Jan 21
The gallery Andreas Binder shows an exhibition of the artist Tina Berning for the first time.
In her latest works, artist Tina Berning investigates the connections between conditioned aesthetics and individual self-determination. Captured on found paper, Tina Berning liberates what is locked inside the frozen masks of the lifestyle and consciousness industry. She creates both a subjective and critical view of the human body, its shortcomings, and its basic affinity for beauty. Her interventions expose the studied gestures which bear witness to compulsions and constraints. The drawings and collages are challenging and, at the same time, vulnerable images of familiar interpretations of people, caught in an interplay between voyeurism and exhibitionism.
Tina Berning’s figures are graceful, but they remain incomplete. Streaks of color are laid over fine outlines, bodies fall, spots and spaces overlay the transparent characters. Tina Berning applies subtle corrections to the face of the mass and thus allows an air of physical expressivity to return. For her works, Tina Berning uses paper found at flea markets and old estates. The paper brings traces of aging and transience with it. But it is not just a vehicle for the drawing. Rather, it confronts the supposed ageless norm of a high glossy projection with a lived area of existence.
Tina Berning’s exhibition ’The Listeners’ will be exposed for six weeks at Gallery Andreas Binder.
The gallery Andreas Binder is delighted to welcome you to the exhibition opening on Thursday, January 22, 2009 at 7 pm.
Gallery Andreas Binder
Knöbelstrasse 27
D-80538 München
00498921939250
Opening hours: Tue – Fri from 12 p.m. – 6.30 p.m. | Sat 11 a.m. – 3 p.m.
May 17
This book is written by Francoise Nars, who is the owner and founder of the Nars cosmetics company. Makeup artist extraordinaire, photographer and founder of Nars cosmetics also authored and shot the makeup madam’s bible; Makeup Your Mind.
This beautiful, hardback book contains over 60 images of some of the world’s most unforgettable models. Head shots show the models close up both with and without makeup. Acetate liners show exactly how the look was achieved and show how you can recreate it.
Perfect for anyone wanting to update their style, pick up some tips or just enjoy a wonderful book. Makeup Your Mind is a truly elegant guide to makeup by a real maestro.
May 15
The sculptures of Jennifer Maestre were originally inspired by the form and function of the sea urchin. The spines of the urchin, so dangerous yet beautiful, serve as an explicit warning against contact. The alluring texture of the spines draws the touch in spite of the possible consequences. The tension unveiled, we feel push and pull, desire and repulsion. The sections of pencils present aspects of sharp and smooth for two very different textural and aesthetic experiences. Paradox and surprise are integral in my choice of materials. Quantities of industrially manufactured objects are used to create flexible forms reminiscent of the organic shapes of animals and nature. Pencils are common objects, here, these anonymous objects become the structure. There is true a fragility to the sometimes brutal aspect of the sculptures, vulnerability that is belied by the fearsome texture.
To see more check her website.
www.jennifermaestre.com
Apr 28
The german artist Eno Hanze has showed that processing is not just for animation. He is translating his analogue experiences in digital work through VVVV.!
Der Wirklichkeitsschaum was programmed using VVVV, final size of 33 X 11.5 feet and was built using 288 A3 prints.
www.enohenze.de
www.vvvv.org
Apr 08
Amsterdam based designer monique goossens works in a variety of mediums, but she has a particular interest in ceramics. her work is playful, almost artistic in nature, exploring the conventions of the medium with humour and skill.
Mar 31
During the month of April, Colette in Paris will be featuring Pottok products in their store. If you want to buy some go check it out. They will be taking orders for the entire month and then shipping directly to the store at the end of April. Pottok wallpapers are proudly offering artist prints and patterns to fans and designers. These are hand silk-screened in Los Angeles and use only recyclable paper and water-based inks, no varsols are used in any part of the printing process.
www.pottokprints.com
colette.fr
Mar 06
Battle of the Deep - 45” x 35” - “From the Depths”, California Academy of Sciences, 2007
Tiffany Bozic has spent the majority of her life living with and observing the intricacies of nature. Having grown up on a farm in Arkansas, she was inspired by the natural world at an early age. Blending her external observations with the internal world has led her to refine a distinct style. Her work often incorporates richly pigmented acrylic paint on solid maple wood panels.
BLK/MRKT Gallery - Los Angeles, 2006
www.tiffanybozic.net
Mar 04
I Want to Believe is an exhibition to date of the innovative body of work by Chinese-born artist Cai Guo-Qiang—best known for his spectacular artworks using gunpowder. It presents a chronological and thematic survey that charts the artist’s creation of a distinctive visual and conceptual language across four mediums: drawings made from gunpowder fuses and explosive powders laid on paper and ignited; explosion events, documented by videos, photographs, and preparatory drawings; large-scale installations; and social projects, wherein the artist works with local communities to create an art event or exhibitions site, documented by photographs.
Head On, 2006 - Installation. First realized August 2006 at Deutsche Guggenheim, Berlin, for the exhibition Cai Guo-Qiang: Head On. 99 life-sized replicas of wolves and glass wall; wolves: papier-máché, plaster, fiberglass, resin, and painted hide; dimensions variable. Deutsche Bank Collection, commissioned by Deutsche Bank AG.
Installation view at Deutsche Guggenheim, Berlin, 2006. Photo: Hiro Ihara, courtesy Cai Studio
www.guggenheim.org
Feb 09
He was born in 1938 in New York City. Peter Beard kept diaries at an early age. He took his first pictures at twelve and photography quickly evolved into an extension of his diaries, as a way to preserve and remember vacations and favorite things. In 1957 he entered Yale University as a pre-medical student, but perceiving humans as the main disease soon switched to art history, studying under Vincent Scully, Joseph Albers, and Richard Lindner.
In addition to creating original artwork, Beard has befriended and collaborated on projects with many artists including Andy Warhol, Andrew Wyeth, Richard Lindner, Terry Southern, Truman Capote, and Francis Bacon.
www.peterbeard.com
