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Alexandra Bircken: Fair Game
September 19, 2021–May 15, 2022
Kesselhaus
A central theme in Alexandra Bircken’s (b. 1967 in Cologne, lives in Berlin and Munich) art is skin—as a cellular membrane, as an organ, and as clothing, but also as the boundary between inside and outside. The artist creates sculptures and installations out of textile materials, machine parts, wood, steel, and latex in which she examines the relationship between body and shell and the interactions between human beings and machines. For her first institutional solo exhibition in Berlin, Alexandra Bircken will realise a largescale, sitespecific installation in the Kesselhaus at the KINDL.
Curated by Kathrin Becker.
As part of Berlin Art Week 2021.
Tatjana Doll: Was heißt Untergrund?
September 19, 2021–February 27, 2022
Maschinenhaus M2
In her engagement with painting, Tatjana Doll (b. 1970 in Burgsteinfurt, lives in Berlin) points far beyond the conventional boundaries of her chosen medium. An essential aspect of her work is the exploration of the socio-political contexts of her subjects, which she translates into large-scale enamel and oil paintings in a direct, quick, and sometimes raw painting style. The selected works shown at the KINDL exude a feeling of unrest, threat, and danger that is evident in the various subtexts of the works.
A poster edition of Kopfalphabet will be published alongside the exhibition in an edition of 200, 20 of which will be signed.
Curated by Kathrin Becker.
As part of Berlin Art Week 2021.
Ende Neu: Katja Aufleger, Angela de la Cruz, Caterina Gobbi, Bastian Hoffmann, Soshi Matsunobe, Renaud Regnery, Michael Sailstorfer, Nicola Samorì
August 29, 2021–February 6, 2022
Maschinenhaus M1
Hazard prevention, security measures, de-escalation—attempts are usually made to control and prevent destructive forces in the face of political conflicts, environmental disasters, and pandemic developments. However, art, literature, and philosophy see destruction not only as an act with a ruinous end, but also as a potential beginning from which something new can emerge.
The group exhibition Ende Neu focuses on the productive potential of destructive forces. It brings together works by eight international artists that feature destruction in a wide variety of ways. With wanton interventions, they question the principle of cause and effect, arouse confusion, instigate disruptions, and boycott familiar conditions and processes.
Curated by Magdalena Mai and Manuel Kirsch.
Basir Mahmood: Good ended happily
September 19, 2021–February 27, 2022
M1 VideoSpace
The point of departure for Basir Mahmood’s (b. 1985 in Lahore, Pakistan, lives in Amsterdam and Lahore) single-channel video work Good ended happily (2018, 13:05 minutes) is his interest in the working processes of the film industry. The artist left the production to a film crew from “Lollywood” in Lahore—once a thriving centre of the film industry, which today only has a marginal presence in Pakistan’s cultural landscape. The only directions he gave to the crew were that the events should revolve around the death of Al-Qaeda leader Osama bin Laden. In the film, Mahmood makes the instructions from the director, cameraman, and assistant audible, so that the production process develops a reality of its own.
Curated by Kathrin Becker.
The exhibition is supported by the Kingdom of the Netherlands.
Press contact
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