Studio visit with Alexej Meschtschanow
Ahead of Alexej Meschtschanow’s upcoming solo exhibition OHNE ZUCKER at Gut Kerkow’s SPACED OUT, we spent an afternoon at his studio. While he prepares for the installation of his works, we shot some images.
Adrian Sauer | Panorama von Berlin
„… I’m quite curious to see whether it will be successful, particularly in this location, to critically reflect and reconstruct the colonial history of this collection. The building does not offer the best conditions for this.“
Adrian Sauer | Zwischen Alexanderplatz und Schlossplatz
„Around the turn of the year 1999/2000 I took photos for the series Kulisse. I walked through Berlin for days. I tried to find my place, my center. Construction was going on everywhere. The paralyzing standstill that had characterized the last years of the GDR and the various attempts …“
Adrian Sauer | Schlossplatz 1995
„I expected to find in my photo archive pictures of the palace mockup built around the Palast der Republik in 1993. … „
Adrian Sauer | Palast der Republik, 1992
„In this mini series, I present some posts from my archive. I have always been interested in the area in the center of Berlin, which is called Schlossplatz and was once called Marx-Engels-Platz, where the Palast der Republik was located and the Humboldt Forum will soon open as a mockup of baroque palace.“
Marijn van Kreij | „Daan van Golden: Works 1962 – 1991“ Rini Dippel
First of all this book has a great cover. It shows documentation of an early Daan van Golden exhibition on semi-transparent paper, through which the artist’s name – printed on the inside of the cover – softly becomes apparent.
Marijn van Kreij | Nude in the Studio | JUN 30 – SEP 09, 2018 @ Marres (Maastricht, NL)
At Marres, van Kreij presented hundreds of drawings and gouache paintings, from monumental works on thick watercolor paper to loose series on sketchbook paper, advertising leaflets and other printed matter.
Marijn van Kreij | „Some Memories of Drawings“ Georgia O’Keeffe
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.
Marijn van Kreij | TextielMuseum, Tilburg (NL) | Bauhaus’ 100-year anniversary
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,…
Marijn van Kreij | „Where the Heart Beats“ Kay Larson
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…