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Gr_und: Artist run Space
Seestrasse 49
D-13347 Berlin
Vernissage le 25.11.2023 à 11:30, en présence de l'artiste
Now in its fourth year, the Pommery Prize recognizes an outstanding presentation of large-scale artwork from the Platform section at The Armory Show. The jury for the prize included Frédéric de Goldschmidt, Collector; Gannit Ankori, Director and Chief Curator of the Rose Art Museum; and Mme. Vranken, co-owner and head of the marketing division of Vranken-Pommery Monopole.
The installation is comprised of a series of ladders holding life-size portrait busts sculpted from Iroko wood. The floor beneath these structures is covered by images of boxes used to ship bananas, an element that recurs across a selection of Toguo's installations. The busts function as stamps, with the recognizable calls to action of recent protest movements, from #MeToo to #BlackLivesMatter, carved into their bases. Oversized in comparison to a traditional stamp, these functional sculptures require significant effort to utilize, parodying administrative gestures.
Courtesy Galerie Lelong & Co. Paris & New York
Photo:
Installation view: BarthélémyToguo, Urban Requiem (2015) at The Armory Show, 2023. Photo by Jon Cancro / Courtesy Galerie Lelong & Co. Paris & New York.
Finishing exhibition - GAST MICHELS (1954-2013)
We are pleased to welcome you for the finishing of Gast Michels' show on Saturday 17th June at 11 am until 12:30 pm, in presence of David & Franck Michels, sons of Gast Michels.
Introduction by Charlotte Masse, curator of the exhibition
Eva Wittocx, a curator and art critic from Belgium, has been following the work of Tina Gillen for over than twenty years. She has contributed to Gillen's publications ‘Necessary journey' (2009), ‘Echo' (2015) and ‘Faraway so close' (2022), she also curated two exhibitions of her, at M Leuven (2010) and Bozar Brussels (2015). During this talk Tina Gillen and Eva Wittocx will talk about the evolution of her practise as an artist, by both looking at different topics that are addressed and focussing on the use and language of the medium of painting.
Eva Wittocx
Eva Wittocx works as a curator and art critic and is currently head of the contemporary art department at museum M in Leuven.
Speakers: Tina Gillen & Eva Wittocx
Free of charge, subject to availability | Booking required.