Hier und Jetzt

Basement, Berlin

Opening: 26.01.2023 from 6 - 9 pm

Duration: 26.01. - 08.04.2023

Participating artists: Pedro Boese, Cécile Dupaquier, Anne Gathmann, Peter K. Koch, Jak R. Maier, Brigitte Matschinsky-Denninghoff, Martin Matschinsky-Denninghoff, Carlos Silva, Susanne Wehland, Markus Wirthmann

Here and Now is the first of a total of four exhibitions at Basement Berlin in 2023, the new temporary location for contemporary art of the Charlottenburg-Wilmersdorf Department of Culture. The Basement, located between the Europa-Center Berlin and the Weltkugelbrunnen, sees itself as an interface to art in the urban space.

The first exhibition documents and reflects the artistic positions of artists who have significantly shaped the cityscape in the Here surrounding Tauentziehn and the Gedächtniskirche from the 1980s to the present day. In memory of these Berlin artists, the exhibition Now brings together selected works that relate to the works in the neighbourhood. The works of art in the outdoor space must be imagined in the exhibition itself; visitors are invited to re-examine these works from the 1970s and 1980s in the context of contemporary art. In the exhibition, these selected works are juxtaposed with current artistic positions and point to a common visual language, overlaps and interfaces between the art movements of the 1970s and 1980s and current contemporary positions.

Artist talk on Saturday, 11 February 2023 at 5 pm

Curator: Oliver Möst

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Fotos: Oliver Möst