloppmann & Martin Bayer

On May 26th, 8 pm historian and curator Martin Bayer will conduct an artist's talk with Jens Kloppmann.

Martin Bayer's scholarship is focused on the relationship between war, art & media. Since 1994 he has made presentations and published on simulations of violence and war in the media.

Martin Bayer is active in security-political and strategic analyses and consulting, and writes about art and war in his blog wartist.org. On July 5 2011 the latest exhibition curated by Martin Bayer "Konfliktstoff Deutschland" opens at the ARD-Hauptstadtstudio in Berlin-Mitte, presenting works by Jan Bejsovec.

schlachten:
Until Sunday May 29th, Wed - Sun, 3 - 6 pm, and by appointment.
Artist's Talk moderated by Martin Bayer (www.wartist.org): May 26th, 8 pm.
Saturday May 28th, from 3 pm - late: LA54 Hoffest and Finissage.

Kunstraum Richard Sorge
Landsberger Allee 54, Alte Brauerei
10249 Berlin

Links:
http://wartist.org
http://kloppmann.org
http://www.kunstraumrichardsorge.org/

Gallery Weekend at LA54 - May 28th 2011

Wed, 25 May 2011 20:33:22 +0200

In “a Berlin torn between its anti-market roots and the increasing dominance of commercial galleries, between general gentrification and preserving pockets of its Bohemian spirit” we can still find adventurous art projects like those taking place at the atmospheric environment of the Old Brewery at Landsberger Allee 54 in Friedrichshain. For how long is unclear; after having been let down by the Senat of Berlin in its quest for recognition as an artist’s house, the site is currently the object of the fantasies of possible new investors.

Against all odds, and fully self-supporting, the art spaces G11, 91 MQ, Marzia Frozen, KunstKliniKum and Kunstraum Richard Sorge continue to present cutting edge exhibitions that would not be possible in this way in any other place in Berlin.

The weekend of May 28th and 29th, starting at 3 pm daily, the curators invite you to a joint weekend of exhibitions, art events and receptions. The weekend coincides with the “Artpartment” Festival organized by the artist located in the Old Brewery, offering special installations, open studios, performances and live music throughout the building.

Participants:: G11 Galerie, 91 mQ Art Project Space, Marzia Frozen Cont. Art, KunstKliniKum, Kunstraum Richard Sorge

G11 Galerie

Founded in the internationally recognised Baumwollspinnerei Leipzig, and originating from very diverse cultural backgrounds, the G11 Galerie aims to cross boundaries and find common ground. They are dedicated to regularly exhibiting international artists, gallery exchange initiatives, organizing artistic salons, aiming through these activities to further an open discourse beyond the boundaries of art. G11 Galerie's current exhibition of paintings by Aya Onodera perfectly exemplifies these ideals. 0n the evening of May 28th G11 presents a Japanese Salon.

http://www.g11-galerie-berlin.de/

91 mQ

91mQ believes in art as a line of thought that is vital to our understanding of the development of the world in which we live. Its initiators wish to encourage a dialogue between a variety of people be they artists filmmakers, video artists, writers or critics. 91mQ exhibits a wide variety of work from across Europe, in addition to work from the local community and gives marginalized practices (film, video, performance) equal status with the visual arts. May 28th, from 7.30 pm, 91 mQ invites to the opening reception of "Bases” by Alessandro Cannistrà; a site specific project composed of paintings, video installation, and photography which “celebrates the dualistic resonance of the human within nature and conversely of the given nature of humanity.”

http://www.91mq.org/

KunstKliniKum

Galerie KunstKliniKum is located on the 2nd floor of the Old Brewery in Berlin Friedrichshain. Since early 2011 it presents work by artists like Martin Bech-Ravn, Anne Sophie Lorange, Pascal Piron, Javier Ramirex and Sven Stuckensmidt. Until the end of May, KunstKliniKum presents the first Berlin solo show of Javier Ramirex, "Ultra-Super Painting," featuring the Berlin-based Colombian artist's recent day-glo colored paintings and sculptures that combine the vibrant colors of the Latin painting tradition with the hard-edged angular East German influences of the Old Brewery's urban surroundings.

http://www.kunstklinikum.com/

Marzia Frozen Contemporary Art

In the Old Brewery's spacious 3rd floor hall overlooking Berlin Friedrichshain, Marzia Frozen Contemporary Art has been presenting group shows by international artists since 2009. It's current apocalyptically themed “Post + Humans” exhibition features paintings, sculptures, photographs, performance art and videos by Jari Di Giampietro, Lily Lesniak, Riccardo Mayr, Olivia Hallstein, Javier Ramirex, Ari Iimatainen, Fabrizio Sanna, Alia Spizzichino and Robekkah Ritchie.

