KUNZTEN

KUNZTEN show #4 – “MOONSTRUCK” at Flutgraben e.V., Berlin
_Opening Times: Tue-Sun 12–19:00
_Finissage 20.7. 16:00

"I am interested in how collective structures shape our understanding of intimacy, identity and belonging. I look for the personal in the universal. I keep asking myself – where do I end and where do we begin?" – Coco Schütte, An Artist Interview #40

"I work across different media, as each medium allows for a different logic of presentation. I am influenced by concepts such as the idea of meta-modernism, which sees a certain oscillation between positions not as a contradiction, but as a space of possibility." – Jonathan Joosten, An Artist Interview #39

"A system doesn't work without labour – which both fascinates and repels me. In my artistic position, I try to engage critically with labour and exhaust its fragility." – Ferdinand Dölberg, An Artist Interview #38

"I simply refused to have the figures I painted in a state that did not show an urgency over themselves, their own bodies and also over their own livelihood. The gaze was a conversation and an affirmation to the figure." – Zandile Tshabalala, An Artist Interview #37

"For me, airplanes became more than just transportation. They felt like portals—waiting rooms that connected me to diﬀerent phases of life. I wanted to integrate those moments of uncertainty, anxiety, and in-betweenness into my work." – Ju Young Kim, An Artist Interview #36

"Is there such a thing as a universal truth? Or is it always shaped by perspectives, contexts, and interpretations? In a world increasingly influenced by globalization and digitalization, I want to explore these themes and reflect them in my work." – Monty Richthofen, An Artist Interview #35

"I mainly work with airbrush and ink on paper or finnboard, and with acrylic or oil paint on canvas. With all three techniques, I work with many thin layers, which creates depth. When I work with acrylic or oil paint, I always remove layers while the colour is still wet. Painting is then an interplay of layers that I apply and areas that I wipe off again." – Sarah Neumann, An Artist Interview #34

"Velvet fascinates me more than any other surface I’ve worked on: there is a certain mystery to the fabric pile that draws the eye toward it. Paint behaves strangely on velvet. Sometimes it sinks into its gaps, becoming part of its personal landscape. At other times, it sits on top, creating a sheen that mimics real light." – Amrita Dhillon, An Artist Interview #33

“SILVER LINING” at UdK HalbHaus, Potsdamer Str. 120, Berlin
11. – 15. Sep 2024

KUNZTEN show #3 – “BLOSSOMING” at Flutgraben e.V., Berlin
Opening Times: Mon–Sun 12–19:00

"I would describe it as a network of concepts and collections of material that build on each other, but implode again and again." – Daniel Hölzl, An Artist Interview #32

"My work is often associated with femininity, but I honestly don't think about it that much when I'm working. But of course I also think it's important to show women and to show femininity, because that's what I am. But I also think it's funny because, no offence to you, a man probably wouldn't be asked." – Lunita-July Dorn, An Artist Interview #31

"What I like about my big paintings are the brutality and the heavy majestically feeling the size creates. They become very powerful." – Laust Højgaard, An Artist Interview #30

"Chewing Tongue came to be while I considered this momentary visit to my mind’s figurative basement to be some waiting-room-like-purgatory." – Billie Clarken, An Artist Interview #29

"Houseplants were something I always found poignant and funny as little bits of nature that we bring into our inside spaces. Vases are objects that can be both functional and ornamental, they can contain something but also can have imagery projected onto them." – Ellen Akimoto, An Artist Interview #28

KUNZTEN show #2 – “SUMMER INTERLUDE” at Flutgraben e.V., Berlin

"I try to open up a space in which hesitation and doubt or longing are not negative attributes, but are normalised. A space where a character's reality is not entirely and solely within the confines of the skin, but everywhere and nowhere." – Emil Urbanek, An Artist Interview #27

"Approaching a new work is quite a spontaneous action, I normally try and find an image to work from or use a photo from myself and/or my partner/friends and then I develop the painting from there." – Brett Charles Seiler, An Artist Interview #26

KUNZTEN show #1 – “CONVERGENCE” at Projektraum 145, Berlin-Mitte
_OPENING 19/02/22 18:00_