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September is a new gallery that opened up this September in Charlottenstrasse 1 in Berlin, near former Checkpoint Charly. The gallery is run by Oliver Koerner von Gustorf und Frank Müller. The gallery started its exhibition program with a solo show with new works by Berlin-based artist Kerstin Drechsel. The exhibition entitled Mittelerde (Middle Earth) shows a series of paintings and a group of sculptures. With the paintings Kerstin Drechsel examines the apartment of a Heavy Metal fan. The sculptures are based on the forms of poured lead figures. Greatly enlarged and sprayed in white industrial enamel, these relics from a New Year s Eve ritual resemble semi-abstract shapes upon which all manner of esoteric or art historical interpretation can be projected (excerpt from the press release (pdf)). On the occasion of the exhibition Mittelerde, Vice Versa Verlag is publishing a catalogue that features an interview with the artist as well as an essay by Frank Wagner. September Gallery Berlin, opening, September 29, 2007. Click image to watch Flash video in new movie window. > Right-click (Mac: ctrl-click) this link to download Quicktime video file. > Click this link to watch Quicktime video in new movie window.

Kunsthalle Basel presents new works by three artists: Ibon Aranberri, Michael Hakimi, and Minerva Cuevas. Ibon Aranberri s exhibition is dominated by his work “Floating Garden , an installation (originally developed at P.S.1, New York) consisting of concrete modules, broken glass, metal and wooden horses, resembling the furniture of a greenhouse. Minerva Cuevas presents several projections, videos, c-prints, a wallpainting and a music box installation. Prominent in Michael Hakimi s exhibition “ROOF are monumental black shapes, painted directly onto the walls of the room, supported by aluminium tubes attached to the walls at one end, and to the floor at the other. Ibon Aranberri: Integration; Minerva Cuevas: Phenomena; Michael Hakimi: ROOF. Kunsthalle Basel. Impressions from the opening, September 22, 2007. Click image to watch Flash video in new movie window. > Right-click (Mac: ctrl-click) this link to download Quicktime video file. > Click this link to watch Quicktime video in new movie window.

Our correspondent Lizza May David had a look at three exhibitions, all of them presented by galleries in the Brunnenstrasse in Berlin, Germany. The first one is a solo show with works by Alexander Wolff at Galerie Ben Kaufmann. Newly opened Galerie Parotta presents the exhibition Into the woods tonight , a group show curated by Birgit Kulmer, Martina Kupiak and Kerstin Schmidt. And finally she visited Galerie Metro and their group show. Berlin, September 29, 2007. By VTV correspondent Lizza May David. Click image to watch Flash video in new movie window. > Right-click (Mac: ctrl-click) this link to download Quicktime video file. > Click this link to watch Quicktime video in new movie window.

Chinese artist Zhang Huan s exhibition Berlin Buddha is the first major show to take place at Haunch of Venison s new project space in Berlin. Zhang Huan s Berlin Buddha is a 4 metres high sculpture made from compacted ash. It sits facing the aluminium mould from which it was cast and will slowly disintegrate over the three-month course of the exhibition. The video by VTV correspondent Lizza May David shows the opening of the exhibition and the performance in which the ash Buddha s face is being freed from the last section of the mould. Born 1965 in Henan Province, Zhang Huan studied at the Central Academy of Fine Arts in Beijing. His work is represented in a number of important collections such as the Museum of Modern Art, the Guggenheim Museum and Centre Pompidou, Paris. Zhang Huan 张洹: Berlin Buddha (September 29 - December 8, 2007). Opening reception, September 28, 2007. Video: Lizza May David. PS: Zhang Huan: Ash at Haunch of Venison London (October 10 - November 11, 2007). Click image to watch Flash video in new movie window. > Right-click (Mac: ctrl-click) this link to download Quicktime video file. > Click this link to watch Quicktime video in new movie window.

Postmasters Gallery, New York, presented new works by Eddo Stern. It was the artist s third solo show with the gallery. Los Angeles based Stern has been involved in video gaming culture as a practitioner and theorist for many years. He is presently on the faculty at California Institute of the Arts. The works in the show are a result of the artist s obsessive participation in online fantasy games, most recently a yearlong immersion (2000 hours played) in World of Warcraft, the most popular MMORPG (Massively Multiplayer Online Roleplaying Games) with more than 10 million players worldwide His new works - kinetic shadow sculptures and 3D computer animation videos - use a mash-up of documentary material from online forums, clip art, YouTube videos, midi music, electronics, and hand made puppets . (excerpts from the press release). Upcoming show from 20th October: New works by Kristin Lucas. September 15, 2007. Click image to watch Flash video in new movie window. > Right-click (Mac: ctrl-click) this link to download Quicktime video file. > Click this link to watch Quicktime video in new movie window.

