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04.09.2012<br />
www.berlin-artparasites.com<br />
PRESSESPIEGEL 2012<br />
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Berlin Art Parasites / Kirsten Hall online<br />
Interview: Featured Preview Berlin Artist Sabine Banovic<br />
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Sabine Banovic’s story is defined by hardship and redemption. For artists like Banovic,<br />
Preview is their chance to show the world what they can do.<br />
Sabine Banovic lays sprawled upon two worn-out cushions on top of a massive white<br />
canvas in her art studio in Prenzlauer Berg. She talks amicably about her art and life in<br />
Berlin as she adds elegant black lines to one of her paintings that she is preparing for the<br />
Preview Berlin Art Fair at Tempelhof Airport. At a first glance, it is hard to believe the this<br />
composed, petit blonde woman has been through as many life phases as Berlin itself has;<br />
at one point having an artistic hiatus for almost three years.<br />
“I used to paint with a lot of color,” she says. “But at some point I realized it was just<br />
too much; Color has an association with it and I want my work to be more abstract than<br />
that.” She continues to explain how she prefers to work on the floor to prevent the black<br />
watercolor paint from running. Her inspiration for her drawings comes from her study of<br />
Japanese art and also from music, specifically the rhythm and beat. “It is not a direct<br />
junction between drawing and lyrics,” she explains. “It is not in a sense political; In a<br />
song, text is the message but I don’t have a message in my work.”<br />
Starting a New Life at Preview Berlin<br />
This will be Sabine’s second time showing at Preview Berlin Art Fair. Her eyes light up<br />
and a small smile crosses her face as we begin to talk about the fair. “For me, Preview is<br />
like a coming out party,” she says. After graduating from university and having children,<br />
Sabine went through a dark period of more than 2 years where she never showed her work<br />
publicly until she met Kristian Jamuschek, a gallery owner and one of the organizers of<br />
Preview Berlin.<br />
“For two years I was alone with my ideas,” Sabine says, “I just retreated and focused on<br />
only on my work then at one point I realized I must go out now and share my gift but it<br />
was quite difficult.” After being out of the game for so long, Sabine and her work were<br />
completely unknown in the art world. “It is so difficult to find someone who is willing to<br />
take that risk for you,” she says. “Without Kristian I would have never been able to show<br />
my work.”<br />
Sabine is the perfect poster-child for Preview because she represents the true Berliner<br />
artist, relatively unknown but talented and eager. “I love Preview because it is a place for<br />
artists from all walks of life,” she explains, “It is young but not so dirty and crowded; They<br />
are not arrogant.” Sabine hopes that after this year’s fair she will attract new collectors.<br />
“Right now the market is going down a little so we hope things will turn around,” she<br />
says. “Fairs like Preview where young artists are welcomed are what the art world needs.”<br />
Tempelhof Airport Preview Berlin Art Fair. September 13th - 16th 2012