http://www.marziafrozen.com/

Kunstraum Richard Sorge

The art space is named after the communist spy (Ian Fleming's model for James Bond) that reputedly saved the Western world from Nazism. From its bountiful and lovingly renovated space it reaches a young and international audience, but adventurous discerning art lovers as well. Its well researched curatorial projects focus on craftism, club/vj/kinetic art, GLBTQ art and subcultures. Like its namesake, the initiative independently works from a marginal, yet cosmopolitan position to ultimately save the world. In the commemoration month of May KRS presents a war mural installation by noted conceptual artist jens Kloppmann.

http://www.kunstraumrichardsorge.org/

Jens Kloppmann: Bulllet Holes

Tue, 03 May 2011 17:28:23 +0200

Installation view of Jenns klopmann's Bullet Holes (gypsum replicas of war damages taken from facades of the cityscape of Berlin) at Strzegomski Bunker, Wroclaw, Poland, 2010.

Thursday, May 5th, 2011 from 7 pm a large selection of Kloppmann's Bullet Holes will be on view at the opening of his "schlachten" solo exhibition at Berlin art space Kunstraum Richard Sorge

Opening near the historically significant date of May 8th, the day of German capitulation in WWII, the "schlachten" exhibition by the noted Berlin-based conceptual artist thematizes war.

www.kloppmann.org/
www.kunstraumrichardsorge.org/

Upcoming: Jens Kloppmann - "slachten"

Sat, 30 Apr 2011 14:19:49 +0200

May 8-28th 2011
Opening: May 5th 2011, 7 pm

In May 2011 Kunstraum Richard Sorge presents Jens Kloppmann's "slachten". Opening on the historically significant date of May 8th, the day of German capitulation in WWII, the solo exhibition by the noted Berlin-based conceptual artist thematizes war.

The main piece of "slachten" will be a large mural work made out of fretwork. Hundreds of painstakingly hand cut figures will be installed by the artist, amounting to a huge ornamental "war painting". Liberally using and recombining familiar silhouettes and vignetters from our collective memory, art history, and war reportage, Kloppmann depicts a broad panorama of war in all its stages: attack, counter attack, displacement.

A selection from Kloppmann's Bulllet Boulevard series will also be on view; gypsum replicas of war damages taken from facades of the cityscape of Berlin.

http://www.kloppmann.org/
http://www.kunstraumrichardsorge.org/

WAREHOUSE #05 - Giants of Misfit, Kunstraum Sorge at zmf

Fri, 18 Mar 2011 02:38:00 +0100

WAREHOUSE #05 - The Giants of Misfits

A special electronica and art event on March 26th 2011 from 10 pm - late at zmf, Brunnenstrasse 10, Berlin-Mitte.

J.Jackie Baier - "Weinender Fisch", 2010, C-Print (detail)

"Those works created from solitude and from pure and authentic creative impulses - where the worries of competition, acclaim and social promotion do not interfere - are, because of these very facts, more precious than the productions of professionals. After a certain familiarity with these flourishings of an exalted feverishness, lived so fully and so intensely by their authors, we cannot avoid the feeling that in relation to these works, cultural art in its entirety appears to be the game of a futile society, a fallacious parade."

Jean Dubuffet

The second curatorial and artistic cooperation between art space Kunstraum Richard Sorge and Warehouse on March 26th at zmf will feature art by Gert-Jan Akerboom, J.Jackie Baier, Ono Ludwig, Clemence de La Tour du Pin/Leandro Quintero and Tulip Enterprises. In an imaginatively designed and lighted multimedia presentation, the artists interact with the atmospheric surroundings of the zmf art space and club, one of the last untouched subcultural spaces of Berlin-Mitte.

Photographer/filmmaker J.Jackie Baier shall conduct a special live portrait session, inviting the audience to sit. The resulting portraits will be projected in the course of the evening. Baier will also present her photographic prints, a slideshow and projections.

Clemence de La Tour du Pin will present samples from her ongoing black drawing series and will execute a large copy art billboard outside on the Brunnenstrasse 10. The centerpiece of her presentation is a collaborative work with the London based photographer Leandro Quintero.

Gert-Jan Akerboom will show brand new silk screen prints and will add another layer to the zmf's urban art covered walls with wheat paste pieces specially produced for this occasion.

Last but not least, Ono Ludwig's enigmatic sexually charged black & white analog photographs are presented in an informal installation.

All presented art pieces can be purchased during the evening.

