Portfolio Berlin 02
Christiane Meixner
9783954760022
76 pages
Distanz Verlag Gmbh Llc
Overview
BerlinThe "It Place" for Artists. After the fall of the Wall, Berlin has seen an unparalleled rise as a metropolis of contemporary art. Twenty years later, the city has become a melting pot of the most diverse cultural influences and a hub of globally operating museums and art businesses, of galleries and artists. The earlier book "Portfolio Berlin 01" focused on painting; this second edition shifts the attention toward sculpture and installation art. "Portfolio Berlin 02" surveys seven important positions staked out by internationally renowned artists who live and work in Berlin: Monica Bonvicini, Björn Dahlem, Olafur Eliasson, Alicja Kwade, Via Lewandowsky, Bettina Pousttchi, and Michael Sailstorfer. It demonstrates that the selected artists bring a genrecrossing mind to the sculputural domain as well, displacing boundaries and vigorously breaking up traditional meanings and settled structures.
