Robert Grunenberg Berlin

06/07/2021

Vibes 🥂🎪🌷 from the opening day of Sonja Yakovleva @sonja_yakovleva Show „Good Vibrations“ with @soytisuma @anetakajzer @robertgrunenberg

Come visit Sonja’s first solo exhibition at the gallery from Wednesday - Saturday 12 - 8 pm. Running through 31 July 2021.

Vibes 🥂🎪🌷 from the opening day of Sonja Yakovleva @sonja_yakovleva Show „Good Vibrations“ with @soytisuma @anetakajzer @robertgrunenberg

Come visit Sonja’s first solo exhibition at the gallery from Wednesday - Saturday 12 - 8 pm. Running through 31 July 2021.

12/06/2021

We congratulate Nadia Perlov @nadiaperlov for being part of the group exhibition “Omanut - Kunst heute“, opening tomorrow 13 June 2021 at Städtische Galerie im Park Viersen.

“In the show, the Städtische Galerie im Park Viersen presents contemporary artists who work with miscallaneous techniques and were born in different generations in Israel or Germany. The exhibition “Omanut - Kunst heute” gives an insight into the diverse and lively Jewish cultural scene in Germany.”

Text: Städtische Galerie im Park Viersen

Image: Nadia Perlov, Party City, 2020
fabric, paper, wood, plexiglas
105 x 76 x 6 cm
Photo by Roman März

We congratulate Nadia Perlov @nadiaperlov for being part of the group exhibition “Omanut - Kunst heute“, opening tomorrow 13 June 2021 at Städtische Galerie im Park Viersen.

“In the show, the Städtische Galerie im Park Viersen presents contemporary artists who work with miscallaneous techniques and were born in different generations in Israel or Germany. The exhibition “Omanut - Kunst heute” gives an insight into the diverse and lively Jewish cultural scene in Germany.”

Text: Städtische Galerie im Park Viersen

Image: Nadia Perlov, Party City, 2020
fabric, paper, wood, plexiglas
105 x 76 x 6 cm
Photo by Roman März

04/06/2021

HAVE A NICE WEEKEND 🤍

Read what Sonja Yakovleva @sonja_yakovleva says about her work „Have a Nice Weekend“, which is part of her current solo show at the gallery:

„Particularly, male recipients like the work ’Have a Good Weekend‘. This is probably because it has a kind of surprise effect. During the last year I mixed many dominant female figures with p**nographic content in my images, which is why I have the impression that I am pushed into a pigeonhole with the label: "Radical feminist, men should be tortured and abolished, puts „kinky" in her Tinder profile." I will continue to be interested in images in which women are depicted in an active and dominant role, but that is not what our entire world is made of, and I am not interested in drawing a one-sided image of women, where there is also no seeming reproduction of existing social roles. In ’Have a Good Weekend’ the man and his desire are placed in the center of attention. It is about talking publicly about it and that some men are ashamed of certain erogenous zones of their body and cannot live out their desire because of their own judgments and fears. In my opinion, this always happens when the boundaries of masculine identity become blurred during s*x. But since the weekend in our society is often a period in which we cross our boundaries and dare new experiments, I wish my male colleagues a good weekend and courage to experiment.“

ON VIEW NOW: Good Vibrations by Sonja Yakovleva @sonja_yakovleva, running through 31 July.

Image: Have a Nice Weekend, 2021,
Paper cut, 29 x 39 cm

HAVE A NICE WEEKEND 🤍

Read what Sonja Yakovleva @sonja_yakovleva says about her work „Have a Nice Weekend“, which is part of her current solo show at the gallery:

