One of the privileges of living in a capital like Berlin is enjoying the free cultural offerings provided by the city’s many galleries. Perfect for leisurely weekends when you lack the energy needed for larger galleries, for moments of creative stimulation during lunch breaks, or for inspiring excursions after work. Before the city’s art dealers gear up for Gallery Weekend, here are three small exhibitions that are too good to miss. Away from the usual hot spots, Kreuzberg-based Racknitz+Baer is hosting the first solo exhibition by Canadian photographer and artist Alex De Brabant until 21.04.2024. Titled “On Earth“, the exhibition explores the uncanny interconnectedness of earthly life. De Brabant’s images depict unique ecosystems and still lifes, paying careful attention to symbolism, composition, and often a psychedelic use of color to offer viewers an experience of nature that borders on the numinous — a spiritual encounter with the natural world. Until 13.04., the Charlottenburg branch of the Meyer-Riegger mega-gallery is showcasing works by painter Alma Feldhandler that transcend time. With incredible ease, Feldhandler evokes a pulsating luminosity from the most subdued colors, blending clear motifs into blurred compositions whose diffuseness lingers long after the viewer has closed their eyes. A gentle drama arises from the aesthetics of contradiction: an ancient painting by a young French artist, Feldhandler was born in Trappes in 1996.
Eigen+Art Lab in Mitte specializes in young art and is currently hosting the exhibition “Vulnerable State” by Jens Kothe, which will only be on display until 06.04. This exhibition touches on one clear theme: skin. Everything oscillates between miracle and wound, fragility and self-exposure, pain, sensuality, and vulnerability. The result is highly aesthetic, yet it causes an almost physical reaction that’s difficult to shake off after leaving the exhibition. These small doses of art break through everyday life in the big city, just as they should.
Text: Hilka Dirks / Photos: Peter Oliver Wolff / Credit: Alma Feldhandler, Who Is the Captain of All These Boys of Death?, 2023, Meyer Riegger, Berlin/Karlsruhe/Basel; Jens Kothe, Vulnerable State, Galerie EIGEN + ART; Alex de Brabant, von Racknitz + Baer
Alex De Brabant “On Earth” until 21.04.2024
VRB Gallery, Wiener Str.18, 10999 Berlin–Kreuzberg; map
Alma Feldhandler “Who’s the Captain of All These Boys of Death?” until 13.04.2024
Meyer-Riegger, Schaperstr.14, 10719 Berlin–Charlottenburg; map
Jens Kothe, “Vulnerable State” until 06.04.2024
Eigen+Art Lab, Torstr.220, 10115 Berlin–Mitte; map
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