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Chris Dreier & Andreas Seltzer: “Souvenir de Verdun” (Laura Mars, Berlin)

From 27 February to 3 April 2010, Chris Dreier and Andreas Seltzer present with “Souvenir de Verdun” their extensive work on the Battle of Verdun in the Berlin-based gallery Laura Mars Grp. Dreier made touching photos with her pinhole cameras; the landscape’s scarredness is being caught in the images, as well as its recapturing by nature. Andreas Seltzer is adding to the fascinating exhibition with meticulous drawings; they are based on travel guides to the former battlefield, supplemented by further elements.

Opening: Dogs in Wars – Dogs as Weapons (Osnabrück)

From 28 January 2010, the Erich Maria Remarque-Friedenszentrum in Osnabruck presents with “Hunde im Krieg – Hunde als Waffe” (Dogs in Wars – Dogs as Weapons) an exhibition that addresses quite a specific subject: the use of “man’s best friend” in wars.

Martin Roemers: “Relics of the Cold War” (Berlin)

The exhibit “Relics of the Cold War” of works by the Dutch documentary photographer Martin Roemers will be presented in the Willy-Brandt-Haus in Berlin from 10 November 2009 onwards.

Latvia, former Soviet naval base; © Martin Roemers

Opening: “Manifest Destiny” at Moeller Fine Art (Berlin)

Moeller Fine Art shows in its Berlin gallery the multifaceted group exhibition “Manifest Destiny” with photographs, installations, sculptures, collages and drawings by Mildred Howard (USA), Tom Molloy (Ireland) and Simon Norfolk (Nigeria/UK). The title refers to the homonymous 19th-century-doctrine that was also used to legitimate the territorial expansion of the USA as God’s will.

The North Gate of Baghdad, the scene of fierce fighting, Baghdad 19-27 April 2003 (© Simon Norfolk)

Alexander Seiler: Triumph against Will (Leipzig)

After his impressive exhibition “Panthersprung” at Schultz Contemporary in Berlin, Alexander Seiler presents not only two of his both massive and grandiose ship sculptures at the Spinnerei (a former spinning mill) in Leipzig , but 6 further works. The exhibit “Triumph wieder Willen” (“Triumph against Will”)¹ will be shown from 1 May to 13 June 2009. It will be opened on 30 April within the framework of the “spring tour” through the many galleries present at the location.

Triumphtor auf Selbstfahrlafette (© 2007 Alexander Seiler, plaster, 150x152x190 cm; Photo: Frank Altmann)

It is difficult to strike the right note on this translation, thus the one I chose is rather clumsy. The German original is surely playing with Riefenstahl’s “Triumph des Willens” (Triumph of the Will); literally translated, it would be “Unwilling Triumph”. ↩

Announcement: Image Battles – 2000 Years of News from the War (Osnabrück)

2000 years after the Battle of the Teutoburg Forest¹, this event is taken as opportunity for an highly interesting exhibition in Osnabrück, close to the assumed battlefield: “Image Battles” will deal with “news from the war” in a multi-faceted approach on issues of technology, media and art.

In 9 AD, an alliance of Germanic tribes led by Arminius destroyed three Roman legions led by Publius Quinctilius Varus. ↩

Exhibition: War and Medicine (Dresden)

The Deutsche Hygiene-Museum (German Hygiene Museum) in Dresden presents from 4 April to 9 August 2009 the comprehensive exhibition “Krieg und Medizin” (War and Medicine). It has been organised in cooperation with the Wellcome Collection in London, where the exhibition could be seen from 22 November 2008 to 15 February 2009. The multifaceted Ausstellung exposition includes 450 exhibits on 800m²: photos, surgical instruments, prostheses, documents, but also video installations, paintings and other works of art. A visit is highly recommended.

Art Karlsruhe / “As Far as No Eye Can See”

0Pariser Platz und Brandenburger Tor, 21. April 1951 (© Fritz Tiedemann/Arwed Messmer)

art-karlsruhe2009 This year’s art Karlsruhe will take place between 5 and 8 March. The quite young “international art fair for classical modern and contemporary art” is already well-established on the market. Besides the many presentations of galleries and artists, it is not the least worth mentioning that with “Leipziger Strasse, 1952” one of the panoramic images by Fritz Tiedemann can be seen, shown at the exhibition “As Far as No Eye Can See” that had been already mentioned here. Continue reading “Art Karlsruhe / “As Far as No Eye Can See””

Alexander Seiler: Panthersprung (Schultz Contemporary Berlin)

Mutterschiff (© 2008 Alexander Seiler, plaster, 110x85x495 cm; Photo: Frank Altmann)

“I am a cheerful pessimist”

As it had been announced here earlier, Alexander Seiler is presenting some of his fascinating objects in the gallery Schultz Contemporary Berlin. The large-format works of the exhibition “Panthersprung” (“Panther’s Leap”, 28 February – 18 April 2009) make a visit worthwhile. Continue reading “Alexander Seiler: Panthersprung (Schultz Contemporary Berlin)”

Studying in Wartime (Photo Exhibition in Berlin)

Prospekt Pobedy, Grozny, November 1995 (© Stanley Greene)

The association Studieren ohne Grenzen e.V. / Etudes sans Frontières (Studying without Borders) presents its initiative Studieren im Krieg (Studying in wartime) on 28 February with a photo exhibition in Berlin. Some 40 war photos can be seen, made during and after the wars in Chechnya by Stanley Greene, Musa Sadulaev and Rumisa T. Continue reading “Studying in Wartime (Photo Exhibition in Berlin)”