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Eccentric courses. A selection from the drawing book “You are very interested in arts.”
Frédéric Ehlers is an infinite number of authors who use the pen to explore the expanse of the sheet of paper and who cross the three-dimensional space with their rhythmically movements in an analogous manner. The selection of drawings is counteracted here by film stills of his Movement Research. “You are very interested in arts” […]
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Visual notes. A selection.
Alex Bodea´s “Visual notes” is an ongoing series of poetically condensed observations in the urban sphere combining image and text. The visual notes archive was started in 2012, comprising more than 2000 entries. Technique: ink on paper, 5,7 x 10,7cm.
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Frühpsychedelisches von Paul Scheerbart, Bruno Taut und Paul Goesch (Ausstellung / Katalog)
Not translated: Im Mittelpunkt dieser phantastischen Ausstellung der Berlinischen Galerie mit dem Titel Visionäre der Moderne, die von Annelie Lütgens kuratiert wurde, stehen Architekturvisionen und Zeichnungen dreier Utopisten des frühen 20. Jahrhunderts. Paul Scheerbart: Ein Zukunftskind, ca. 1912 (Abb. Katalog) Der Schriftsteller, Dichter und Erfinder Paul Scheerbart (1863-1915) konnte um 1914 den jungen Architekten Bruno […]
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Hazem Alhamwi´s “From my Syrian Room” — from his German room
The Essay is based on Hazem Alhamwi´s latest documentary “From my Syrian Room”, Syria, France, Germany, Lebanon and Qatar, 2014 , 70 minutes. All images are stills taken from this film. Prima facie, there is no obvious close connection between the satirical black humour of Syrian artist Hazem Alhamwi, which is found in his cartoons, […]
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Maurice Garnier, the last artist´s gallerist
As a gallerist Maurice Garnier, who has died at the age of 93, was as unique as that artist, whom he has dedicated more than six decades of his long life, Bernard Buffet. He first had met him in 1948 by the mediation of his mentor, the renowned art dealer Emmanuel David. David had signed […]
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Graphism: Michaux-Maciunas-Diagrammatik (MePri-News 11/12/08 – 20/10/12)(MePri-News 11/12/08 – 20/10/12)
11/12/08 Henri Michaux on UbuWeb This contribution on the famous Belgique draughtsman includes the astonishing document “images du monde visionnaire”, an educational film by Henri Michaux and Eric Duvivier which was produced in 1963 by the film department of Swiss pharmaceutical company Sandoz “in order to demonstrate the hallucinogenic effects of mescaline and hashish. ———————————————————————————————————————– […]
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Absolutely Drawpassing – Crossing the USA with binoculars, magnifier and a watergun
extracts from a book by Tobias Greiner INTRODUCTION: Extracts from five chapters out of my Absolutely Drawpassing reportage book are presented as pdf files. Most of the works focus on drawings. Some photo images, real objects and installations are added that I have developed during my Drawpassing tours. The Drawpassing chapters presented here show 1. my Drawpassing practice/method 2. different places in the […]
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CS: Neurological Research Laboratories: Monkey Experiments Bremen , University of Bremen; September 2003
The dispute over animal experiments between the Bremen Senate and the university is escalating. Because they are “ethically not justified”, the Bremen Senate intends to definitively ban brain researcher Andreas Kreiter from his controversial monkey experiments at Bremen University; the university, on the other hand, insists on the freedom of research and wants to take […]
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Bernard Buffet – Terrain Vague – Dangerous terrain
“Bernard Buffet, 34, painter of the “misérables”, owner of a Rolls-Royce, whose figures with their elongated proportions are no longer being rewarded by French art dealers in line with the bestseller lists, has painted a 20 sq. m. cinema poster for the ballad of the wide boys, “Terrain Vague”, by that old master among directors, […]
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Review: Susan Turcot – bitumen, blood and the carbon climb [Drawings, sculptures and a animation film by Canadian artist Susan Turcot]
In her recent works, Susan Turcot has adopted a variety of reportage techniques and has made a significant point of examining the time-based, processual and functional equation that “live” drawing and its medialized representations can set up for the viewer. She investigates large-scale ecological and economical processes such as deforestation and the exploitation of other […]