Gallery Weekend is finally back, marking the arrival of spring with a lineup of top-notch exhibitions. Over the weekend, visitors can meander from one opening to another (there are even unofficially participating exhibition spaces and art shops hosting special events). At Galerie Buchholz, Wolfgang Tillmans delves into the essence of image production: how are images crafted, and how do objects and contemporary phenomena transform when photographically represented in specific ways? Tillmans experiments with techniques and scale until the mundane transcends into something otherworldly. While Tillmans explores the interplay of technology and art, photographer Jochen Lempert directs his lens toward nature. At BQ, he captures the flight of swifts in analog black-and-white photographs. The timing of his exhibition couldn’t be more fitting: as Gallery Weekend unfolds, migratory birds return to Europe after their nine-month journey from Africa, heralding the onset of summer.
Esther Schipper’s work takes a more abstract approach to perception, as Ann Veronica Janssens works with glass, air and color to alter space. Marcel Frey, at Thomas Fischer’s gallery in Mitte, challenges our perception by skillfully overlapping surfaces, prompting us to reconsider what we define as two- or three-dimensional. “Cabin” is an exploration of perception: the group exhibition “Shudder Mornings” glimpses into a dreamlike everyday existence, where, through the eyes of painters like Alexander Skats and Zuzanna Bartoszek, the world appears as a movie set. Gallery Weekend is a chance to explore and spark curiosity, all set against the backdrop of the blossoming Berlin spring.
Text: Laura Storfner / Photos: Hanne Darboven & Charlotte Posenenske; Wolfgang Tillmans / Credit: Courtesy of the Estate of Charlotte Posenenske, and Mehdi Chouakri, Berlin; Klosterfelde Edition Hamburg; Galerie Buchholz
Gallery Weekend (26.–28.04.2024)
Galerie Buchholz, Fasanenstr.30, 10719 Berlin–Wilmersdorf; map
Wolfgang Tillmans 26.04.–15.06.2024. Opening 26.04. 18–21h
BQ, Weydingerstr.10, 10178 Berlin–Mitte; map
Jochen Lempert – Ankunft der Mauersegler 26.04.–29.06.2024. Opening 26.04. 18–21h
Esther Schipper via Lift oder Treppen, Potsdamer Str. 81e/ Obergeschoss, 10785 Berlin–Tiergarten; map
Ann Veronica Janssens – Spring Show 26.04.–05.06.2024. Opening 26.04. 18–21h
Galerie Thomas Fischer, Mulackstr.14, 10119 Berlin–Mitte; map
Marcel Frey – Petitessence until 01.06.2024
Cabin, Mariannenstr.26A, 10999 Berlin–Kreuzberg; map
Shudder Mornings 26.04.–28.06.2024. Opening 26.04.2024
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