"NOLA PEARLS"
"NOLA PEARLS"
11.3 – 10.4.2011
Opening/ Vernissage: 8th March 2011 at 20:00
Raúl De Nieves
Erik Kiesewetter
Rachel DeTrinis
Aubrey Edwards
Just in time for the heyday of Mardi Gras in New Orleans, the southern big-city-carnival also finds its way into the Direktorenhaus: Young American artists bring the culture from New Orleans (NoLa) to Berlin. According to the southern metropolis, the works are colorful, flashy and over all full of the joys of life!
For one month, Direktorenhaus shows a cross section of exciting contemporary works on the topic of New Orleans. In this city, being entwined by legends, whose various cultural influences always have inspired artists of different genres, an especially lively art scene has emerged during the last years. The group exhibition shows how the present New Orleans’ culture is appealing to a new generation of artists. Combining modern influences with traditional elements, the exhibits reflect the colorful, multilayer and sometimes even contradictory face of this city. At Direktorenhaus, New Orleans will be represented by 4 different artists:
Raúl De Nieves, a Mexican artist living in Brooklyn, is an ardent visitor of Mardi Gras carnival in New Orleans and tries to capture this fascination in his works. He’s creating singular sculptures, completely made of Mardi Gras pearl necklaces. The result: dazzling explosions of colors.
Erik Kiesewetter, curator, creative net worker and graphic designer, will present an interactive poster machine: With the traditional Mardi Gras colors purple, yellow and green, he prints posters enriching the communicative festivity of Mardi Gras by involving the visitors in this process.
Aubrey Edwards, a photographer from New Orleans, and music writer Alison Fensterstock will show an extraction of the exhibition „Where They At“. This room installation is a homage to the New Orleans bounce scene presenting its protagonists, likeable and rude at the same time. As a new variation of Hip Hop born in the clubs of New Orleans, bounce music can be considered the heartbeat of the city.
Rachel DeTrinis stands for the traditional arts and crafts being deep-rooted in New Orleans. Her sensitive installations made of yarn and tissue are a modern approach to the past of her southern hometown.
Furthermore, the works of the winners in the design competition "Southern Comfort Creative Exchange" will be exhibited.
