Untitled - lorch + seidel contemporary

14.09.2012
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PRESSESPIEGEL 2012
ARTWEEK SONATA NO. 1 DE
Philipp Koch Blog online
Auszug I Excerpt
[...] Ahhh – Art Fairs. What is to say about them? in their nature they are big,
crowded, very mixed in quality of the shown works and art-market driven.
Hard to say how business went down, the opening surely was crowded and the
intriguing chattering of the art-crowd like a thunderstorm. I would have preferred
some classical music. Although the Gallerys are international, the main focus lies
on Berlin-based institutions, showing a lot of painting, very colourfull oftenly,
more figurative than abstract and somehow “berlinerish”, although i cannot
explain really what that means (maybe: in progress, somehow unfinished, not to
the absolute point). Two trends that were visible though are those of the medium
Collage, which were present at quite a few boothes, and drawings with pencil,
oftenly in large format and overloaded with imagery, sadly the topoi of the
works were mostly near a total ennui (naked women, sex, architecture\city). A
medium i personally like, but not in that way. In the end the Preview is definitely
worth a look, but it is not fantastic in respect of quality and actually a little bit
disappointing really – Berlin can do better.
Allegro con fuoco
Preview Aftershowparty @ Prince Charles
Seriously, I did not even had the slightest clue, this club exists. Berlin has too
many of them. After lining up in the queue in a backyard, you finally enter the
place and infinite boredom hits you on the head. Alright, i never was a big fan
of partys, especially if they are connected to fairs or other business events. Surely
there is the upside of making contacts with people you otherwise rarely see,
which is a plus, but the strange mixture of arty people, associated friends, gallerists
in fancy suits in their late fifties and overworked assistants hunting for a
quick inebriation mixed with the electro on the dancefloor and heavy flirting with
that beautifull chick from the next booth you saw allday long, it is exhausting to
watch and really too common somehow. Something else you notice very fast is
the strange relation between the art-scene and party. It is, at least there, on this
after party, inhibited. As Art business is showbusiness in a way, people behave
like being watched a lot (and watch a lot). Because I had to leave early I do not
know for certain, but i hope for the sake of joy and liberation that the crowd got
drunk enough to forget themselves at least a little.[...]