Paulina Olszewska – Strona 4 – Paulina Olszewska

Schere Stein Papier

Artists: Tomasz Baran, Chris Bierl, Nadine Fecht, Edith Kollath, Nina Maria Küchler, Cezary Poniatowski, Dragan Prgomelja, Jana Schumacher, Fran Wunderlich, Erwina Ziomkowska

7.07 – 28. 08.2014

COLLECTIVA BERLIN

Photo: courtesy of Collectiva, Berlin

Exhibition Schere Stein Papier (Eng.: Paper, Scissors, Rock) concentrates on matter how contemporary artists deal with the abstraction and the medium of paper. The exhibition oscillates around these two subjects and diverse artistic approaches towards them. Among the artists two different approaches could be recognised. The first one has been created by the artists who have consciously decided to deal with the abstraction, developed in this direction and found their own way of expression. For the others, abstraction is only one of the artistic mediums with which they present their ideas. Paper is an element, which connects all the artists and builds a common field of dialogue. For once, paper as a medium is one of the most popular. Furthermore it requires discipline, creativity and innovation to work with. The artists’ works with these attitudes and within them they reach outside of the limits of this medium and present new ways of the artistic development. Schere Stein Papier exhibition displays works of different artists presented together, despite different approaches towards abstraction and paper. The curatorial concept is based on confrontation, similarities or oppositions and surprises. With a help of such tools the exhibition has made different interpretations possible. Its aesthetic display stimulates recipients to find their own ways of narration. At the same time it presents various ways of understanding contemporary art.

Media patronage: www.obieg.pl, www.berlinerpool.de
Supported by culture.pl

Architecture as Human Nature

Artists: Zoe Andre, Bram Braam, Amir Fatal, Xinglang Guo, Shan Hur, Clara Ianni, Alanna Lawley, Markus Lindfeld, JL Murtaugh, Agata Ruchlewicz-Dzianach, Dominik Stanisławski, Marjan Teeuwen

Coordinated by: Bram Braam, Lena Gericke, Alanna Lawley

The word architecture has developed over time from 2 Greek words: “arché” meaning beginning, origin, source and “téchne” which could be understood as: craftwork as well as art. Somehow these two words lead to an understanding of human nature and the instinct which encourages one to create from an open, infinite space, a contradicted one: one that is closed, secure and a structured system. Instinct persuades human beings to shape their environment and surroundings, at times going to the extremes of creating their own space in order to separate oneself from the outside world. But is that all? What about thinking about architecture in an interdisciplinary context and asking not what architecture actually is, but what else it should be as well?

Architecture as Human Nature explores ways in which contemporary visual artists integrate with, overcome or deconstruct existing architectural forms forms, reaching beyond the traditional approach to architecture.
Bringing together 12 international artists, the exhibition looks at architecture both as a discipline and as a medium of artistic expression and possibility.