Berlin Masters Foundation

16/11/2021

Berlin Masters 2018 participant @menschmarta's solo exhibition at @kanyakage, entitled KRAFT LIEBE HOFFNUNG, was a welcome early highlight of 2021.⁠
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KRAFT LIEBE HOFFNUNG (Power Love Hope) is a interplay of what Marta Vovk calls "trivial culture," presented in a contemporary art context. Vovk's work combines painting and installation, where the artist utilizes new dimensional shapes in wood in lieu of traditional canvas to create images in which pop cultural elements go hand in hand with existential questions of the modern self. The result is an associative interplay between banality and pathos.⁠⁠
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12/11/2021

Artist Highlight: Johanna Dumet⁠
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The French artist @johanna_dumet's latest exhibition at @office_impart sees the artist stepping away from the large-scale, opulently filled scenes of tables that she built her name from. She is now turning to the opposite: the artist focuses on colors, which she places adjacently in such a manner that surfaces emerge from them, the horse or riding camel as historically significant subjects occurring as negative space. - From the show text by Laura Helena Wurth⁠
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Images courtesy of @office_impart⁠
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09/11/2021

Visit our website for the latest updates regarding Berlin Masters Foundation and our upcoming events. Learn more about our Open Call, the Advisory Committee, our previous participants, and much more.⁠
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Photos: @marcelinawellmer⁠
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08/11/2021

Artist Highlight: Isabella Fürnkäs⁠
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@isabellafuernkaes's practice can be described as open, gender-fluid, sensitive yet powerful, and nationless. Her work deals with questions of bodily intimacy, digital relationality and the fragility of societal communication structures. By manipulating the view, Fürnkäs creates contextual shifts that echo our own vulnerabilities. ⁠
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Photos: @marcelinawellmer⁠
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05/11/2021

Looking Back: Hannah Sophie Dunkelberg⁠'s⁠
"L’Esprit Nouveau⁠" at the Kunstraum Potsdam⁠
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"Hannah Sophie Dunkelberg's art embodies a certain what-if thinking that takes the question as an attitude. What if a painting were a sculpture? And vice versa? Or what if vaguely modernist and digital forms met in a mix of styles that knocked both off their pedestals? Tactically, Dunkelberg's material process seems guided by what-if questions, particularly in the idiosyncratic sequence of steps she devised to produce her wall reliefs." - Camila McHugh⁠
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Images courtesy of @kunstraumpotsdam⁠
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03/11/2021

Artist Highlight: Jakub Kubica (@jakub_kubica248)⁠
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Kubica explores the deconstruction and rearrangement of the present moment's shifting polarities. The artist's synthesis of of objects of natural origin with technical or digital matter is one of the most distinguishing features within his sculptural work. He is also known as a musician and graphic artist, operating with modular synths with the same level of observation, playfulness, sketching, isolation, production, and presentation.⁠
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Photos: @marcelinawellmer⁠
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02/11/2021

2018 #TOYBerlinMastersAward winner @andifishfish presented a work as part of the latest group exhibition at @bcma_berlin, entitled "Wie bereits eingangs erwähnt ..” A decidedly large leap away from his current painting work that plays with art history, Fischer's 2014 work here engages with found tool like objects, altered beyond any true recognizable functionality. ⁠
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#AndiFischer⁠
Untitled, 2014⁠
Metal, wood⁠
Dimensions Variable⁠
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#BerlinMastersFoundation #BerlinMasters2018 #BMF2018

2018 #TOYBerlinMastersAward winner @andifishfish presented a work as part of the latest group exhibition at @bcma_berlin, entitled "Wie bereits eingangs erwähnt ..” A decidedly large leap away from his current painting work that plays with art history, Fischer's 2014 work here engages with found tool like objects, altered beyond any true recognizable functionality. ⁠
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#AndiFischer⁠
Untitled, 2014⁠
Metal, wood⁠
Dimensions Variable⁠
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#BerlinMastersFoundation #BerlinMasters2018 #BMF2018

01/11/2021

Artist Highlight: Michal Martychowiec (@mmartychowiec)⁠
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@mmartychowiec creates conceptual series of mixed media installations and environments. This practice is designed in large series, developed hermaneutically around expanded topics such as the conditions of human existence, history, invention, and occasionally comical recompositions of of cultural symbols and archetypes. ⁠
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Photos: @marcelinawellmer⁠
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29/10/2021

Artist Highlight: Lena Marie Emrich⁠⁠

Our 2020 #TOYBerlinMastersAward winner @lenamemrich's latest offering is part of a series at @office_impart featuring work by her as well as works by @johanna_dumet and @hannahsophiedunkelberg.⁠⁠
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Writer Emily McDermott describes the show as "Emrich pointing toward micro-pauses experienced in everyday liquid life -- micro-pauses that are forced while the water keeps flowing, making manifest the seconds between here and there, between now and then." Emrich's combination of engraved text into familiar glass structures such as car windows render the objects on the walls "transformed into chameleonic, open-ended forms, ready to adapt to our own projections."⁠⁠

Images ⁠⁠courtesy of the artist and @office_impart. The exhibition ends today, October 29th, 2021.

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28/10/2021

These two works by 2017 #BerlinMastersSchliemannResidency winner @p.hutchinson went on display this past month as part of the @sieshoeke booth programming at @artbasel. Paul Hutchinson continues to explore the overlap of poetic natures of word play and photograph, generating images that are contemplative and mesmerizing.⁠⁠
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Image 1:⁠⁠
#PaulHutchinson⁠⁠
glare, 2021⁠⁠
Inkjet print⁠⁠
195 x 130 cm⁠⁠
197,4 x 132,4 cm (framed)⁠⁠
Edition: 1 + 1 AP⁠⁠
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Image 2:⁠⁠
no matter how dark the night, 2021⁠⁠
Silkscreen⁠⁠
76,2 x 50,8 cm⁠⁠
79 x 53,3 cm (framed)⁠⁠
Edition: 5 + 3 AP⁠⁠
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Photos: Simon Vogel⁠⁠
Courtesy: the artist and Sies + Höke, Düsseldorf⁠⁠
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27/10/2021

This month's exhibition at @bcma_berlin, entitled "Wie bereits eingangs erwähnt ..” featured this early, large scale sculptural work by 2017 Berlin Masters participant @paris_giachoustidis. This early work sees the artist first explorations away from canvas into sculpture before reaching their now painterly motifs of surrealism and modern absurdities.⁠⁠
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#ParisGiachoustidis⁠⁠
F.U.G. 1 (wirklich), 2016⁠⁠
Mixed Media⁠⁠
250 cm high⁠⁠
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26/10/2021

This year's @artbasel featured two previous winners of the #BerlinMastersSchliemannResidency and the #TOYBerlinMastersAward at the @sieshoeke booth. Works by @p.hutchinson and @andifishfish made an appearance at the famous art fair, both representative examples of their photographic or painterly compositions, respectively.⁠⁠
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Art Basel, 2021⁠⁠
Booth Sies + Höke, Düsseldorf⁠⁠
Photos: Nina Weimer⁠⁠
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21/10/2021

This year's Berlin Masters exhibition was mentioned in several publications, including @faz, @monopolmagazin, and @tipberlin. Our exhibition was one of the biggest to date, and was one of the more notable exhibitions during this past month's Berlin Art Week.

Photo: @marcelinawellmer

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18/10/2021

Artist Highlight: Isaac Chong Wai⁠⁠
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Isaac Chong Wai is a Berlin-based artist from Hong Kong, with an MFA in Public Art and New Artistic Strategies from the Bauhaus-Universität in Weimar, Germany, and a BA in Visual Arts from the Academy of Visual Arts at the Hong Kong Baptist University. He works with diverse media, including performance, site-specific installation, public art, video, photography and multimedia. He engages themes of collectivism and individualism, politics of time and space, border, migration, war, militarism, racism, identity politics, LGBTQ, public sphere and human rights. ⁠⁠
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16/10/2021