Program

Electronic Music at Warehouse:
Warbear
Karina Qanir (Bad Girls Club / Sabotage)
Herr von Wildsau (Resident / Horse Meat Disco)
S-Tee (Chantals House of Shame / Delicious Donuts)

Live Acts:
Electrosexual & Mz Sunday Luv

Art & Performance at Warehouse:
J.Jackie Baier - Photo Session
Gloria Viagra - Performance
Rummelsnuff (Berghain / Out Of Line Music) - DJ
Eigk Van Camp (CAMP! / Neonraiders) - DJ

Kunstraum Richard Sorge:
Gert-Jan Akerboom - silk screen prints, mural decals
J.Jackie Baier - live photo session, photography, video/slide projections
Ono Ludwig - analog photography
Clemence de la Tour du Pin with Leandro Quintero - drawing, photocopy
Tulip Enterprises - collage

Facebook: Warehouse

Warehouse - The Return of the Big Old Nose: Hiroki Otsuka, Musk Ming & Amit Elan

Kunstraum Richard Sorge — Fri, 25 Feb 2011 18:23:11 +0100

Feb. 26th 2011, from 10 pm - late
Warehouse - The Return of the Big Old Nose
Hiroki Otsuka, Musk Ming & Amit Elan at Warehouse

Feb. 26th 2011, from 10 pm the art of Hiroki Otsuka (image), Musk Ming & Amit Elan is on display in an art presentation on a queer and Asian theme curated by Kunstraum Richard Sorge at Warehouse, the art & music extravaganza organized by Maria Psycho and Thomas Götz von Aust at zmf club/art space.

Club culture and art may not be such strange bedfellows after all. A whole tradition of artists seeking the proximity to another, cooler, (sub) culture can be invoked. Kunstraum Richard Sorge will use the gallery space of zmf to showcase the works of Otsuka, Elan and Ming (gallery doors open at 10 pm). In deliberate innocence, Warehouse celebrates the happy convergence of gender confusion, club culture and art.

DJs: Helga P, Steve Morell, Herr von Wildsau, Mary Velo, Aviv Netter, Andreas Schwarz.
Live: Plastic Poney, Musk Ming.
Hosts: Pepsi Light, Lulu Las Vegas, Maria Psycho, Thomas Götz von Aust.

Full exhibition text: http://www.kunstraumrichardsorge.org/warehouse
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/warehousewarhouse

Hokusai Remix #1 by Hiroki Otsuka

Kunstraum Richard Sorge — Fri, 25 Feb 2011 17:28:22 +0100

Digital archival print; acrylic color and Sumi ink on paper.
Size: 5 x 7 inch / 12.7 x 17.78 cm with a little white border for framing.
Prints are signed and dated on the back. Packaged in a cello bag and shipped flat.

"From Ukyo-e and Manga to erotic Fine Art, Hiroki effortlessly applies intriguing gender twists to his uninhibited explorations of polymorhously perverse sexuality."

On Feb. 26th 2011 Brooklyn-based Japanese artist Hiroki Otsuka takes part in Warehouse, an art & music extravaganza at zmf in an art presentation curated by Kunstraum Richard Sorge also feat. Amit Elan & Musk Ming.

www.kunstraumrichardsorge.org/otsuka
Artist Website: www.hirokiotsuka.com

Warehouse Slideshow

Tue, 15 Feb 2011 03:00:09 +0100

Virginia Garfunkel: Moloch & Abenteuerspielplatz

Wed, 24 Nov 2010 23:53:27 +0100

Urban photography @ Kunstraum Richard Sorge, Landsberger Allee 54, 10249 Berlin:

Virginia Garfunkel: Moloch & Abenteuerspielplatz

Vernissage: 26. November, 19 U.
Ausstellung: 27. November, 13 - 19 U.

Virginia Garfunkel zeigt in ihrer Ausstellung Moloch & Abenteuerspielplatz, 13 fotografische Werke über das Phänomen Großstadt.

Großstadt ist beides: Chance und Risiko, Ort der Träume und der Neurosen, Möglichkeit des Zurückziehens aber auch des Kommunizierens, Moloch und Abendteuerspielplatz...

Die Künstlerin setzt die komplizierten Dimensionen moderner Städte und die Rolle des Menschen darin in Szene und reflektiert die Stadt über Aspekte wie Dichte, Agglomeration, Konsum, Konstruktion und Destruktion.

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In her solo exhibition Moloch & Abenteuerspielplatz, Virginia Garfunkel presents 13 photographs on the theme of urbanity.

The big city represents opportunity and risk simultaneously: The realm of dreams and of neurosis; it can be a place to hide or a place to represent oneself, a playground or a devouring monster..

Virginia Garfunkel depicts the complicated structure of urbanity, the role of the city's inhabitants, thematizing urban density, saturation and decay, the city's construction and destruction.

Homepage: www.virginiagarfunkel.com.ar
Facebook event page: http://www.facebook.com/event.php?eid=131306663591678

Taking Down the REIFEPRUEFUNG Exhibition

Wed, 24 Nov 2010 22:11:47 +0100

Magda Kaufmann over painting her kunstauto mural at Kunstraum Richard Sorge.

