AD LIB at Souterrain / December 2012

AD LIB - Peder K. Bugge, Dania Burger, Michiel Keuper, Sarah Steiner

8 - 14 december 2012, at Souterrain, Projektraum, Berlin.

Invited by Isabel Holert and Felix Laubscher

White Series No. 72, No. 50, No. 75, No. 51, No. 61 (left to right), 2012, acrylic on magazine, 28.5 x 36 cm - photo mfk

English - ‘In his work Michiel Keuper (...) lets fabrics disappear that already had been a sewn (fashion) statement. On pages from magazines he erases the traces of fashion by painting them over with white acrylic paint. Bare legs or arms that appear from a diffuse white field, unmask the fashion industry's dream world as an illusion. What is left without clothes and make-up are the aesthetics of a vaguely recognizable posture; a choreography of limbs. Michiel Keuper leads the pictures back into timelessness, where they had been previously exposed to transient trends.' - Isabel Holert (from the introduction)

German - ‘Michiel Keuper (...) lässt in seinen Arbeiten Stoffe verschwinden, die bereits zu einer Aussage genäht waren. Auf Blättern aus Modemagazinen löscht er zumeist mit weißer Acrylfarbe die Spuren von Mode aus, indem er sie übermalt. Nackte Beine oder Arme, die aus einem diffusen weißen Feld hervorstechen, enttarnen die Traumwelt der Modeindustrie als Trugbild. Was ohne Kleidung und Make-up bleibt, ist die Ästhetik einer zu erahnenden Körperhaltung, einer Choreographie der Gliedmaßen. Michiel Keuper führt die Abbildungen zurück in die Zeitlosigkeit, wo sie vorher vergänglichen Trends ausgesetzt waren.’ - Isabel Holert (from the introduction)

White Series - AD LIB at Souterrain, december 2012 - photo mfk

White Series No. 72, No. 50, No. 75 - photo mfk

White Series No. 50, No. 75, No. 51, No. 61 - photo mfk

White Series No. 75, No. 51, No. 61 - photo mfk

AD LIB, overview - Sarah Steiner (left wall), Dania Burger (pillar),
Michiel Keuper (right wall) - photo Isabel Holert

AD LIB, overview - Peder K. Bugge (back wall),
Dania Burger (pillar) - photo mfk

Souterrain, posters at the entrance, december 2012  - photo mfk

Work in progress / The State of Things - studio time

The State of Things - work in progress, july 2011, photo © Michiel Keuper

The State of Things - visual art performance: friday july 15th, 19h at Neurotitan Galerie, Rosenthalerstrasse 39, HH 1st floor, Berlin Mitte. With Maria F. Scaroni, Vania Rovisco, Dania Burger and Michiel Keuper.

The State of Things at AADKunexpected / program

On friday july 15th I will take part in The State of Things, a visual art performance together with Maria F. Scaroni, Vania Rovisco and Dania Burger.

It will start at 19h at Neurotitan Galerie, Rosenthalerstrasse 39 in Berlin Mitte. It is one of 21 projects to be presented during the 4-day festival AADKunexpected. Please check the rest of the program below.

Pictures will follow soon.

The program:

The locations:

Trailer / The State of Things @ AADKunexpected, friday july 15th 2011

AADKunexpected 14 -17.07.2011 Day 15th July from aadkchannel on Vimeo.

On friday july 15th, I will be performing as invited guest together with Dania Burger, in a follow up of The State of Things with Maria F. Scaroni and Vania Rovisco, a durational installation/performance at Neurotitan Galerie in Berlin Mitte, starting at 7pm till 8.30pm. The performance is part of  the 4-day event AADKunexpected.

From the AADK-website: On the 14th of July 2011 the artistic platform AADK (AADK Berlin Gbr) is launching AADKunexpected, a 4-day event presenting various projects (performance, music, live- sound- and visual-installations, exhibition, literature) in various locations in Berlin. 25 artists will show their most recent work in Galerie Neurotitan/Eschschloraque, Podewil, Galerie Torstrasse 161, Uferstudios and Leap. 
Check www.aadk.org for more details.

***AD HOC*** / BURGER BUGGE KEUPER / First impressions

Last friday ***AD HOC*** an exhibition with works of me, Peder K. Bugge and Dania Burger opened at the Uferstudios in Berlin Wedding. Happy that a lot of people came, despite the snow. Thanks! 

Here some impressions...

***AD HOC***, Uferstudios, Berlin, outside view.

***AD HOC***, Uferstudios, Berlin. Left: Peder K. Bugge / center: Dania Burger / right: Michiel Keuper.

Peder K. Bugge, Dania Burger, Michiel Keuper (photo: Peter Pleyer)

Michiel Keuper, 'Past Present (Past Presence)', 2010, installation. 62 works on paper, 3 oil paintings on canvas

Michiel Keuper, 'Past Present (Past Presence)', 2010, installation, detail. Acrylic, ink on magazine. Oil on canvas.

Michiel Keuper, 'Past Present (Past Presence)', 2010, installation, close up. Acrylic, ink on magazine. Oil on canvas.

PEDER K. BUGGE

The oil paintings of Peder K. Bugge are of abstract spaces, in which colour and light play a crucial role. They exist in big format on canvas and, as he will show on this occasion, on small wooden panels.

Peder K. Bugge (*1971, N) studied at the Academy of Arts in Bergen, Norway, and in Rotterdam, the Netherlands. His work is represented in private as well as in public collections. He mainly lives in Norway and occasionally works in Berlin for longer periods of time. www.pederkbugge.com

Peder K. Bugge, 'Schönhaus', 2010, series of 30 pieces, oil on wood, 25x20 cm

Peder K. Bugge, 'Schönhaus', 2010, series of 30 pieces, oil on wood, 25x20 cm.

Peder K. Bugge, 'Schönhaus', 2010, series of 30 pieces, oil on wood, 25x20 cm.
Bottom right: 'Berliner Farben', 2010, oil on canvas, 8 pieces.

Peder K. Bugge, 'Schönhaus', 2010, oil on wood, 25x20 cm / Nr. 27, Nr. 22.

Peder K. Bugge, 'Schönhaus', 2010, oil on wood, 25x20 cm / Nr. 17, Nr. 14.

DANIA BURGER

Crochet Paintings calls Dania Burger the big scale collages on canvas, made out of different materials such as fabric, sequins, tape and yarns.

Dania Burger (*1967, D) studied at the Academie of Arts in Hamburg as well as in Bergen, Norway. Her work is represented in several public museum collections. Since 1998 she mainly lives in Norway. www.daniaburger.com

Dania Burger, Crochet Paintings, 2010, 160x115 cm. Wool, acrylic, tape and mixed media on canvas.

Dania Burger, 'Hertling und Lanvin', 2010, 160x115 cm. Wool, acrylic, tape and mixed media on canvas.

Dania Burger, 'Hertling und Lanvin', 2010, 160x115 cm, detail. Wool, acrylic, tape and mixed media on canvas.

Dania Burger, 2010. Wool, acrylic, tape and mixed media on canvas, back view.

Dania Burger, 'Vonrot und Laude', 'Red Irin', 2010, 85x50 cm. Wool, acrylic, tape and mixed media on canvas.

Dania Burger, 'Red Irin', 2010, detail. Wool, acrylic, tape and mixed media on canvas.