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

Ad Lib / Upcoming exhibition

White Series IV / 2012

White Series 72 - Michiel Keuper, 2012, acrylic on magazine

White Series 71 - Michiel Keuper, 2012, acrylic on magazine

White Series 70 - Michiel Keuper, 2012, acrylic on magazine

White Series 62 - Michiel Keuper, 2012, acrylic on magazine

White Series 75 - Michiel Keuper, 2012, acrylic on magazine

All paintings © Michiel Keuper 2012

White Series III / 2012

White Series 61 - Michiel Keuper, 2012, acrylic on magazine 

White Series 38 - Michiel Keuper, 2012, acrylic on magazine 

White Series 42 - Michiel Keuper, 2012, acrylic on magazine 

White Series 41 - Michiel Keuper, 2012, acrylic on magazine 

 All paintings © Michiel Keuper 2012

White Series II / 2012

White Series 55 - Michiel Keuper, 2012, acrylic on magazine 

White Series 56 - Michiel Keuper, 2012, acrylic on magazine

White Series 54 - Michiel Keuper, 2012, acrylic on magazine

White Series 50 - Michiel Keuper, 2012, acrylic on magazine

White Series 51 - Michiel Keuper, 2012, acrylic on magazine

White Series 57 - Michiel Keuper, 2012, acrylic on magazine

White Series 53 - Michiel Keuper, 2012, acrylic on magazine

All paintings © Michiel Keuper 2012

You're The One That I Want / Slow version

Summer song. Me and Hana Lee Erdman doing an acoustic version of the Grease classic. With Tom O'Doherty on guitar.

White Series I / 2011

White Series 21, 2011, acrylic on magazine. © Michiel Keuper

White Series 26, 2011, acrylic on magazine. © Michiel Keuper

White Series 24, 2011, acrylic on magazine. © Michiel Keuper

White Series 15, 2011, acrylic on magazine. © Michiel Keuper

Lovin's for Fools/ Ponderosa, june 2012

A fragment of our concert at Ponderosa last june. 'Lovin's for Fools' written by Sarah Siskind.Vocals: Hana Lee Erdman, Michiel Keuper. Guitar: Tom O'Doherty. Base: Laurent Lavallé. Video: Kyla Rose Maher via facebook. Thanks Kyla! 

Self reflection / René Daniels' Untitled from 1981

self reflected in René Daniels' Untitled from 1981 at van Abbemuseum, Eindhoven

Magic Tape / Zilvinas Kempinas

Witch Camp Part 1 / Meg Stuart & Lexa Roséan / Ritual Performance

The Payen Tarot of Marseille of 1713, left, and 1930, right

Nipple gate...? Well, fact is that Facebook busted me for putting up these photos. This is how Facebook does it; they first give you a warning and take off just a couple of the photos that they consider violating their regulations. To then bust you with a final warning, half a day later, for the ones that they left on. Giving you a 24hour block and threat to delete your account if you ever do it again. So well, back to blogger I guess...

Now the story. During the Witch Camp workshop of Meg Stuart and Lexa Roséan at Tanzland Festival Ponderosa in Stolzenhagen in july, participants were asked to present a Ritual/Performance. The group of Asaf Aharonson, Maya Weinberg, Shiran Eliaserov, Aaron Water and Hallie Dalsimer asked me to collaborate with Anne Sophie Malmberg and Samina Bazai, to create an image in costume and setting, based on 'The Devil' from the Payen Tarot of Marseille. In Joy Mariama Smith we found the perfect devil and she played her role with devilish joy. The performers went to their limits and made a great ritual act. It was an instant and improvised collaboration, and a lot of fun.

Co-creators Samina Bazai, left, and Anne Sophie Malmberg, right

Try out with Anne Sophie Malmberg

 All photos by Michiel Keuper, july 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

SCRAPBOOK / after 'Album' by Hannah Höch

Video of a scrapbook I did in 2009/2010. Inspired by 'Album', a collage book by DaDa artist Hannah Höch from the 1930s, posthumously published by Hatje Cantz Verlag in 2004.

For iPhone version click here.

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