Sperone Westwater Gallery, New York, presents recent work by Swiss artist Not Vital (born 1948). The exhibition entitled Lotus, Coffee and Stone Pine, Portraits, Snow and Boyfriend is Not Vital s fourth solo show at the gallery. It features new sculpture as well as works on paper. We tried to give you an impression of the exhibition, but if you want to experience the exhibition with all your senses, we recommend to have a look yourself. Opening reception, New York, September 15, 2007. The exhibition runs through October 27, 2007. Click image to watch Flash video in new movie window. > Right-click (Mac: ctrl-click) this link to download Quicktime video file. > Click this link to watch Quicktime video in new movie window.

At Art Forum Berlin art fair Galerie Anselm Dreher presented an installation by Folke Köbberling Martin Kaltwasser. Since 1988 the two Berlin-based artists collaborate on projects, installations and temporary constructions with a focus on the recycling of materials from industry, production and trade. For Anselm Dreher s booth at Art Forum they used materials from the IFA, the world s largest Consumer Electronics trade fair that took place shortly before Art Forum Berlin. Most of the materials used to build the stands at IFA go in the trash after the fair. September 28, 2007. PS: Galerie Anselm Dreher celebrates its 40th anniversary this year. Congratulations! Click image to watch Flash video in new movie window. > Right-click (Mac: ctrl-click) this link to download Quicktime video file. > Click this link to watch Quicktime video in new movie window.

Yvon Lambert s Project Space in Chelsea, New York, presents Tsang Kin-Wah. Tsang Kin-Wah lives and works in Hongkong. The works presented at Yvon Lambert Project Space New York center around sex as one of the motivations of human beings. The works on display are to a large extent text-based. In the main room text on the walls is intermittendly illuminated by two lights. The second room features wallpapers and paintings. The exhibition will consist of floral patterns of text and paintings mingled with rhythmic pulses of light The walls of the second gallery have been covered with traditional Chinese lotus patterns in soothing blue and pink, a pattern that repeats in accompanying paintings. While the lotus flower is closely associated with Buddhism in the East to symbolize purity, upon closer inspection Tsang’s flowers spell out pornographic texts. Tsang Kin-Wah (b.1976) was born in China and is a graduate of the Chinese University of Hong Kong and Camberwell College of Arts at the London Institute. (excerpts from the press release). Tip: Have a close look at the paintings that seem to merge with the wallpaper - there s not only text and patterns. Yvon Lambert New York Project Space, opening reception, September 14, 2007. Click image to watch Flash video in new movie window. > Right-click (Mac: ctrl-click) this link to download Quicktime video file. > Click this link to watch Quicktime video in new movie window.

The paintings by Michael Cline entitled “Folks” are reminiscent of George Grosz and Pierre Klossowski. Michael Cline (born in Cape Canaveral, Florida), lives and works in New York. He received an MFA from the Art Institute of Chicago in 2003. His work has been included in “Happy Days Are Here Again” at David Zwirner Gallery and will be subject of a solo exhibition at David Kordansky Gallery, Los Angeles. Opening reception at Daniel Reich Gallery, New York, September 15, 2007. Click image to watch Flash video in new movie window. > Right-click (Mac: ctrl-click) this link to download Quicktime video file. > Click this link to watch Quicktime video in new movie window.

This year s special exhibition at Art Forum Berlin is called House Trip . It is dedicated to the close relationship between art, architecture, and design, and to the growing artistic interest in the formal language of modernism. (PR Art Forum). The curator of the show is Ami Barak from Paris. He selected 57 artistic contributions from 18 countries. Among the artists: Saadane Afif, Lucas Lenglet, Atelier van Lieshout, Victor Man, Mircea Cantor, Tim Eitel, Lisa Junghanss, Peter Kogler, Zilla Leutenegger, Maria Pask, Miri Segal, Ina Weber and Erwin Wurm. Art Forum Berlin, September 28, 2007. By VTV correspondent Lizza May David. Click image to watch Flash video in new movie window. > Right-click (Mac: ctrl-click) this link to download Quicktime video file. > Click this link to watch Quicktime video in new movie window. Related Articles:Art Forum Berlin 2007: About Beauty / part 2/2Art Forum Berlin 2007

The famous Hotel Chelsea in New York is the place where Daniel Reich Gallery presents the works of Camilla Low, Mamiko Otsubo, and Stefan Thater. The exhibition is curated by Marina Leuenberger and Daniel Schmidt. Camilla Low contributes sculptures with a cool, high-gloss surface; Mamiko Otsubo a rarge moon leaning on a curved wall outside the exhibitions space and Stefan Thater a series of black and white works on a narrow shelf, leaned onto the wall. Daniel Reich Gallery, Temporary Space at the Hotel Chelsea, New York, September 8, 2007. Click image to watch Flash video in new movie window. > Right-click (Mac: ctrl-click) this link to download Quicktime video file. > Click this link to watch Quicktime video in new movie window.

Gallery Sara Tecchia Roma New York starts the Fall season with works by David Fried (born 1962 in New York City). On display are his kinetic art pieces (tables with sound-activated spheres), and color photograms. His hand-crafted SELF ORGANIZING STILL LIFE objects consist of interactive, sound-activated spheres, which dance in real-time in response to ambient sound, visualizing the live acoustics in a spontaneous and elegantly fluid choreography before one s eyes. When sound is no longer detected, the spheres come to rest, playing still-life With his series of color photograms titled IN BED WITH LUCY AND DOLLY, Fried uses photo-sensitive film and flashes of light to capture the shadows of fleeting bubble formations - no camera or lens is used. (excerpts from the press release). Opening reception at Sara Tecchia Roma New York, New York, September 14, 2007. Click image to watch Flash video in new movie window. > Right-click (Mac: ctrl-click) this link to download Quicktime video file. > Click this link to watch Quicktime video in new movie window.

In the second part of our No-comment coverage of the 12th Art Forum Berlin - the International Fair for Contemporary Art we have a look at Hall 18 with art work such as the lounge Seestern by Jürgen Mayer H. (at Magnus Müller, Berlin), a performance tent Ud by Ralf Ziervogel (at André Schlechtriem, New York), and the Kameras by Oliver van den Berg (at Kuckei + Kuckei, Berlin). Art Forum Berlin 2007, September 28, 2007. Click image to watch Flash video in new movie window. > Right-click (Mac: ctrl-click) this link to download Quicktime video file. > Click this link to watch Quicktime video in new movie window. Related Articles:Art Forum Berlin 2007

Greene Naftali Gallery presents the second New York solo exhibition by Jim Drain. On display are four new large-scale sculptures, furniture works, collages, photographs, stained glass, wallpaper, and a curtain dividing the space. All the elements create a brightly colored environment. Jim Drain: I Would Gnaw on My Hand at Greene Naftali Gallery, New York. September 15, 2007. Click image to watch Flash video in new movie window. > Right-click (Mac: ctrl-click) this link to download Quicktime video file. > Click this link to watch Quicktime video in new movie window.

136 galleries from 23 countries present contemporary art at the 12th Art Forum Berlin - the International Fair for Contemporary Art. In this video we walk through Hall 20, where the galleries Contemporary Fine Arts, Spencer Brownstone, Eigen + Art, Mai 36, Arndt Partner, Marianne Boesky, Dogenhaus, Pierogi (among others) present their artists. Art Forum Berlin 2007, September 28, 2007. Click image to watch Flash video in new movie window. > Right-click (Mac: ctrl-click) this link to download Quicktime video file. > Click this link to watch Quicktime video in new movie window.

Spencer Brownstone Gallery presents new works by Ian Burns. In these works Ian Burns uses both high- and low-tech to create images which are displayed on TV monitors and wall projections. It s Ian Burns second solo show at the gallery. He has featured in major exhibitions including ‘Greater New York’ at PS1; The Turin Triennial, Castello di Rivoli, Turin; ‘Stereovision’ at South Florida Contemporary Art Museum, Tampa; and ‘New York States of Mind’ at Haus der Kulturen der Welt, Berlin. Ian Burns will have his first one-person museum show at Indianapolis Museum of Contemporary Art in 2008, which will be accompanied by the publication of a major catalog. Ian Burns: The Manner of Work (until October 20, 2007) at Spencer Brownstone Gallery, New York. September 13, 2007. Click image to watch Flash video in new movie window. > Right-click (Mac: ctrl-click) this link to download Quicktime video file. > Click this link to watch Quicktime video in new movie window.