Next art show: this Friday, 7 pm, Virginia Garfunkel - Moloch (urban photograohy).

The same but different.

Mon, 22 Nov 2010 21:57:23 +0100

An exhibition opening pic taken at Kunstraum Richard Sorge's recent Streeple show served Dutch artist Herman Schouwenburg as starting point for his painting "# 1463 The same but different".

View all of Herman's paintings at his Flickr pages, much of it is inspired by the trash mail he receives each day.

3 Jahre kunstauto – REIFEPRÜFUNG

Fri, 12 Nov 2010 20:21:08 +0100

3 Jahre kunstauto – REIFEPRÜFUNG
Vernissage 20.11.2010 ab 19:00 Uhr
- 20:00 Uhr Eröffnungsrede
- anschließend Taufe vom kunstauto
- Video-und Diapräsentation
- kunstauto als Ausstellungsfläche

Ausstellungsdauer: 22. – 24.11.2010, 14:00 bis 18:00 Uhr

Kunstraum Richard Sorge, Alte Brauerei
Landsberger Allee 54
10249 Berlin-Friedrichshain
http://www.kunstraumrichardsorge.org

Streeple Exhibition at Kunstraum Richard Sorge: Alex Da Corte - Activity #91

Fri, 22 Oct 2010 02:54:33 +0200

Alex Da Corte has been noted to reinvent and humanize the “queer gaze,” his “Activities” in his own words, “break down ideas of fantasy, stereotypes, power roles and develop the idea of the other as someone not very different from the self.”

17 Oct - 14 Nov. Wednesday - Saturday 2-6 pm
Streeple photography group show at Kunstraum Richard Sorge, Berlin, October 2010.

Feat. J.Jackie Baier, Alex Da Corte, Slava Mogutin, Ari Versluis & Ellie Uyttenbroek / Exactitudes, Versus Collective: Gihan Tubbeh, Musuk Nolte, Renzo Giraldo.

http://www.kunstraumrichardsorge.org/

Streeple Exhibition at Kunstraum Richard Sorge

Mon, 18 Oct 2010 22:51:45 +0200

Works by Versus Collective (Peru) and J.Jackie Baier (Germany) at the Streeple exhibition at Kunstraum Richard Sorge, Berlin, October 2010.

Feat. J.Jackie Baier, Alex Da Corte, Slava Mogutin, Ari Versluis & Ellie Uyttenbroek / Exactitudes, Versus Collective: Gihan Tubbeh, Musuk Nolte, Renzo Giraldo.

Kunstraum Richard Sorge is the setting for a photography exhibition that maps the complex area between empathy and exploitation, identification and voyeurism.

According to the Urban Dictionary, “streeple” denominates street people. The show’s photographers view their subjects as protagonists, not models; they are chosen and documented for what they are, and not brought to play any kind of role. Photographed (or casted) in the streets, they (and we, the viewers) are made aware of their specialness.

Placed at the center of attention, the protagonists are drawn into a dialog with the photographer based on the gradual development of trust. At best, this process leads to empowerment: “claiming the right to a face,” as photographer J.Jackie Baier puts it, of those living “on the fringes of society,” and beyond.

Using mise-en-scène to make the real more truthful, the photographers show that there is posing involved in every photo, no matter how “straight-up”.

17 Oct - 14 Nov. Wednesday - Saturday 2-6 pm
http://www.kunstraumrichardsorge.org/

Exhibition: Mehdi-Georges Lahlou - Les Talons d'Allah

Fri, 03 Sep 2010 18:42:37 +0200

Born of a Christian mother and Muslim father, Brussels-based French-Moroccan artist Mehdi-Georges Lahlou learned early on the value of relativism. The theme of crossing boundaries set by culture, religion and gender is present in all of his installations and performances. While his works appears at first sight political, for instance tackling Orientalism and gender issues in Islam, it is important to the artist that it be viewed first and foremost as an open, poetic autobiographical gesture to be judged on art's own terms.

The artist draws not only on the history of performance and installation-art, but also incorporates references to Belgian Surrealism in his works. In Lahlou's art we find humor, poetics, guts, dedication, refined artistic intuition, personal risk taking and social relevance.

For his one-man show at Kunstraum Richard Sorge, in Berlin, Mehdi-Georges Lahlou will present his performance/installation/restaurant "Dar_Koom" and the large scale installation "Cocktail, Self-portrait in Society" and more recent works.

Artist's Statement:
"My work is, for a great part, autobiographical. I am one of the major subjects of my own work, I'm at the crossroads of two cultures, an western one coming from my Spanish mother and a Muslim one from my father, living in Morocco. My work also aims at finding impossible connections between the two, trying to position myself, to acquire certain knowledge, to create new nostalgias - if that's possible. So clearly, I'm using symbols that are dear to me, which were given to me, sometimes slightly imposed on me, but I was never forced to do anything. You cannot force someone in Islam, although you might want to sometimes. The Muslim aesthetic is something which really strikes me, which I chose and I try to mix with the Western one. This is how you really get to see how the West and the East co-exist."

