Recommendations of what to see in the Berlin art scene this month by our local guide, Art Tours Berlin. Discover even more on a private tour.
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Exhibition: "My Perversion is the Belief in True Love"
Artist: Ellen Cantor
Venue: Isabella Bortolozzi Gallery
Dates: Until March 24th, 2018
Are we all victims to romantic idealism or normative desires?
Cantor (1961-2013) was an American artist based in London and New York. She was as part of a young generation of feminist artists exploring new modes of female representation. In her intimate works she is using narratives of iconic films, fictional figures from Disney cartoons, cult horror films, New Wave cinema, and family movies. "My perversion is the belief in true love" is the title to the only survey exhibition of her video works held in her lifetime.
Photo credit: Ellen Cantor, My perversion is the Belief in True Love, Isabella Bortolozzi.
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Exhibition: Salami
Artist: Cameron Platter
Dates: Until April 15th, 2018
Venue: Gnyp Gallery
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Photo credit: Installation view of Cameron Platter Salami, Gnyp Gallery.
III.
Exhibition: A Series of Utterly Improbably, Yet Extraordinary Renditions
Artist: Arthur Jafa
Venue: Julia Stoschek Collection Berlin
Dates: Until November 25th, 2018
Arthur Jafa's first exhibition in Germany featuring photographs of Ming Smith, Landy and Child ( From the August Wilson Series), Frida Orupabo and Missslanyus; and video stills of Arthur Jafa APEX. The exhibition was developed by curator Hans Ulrich Obrist and Amira Gad from the Serpentine Gallery London and it now in Berlin.
Photo Credit: Ming Smith, Lady and Child, Courtesy of the artist and Steven Kasher Gallery New York.
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Exhibition: Pneuma
Artist: Franco Mazzucchelli
Venue: ChertLüdde
Dates: Until April 14th, 2018
Franco Mazzucchelli was born in 1939 and lives in Milan. He created with the "Arte Povera" movement where he created with synthetic materials large-scale inflatable objects, which he placed in public outdoor spaces. "Cono 1 and 2" can even be seen in the unique gallery space of Chert Lüdde. For this show he created inflatable canvas for a pure banal decoration "Bieca Decorazione." An ironic title referring to the mere decorative function of art.
Photo Credit: Franco Mazzucchelli, Pneuma, 2018, Exhibition view at ChertLüdde, photo: Trevor Lloyd.