„Particularly, male recipients like the work ’Have a Good Weekend‘. This is probably because it has a kind of surprise effect. During the last year I mixed many dominant female figures with p**nographic content in my images, which is why I have the impression that I am pushed into a pigeonhole with the label: "Radical feminist, men should be tortured and abolished, puts „kinky" in her Tinder profile." I will continue to be interested in images in which women are depicted in an active and dominant role, but that is not what our entire world is made of, and I am not interested in drawing a one-sided image of women, where there is also no seeming reproduction of existing social roles. In ’Have a Good Weekend’ the man and his desire are placed in the center of attention. It is about talking publicly about it and that some men are ashamed of certain erogenous zones of their body and cannot live out their desire because of their own judgments and fears. In my opinion, this always happens when the boundaries of masculine identity become blurred during s*x. But since the weekend in our society is often a period in which we cross our boundaries and dare new experiments, I wish my male colleagues a good weekend and courage to experiment.“

ON VIEW NOW: Good Vibrations by Sonja Yakovleva @sonja_yakovleva, running through 31 July.

Image: Have a Nice Weekend, 2021,
Paper cut, 29 x 39 cm

01/06/2021

OPEN NOW: Good Vibrations by Sonja Yakovleva @sonja_yakovleva, running through 31 July 2021.

The show is open Wednesday - Saturday 12 - 6 PM. Please provide a same-day negative COVID-19 test when you visit.

Good Vibrations is Sonja Yakovleva's first solo exhibition at the gallery and, as such, it brings with it the full energy of her artistic practice and her unmistakable technique of paper cuttings with striking motives. The show features Sonja's ten brand new paper cuttings, which come in different formats and tackle various themes, in a site-specific installation.

"At first glance, Sonja Yakovleva’s elaborate paper-cut compositions seem easy to decipher: the hyper-s*xualized physical depictions employ visual strategies recognizable from the worlds of p**n, pop culture and advertising. But the self-confident, lust-thirsty poses of the women depicted – a central element in most of Yakovleva’s work – confound the viewer, jar somewhat.“

Text: Sonja Maria Borstner @sxxmxxb

Images: Sonja Yakovleva, Good Vibrations, Installation views, 2021 © Roman März

25/05/2021

NOW ON VIEW: Good Vibrations, Sonja Yakovleva’s @sonja_yakovleva first solo show at the gallery, runs through 31 July 2021.

The exhibition is open Wednesday - Saturday, 12 - 6 PM. Please bring with you a same-day negative COVID-19 test upon your visit.

«Good Vibrations brings together dense visual narratives of intimate s*xual encounters.
Yakovleva’s images at once arouse feelings of voyeurism and shame – something burned into the collective (female) memory. The unusual thing about Yakovleva’s work is not that women are depicted in a state of nakedness, but how this nudity is conspicuously presented in public. Social conventions have taught us that s*x and nakedness are personal, private matters, things primarily associated with individual needs. In Good Vibrations, however, the idea that s*x also has a societal component is up for discussion. Yakovleva’s pictorial landscapes are a radical attempt to place femininity at the center of the viewer’s attention and, by consciously exaggerating it, create a space in which the knowledge of and regard for female s*xuality can be redefined.»

Text by Sonja Maria Borstner @sxxmxxb

Image: Sonja Yakovleva, Pornokino, 2021, Paper cut, 220 x 500 cm
© Roman März

14/05/2021

🔜 Good Vibrations by Sonja Yakovleva, 21 May until 31 July 2021

We are excited to announce our upcoming exhibition: "Good Vibrations" is Sonja Yakovleva's first solo exhibition at the gallery and, as such, it brings with it the full energy of her artistic practices and her unmistakable technique of paper cuts with striking motives. The show features Sonja's ten brand new paper cuts in a setting that has been specifically conceived for a first-hand experience.

As we are hopefully seeing the light at the end the tunnel and things are slowly coming back to normal, I am beyond happy to greet soon again at the gallery in person for this powerful immersive new show.

See you soon 🎪

09/05/2021

"Keine Zeit zum Baden“

We are saluting Jan Zöller @janzoellerr for his solo exhibition at Städtische Galerie Ostfildern @staedtischegalerieostfildern, Southern Germany. We can’t wait to visit Jan’s show in real life.

