All day finissage. Curator guided tour. Catalogue launch. Access to the permanent private collection. People unceasingly coming and going. Some in their Sunday best, some casual. Part of Gallery Weekend 2015 in Berlin. I shall draw here about some of the works in the show, the space and the people, the guided tour, the catalogue launch, the private collection.
Partner in this reportage: Salon Dahlmann
1. Works
Bernd Lohaus, Untitled, 1974, Adhesive Tape:
Ceal Floyer, Garbage bag, 1996, Black plastic garbage bag, air, twist tie:
Anri Sala, Who’s afraid of Red, Yellow, and Green, 2008, Video on monitor, colour, stereo:
Katinka Bock, United(Winter), 2015, Cords, various dimensions:
Katinka Bock, L’avenue de la République, 2015, Bronz, steel:
Francis Alÿs, Retoque/Painting, 2008, Video, colour, sound, 8:30min
Gabriel Kuri, Untitled H4, 2011, Paper, fabric, mdf-board:
Mikko Kuorinki, Kashkul Beggars Bowl Purchased from eBay, 2013, Styrofoam box, brass bowl, bubble wrapping
Rosa Barba, Focus Puller, 2013, 16mm film, modofoed, projector, glass plates:
Bernd Lohaus, Untitled 1977, Wood:
Ceal Floyer, Welcome, 2011, Ready-made welcome mat:
2. Private Collection
Converted living space. A question someone asked, while just entering:
Story-within-story: on the table, a book with an old image showing the now forgotten Huttgarderobe, a Belle Epoque facility not uncommon in Berlin:
3. People and space
Child and adult, sitting down for a video:
Someone made a ghost’s head out of a bubble gum:
Other carried a hula hoop on backpack:
One work was so discretely placed, truly minimalist:
4. Guided tour/Kuratorenführung:
5. Catalogue launch
