Thursday, May 5, 2011

Is Ok To Masterbate With Vaseline

Spanish artists in the German capital

Source: World

An exhibition brings together works by some of the 200 English artists in the city.


Area: Berlin. Kunsthaus Bethanien
Very few people question that Berlin has become the Mecca of European avant-garde creativity of our time and this exhibition will go down in history as a snapshot of the English participation in this special moment cultural effervescence. Under the heading 'Zierort Berlin' (Berlin Destination ). 21 English artists living in the German capital, which melt everyday life or his work with the city, meet in a panoramic attempts to shed light on what makes Berlin young English artists and what they have to contribute to this creative soup.
is the first time you perform a collective exhibition in Berlin and the English ambassador in Spain, Rafael Dezcallar, stresses the importance of this city -context in the development of European art . "For the Embassy is nothing new to support the community of English artists working in Germany, what is new is the strength and interest is getting the community at this time "he says.

" If you come looking to evolve as an artist or as a person , Berlin offers doors. I think the exposure is significant and represents what is being done in Berlin and English art, which has nothing to do with bullfighting and flamenco, "says Luis Miguélez, which participates as a photographer and the band Glamour to kill.
currently residing in Berlin, some 200 English artists not counting those who pass through here to expose. The criterion when selecting this 10% has been quality, actually reside in Berlin, not only in passing, and of course that they had work to expose .
in Berlin sold a lot and very fast and when the curator of the exhibition, Espill-Gilart Creighton has knocked on the door of the workshop of an artist that seemed significant, has received a response of " I love it, but now I have nothing done, everything is sold ".

But while not all are, they are all that will be in Studio 1 Kunsthaus Bethanien, one of the most emblematic buildings Szene Berlin, from 24 May. For 4 weeks, the former chapel of the old hospital will become the branch of English culture in Berlin . "The interesting thing is to mark the cultural moment, what is happening right now in Berlin, which is very interesting," said Yago Horta, for whom Berlin boasts the perfect atmosphere for art: "Despite being in a large capital that offers it all, you have the feeling of pushing with anyone or having to compete . There is a lot less pressure. You Bike your workshop and you get there with your concerns or your own workshop, but the rest just flows. "


Another participant in the exhibition, Paul Genovese, who has been in Berlin a nutritious humus his inspiration. "I've worked a long time about the concept of memory and Berlin is in this sense, an example of how to deal with the memory itself. Berlin not forget, however hard their twentieth century. And you see it everywhere. They are experts in incorporating new elements while respecting what is left, what was already there. In any restaurant, any club, so there is respected and transformed. There is this constant attempt to dialogue with the past. It's all here. "

For more information: http://www.destinoberlin.de/

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