The exhibition features different paintings from his Badebrunnen theme, loaned from private and public collections along a few new large-size “Badebrunnen paintings, set up with a site specific installation, consisting of sculptural objects and a video-installation.

The exhibition is running til 21 September 2021. Due to the current situation it is unfortunately not open to the public until further notice.

© Studio Jan Zöller, Jürgen Bubeck

Thank you for everyone who helped realizing the show.

26/04/2021

Vibes: 💥⚠️ Today three years ago we opened the doors of the gallery 🌴 What a stunning journey: we organized 20 exhibitions with more than 75 artists, published books, hosted artist talks, performances and had many beautiful openings and studio visits. Thank you ♥️

As we all face an uncertain near future due to the pandemic, we are not yet sure, when to open the gallery to the public again. You can still visit by appointment and bring a negativ covid-19 test.

Nevertheless we look forward to present three more shows at the gallery this year, circle in your calendar:

Sonja Yakovleva (May- July)
@sonja_yakovleva

Jan Zöller (Sep - Oct)
@janzoellerrr

Brandon Lipchik (Nov - Dec)
@brandonlipchikstudio

Stay tuned 🌈

Images: Bastian Thiery, Mafalda Rakos, Robert Grunenberg

08/03/2021

Last night I spoke to @sonja_yakovleva on the phone about todays #womensday. We decided to donate 100% of the next sales of her framed editions „Pool Party“ and „We Are Family" to "Lilith - Wohnen für Frauen“ a place where women in precarious situations, homeless and with a special need for support will find a shelter that offers protection, tranquility, intensive advice and support. In the transitional house, women come to rest and develop new life prospects. You will receive support in coping with experiences of violence, social and psychological problems. The last time I travelled to Frankfurt I visited Sonja at the Lilith, where she was doing a night shift. I stayed outside and we talked for about one hour through the window. We chatted and she shared with me that she worked here now for six years and has realized an exhibition project with artist Emilia Neumann an⁣d women, who stayed at the Lilith.

Pool Party, 2020⁣
Framed edition by Sonja Yakovleva⁣
Laser paper cut on solid bleached board 300g/m2⁣ 80 x 60 cm⁣. Edition of 50 plus 5 artist’s proofs⁣. 83 x 63 cm framed with glass⁣
450,00€ + shipping

Framed edition by Sonja Yakovleva
We Are Family, 2020
Laser-cut paper, 300g/m2
80 x 60 cm
Edition of 50 plus 5 artist's proofs
83 x 63 cm, framed with glass
450,00€ + shipping

Sonja Yakovleva’s work questions the ideology behind material value and social inequality. Located on the boundary between art and handicraft, she shows paper cuttings, gouaches, installations, vides and performance of alternative realities that often depict female protagonists. For Yakovleva it is the moments of absence amid those of total visibility that raise questions of power, representation and imagery. Her work incorporates the impossible places, silent instants, untold stories and artistic practices that are rejected by the patriarchal system of high culture. Yakovleva stresses that her choice of material is considered more feminine than it should be – in reality it is rare that a handcraft is dominated by women. Yet in terms of content her work is full of revealing observations of patriarchal structures and heteronormative power relations.

26/02/2021

NOW ON: Nadia Perlov (@nadiaperlov) has opened “Floor Plan Bling Bling“, her first solo show at Robert Grunenberg - on view through April 3, 2021.

The exhibition features Nadia’s sculptural ladders, constructed out of patchwork textile screens embellished with insect origami made from architectural floor plans. One long snake dissects the room diagonally, forcing the viewer to navigate the “gamified” territory of the gallery.

“With her native Israel as her recurring case study, the artist draws on her background in choreography and dance notation to materialize multi-layered research about contested space-making practices in the Palestinian-Israeli region, past and present. Just as the sociopolitical dimensions of these practices are broadly overlooked by a general local public, Perlov’s artworks cloak themselves in a clownish design aesthetic to appear as seemingly playful, innocent, or decorative. This interpretive openness invites the viewer to reconsider how meaning is created in and through the aesthetics of architecture, land zoning tactics, borders, and infrastructure, particularly in the normalization of political occupation and racial/religious segregation through urban planning and design.“ (Jeppe Ugelvig)

To schedule a virtual tour of the show or for any additional information, please do not hesitate to get in touch.