Kunstraum Richard Sorge, Landsberger Allee 54, 10249 Berlin.
Exhibition duration: Sept. 17th - Oct. 10th 2010, Wednesday - Saturday, 2 - 6 pm.

Opening reception: Sept. 16th, 7 pm.
Closing reception: Oct. 10th , 7 pm.

Performances:
Special performance during the opening reception at Sept.16th.
"Dar_Koom" one-on-one performances (10 min. each) on Sept.17 th & 18 th from 3 - 6 pm.

July 10, 2010: Kunstraum Richard Sorge Presents Mehrmagda's Kunstauto

Sun, 04 Jul 2010 06:27:12 +0200

From noon till midnight on July 10, Kunstraum Richard Sorg will present "Das Kunstauto im Mini Kleid" by Mehrmagda. The lovingly renovated Wartburg functions as a mobile piece of art and mini gallery.

The car will park at the Sandbox festival, featuring a special Ceramixed Plates presentation inside.

More info:
http://www.mehrmagda.de/kunstauto/
http://www.kunstraumrichardsorge.org/sandbox

Shifting "Socialism"

Fri, 28 May 2010 04:02:10 +0200

"..encyclopedia sense of socialism is out there mainly by the combined efforts of Ms. Kagan, Vietnam, and German art."

The Volokh Conspiracy cites Kunstraum Richard Sorge's Vorwaerts! exhibition -along with Elena Kagan and Vietnam Tourism- as an example of the shifting meaning of the term "Socialism".

Hiroki Otsuka Mangaka-in-Residence at Japan Society NYC

Mon, 08 Mar 2010 21:57:25 +0100

Hiroki Otsuka acts as Mangaka-in-Residence at the Japan Society NYC

New York's Japan Society has engaged internationally acclaimed visual artist and professional illustrator Hiroki Otsuka as mangaka (comic book illustrator) artist-in-residence during its spring exhibition Graphic Heroes, Magic Monsters: Japanese prints by Utagawa Kuniyoshi from the Arthur R. Miller Collection (March 12-June 13, 2010).

Taking the mass-produced color woodblock prints of late period Ukiyo-e master and forerunner of Manga Utagawa Kuniyoshi as his vantage point, Otsuka will create an original full-length manga (Japanese style comic book), often working onsite visible to visitors.
In addition, Otsuka lends his talents to an array of related activities, including illustration workshops for the general public and New York City high school students, devising and judging an international manga competition, blogging about his work and experience at Japan Society, and creating original Kuniyoshi-inspired artwork to be made available to the public.

Otsuka's yet-to-be titled original manga, which begins production on the opening of Graphic Heroes Magic Monsters, centers on a teenager who comes to Japan Society's exhibition as part of a school group. The student literally gets drawn into the artwork as a Kuniyoshi-inspired warrior and is called on to save New York City from the multitude of monsters marauding throughout Kuniyoshi's prints. A new episode of Otsuka's manga will be made available weekly online. Visitors to Japan Society Gallery will have the opportunity to observe Otsuka working onsite on Friday evenings 5-9, and Saturdays and Sundays 11 am-5 pm.

Like other masters of the school of Ukiyo-e printmaking ("Pictures of the Floating World"), Kuniyoshi pursued the themes of landscape, kabuki theater, and beautiful women. He was unique, however, in his mastery of lesser known subjects: action-packed tales drawn from the history, religion, folklore, and myths of Japan, China, and other Asian countries; comic "crazy pictures" often featuring animals impersonating humans; and exotic experiments with foreign subject-matter and European techniques of visual representation.

"Kuniyoshi's work can be seen as foreshadowing the visual storytelling of contemporary manga, anime, and computer and video games," says Joe Earle, Director of Japan Society Gallery and organizer of the exhibition. "Like a number of the top creators in these genres of today, he was an eccentric who specialized in comic figures and action scenes sold in vast numbers at low prices to an insatiable and visually sophisticated audience."

Japan Society's web site

Utagawa Kuniyoshi

About Hiroki Otsuka: A professional comic book illustrator since 1994, Brooklyn based Japanese artist/illustrator honed his craft drafting and inking comic book cells for a variety of projects, and illustrated for a number of major Japanese publications through 2004. "I grew up reading manga like all youngsters in Japan, although I was completely obsessed with submerging myself in their realm of imagination," says Otsuka. "Since then, I have devoted a great deal of time studying manga. Through drawing manga, I like to open doors for readers to share my imaginative world. I use personal experiences, or experiences and stories from my friends to inspire my work. I create drawings, paintings, and manga whose underlying themes are entertaining and convey something of the essence of living freely, easily and vividly."

