Berlin Art Week in Pictures
18/09/2016
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Berlin Art Week (BAW) took place from 13-18 September, and, for the most part, at its focus was contemporary art. More than 50 participants presented their individual art program, among them museums, galleries, private collections, and project spaces. Two art fairs took place during BAW – abc art berlin contemporary, and Positions Berlin – which between them featured the works of 350 artists. The events program specially underscored the solo shows of Halil Altındere, Anne Imhof, Andreas Greiner, Sven Drühl, Yvonne Roeb, and Gordon Parks – in addition to three art awards, the film program Artist Films, and the twelve-hour-long closing ceremonies of this Berlin biennial.
According to the publicity for abc contemporary, this year the fair concentrated on artistic practice and the innovative exposition of work. Staying true to their word, when one entered the hall, none of the usual fair booths were to be seen; instead, the fair looked more like an expansive exhibition in which the space is solely created by individual dividing walls and artworks. The galerists had to make do with a simple box to sit down next to, and upon which they could place the list of prices.
abc contemporary 2016
Kenny Scharf. Closet #16. Galerie Hans Mayer, Dusseldorf
Madeleine Dietz. Galerie Georg Nothelfer, Berlin
Erwin Wurm. Boom! (Abstract Attack), 2013; Erwin Wurm. Zonk! (Abstract Attack), König Galerie
Kirsten Justesen. Aviskari gallery (Copenhagen)
Markus Selg. Galerie Guido W. Baudach, Berlin; Vilma Gold, London
Secundino Hernandez. Six Paintings each Untitled. 2016. Galerie Bärbel Grässin, Frankfurt am Main
Joaquín Luzoro. Galeria Metropolitana, Santiago, Chile
Andreas Schulze. Sprüth Magers gallery, Berlin
Aya Haidar. Athr Gallery, Jeddah, Saudi Arabia
Marcel Dzama. Galllery Sies + Hoke, Dusseldorf
Daniel Knorr. Solo-bunker. 2016. Galerie nächst St. Stephan Rosemarie Schwarzwälder, Vienna
Saâdane Afif. Gallery Mehdi Chouakri, Berlin
From September 15-18, 2016 POSITIONS BERLIN art fair presented 74 selected galleries from 13 countries with their most concise artistic positions at Postbahnhof Berlin.
Tatjana Krivenkova, Kirils Panteļejevs and Ieva Iltnere. Gallery „Māksla XO“ (Riga, Latvia)
Sean Caulfield. Gallery 55 Limited, Berlin
Gallery AV17, Vilinus, Lithuania
Anke Eilergerhard. Gallery Schmalfuss – Berlin Contemporary Fine Arts
Yasam Sasmazer. Berlinartprojects
Macoto Murayama. Frantic Gallery, Japan
Galerie Sardac, London
Gallery Dr Julius / AP, Berlin
Norio Takasugi. Galerie Albrecht, Berlin
Hamburger Bahnhof – Museum für Gegenwart – Berlin will be showing Anne Imhof's work Angst II from September 14–25, 2016
Chiharu Shiota. Exhibition Uncertain Journey. Blain / Southern gallery (through November 12, 2016)
Ugo Rondinone. Exhibition two man contemplating the moon 1830. Esther Schipper gallery (through October 22, 2016)
Christian Jankowski. Exhibition Die Legende des Künstlers und andere Baustellen. Haus am Lützowplatz (through November 20, 2016)
Berlin Art Week came to an end on 18 September, but the just-opened shows going on in the capital's galleries are still going on. So, you can enjoy art in Berlin throughout the autumn months!
