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Tuesday, May 08, 2012

Berlin Gallery Weekend / Close to Home, group exhibition

Close to Home, april 2012 - overview

During Berlin Gallery Weekend from 27 till 29 april, I took part in the group exhibition 'Close to Home' hosted by Mr. & Mrs. Cameron at MadeMyDay Studio, Torstrasse 66 in Berlin-Mitte.

Karin and Richard Cameron invited over 30 of their artist friends in their 'temporary living room'. The 3-day exhibition consisted of paintings, drawings, photography, interior and fashion design. On top there were live performances and lectures. For the complete list of contributors click here.

I took the chance to show two new paintings. See photos up and below.

'Erased (Limbs)', 2012, oil on canvas, 58x75cm

'Boy Looking Down', 2011-2012, oil on canvas, 40x50cm

Studio view - on the left 'Erased (Limbs)' 58x75cm,
right 'Boy Looking Down' 40x50cm, both oil on canvas

All photos © Michiel Keuper 2012

Tuesday, April 24, 2012

Port Folio / Recent Paintings II

'Perspective/ After Peter Hujar (Daniel)', oil on canvas, 26 x 34cm - Michiel Keuper, 2012

'Perspective/ After Peter Hujar (David)', oil on canvas, 26 x 34cm - Michiel Keuper, 2012

'Perspective/ After Peter Hujar (Bruce)', oil on canvas, 26 x 34cm - Michiel Keuper, 2012

'Perspective/ After Peter Hujar (Gary)', oil on canvas, 26 x 34cm - Michiel Keuper, 2012

All photos © Michiel Keuper 2012

Wednesday, March 28, 2012

Port Folio / Recent paintings

'Frost', 2011, oil on canvas, 30 x 40 cm

'Twist', 2011, oil on canvas, 40 x 30 cm

'Red Door', 2011, oil on canvas, 23 x 30 cm

All paintings © Michiel Keuper, 2012

Wednesday, May 11, 2011

Girl in a coma / Series on paper

'Girl in a Coma I', 2010 - acrylic on paper, 24x30cm - © Michiel Keuper

'Girl in a Coma II', 2010 - acrylic on paper, 24x30cm - © Michiel Keuper

'Girl in a Coma III', 2010 - acrylic on paper, 24x30cm - © Michiel Keuper

'Girl in a Coma IV', 2010 - acrylic on paper, 24x30cm - © Michiel Keuper

Series of quick paintings with acrylic on paper, at the end the day, with left overs of paint. After a photo of a 9 year old girl in a coma, being in a vegetative state for years. I had this photo stuck on my wall for a long time, fascinated by this state of being and not-being.

Wednesday, April 06, 2011

Under the Radar / paintings & drawings

'Man and Horse', 2011, detail - oil on canvas

On march 25th I presented paintings and works on paper at 'Under the Radar' at RufReaktor, an environment for local and international artists, located on the attic of an old brewery in Berlin-Friedrichshain. The evening featured 2 DJ's, 3 bands and 4 artists. I put up a selection of drawings on magazines and some recent paintings that followed out of magazine drawings. Also I put up a big scale painting on paper that I'd done in the fall and that I'd forgotten about until I saw the RufReaktor space. I think it suited the place and the event.

Under the Radar, overview - march 2011

Under the Radar - march 2011

from the series 'Past Present (Past Presence)', 2010/11 - acrylic, ink on magazine

'Man and Horse', 2011 - oil on canvas, 40x50cm

Under the Radar - march 2011

No title (reclining), 2011 - acrylic on canvas, 70x90cm

No title (reclining), 2011, detail - acrylic on canvas

Under the Radar, march 2011 - overview

'Joker (Boy)', 2011 - oil on canvas, 46x60cm

'Joker (Boy)', 2011, detail - oil on canvas

Under the Radar, audience - march 2011

Under the Radar, overview - march 2011

all photo's © Michiel Keuper 2011

Saturday, February 05, 2011

Another random / from the series 'Past Present (Past Presence)' 2010

'Past Present (Past Presence)', ink and acrylic on magazine. © Michiel Keuper, 2010

Tuesday, January 25, 2011

Flea market treasure find / Inspired by Matisse

Anonymous, 1980 / Henri Matisse, 'A Bottle of Schiedam', 1896

I cannot resist flea markets. And I cannot resist books. So you can just imagine what our apartment looks like. Exactly.

I gave up on the ideal of living in a Zen house long ago. I like the aesthetics and the illusion that it will make me stylish and peaceful, and yes, every now and then I am seduced by an occasional World of Interiors editorial, but I generally came to accept that I'm not ready to live in a Jil Sander shop environment and I am fine with it. It's not according to my nature. At least not now. I simply like (to find) things. And books. And I have a life.

Zen will be my next life. I promise.

Yesterday I found another great book. With paintings of Henri Matisse, cataloguing his work in Soviet Art collections. The book dates back from 1978, so it might not be up to date anymore. But then who knows. I was never in Russia. It is well documented, with a lot of cross references in the back. A treasure for the amateur art historian. When I took off my gloves to leaf through the pages to be really sure that it would be worthwhile carrying some extra kilos around town for the rest of the afternoon (with books I have very low standards, I admit), I made a cute discovery... somebody else had been inspired by Matisse some 30 years ago... Copying the masters, you can't start young enough.

The back of one of the drawings is dated 5-X-80. There is also a name, but it's hard to decipher. I think Gabriele comes closest. Should somebody recognize his or her early artistic attempts, let me know and I will return them to you. Great drawings. I hope you went on with it.

Henri Matisse, 'Woman in Green', 1909 / Anonymous, 1980

Anonymous, 1980 / Henri Matisse, 'Conversation', 1909

Anonymous, 1980 / Henri Matisse, 'Still life with Shell on black Marble', 1940

Henri Matisse, 'Young Woman in blue Blouse', 1939 / Anonymous, 1980

Book cover, Aurora-Kunstverlag, Leningrad, 1978

Friday, January 14, 2011

Random / from the series 'Past Present (Past Presence)' 2010

'Past Present (Past Presence)', ink and acrylic on magazine. © Michiel Keuper, 2010

Saturday, January 08, 2011

The State of Things / november 2010

In November 2010 I was invited to participate in 'The State of Things', a 12-hour ongoing performance of Maria Francesca Scaroni and Vania Rovisco. As they were continuously on stage from 10am to 10pm, 18 guests, amongst them dancers, actors, musicians, writers, photographers, and artists, joined and interacted with the performance and the other performers.
There was an open score, meaning that every participant had a certain time slot when to be on stage and roughly knowing what to do, or what to work with. Otherwise, the piece was not set; anything could happen, anything would happen.
During my first entrance, early afternoon, I painted 14 banners using liquid acrylic paint and ink. The transparent sheets I was painting on (each 33cm wide, 2mtr long) were hanging from lines that were put up across the space so the audience was able to watch from every angle. The banners, as well as the rest of the setting, were designed by Metka Pretnar.
In the second slot, in the evening, I made a collage on the back wall, using the drawings as well as magazine cut outs.

For a video, look > here

>> More information, photo's and video's to be found at www.thestateofthingsprocess.wordpress.com.
>> Or visit the website of Aktuelle Architektur Der Kultur (AADK), the Berlin-based artistic network, specializing in performance, live installation, video work, soundscapes and literature, that counts Maria and Vania amongst its members: www.aadk.org.