When I first saw this book in the Georgia O’Keeffe Museum in Santa Fe, New Mexico, I was intrigued by the title more than anything else, more than the actual drawings in the book to be honest.
In 2019 Marijn van Kreij took part in a commissioned work for the TextielMuseum in Tilburg (NL), on the occasion of the Bauhaus‘ 100th anniversary. In 1928, Gunta Stölzl wove one of her most famous tapestries, 5 Chöre. For Marijn van Kreij, this tapestry, or to be precise, reproductions of it and her design sketches,…
Some memories of books #1 Kay Larson –Where the Heart Beats: John Cage, Zen Buddhism and the Inner Life of Artists The Penguin Press, New York, 2012 When I read this biography in the summer of 2017 it directly influenced my work. I have fond memories of reading this book on my balcony at home…
Klemm’s participates in FAIR, an online art initiative designed to promote the profits of galleries, nonprofit organizations and artists who belong to the community of NADA. Starting with Untitled (Range, Anxiety, Punch) (2014, below) by Marijn van Kreij’s, Klemm’s will present works of Émilie Pitoiset, Adrain Sauer and Fiona Mackay throughout one month. FAIR will…
This year, Klemm’s participates in Berlin Views, an online viewing platform on which 25 galleries of Berlin are present, exhibiting their current shows with prices of the works, having opportunities to contact with potential collectors. The initiative is aimed to promote Berlin art industry which has been critically influenced by the pandemic. Please visit the…
Klemm’s is now on Collecteurs, The Collective Museum of Private Collections, featuring works of our artists as well as past and current exhibitions. Visit Collecteurs — on our account, you can look around the works of art we present. Through the platform you can also communicate with the other art lovers and read through the…
One can approach the work by Fiona Mackay best by envisioning a possibly but not necessarily connected sequence of „events with painterly means“. These undertakings evolve in the realm of an exhibition or in relation to a given place or space. The beginnings lie between personal narration and the commonly used sign-systems or associative terms,…
Writing press releases for her exhibitions is an inherent part of Fiona Mackay’s practice. Here are some of them.
More Than This by Roxy Music, covered by Fiona Mackay and Manuela Gernedel.