Meet Joachim Koester
By Natalie Wichmann
About praying mantises, insect-like plants and nightmares. We met artist Joachim Koester on Skype.
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Bathing in the forest air
By Julia Schmitz
In Japan it’s been a customary practice for decades, and the trend has now reached Germany: What forest bathing has to do with wilderness and our yearning for nature.
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A Journey Through Mud and Confusion
By Katharina Dohm
A look into the fantastical, animated cosmos of Nathalie Djurberg and Hans Berg. Next year the SCHIRN will be showing the first comprehensive exhibition of the Swedish artist couple in Germany.
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About activism, Beuys and spotted hyenas
By Sabine Weier
She is not only an artist, but also an activist. Lin-May Saeed constructs hybrid creatures with her sculptures, addressing the rights of animals and their relationship to humans. A studio visit.
Video Art
About the singularity of being
By Daniel Urban
What happens in that moment before the brush touches the blank canvas? Among other things, the artist Su-Mei Tse deals with this question in her film “Pays de Neige”.
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Tree bark on a bed of moss
By Antonia Lagemann
Organic? Old hat. Back to nature is the in thing. Not just in the travel industry, in fashion or in sport – no, on your plate, too.
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On the trail of Per Kirkeby
By Johanna Laub
An expedition as a key moment in his artistic development. In the WILDERNESS exhibition the SCHIRN is showing works by Danish artist Per Kirkeby, among others. We set out to follow in his footsteps.
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A mysterious sculpture garden
Maria Loboda’s sculptures and installations are mysterious and full of secrets. Now the artist presents new works at SCHIRN.
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The end of the world
By Kai Schnier
Urbanization, road building, livestock farming – wherever humans propagate there is at most room for the urban jungle. Consequently, our fascination for untouched nature is all the greater. But where can we still find...
Video Art
Chasing through life
By Daniel Urban
The video works by Alexey Vanushkin present their own flood of images to the viewer, drawn from the visual overload of the mass media.
Interview
5 questions for SCHIRN director Philipp Demandt
By SCHIRN MAGAZIN
The SCHIRN reopened with KING OF THE ANIMALS on October 25, 2018. Director Philipp Demandt reveals what fascinates him about Wilhelm Kuhnert and which exhibitions to expect in 2019.
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When fiction and reality become blurred
By Vivien Trommer
We met curator and writer Myriam Ben Salah to talk about Neïl Beloufa’s work at the SCHIRN, her monograph on the artist and what makes a good art exhibition today.
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Prototypes for a new species
By Martina Weinhart
Seductive in gold, bronze and copper. In 2019, the monumental sculptures of the eccentric artist Bruno Gironcoli will come to the SCHIRN. Curator Martina Weinhart visited them in their home in Styria.
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Wilderness returns to art
By SCHIRN MAGAZIN
Most blank spaces on the map have largely disappeared, an “untouched state of nature” is barely existent. At the same time, the fascination of wilderness returns to art, to which the SCHIRN dedicates a comprehensive...
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Hand-picked highlights of the Berlin Art Week
By Elisabeth Pallentin
The Berlin Art Week has begun. We present week‘s highlights, including one or the other drink after a full day.