Julian Opie
dal 4/6/2002 al 3/8/2002
Segnalato da
4/6/2002
Julian Opie
Galerie Barbara Thumm (old location), Berlin
Berlin Classics. In Collaboration with Caroline Raspe and Galerie Barbara Thumm. The starting point of the project 'Berlin Classics' was to analyse and show the multi-layered character of the city where nothing is homogeneous, where architectural styles clash. The backyard of the gallery also reflects this ecclectic mix so typical of Berlin.
" Berlin Classics "
Installation in the courtyards of the gallery, Dircksenstrasse 41, 10178 Berlin
Julian Opie in Collaboration with Caroline Raspé and Galerie Barbara Thumm
In the context of the exhibition project "rethinking: space, time and architecture" on the occasion of the XXI. World Congress of Architecture UIA Berlin 2002
The starting point of the project "Berlin Classics" was to analyse and show the multi-layered character of the city where nothing is homogeneous, where architectural styles clash.
The
backyard of the gallery also reflects this ecclectic mix so typical of Berlin.
The yard as a semi-public space with its strange sequenze of volumes and shapes is dominantly defined by its
function as a passage way.
The unplanned geometry of the courtyard reveals that we look at a left over space.
This kind of space could be called an innercity Berlin Classic.
Caroline Raspé suggested a spatial intervention which would enhance the peculiarity of the space. A horizontal sequenze of picture planes runs from the entrance of the gallery through
to the second court, thus taking on board the yard's function as a passage.
The filmic character of these large-scale picture bands offers a pictorial ground which also reflects Julian Opie's artistic approach. Like a film rolling in before your eyes it is with a sense
of passage, of passing through that one perceives Julian Opie's work.
This "film" though is not one of a linear narrative, but is rather interrupted and shows images as if zapping through
landscapes and cityscapes.
This passing gaze does not distinguish or evaluate the various elements it sees.
A petrol station, suburban houses, city buildings, churches, all are perceived
as equivalent elements of a visual language and unfold a familiar grammar of contemporary environments in front of the viewer.
From June 5th on the installation is accessible during the opening times of the courts Dircksenstraße 41, Monday to Friday 8 a.m. - 8 p.m., Saturdays 12 a.m. - 7 p.m.
Party in the courtyard, 22 June 2002, beginning at 4 p.m.
With the kind support of:
Stiftung Kunstfonds Bonn
Dr. Cornelie Kunkat and Olaf Kunkat
UCC Berlin
opening times
tue - fri 1.00 - 7.00 p.m.
sat 1.00 - 6.00 p.m.
A German-English catalogue about the exhibition project "rethinking: space, time and architecture" will be published by Jovis-Verlag Berlin, edited by BDA and SMPK.
Barbara Thumm
Dircksenstraße 41
D-10178 Berlin
Telefon + 49/30/283 90 347
Fax + 49/30/283 90 457