In 2005, Otsuka's focus shifted from graphic to fine arts, working predominantly with traditional sumi ink used in Japanese calligraphy. Otsuka's debut solo show at Brooklyn's Stay Gold Gallery in 2005 prompted The New Yorker to write that his works "push the populist youth quotient through the roof." Since then, his work has appeared in galleries throughout the United States and Japan, and has been featured in international art fairs in New York, Tokyo and Basel, Switzerland. He's been exhibited at major art institutions such as The Museum of Contemporary Art, Los Angeles (Nothing Moments, 2007) and in academic settings such as Pittsburgh University Art Gallery (Making Faces: Depiction of Women in Japan from Edo to Today, 2009). In 2007, Otsuka was featured in Japan Society’s centennial exhibition Making a Home, curated by Eric C. Shiner, that highlighted 33 Japanese contemporary artists living and working in New York. Berlin's Kunstraum Richard Sorge held a major exhibition of Otsuka's paintings and murals in 2009 entitled Everything to More. Most recently, Otsuka provided the integrated illustrations for choreographer Jeremy Wade's critically acclaimed multimedia dance there is no end to more, a Japan Society commission which had its world premiere in New York in December 2009.

Discussing his process, Otsuka says, "I always begin by drawing the pictures on a sketchbook just using a black pen, which is a basic manga technique. As simple as this sounds, so much information can be conveyed with just one line. The spontaneity of lines is my identity. It shows how I have been inspired and mirrors my state of mind and energy flow. Lines are the most significant aspect of my works, even more important than what I draw."

Press: J.Jackie Baier - Die Nachtseite der Stadt

Sat, 06 Mar 2010 19:19:32 +0100

"Die Nachtseite der Stadt
"Nocturnes": J.Jackie Baiers Berliner Erkundungen im Kunstraum Richard Sorge."

Read all about it at the Berliner Zeitung, February 25, 2010.

J.Jackie Baier Nocturnes at Holy Ghost Zine

Tue, 02 Feb 2010 07:02:37 +0100

View the J.Jackie Baier exhibition preview at the well-designed Holy Ghost Zine. It showcases photography from her upcoming show "Nocturnes," documenting Berlin's transsexual and queer underground (at Kunstraum Richard Sorge, from February 11, 2010).

"Nocturnes - Nightlife Photography by J.Jackie Baier"

Wed, 03 Feb 2010 20:43:16 +0100

"I'm doing more for the revolution by just walking down the street.."
- Jackie Curtis, 1947-1985, transsexual playwright, actor/actress, Warhol superstar

From the exhibition "Nocturnes - Nightlife Photography by transsexual photographer and noted documentary filmmaker J.Jackie Baier" at Kunstraum Richard Sorge.

In what may be the largest solo exhibition of the artist's work to date, all her important work groups will be presented, including Baier's notorious "Chantal - House of Shame" project, spanning 10 years of candid reporting on one of Berlin's most original underground icons and her transgressive artistic surroundings.

J.Jackie Baier allows an unglamorized view of Berlin's underground, moving through the city's clubs, brothels, bars and streets, documenting in a wholly unvoyeuristic way the lives of transsexual prostitutes, drag queens and other "misfits".

Kunstraum Richard Sorge, Landsberger Allee 54, Berlin, Germany
Opening Reception: Thursday, February 11, 2010, 7 pm.
Closing Reception: Thursday, March 4, 2010, 7 pm.

Exhibition duration: 12.02 - 03.03.2010
Hours: Friday-Saturday 2 - 6 pm, weekdays by appointment. Special events t.b.a.

Please RSVP at the Facebook event page
Exhibition info: www.kunstraumrichardsorge.org/nocturnes
Artist info: www.yorckberlin.com

Hello Creepy: A Spooky Side to Japan’s Cute Culture

Thu, 14 Jan 2010 05:53:12 +0100

Check out the praise for Hiroki Otsuka's art at today's NYT.

"Think of baby animals with spooky, giant eyes and ghosts who talk about their bodily functions. Veith Michel’s three-paneled video features plenty of these, including beautiful line drawings by the manga illustrator Hiroki Otsuka, as well as a barrage of predictable media images."

Read the full piece:
Hello Creepy: A Spooky Side to Japan’s Cute Culture:
http://www.nytimes.com/2010/01/13/arts/dance/13wade.html

Mr. X Stitch Reviews Severija Incirauskaite-Kriauneviciene

Fri, 01 Jan 2010 20:27:31 +0100

KRS artist Severija Incirauskaite-Kriauneviciene from our Strich & Faden Craftism exhibition project gets a rave review by Mr. X Stitch at Crafster Magazine: Mr X Stitch presents The Cutting (& Stitching) Edge: Severija Incirauskaite-Kriauneviciene.

