photo: Maxime Ballesteros (at KIK TWO)
With the First of May holiday giving us a super long weekend the timing couldn’t have been better for the Gallery Weekend to happen in Berlin as everyone is out and about and eager to experience this creative and vibrant city. Pictoplasma is of course one big magnet with it’s fluffy and cute monsters. But apart from the monsters there is a lot more going on in terms oh fine arts and photography. We have selected the three exhibitions we are looking most forward to in the coming days which include the work of photographers Sascha Weidner and Maxime Ballersteros as well as paintings by Jonathan Meese, Johannes Mundinger and Sophia Hirsch. If you are looking for even more recommendations we advise you to check out the Gallery Weekend Guide by our friend Eva from ArtBerlin. For our I HEART BERLIN-style recommendations have a look after the jump.
Sascha Weidner: Aokigahara
Sascha Weidner is one of the most promissing artistic photographers of our generation and his many reputable awards are testimony to that. I have always been impressed how he manages to capture these amazing instants of time and nature with his camera. His new solo show Aokigahara (which is the name of a forrest at the foot of the Fuji mountain in Japan) opens tonight on May 1st 2014 at 19h at Pavlov’s Dog, Bergstr. 19 in Berlin Mitte. The show runs until June 7th 2014. Here some of his latest work.
photos: Sascha Weidner
KIK TWO: “An die Freude” at Kino International
Curated by Anna Erickson KIK TWO is the second edition of the Kunst im Kino exhibition at Kino International. The title of this group show is “And die Freude” (To Joy) and includes works of a variety of genres from Oystein Aasan, Awst & Walther, Maxime Ballesteros, Marcel Buhler, Jonas Burgert, Ed Clive, Zhivago Duncan, Martin Eder, Thomas Eller, Cecile Evans, Amir Fattal, Paul Green, Anthony James, Fiona James, Marin Majic, Jonathan Meese, Nicolas Provost, Ariel Reichman, Cornelia Renz, Emilie Trice, Pete Wheeler, Peter Wilde, Christopher Winter. Wow, that sounds like a lot… The show opens this Thursday, May 2nd 2014, at 21h at Kino International, Karl-Marx-Allee 33 (Berlin-Mitte) with a big party attached. Some artworks as a preview for you below.
Awst & Walther, Applause
Pete Wheeler, Untitled, photo: Ulf Saupe
Paul Green, weareunlikeyou: Dwayne Strike
Christopher Winter, 4th Dimensional Transition (and the Polar Bear)
Claims and Tales by Sophia Hirsch & Johannes Mundinger
Fantastical creatures, expressive faces, animals, monsters, bone men, all of these characters from the minds of young artists Sophia Hirsch and Johannes Mundinger will be shown on huge urban canvases at their upcoming double show Claims and Tales at Eichblatt Gallery (Hamburger Platz / Pistoriusstraße 100, Berlin Weißensee). Both of them received the sponsorship award by the Berliner Kunstverein with their last double exhibition. This Friday on May 2nd 2014 at 19h they are celebrating the opening of their new show of paintings which will be open until June 26, 2014. Here some impressions:
Sophia Hirsch
Johannes Mundinger
Sophia Hirsch
Johannes Mundinger
There is of course lots more going on. You can find the full program here:
