003 - 90s Hero considers the 4th dimension in impossible outfits
Elodie Seguin, White Volumes series, 2018
Hello Smart Art Lover
In preparation for my BerlinViews tours, I visited all the galleries on the platform and had the good fortune of being guided personally by Daniel Marzona around his current drawing exhibition. His reaction to the lockdown is very calm and relaxed, and testifies to his skills as a curator.
Next to a paper work by the famous Günther Uecker, reminiscent of his nail paintings, he hangs two works by Hal Busse, a ZERO artist until now unknown to me. The view switches back and forth, and I appreciate the high quality of her works.
The Fourth Dimension
Another new discovery are the paintings on paper by Elodie Seguin. With simple forms she creates an effect that can be understood as fourth dimensional. The vertex of the four triangles seems to move backwards as well as forwards.
This encounter with the fourth dimension leads me to the work of Aron Mehzion. On a plate divided into four parts, the artist has engraved the same motif over and over again with two parallel lines. The information is so dense that I only see lines and my mind is overwhelmed. The gallery owner explains to me that this artist has been dealing with the fourth dimension for a very long time. For Mehizon, this is the space where two states jump back and forth at breakneck speed; for the human eye, an impression of simultaneity arises. The more Daniel shows me about the artist, the more my enthusiasm increases. I feel reminded of scenes from Christopher Nolan's Interstellar, when the protagonist floats through an endless sequence of shelf walls.
A Space full of Drawings and a Drawing in Space
June 5 – July 26, 2020
with works by Stephen Antonakos, John Beech, Hal Busse, Olaf Holzapfel, Bernd Lohaus, Aron Mehzion, Ferdinand Penker, Joanna Przybyla, Fred Sandback, Elodie Seguin, Günther Uecker
Daniel Marzona, Berlin
Tristan Schulze, SCIN - The Digital Fashion Collection, 2020
Courtesy the artist
My online favorite of the week
Tristan Schulze, represented by Office Impart, has released a new app that surpasses even the New Viewings by Barbara Thumm in its creative wildness. Ultimately, an algorithm generates digital fashion on a walking avatar. With one click, the outfit is recreated. Against the laws of physics, the individual parts float and rise and fall. What energy! Download the app to get a feeling for what digitalization makes possible. I wonder about all the other wacky and extraordinary experiences that lie ahead.
Tristan Schulze
SCIN - The Digital Fashion Collection
2020
Who's Keanu on the phone with? His hairdresser? Where did he found the T-Shirt? And who's the bald man? But most importantly, do you recognize the entrance to the bunker? Not me.
courtesy DailyMail.com
Glamour in the Bunker
Candy for all tabloid fans: Keanu Reeves, ageless hero of the 1990s, was seen visiting the Boros Collection with his girlfriend. Apparently he is in the capital to shoot Matrix 4 (Should I be looking forward to the movie? After 2 and 3 definitely not). Until now, the Bunker in Mitte has been known for a very good collection of artworks from the Berlin 1990s and 2000s, and for the gorgeous group of Bunker Boys that led through the exhibitions. Now Hollywood has arrived.
Is that important? No. Is it interesting? Well, for a second. I'll see you next week.
Be brave, gentle and smart.
Your
Florian
