graphic detour
15. 12. 2011 - 03. 02. 2012
Graphic Detour at Direktorenhaus
Opening: 15/12/11
lecture by guest-curator Erik Kessels at 6:15pm
Exhibition: 16/12/11-03/02/12
From 16 December 2011 till 03 February 2012 Graphic Detour will be on display in the Direktorenhaus in Berlin.
Design is not what it used to be. The time when art and design was still about ink on your fingers and individual skills seems to be far behind us. Current techniques have made these professions more transparent and accessible. This means that a lack of professional knowledge is no longer a problem; a lack of good ideas however, is.
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Erik Mark Sandberg - Down By The River
Erik Mark Sandberg - Down By The River
15.12.11 - 27.3.12
Down By The River is the second Berlin solo exhibition by LA based artist Erik Mark Sandberg. Since graduating with distinction from Art Center College of Design in Pasadena in 2002, Sandberg has been in over 50 group exhibitions throughout all corners of the globe, including International Art Fairs in Cologne, Spain, Seoul, London, Helsinki, and Miami, and has held solo exhibitions in New York, Barcelona, Berlin, Australia, and Pasadena.
Drawing from contemporary consumer culture and its psychological effects on those most susceptible to the relentless bombardment of mass marketing - the young – Sandberg’s paintings, and sculptures create an uncanny portrait gallery of hairy adolescents.
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SPINET- AN EXPERIMENT ON TOTAL ART WORK
BY BIRGIT RAMSAUER
15.12.2011
The conceptual visual artist Birgit Ramsauer, creator of Spinet, joined by
a group of more than 15 collaborating international artists try to shed light on the question “What is Total art work (Gesamtkunstwerk) in the 21stcentury?” with panel discussions and performance of works associated with the project.
The project is concieved as a piece of Total art work itself:
a multidisciplinary event originating from and refering to the „spinet“, a historical keyboard instrument from the 16th century belonging to the harpsicord family. At the same time, it is a symposium on Total art work.
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