Everything to More - Drawings & Murals by Hiroki Otsuka

Fri, 25 Dec 2009 01:11:06 +0100

Everything to More - drawings and murals by Hiroki Otsuka - November 28, 2009 - January 16, 2010

Kunstraum Richard Sorge presents "Everything to More," New York based Japanese artist Hiroki Otsuka's first solo show in Europe featuring drawings and murals.

The show's title alludes to Otsuka's cooperation with Berlin based choreographer Jeremy Wade, there is no end to more, a critical multi-medial exploration of "Kawaii" (cuteness) that takes place from 25 - 27 November at the renowned Berlin Hebbel am Ufer theatre. One day later, November 28, the murals and drawings of Otsuka's one-man show at Kunstraum Richard Sorge will be unveiled. The exhibition extends the themes of Kawaii, saturation and alienation into the realm of shifting and dark sexuality.

In his drawings and paintings, Otsuka makes an elegant transition from erotic Manga to disturbing fine art, applying intriguing gender twists to his uninhibited explorations of sexuality. His works "delve into our own experiences of the carnal; whether straight, gay, trans-gendered or otherwise, these works speak to the diversity of sexuality," curator and expert for Japanese modern art Eric C. Shiner has written. Otsuka leads us into a dreamlike, cross-sexual world of multidirectional unlabeled sensuality.

The artist has worked for the Takashi Murakami studio and has exhibited with such noted artists as Yoko Ono and Yasunao Tone. He has recently executed large scale murals for the Japan Society (NY) and exhibited at MOCA LA. This fall, Otsuka's work can be viewed at the Pittsburgh University Art Gallery; next year it will be on view at the Warhol Museum.

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GERMAN TRANSLATION:

Kunstraum Richard Sorge stellt demnächst Wandmalerei und Zeichnungen von Hiroki Otsuka (NY) aus.

Der junge, in New York lebende Japanische Künstler Hiroki Otsuka blickt bereits auf eine dreizehnjährige Karriere als Zeichner erotischer Mangas zurück und vollzieht gerade erfolgreich den Wechsel zur Fine Art.

Laut Otsuka hat die Japanische Kultur trotz ihres ausgeflippten Rufs noch einiges in Sachen Liberalität zu lernen: Er fühlte er sich in Japan nicht frei genug und suchte - wie beinahe schon üblich unter Japanischen Künstlern - das Weite, um sich zu entfalten. Nach San Francisco und New York zieht es ihn nun nach Berlin, der bekanntlich weltweit ersten Adresse für künstleriche und sexuelle Entfaltung.

Otsukas Zeichnungen und Wandmalereien stecken voller verstörender Erotik; Sexualitäten und Preferenzen aller Art vermischen sich in ihnen. Seine Kunst gleicht einem Gebäude mit doppelten Böden, Spiegelungen, Verstecken und Atrappen. Reich an Rollenspielen und Verwechselungen, lässt sie Kategorien wie Schwul, Bi oder Trans hinter sich, und entzieht sich bewusst sowohl der Hetero- als auch der Homonormativität. Und so steht Otsuka, trotz seines Exils, möglicherweise dann doch fest innerhalb einer Japanischen künstlerischen Tradition.

Im November erarbeitet Otsuka zusammen mit dem Choreografen Jeremy Wade und anderen Künstlern für das Hebbel Theater das Stück "There Is No End To More", welches von Kawaii (Niedlichkeit) und Unersättlichkeit handelt. Einen Tag nach der Laufzeit des Stücks, wird am 28. November Hiroki Otsukas erste Einzelausstellung in Europa, "Everything To More" im Kunstraum Richard Sorge eröffnet.

Die großzügigen Räumlichkeiten des Kunstraums Richard Sorge, beherbergt in den historischen Gemäuern einer alten Brauerei in Friedrichshain, ziehen ein oft junges und internationales Publikum, jedoch auch experimentierfreudige anspruchsvolle Kunstliebhaber an. Dem Spion Richard Sorge gleich, arbeitet der unabhängige Kunstraum von einer marginalen, jedoch kosmopolitischen Position aus, mit dem edlen Ziel, die Welt zu retten.

Ausstellungsort: Kunstraum Richard Sorge, Alte Brauerei, Landsberger Allee 54, Berlin Friedrichshain
Ausstellungsdauer: 28 Nov. - 22 Dez. 2009

Verlängert: noch von 2-16 Janurar, nur nach Vereinbarung.
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Media links:

Sounds like Me: Tamatama otokonoko, tamatama onnanoko

Turnintodust: strange how your mind curves - Hiroki Otsuka

TanzraumBerlin Magazine

Culture Bot - Art + Culture + Ideas

Zichi's Arty Posterous

Jitter - Magazin für Bildgestaltung

FAD Magazine

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Artist Review: Gert-Jan Akerboom at Qind

Thu, 12 Nov 2009 16:40:07 +0100

Justification Not Required

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Check us out in Sleekmag!