The exhibition “Ein Produkt des freien Willens (A Product of Free Will)” at Neuer Berliner Kunstverein presented works by David Hatcher, Michael Müller, and Christine Würmell. The exhibition ended on 19th August 2007 but will be on show at the Kunstverein Göttingen from November 18 to December 31, 2007. Neuer Berliner Kunstverein, Berlin. By VTV correspondent Lizza May David. Click image to watch Flash video in new movie window. > Right-click (Mac: ctrl-click) this link to download Quicktime video file. > Click this link to watch Quicktime video in new movie window.

Daniel Rozin (born 1961 in Jerusalem) creates interactive installations and sculptures. His works have the ability to respond to the presence of a viewer. Currently, Bitforms Gallery, New York, presents three new works by Daniel Rozin. Daniel Rozin s “Weave Mirror”, “Peg Mirror”, and “Snow Mirror”. The exhibition runs until October 6, 2007. Bitforms Gallery, New York. September 14, 2007. PS: There s an artist talk on Saturday, September 29, 2007 at Bitforms Gallery, New York. Click image to watch Flash video in new movie window. > Right-click (Mac: ctrl-click) this link to download Quicktime video file. > Click this link to watch Quicktime video in new movie window.

First impressions from Preview Berlin - The Emerging Art Fair. This time, Preview Berlin has chosen quite a special venue, a former hangar at Berlin s Tempelhof Airport. 57 galleries and project spaces present works at Preview Berlin 2007. September 27, 2007. Click image to watch Flash video in new movie window. > Right-click (Mac: ctrl-click) this link to download Quicktime video file. > Click this link to watch Quicktime video in new movie window.

On September 11, 2007, Vernissage TV attended the opening of a new exhibition of drawings by Los Angeles-based artist Raymond Pettibon at David Zwirner, New York. It s Raymond Pettibon s seventh solo exhibition at David Zwirner Gallery. Raymond Pettibon is considered as one of the most influential contemporary artists working today. He is included in the 52nd Venice Biennale (until November 21, 2007). Recently his work has also been shown at CAC Málaga, Spain; Kestner Gesellschaft, Hannover, Germany and Kunsthalle Wien, Austria. Raymond Pettibon received the Bucksbaum Award following his participation in the 2004 Whitney Biennial. The drawings presented at David Zwirner to a large extend address current political and social concerns, including American foreign policy and the war in Iraq. Raymond Pettibon: The Big Picture, David Zwirner, New York. Impressions from the opening, September 11, 2007. Click image to watch Flash video in new movie window. > Right-click (Mac: ctrl-click) this link to download Quicktime video file. > Click this link to watch Quicktime video in new movie window.

The Writer s Brush is an exhibition based on Donald Friedman s book “The Writer s Brush: Paintings, Drawings, and Sculpture by Writers ” (release date September 2007). The show, curated by Donald Friedman and John Woronski includes more than 120 unique works of art by 80 of the world s most celebrated writers. Among them are Charles Bukowski, William S. Burroughs, Jean Cocteau, Douglas Coupland, Aldous Huxley, Henry Miller, Kurt Vonnegut, William Butler Yeats, and many more. The Writer s Brush: Paintings and Drawings by Writers at Anita Shapolsky Gallery. The exhibition runs until October 27, 2007. Impressions from the opening reception at Anita Shapolsky Gallery, New York, September 13, 2007. Book link PS: Interview with Donald Friedman, the author of The Writer s Brush, at New Hampshire Public Radio (Audio). Click image to watch Flash video in new movie window. > Right-click (Mac: ctrl-click) this link to download Quicktime video file. > Click this link to watch Quicktime video in new movie window.

The Fall program of Envoy at 131 Chrystie Street, New York, starts with two artist: Simon Henwood and Raphael Neil. Simon Henwood s works are black and white oil paintings of 60 s and 70 s actors who never made it in Hollywood, plus a large painting of the office of a talent agency. Raphael Neil s are also related to the movies: Bates Productions is his faux production company that supposedly released three movies: “A Boy s Room”, “Doppelgänger”, and “Aliocha”. In Raphael Neal s exhibition at Envoy we see the movie posters for these movies. Simon Henwood: There For the Grace of God, and Raphael Neal: Bates Productions (both exhibitions run until 6th October 2007), Envoy. September 13, 2007. Click image to watch Flash video in new movie window. > Right-click (Mac: ctrl-click) this link to download Quicktime video file. > Click this link to watch Quicktime video in new movie window.