25/02/2021

I am excited to announce Floor Plan Bling Bling, Nadia Perlov’s (@nadiaperlov) first solo show at the gallery, running through April 3, 2021, while comfortably sitting on Nadia’s “Untitled”, 2021 🐍.

In spite of the difficult situation we all find ourselves in, art is as urgent as never before.

About one year ago…

Frankfurt, February 2020. Like every year, I went to the graduation show at Städelschule, the Art Academy of Fine Arts. It was the first time I saw Nadia Perlov’s work, who studied here in Frankfurt in the class of Judith Hopf. My father, who often joins me at the Rundgang, and I entered Nadia's studio.

I remember a pleasant scent that filled the air and was part of her graduation presentation. I looked at her wall objects with fascination and wonder, as I had never seen anything like it. So playful and full of fantasy. That colorful facet sparked my interest, so I immediately texted Nadia on Instagram to set up a studio visit.

It didn’t take long until our first meeting, where I began to understand where Nadia’s work comes from. Her practice concerns itself with the spatial politics of occupation and colonization, which she explores through multi-layered and allegorical narratives that employ humor and design tactics. Nadia draws on her background in choreography and dance notation to materialize diverse research about contested space-making practices in the Palestinian-Israeli region, both past and present. Her work shows a different angle, many perspectives and unexpected, seemingly innocent expressions of a complex geopolitical conflict.

I invite you to discover Nadia’s first solo show with us. As the world is undergoing a lockdown and most art venues remain closed, dialogues have shifted to the virtual realm.

However, we decided to keep on setting up exhibitions at the gallery, even if it remains unclear when we will be able to open our doors to the public again. We just do it, and we are excited to present Nadia Perlov’s show next to the exhibition by Estonian artist Jaanus Samma (@jaanus_samma).

To schedule a virtual tour of the show or for any additional information, please do not hesitate to get in touch.

I am excited to announce Floor Plan Bling Bling, Nadia Perlov’s (@nadiaperlov) first solo show at the gallery, running through April 3, 2021, while comfortably sitting on Nadia’s “Untitled”, 2021 🐍.

In spite of the difficult situation we all find ourselves in, art is as urgent as never before.

About one year ago…

Frankfurt, February 2020. Like every year, I went to the graduation show at Städelschule, the Art Academy of Fine Arts. It was the first time I saw Nadia Perlov’s work, who studied here in Frankfurt in the class of Judith Hopf. My father, who often joins me at the Rundgang, and I entered Nadia's studio.

I remember a pleasant scent that filled the air and was part of her graduation presentation. I looked at her wall objects with fascination and wonder, as I had never seen anything like it. So playful and full of fantasy. That colorful facet sparked my interest, so I immediately texted Nadia on Instagram to set up a studio visit.

It didn’t take long until our first meeting, where I began to understand where Nadia’s work comes from. Her practice concerns itself with the spatial politics of occupation and colonization, which she explores through multi-layered and allegorical narratives that employ humor and design tactics. Nadia draws on her background in choreography and dance notation to materialize diverse research about contested space-making practices in the Palestinian-Israeli region, both past and present. Her work shows a different angle, many perspectives and unexpected, seemingly innocent expressions of a complex geopolitical conflict.

I invite you to discover Nadia’s first solo show with us. As the world is undergoing a lockdown and most art venues remain closed, dialogues have shifted to the virtual realm.

However, we decided to keep on setting up exhibitions at the gallery, even if it remains unclear when we will be able to open our doors to the public again. We just do it, and we are excited to present Nadia Perlov’s show next to the exhibition by Estonian artist Jaanus Samma (@jaanus_samma).

To schedule a virtual tour of the show or for any additional information, please do not hesitate to get in touch.