Artist Highlight: Julius von Bismarck (@juliusvonbismarck)⁠⁠
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A graduate of the UdK (University of Arts) Berlin and the Institute for Spatial Experiments funded by Olafur Eliasson, Julius von Bismarck was one of the very first to participate in the inaugural Berlin Masters exhibition in 2013.⁠⁠
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Julius von Bismarck is a multi-media artist using everything from photography and video to installation and performance. Associating visual arts to other fields of research and experimentation, such as physical and social sciences, his artistic practice can take on various forms – from installations to happenings, from sculpture to Land Art. It is defined by an in-depth and complex exploration of the phenomena of perception, or the representation and reconstruction of reality. His expansive installation this year at @wilhelmhallen, entitled "Fire with Fire" marked his place as one of Berlin's most established artists.⁠⁠

Photo: @marcelinawellmer
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Artist Highlight: Julius von Bismarck (@juliusvonbismarck)⁠⁠
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A graduate of the UdK (University of Arts) Berlin and the Institute for Spatial Experiments funded by Olafur Eliasson, Julius von Bismarck was one of the very first to participate in the inaugural Berlin Masters exhibition in 2013.⁠⁠
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Julius von Bismarck is a multi-media artist using everything from photography and video to installation and performance. Associating visual arts to other fields of research and experimentation, such as physical and social sciences, his artistic practice can take on various forms – from installations to happenings, from sculpture to Land Art. It is defined by an in-depth and complex exploration of the phenomena of perception, or the representation and reconstruction of reality. His expansive installation this year at @wilhelmhallen, entitled "Fire with Fire" marked his place as one of Berlin's most established artists.⁠⁠

Photo: @marcelinawellmer
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#BerlinMastersFoundation

15/10/2021

Artist Highlight: Andrea Karch (@afkarch)⁠⁠
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Andrea Karch is a visual artist and designer who participated in the 2018 Berlin Masters exhibition. From 2012 to 2014 she worked on an interview project in Cairo, Egypt which marked the beginning of her continuous investigation of media and network culture. Her video work, "Radical Youth," has been exhibited at the 4th Istanbul Design Biennial, the 7th Poppositions Art Fair in Brussels, at S.M.A.K Ghent and ultimately at the Berlin Masters annual exhibition in 2018.⁠⁠
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13/10/2021

Artist Highlight: Jonas Brinker⁠⁠
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Previously shown at the Frankfurter Kunstverein, @jonas.brinker's film follows a domesticated wolf who lives in a private household in Lower Saxony. ⁠⁠
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"Along with other wolves, he is trained to work in films—to react to simple commands, to stand still, and to pose. Jonas Brinker observes the behavior of domesticated creatures in this artificial setting and chronicles how the natural and the staged are mutually dependent.... Jonas Brinker’s video work builds on these connotations and shows the moment in which the animal becomes an image. In front of a green screen, the wolf does its circuits and repeatedly stands on an artificial stone to look into the distance. The animal was trained to behave in conditioned motion sequences according to human commands. But the animal’s gaze and posture allow the controversial tension one can sense within the creature to show through." - Franziska Nori, Dennis Brzek⁠⁠

Photo: @marcelinawellmer
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Artist Highlight: Jonas Brinker⁠⁠
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Previously shown at the Frankfurter Kunstverein, @jonas.brinker's film follows a domesticated wolf who lives in a private household in Lower Saxony. ⁠⁠
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"Along with other wolves, he is trained to work in films—to react to simple commands, to stand still, and to pose. Jonas Brinker observes the behavior of domesticated creatures in this artificial setting and chronicles how the natural and the staged are mutually dependent.... Jonas Brinker’s video work builds on these connotations and shows the moment in which the animal becomes an image. In front of a green screen, the wolf does its circuits and repeatedly stands on an artificial stone to look into the distance. The animal was trained to behave in conditioned motion sequences according to human commands. But the animal’s gaze and posture allow the controversial tension one can sense within the creature to show through." - Franziska Nori, Dennis Brzek⁠⁠

Photo: @marcelinawellmer
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#BerlinMastersFoundation #BerlinMasters2021 #BMF2021

