alexanderlevy
28.01. - 24.03.2012

With Punishment I gallery alexanderlevy shows new works by the artist Julius von Bismarck. The title of the exhibition points to a pre-Christian legend that says that the Achaemenid King and Egyptian Pharaoh Xerxes had the strait at Hellespont punished with 300 lashes, after bridges that had been built on his order were destroyed by a storm shortly after construction. At impressive locations in Switzerland, South America and the United States Julius von Bismarck plays with the rhetorical power of this traditional retaliation, whipping nature, defying its power, until he is exhausted.

Industrial aesthetic for a new living

Berlin architects ROBERTNEUN redefine inner city living and create open space condominiums on empty urban planning sites at the southern point of Gleisdreieck. The scheme for Am Lokdepot reflects an unconventional, experimental approach to alternative and future-oriented living structures, implemented on behalf of the UTB property development company, LLC. The project will repurpose a defunct Berlin railroad area occupying some 28,000 sqm , while maintaining its industrial flair. Am Lokdepot (at the locomotive rail yard) is an urban planning endeavor for the development of inner city space that has recently become available, which will transform the disused railway ground at Gleisdreieck into a public living space.

ZHONG GALLERY
21.01. - 31.03.2012

ZHONG GALLERY in Berlin is the first gallery for contemporary art in Europe founded by Chinese gallerists, presenting perspectives on Chinese art. The opening exhibition “Dawn – New Art from China” shows works by the artists Chen Yujun, Li Jikai, Li Qing, Wang Guangle, Wang Yabin, Wu Di, Yuan Yuan and UNMASK.









Credit Yuan Yuan, Ducklings Paradise; Li Jikai, Heart; Chen Yunjun, Land of Asia

KW Institute for Contemporary Art
13.01.2012

The KW Institute for Contemporary Art has been one of the most important art institutions in Berlin for around 20 years. To support this work, KW Freunde (Friends of KW) has been able to convince artists, gallery owners and collectors close to the institute to provide 60 works for an extraordinary art lottery. Works by Monika Bonvicini, Angela Bulloch, Patty Chang, Martin Eder, Tim Eitel, Olafur Elliasson, Via Lewandowsky, Pipilotti Rist and Katharina Sieverding – to name only a few – are in the official drawing.



Credits (from Top): Albrecht Schnider: Ohne Titel (Portrait), 2006// Clara Brörmann: Kleiner Tag, 2009-2010 // Patty Chang: Submarine Swimmers, 2007 // Allan Kaprow: Fluids, 1967

MD 72
25. - 27.11.2011

Artist Lucy McKenzie and designer Beca Lipscombe, working under the name Atelier, present their first fashion collection encompassing high quality knitwear, wovens, raincoats, workwear and accessories at MD72. Using the best of Scottish manufacturing, they realise a wardrobe for working men and women, specifically artists and those in creative and artisan professions. The collection has been developed as a part of the recent research project in collaboration with the Glasgow based independent design office Panel (Catriona Duffy and Lucy McEachan), The Inventors of Tradition.

Galerie Max Hetzler
12.11.2011 - 28.01.2012

Galerie Max Hetzler presents an exhibition of Günther Förg featuring works from 1987 to 2011. On this occasion the gallery is turned into a quite commanding immersive environment with the seminal black and white photograph “Ika” (1987) as an introduction to the exhibition. A specially commissioned wall painting is on view along with a mirror, photographs from the series of rationalist architecture „Città Universitaria“, paintings from the nineties and noughties, including very large formats and recent paintings from the series known as the grit or dot paintings. Thus underscoring Förg's interdisciplinary investigations and his use of the space conceived as one work.







Credits: Ika 1987; Williamsburg 2000; Untitled 2007; Città Universitaria, Mineralogia 1990; Città Universitaria, Auditorium Maximum 1990

Galerie Hans-Peter Jochum, Berlin
04.11. - 23.12.2011

Galerie Hans-Peter Jochum will feature original furniture and lighting from Dino Gavina’s various creative phases. Described by Marcel Breuer as the most impulsive and emotional furniture designer and manufacturer ever, Gavina was the driving force in Italian design during the 60ies, aligned to an elite list of designers such as Scarpa, Casiglioni, Takahama, Enzo Mari, Gardella, Zanuso and Magistretti.

Schinkel Pavillon
29.10. – 11.12.2011

Art, in Saâdane Afif’s highly reflexive practice, becomes words, music and movement, metamorphosing from one art form into another with the help of talented collaborators. Inviting writers to respond to physical artworks, and musicians and actors to respond to their texts, Afif transposes the visual into other senses, projecting the imaginary essence of a piece through the interpretations of others. At Schinkel Pavillon his work completes a full circle, turning lyrics formed in response to previous pieces, by way of performance by Katja Schrade and porcelain by Nymphenburg, into sculpture, and in doing so sealing the process.

Punkt. offers consumers a simple and intelligent design alternative to multifunctional electronic devices that complicate life. The research of Punkt. products goes back to the origins of consumer electronics in order to replenish the prime uses and functions of everyday electronic devices, and combine them with the best modern day solutions, to produce simple, durable and good-looking products.

At Qubique in Berlin, Punkt. presents a limited special edition AC 01, of which 100% of the profits will go to rebuild family homes and play areas in Maeami, a fishing village which was swept away by the tsunami in March 2011. The project is run by Architecture for Humanity.

German Design Council

The German Design Council presents the initiative "Deutsches Design Museum" in Berlin on the 20th September 2011. This open and discursive process was started by a round table, gathering designers, professors, journalists and artists, resulting in a published magazine with their statements. The continuation of this now public discussion takes place on the website www.deutschesdesignmuseum.de