CONTEXT Art Miami has the privilege of featuring seven Berlin-based contemporary galleries that have been selected by a panel of expert curators and art critics. “ART FROM BERLIN,” presented by the Galleries Association of Berlin (LVBG), is officially supported by the State of Berlin and the European Union (EU) and will feature the Berlin Lounge, presented by Haus am Waldsee. This marks the first joint presentation of Berlin galleries that will showcase the works of Gosbert Adler, Matteo Bergamasco, Eva Bertram, John Breed, Eb Broner, Dawid, Pia Dehne, Inka and Niclas, Gal-la Uriol Jané, Christiane Klatt, Franziska Klotz, Levke Leiss, Wiebke Loeper, Knut Wolfgang Maron, Rex Ray, Susanne Ring, Susanne Roewer, Christine Rusche, Eric Schmidt and Björn Wallbaum
Participating galleries include:
- • AJLart
- • Galerie Cubus-m
- • Galerie Kornfeld
- • Morgen Contemporary
- • Kit Schulte Contemporary Art
- • Swedish Photography
- • zone B
Michael Sailstorfer: Wohnen mit Verkehrsanbindung – Großkatzbach, 2001
Haus am Waldsee (front view) 2006 - Photo: Bernd Borchardt
The BERLIN LOUNGE is the hub of the first ART FROM BERLIN presentation of Berlin galleries at CONTEXT art Miami 2012 and provides an insight into Berlin as an art metropolis. With 400 galleries and about 200 museums, institutions and showrooms for contemporary art the capital city has a strong attraction for international art lovers. ART FROM BERLIN is a platform at international art markets throughout the world to introduce the Berlin art scene abroad .The show is accompanied by a BERLIN LOUNGE where information on the city’s contemporary art galleries, institutions and museums is offered. At CONTEXT art Miami 2012 the lounge is featuring Haus am Waldsee, an art institution which is considered to be one of the foremost exhibition spaces for international contemporary art in Berlin since 1946. The artistic presentation at the BERLIN LOUNGE focuses on three videos of the current exhibition “Erik Schmidt – Downtown” at Haus am Waldsee. Erik Schmidt‘s work deals with the observation of symbolic processes within various social subsystems. Clichés, stereotypes, codes, rituals, norms, patterns, conventions or roles are of particular interest to him.
Markgrafenstr. 15,
D-10969 Berlin
Germany
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Erik Schmidt: Hunting Grounds (filmstill), 2006 | super 16 mm film on digibeta | 14:16 min
Hunting Grounds (filmstill)
The exhibition space is also a meeting-place. Artist‘s talks, artist‘s dinners, guided tours and art workshops take place regularly, inviting a frank exchange with protagonists like Norbert Bisky, Arturo Herrrera, Via Lewandowsky and Corinne Wasmuht. Concerts among the exhibits featuring international musicians based in Berlin such as members of Berlin Philharmonic Orchester or DSO etc. round off the program. Haus am Waldsee also debates the contemporary concept of sculpture by means of selected works. Its sheltered park on the lakeside houses sculptural works of internationally known artists like Tony Cragg, Thomas Rentmeister, Jeppe Hein and Michael Sailsdorfer who have been redefining the received concept of sculpture.
Haus am Waldsee - a space for the arts
Argentinische Allee 30
D-14163 Berlin
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f.: +49 (0) 30 80 22 028
e-mail: info@hausamwaldsee.de
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www.hausamwaldsee.de