Works by Shirana Shahbazi and Wilhelm Sasnal are on display at the Swiss Institute / Contemporary Art in New York. Shirana Shahbahzi (born in Tehran in 1974) presents a selection of color photographs and a painting transcribed from one of her photographs by a team of Iranian artists. It s the largest exhibition of Shahbazi s work to date in the United States. Wilhelm Sasnal (born in Poland in 1972) presents a new 16-mm film which is based on found footage of several Elvis performances and of American outsider musician Daniel Johnston. Shirana Shahbazi: Meanwhile and Wilhelm Sasnal: Untitled (both exhibitions run until October 27, 2007), Swiss Institute / Contemporary Art, New York. Opening, September 12, 2007. Click image to watch Flash video in new movie window. > Right-click (Mac: ctrl-click) this link to download Quicktime video file. > Click this link to watch Quicktime video in new movie window.

With her exhibition at Priska C. Juschka Fine Art, Christine Tarkowski has her first solo show in New York City. The exhibition entitled “Whale Oil, Slave Ships and Burning Martyrs” is a mixed media installation consisting of a geodesic dome, broadsides, photographs and songs (created in collaboration with Jon Langford). With her work, Christine Tarkowski “explores the manner in which systems of belief pervade all aspects of our lives, through the construction of her own faith-based order” (excerpt from the press release). She lives and works in Chicago, IL. Christine Tarkowski: Whale Oil, Slave Ships and Burning Martyrs at Priska C. Juschka Fine Art, New York. Opening reception, September 6, 2007. Click image to watch Flash video in new movie window. > Right-click (Mac: ctrl-click) this link to download Quicktime video file. > Click this link to watch Quicktime video in new movie window.

For the second time Galerie Friedrich in Basel, Switzerland, is showing works by the German artist Florian Slotawa. On display are three sculptures whose combining element is the light. The exhibition shows also Florian Slotawa s “IKEA-Skulptur” which exists in three copies, one for Europe, one for Asia and one North America: The artists sends a shopping list to the exhibition space, the construction material is being purchased at the IKEA-branch on site. In addition to the sculptural works, Florian Slotawa presents large-scale black and white photographies, showing scenes from the artist s studio. Galerie Friedrich, Basel / Switzerland. Opening, August 31, 2007. Click image to watch Flash video in new movie window. > Right-click (Mac: ctrl-click) this link to download Quicktime video file. > Click this link to watch Quicktime video in new movie window.

Kent Henricksen s exhibition “Divine Deviltries” at the Chelsea-based gallery John Connelly Presents is the artist s second solo exhibition in New York at the gallery. The gallery s walls are covered with a series of wallpapers and art work which look nice from a distance, but turn evil when you have a close look. Kent Henricksen, born 1974 in New Haven, Connecticut, lives and works in New York. An interview (Kent Henricksen in Conversation with Bob Nickas) is available at the gallery s website. Kent Henricksen: Devine Deviltries, Opening at John Connelly Presents, New York, September 6, 2007. Click image to watch Flash video in new movie window. > Right-click (Mac: ctrl-click) this link to download Quicktime video file. > Click this link to watch Quicktime video in new movie window.

The Pilar i Joan Miró Foundation in Mallorca hosts until September 23rd four installations by Portuguese artist Baltazar Torres. Known for his work with miniatures that create vast scenes which reflect on issues of ecology and confront the human being with the planet itself. By establishing a playful relation of scales, Torres takes the viewer to experience a panoramic view of the subject he is representing. This exhibition focuses on the city as “a world of structural conflicts that we must inevitably live with”. Ridiculously monstrous cities in which humans dwell suffocated by their own rubbish, surrounded by roads and construction sites, paint a grim picture of our environment and reminds us of a situation that is all but natural. By VTV correspondent Pau Waelder. Click image to watch Flash video in new movie window. > Right-click (Mac: ctrl-click) this link to download Quicktime video file. > Click this link to watch Quicktime video in new movie window.