Wednesday, July 24, 2013

Berlin Shows 2013

As my time in Berlin draws to a close, this post recaps the past few months of studio work, exhibitions, my show and Tyson's, as well as other activities and observations.

Tyson and I leave Berlin at the end of the month, spending August in California visiting family and friends before heading to New York City to take up residence. A lot of changes and things to do in the coming weeks!

Recently, we also spent a week in Venice to see the Biennale and visit family. Another post will be coming soon, focusing on the "The Encyclopedic Palace" at the Biennale, this year's curatorial theme!

For the month of June, Tyson and I were artists in residence at the BÜRO FÜR BESTIMMTE DINGE a project of INSTITUT FÜR ALLES MÖGLICHE in Neukölln to present our work in the gallery space there. The following images are from my show, followed by images from Tyson's exhibition:

Left: Accuracy vs. Precision, right: In Sun and Shadow

 Accuracy vs. Precision, 2013, watercolor/gouache on mounted paper, wall-painting, 74" x 81"

From left: In Sun and Shadow; AE's Moon Crop; Constellations, Celmins/Richter
 

 From left: Constellations, Celmins/Richter; The Passengers; Partial Vision I & II
 Vanishing Point/Crop Cross

 Constellations, Celmins/Richter

 Depth of Field II

AE's Moon Crop

Partial Vision I & II

In Sun and Shadow

The Passengers

The following are images from the reception:




 Dusk on Sonnenallee outside the space

 I mounted my paintings on paper to board, and then hung them with velcro

During the de-install of my show

The following images are from Tyson's Project Space: Landscapes, comprised of photos and videos made in Berlin over the past two years. Five videos were projected on a loop, and two of them can be seen here:
http://vimeo.com/50369754
https://vimeo.com/50384781

From left: Landscape Interaction I; Landscape Interaction IV; Landscape Interaction II; Untitled Landscape (Thread)

 From left: Untitled Landscape (Thread); Watch Tower II; Watch Tower I

Watch Tower II

Watch Tower I; Landscape Interaction III

 Video projection at the reception

The following images are observations from around Berlin:

 The wall of Valley's at the "V" Bar

The only image I remembered to take during Gallery Weekend in Berlin, quickly becoming an established component of the art landscape here (taken outside KW)

Before a terrific thunderstorm this summer

Graffiti and roses

Biergarten umbrella


Very organized sandbox play--reminds me of all the construction taking place within the city


 Summer planting at the Schloss gardens


We think Lewis deSoto would like this Buddha with black cars

At the UferHallen cafe near my studio in Wedding

 Tempelhof birthday BBQ for Lindsey!

 Lindsey and her puppy, Ossa

Van, Joe and TKW



 View along my bike ride to the studio

Studio courtyard

The following are photos of a work in progress, now all packed up for shipping:





And now to other activities:
 At the Hamburger Bahnhof with Ben and Jess!!!!

Hilma af Klint retrospective....

 can't wait to see it again before we leave

A lovely time seeing David Webb and Jess, in town from London

Ben and Jess, stopped in to see us after Menorca and before heading back to the Bay Area

The newly renovated Museum Berggruen in Berlin is worth seeing. The collection focuses on Picasso, Matisse, Klee and Giacometti:
 Matisse, Vegetal Elements, 1947

Matisse, Cover Design for Verve IV, No. 13, 1943

Klee (forgot to get the wall text)

 Klee, Dream City, 1921; Red Nuances, 1921; Floodgates, 1922; Architecture Plain, 1923

 Picasso, Still Life in Front of a Window, 1919

From the window of the train on the Ringbahn

 From the window of the train on the Ringbahn

 From the window of the train on the Ringbahn

Angela Merkel's office

 Fat Tire bikes tours and a very interesting history lesson!

 At the Brandenburger Tor

As always, a more comprehensive set of images can be seen here:
http://www.flickr.com/photos/caetlynn/sets/72157634685503400/

XO Caetlynn