Sun, 25 Oct 2009 02:11:43 +0100

The highly collectible October 2009 issue of Sleekmag on Berlin People and Berlin Places is a perfect guide to the new Berlin "borderground" where bohemia, beauty and brains collide in an orgy of hedonism and totally unjustified optimism.

An extensive report in the print edition of the luxurious magazine recommends Kunstraum Richard Sorge and pictures the Dream Watching show by Gert-Jan Akerboom.

"Berlin People" is quite a good piece capturing (and exemplifying?) the glamorous and self-gratulatory nature of Berlin's "expat art scene" (the phrase seems to always mean just the UK/US expats though). It is just so cool not to speak German..

Preview the mag

More press clippings on Flickr.

Qind Blogazine Presents KRS Artists

Thu, 10 Sep 2009 17:35:47 +0200

Stylish London-based Qind Blogazine has published a piece showcasing some of the wonderful artists that presented work at Kunstraum Richard Sorge in their latest edition.

http://www.qindblogazine.com/

More press clippings on Flickr.

FUKT Magazine

Fri, 04 Sep 2009 19:22:37 +0200

The launch of FUKT Magazine # 7 1/2 edition takes place October 2 - 4, 2009 at the NY ART BOOK FAIR at PS1 (New York).

This edition of the renowned magazine for contemporary drawings will (amongst others) present drawings by Dutch artist Gert-Jan Akerboom from his recent "Dream Watching" exhibition at Kunstraum Richard Sorge.

The NY ART BOOK FAIR is Printed Matter's annual fair of contemporary art books, art catalogs, artists' books, art periodicals, and 'zines offered for sale by over 200 international publishers, booksellers, antiquarian dealers, and independent artist/publishers. Admission to the fair is FREE.

Printed Matter, the world’s largest nonprofit organization dedicated to publications made by artists, presents the fourth annual NY Art Book Fair, October 2-4 at P.S.1 Contemporary Art Center, Long Island City, Queens.

The Fair hosts over 200 international presses, booksellers, antiquarian dealers, and independent artist/publishers presenting a diverse range of the best in contemporary art publications.

Severija Incirauskaite-Kriauneviciene at 3 Sheets

Tue, 25 Aug 2009 23:11:49 +0200

Severija Incirauskaite-Kriauneviciene's embroideries on car parts "Way of Rosess" -and our Strich & Faden exhibition project that presented them in Berln- are featured at the 3 Sheets craft blog.

Video Feature on Dream Watching Exhibition at Articok.tv

Thu, 30 Jul 2009 17:05:58 +0200

Prague based art internet-tv station Articok.tv has published a feature on the Dream Watching exhibition by Ivan Svoboda; an interview with Dutch artist Gert-Jan Akerboom, with impressions of his current exhibition of murals and drawings at Berlin art space "Kunstraum Richard Sorge".

Articok.tv is an independent internet HD television at the Academy of Fine Arts in Prague (AVU) that publishes news from contemporary Middle European art scene. In 2006 an archive was founded of contributions from exhibition openings, interviews with artists, curators, and recordings from workshops, competitions or lectures. The youngest section of video art domain represents the biggest archive of Czech-Slovak audiovisual scene.
This project has been developed within a mutual cooperation of professional international teams and partners of other art schools that monitor their local art scenes and contribute so to the closer cooperation within Middle and Eastern Europe: Prague, Brno, Ústí nad Labem, Pilsen, Bratislava, Košice, Budapest, and Berlin.
The project supports and enhances stimulating communication among artists and focuses on the youngest artists. In a broader conceptual attitude, it defines itself against content standards of Czech televisions and creates an alternative to omnipresent mainstream.

Dream Watching Exhibition Pix

Thu, 16 Jul 2009 01:48:43 +0200

Dream Watching Exhibition Review at Berliner Zeitung

Mon, 13 Jul 2009 15:41:39 +0200

"... gezeigt werden schwarz-weiße Tuschezeichnungen und großformatige Wandmalereien, die zugleich assoziativ und präzise sind - ersteres in der Verbindung von Objekten und Architektur-Bruchstücken in einem kühlen virtuellen Raum, letzteres in der obsessiv genauen Ausführung, die einen unweigerlich tiefer und tiefer in diese Welten hineinzieht."

Full piece: Berliner Zeitung

Qind blogazine article

Wed, 24 Jun 2009 17:20:11 +0200

Qind blogazine just published an article about Kunstraum Richard Sorge: www.qindblogazine.com.

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