12/10/2021

Berlin Masters 2017 participant @paris_giachoustidis will present this work, "Golden eternity," at the KIAF ART Seoul Artfair today until October 17th. Giachoustidis and fellow artist Rusudan Khizanishvili will be represented by @kornfeldgalerie. ⁠⁠
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#ParisGiachoustidis⁠⁠
Golden eternity, 2021⁠⁠
Acrylic paint on paper⁠⁠
102 x 102,6 cm⁠⁠
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#BerlinMastersFoundation #BerlinMasters2017 #BMF2017

Berlin Masters 2017 participant @paris_giachoustidis will present this work, "Golden eternity," at the KIAF ART Seoul Artfair today until October 17th. Giachoustidis and fellow artist Rusudan Khizanishvili will be represented by @kornfeldgalerie. ⁠⁠
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#ParisGiachoustidis⁠⁠
Golden eternity, 2021⁠⁠
Acrylic paint on paper⁠⁠
102 x 102,6 cm⁠⁠
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#BerlinMastersFoundation #BerlinMasters2017 #BMF2017

09/10/2021

2019 #TOYBerlinMastersAward winner @bianca.kennedy and her collaborators @swan.collective will present a new video work today as part of an 8-week, global exhibition sponsored by @Porsche, @koeniggalerie, and misa.art. ⁠⁠
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Porsche has partnered with König to present the best in coming digital art by presenting them on digital billboards across 5 major cities, turning digital advertising spaces across the globe into a worldwide exhibition.⁠⁠
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The outdoor exhibition will be accompanied by a König X Porsche Content Hub on misa.art, which will​ include artist features, background stories, plus new ways of experiencing and collecting the artworks digitally. ​Anyone can purchase the NFTs right off the street via misa.art, propelling the artists‘ eminence and creating a new generation of art collectors.⁠⁠
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Artists: @AndyPicci | Auriea Harvey (@auriea.harvey.studio) | @BanzBowinkel | Ben Elliot (@elliot.ben) | @JohnYuyi | @JonBurgerman | @JonasLund | 𝘬𝘦𝘯𝘯𝘦𝘥𝘺+𝘴𝘸𝘢𝘯 (@bianca.kennedy @swan.collective) | @ManuelRossner | @NicoleRuggiero | Junuwana⁠⁠
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Visit misa.art/gg to follow the countdown and to learn more about Global Gallery presented by Porsche and curated by @koeniggalerie⁠⁠
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#KönigxPorsche #PorscheGlobalGallery #königgalerie #misaart #misaartmarket #DreamersOn #AAA #A3 #ArndtArtAgency

08/10/2021

Looking Back: The Berlin Masters 2020 Exhibition⁠⁠
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The 2020 @berlinmastersfoundation exhibition came during a tumultuous time for the arts. Here in Berlin, we witnessed 11 artists engage with our collective global paradigm shift across a variety of mediums over the summer. In 2021, we are excited to see 10 new artists from across Berlin's multifaceted creative community, alongside curator @philpp_bollmann, share their works to the public.⁠ Watch the video series now via the @berlinmastersfoundation IGTV channel.⁠⁠
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Photos: Serge Garcia⁠⁠
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07/10/2021

The Berlin Masters 09 Edition: Available while supplies last!⁠⁠
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A few copies remain of our N.09 Edition, a newspaper published in conjunction with our annual exhibition. The newspaper highlights the works of the previous year while introducing the participants of the current year, along with interviews with Advisory Board members and more. This year's Edition was created by Berlin Masters programming director @annalena_amthor and printed by @doublestandardsagency. ⁠⁠
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Photography: @marcelinawellmer⁠⁠
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#BerlinMastersFoundation #BerlinMasters2021 #BMF2021

The Berlin Masters 09 Edition: Available while supplies last!⁠⁠
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A few copies remain of our N.09 Edition, a newspaper published in conjunction with our annual exhibition. The newspaper highlights the works of the previous year while introducing the participants of the current year, along with interviews with Advisory Board members and more. This year's Edition was created by Berlin Masters programming director @annalena_amthor and printed by @doublestandardsagency. ⁠⁠
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Photography: @marcelinawellmer⁠⁠
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#BerlinMastersFoundation #BerlinMasters2021 #BMF2021