BROADCAST April 19th-22nd, at the Funkhaus, Berlin

BROADCAST
Curated by Amir Fattal and Wil Murray

April 19th-22nd, 2012
Funkhaus - Kantine
Nalepastraße 18-50
12459 Berlin

Opening Party: April 19th 19:00-22:00
Duration: 20-22.04.2012 12-17h

Even by Berlin standards the daily journey travelled to the studio by the artists of Broadcast is surreal: from the black tower of Ostkreuz, past the jail-turned-condos with a view of an unused ferris wheel and through the Gilliam-esque Heizkraftwerk, they arrive at the anachronistically guarded gate of The Funkhaus. Inside, every hallway is lit like a De Chirico painting. But behind every door they have carved out their own real space from the institutional/industrial surreal. Using its rooms like hundreds of larynxes, they are broadcasting again from the Funkhaus.
Curators Amir Fattal and Wil Murray combed these voices, and selected 18 artist’s works to exhibit in the complex's former canteen. BROADCAST displays the occasional harmonies made between artists working privately in a sprawling and often mysterious institution.


Daniele Bordoni
Nadja Bournonville
Sabatino Cersosimo
Sabine Klar
Konstantin Kunath
Sibylle Jazra
Liz Little
Julia Ludwig
Wil Murray
Michael Picke
Charlotte Richter
Ulrich Schäfer
Max Schreier
Tor Seidel
Joachim Seinfeld
Kurt Von Bley
Peter Wilde
Jonas Wilisch
Gloria Zein

Image: Kurt Von Bley 'wzorowy uczeń - musterschüler, pt.2'

Interview With Alicia Reuter up on Whitehot

Once a year, I have a writer down for an interview at the studio. This time, my friend and writer Alicia Reuter came down to my Berlin studio to talk about painting, collage, photography...and fires, circuses and teenage goths.

"I’ve started to view the Berlin art scene as similar to broadcast television. If you buy a television and flip on the switch, you have TV."

Enjoy The Article Here

Joe came by yesterday

Joe Dilworth came by yesterday to shoot my work and took some casual portraits too. My studio never looked so good.

Art dies in the summer, but look at this new painting

Atelier Project Exhibition: June 30th in Berlin

The Atelier Project Exhibition in the cavernous former cafeteria of the DDR radio complex will feature works by 8 international artists chosen in 2010 for the pilot visual arts project at the Funkhaus. This exhibition will be the first of a series of self-curated exhibitions by the artists working in a block of studios occupying warehouses and listening rooms on the first floor.
A haunting, empty space lit by the sun that served breakfast, lunch and dinner for decades, the former cafeteria is a location that represents well the ironic stillness and quiet the artists experience creating their pieces in the former workplace of thousands broadcasting to millions.

-Carla Busuttil (ZA) -Steffen Geisler (D) -Sibylle Jazra (D) -Alexander J. Kraut (D) -Eleni M (CY) -Wil Murray (CA) -Andrea Romero (MX) -Martin Werthmann (D) The exhibition is part of a larger opening event that includes: The Funkhaus Art Prize 2011 exhibition The Funkhaus Atelier Program exhibition The open Studios of the Funkhaus Ateliers Opening: 30 of June 18h-23h Duration: 1-2 July 12h-17h The opening will follow by an outdoor party on the bank of the spree and a BBQ!

Callin' From The Funkhaus

June 30th to July 3rd....Big event at the Funkhaus Nalepastrasse, where I have my studio in Berlin. They will be announcing the winner of the Funkhaus sculpture prize, having open studios, a curated exhibition of guest artists and an exhibition of the artists(including me) in the Atelier Project. Food, booze, DJs....beautiful river and Stalinist architecture.

I'll be showing some new paintings.

The party is on Thursday, June 3oth, at 6pm to 10pm.