PREVIEW BERLIN cordially invites
you to join us for the opening on September 8, 2011 from 6
p.m.!
Following the turbulent developments of
Berlin’s art fair landscape in 2011, and even in its
proverbial “perilous” seventh year, PREVIEW BERLIN – The
Emerging Art Fair is looking forward to an internationally
oriented group of exhibitors that follow the “emerging”
principle, promising an exciting art fair for all those
seeking new discoveries in the contemporary art scene.
From September 9 to 11, an upcoming
generation of galleries and project spaces from 15 nations
will present the most ambitious positions of their programmes
in Hangar2 of the former Tempelhof Airport. In addition to the
61 exhibitor concepts, the runway has been cleared for two new
projects this year. With VIDEO ART BOX by Fresh Paint and
FOCUS ACADEMY, the focus of the exhibition discourse has been
placed squarely on the interface between art production and
the art market.
VIDEO ART BOX by
Fresh Paint
VIDEO ART BOX by Fresh Paint presents
contemporary video art from Israel and marks the beginning of
a partnership between PREVIEW BERLIN and FRESH PAINT Tel Aviv
– two art fairs that have dedicated themselves to emerging
art. The programme presents video art that has never been
shown in Germany before, and provides insights into a
wide-ranging and internationally acclaimed Israeli video art
scene with its characteristic evocative and low budget
works.
In a panel discussion between the directors
of the PREVIEW BERLIN and FRESH PAINT, the potential for
cooperation between the two art fairs, the similarities and
differences of the event concepts and their effects on each
local art scene will be debated.
The project has been conceived and realised
in cooperation with schir – art concepts, Berlin.
FOCUS
ACADEMY
With FOCUS ACADEMY, PREVIEW BERLIN is
turning toward art academies and their students in a new
format. Developed from the enhancement of PREVIEW BERLIN’s art
fair concept, FOCUS ACADEMY centres directly on students at
the moment of their transition from training to artistic
independence, leading to a platform for a new generation of
young and promising artists who present their work for the
first time to a broad public.
In 2011, this concept, which pushes the new
artistic generation to the next level – in line with PREVIEW
BERLIN’s profile as an interface between artists and the art
market – will be expanded for the first time to include
several universities. In its next editions, PREVIEW BERLIN
will develop a platform in which the art university students
and exhibition spaces will be able to compare their state of
production, education and mediation with that of other art
academies. This platform will also enable them to make new
contacts or refresh existing cooperations.
The PREVIEW BERLIN 2011 includes work by
students of the Bauhaus University in Weimar, the Muthesius
Academy of Fine Arts and Design in Kiel, and the Academy of
Fine Arts in Nuremberg presented at the stands of marke.6,
Umtrieb – Galerie für aktuelle Kunst and MyVisit.to.
THE
EXHIBITORS
AUSTRIA: KRO ART GALLERY,
Vienna. BRITAIN:
EB&Flow, London. Patrick Heide
Contemporary Art, London.
DENMARK: Galleri Tom Christoffersen,
Copenhagen. KANT Gallery,
Esbjerg. ME Contemporary,
Copenhagen. FRANCE: Galerie
Ilka Bree, Bordeaux.
GERMANY: ART aspects, Berlin. ARTARY Galerie,
Stuttgart. galerie baer,
Dresden. Berlin Art Projects,
Berlin. Galerie Deschler,
Berlin. Galerie Robert Drees,
Hanover. E105, Berlin.
Galerie Glass, Berlin. Gloria Berlin,
Berlin. Galerie Hartwich Rügen,
Ostseebad Sellin. Galerie Hunchentoot,
Berlin. Jarmuschek+Partner,
Berlin. Kunsthaus Erfurt,
Erfurt. LÄKEMÄKER, Berlin.
Laura Mars Grp., Berlin. Galerie Suvi
Lehtinen, Berlin. Galerie Leuenroth,
Frankfurt am Main. loop – raum für aktuelle
kunst, Berlin. marke.6,
Weimar. galerie maurer, Frankfurt am
Main. Galerie Mario Mazzoli, Berlin.
Galerie Martin Mertens, Berlin/Munich. Morgen Contemporary,
Berlin. Hamish Morrison Galerie,
Berlin. MünsterArt, Münster.
MyVisit.to, Berlin. galerie oqbo | raum für
bild wort und ton, Berlin. Petra Rietz Salon
Galerie, Berlin. PRIVATE VIEW by Maja
Skerbot, Berlin. Rumänisches Kulturinstitut
Titu Maiorescu, Berlin. Scotty Enterprises,
Berlin. Semjon Contemporary,
Berlin. SMUDAJESCHECK, Ulm. Stedefreund,
Berlin. Galerie T 40,
Dusseldorf. Umtrieb – Galerie für aktuelle
Kunst, Kiel. Galerie Villa Köppe,
Berlin. WAGNER + PARTNER,
Berlin. Wendt+Friedmann,
Berlin. WHITECONCEPTS by Nicole F. Loeser,
Berlin. WOLFSTAEDTER, Frankfurt am
Main. zanderkasten, Dresden.
HUNGARY: Ani Molnár Gallery,
Budapest. ISRAEL: Tavi Art
Gallery, Tel Aviv. VideoArtBox by Fresh
Paint, Tel Aviv. LATVIA: Maksla XO Gallery,
Riga. NETHERLANDS: Galerie
Bart, Amsterdam. NORWAY:
Galleri Maria Veie, Oslo.
POLAND: Program Art Gallery,
Warsaw. STARTER Gallery,
Warsaw. ROMANIA: Anca
Poterasu Gallery, Bucharest.
SLOVENIA: Alkatraz Gallery,
Ljubljana. SPAIN: 3 Punts
Galeria, Barcelona.
SWITZERLAND: ALPINEUM PRODUZENTENGALERIE,
Lucerne. WIDMER+THEODORIDIS contemporary,
Zurich.
About PREVIEW
BERLIN
PREVIEW BERLIN is organised by the
Berlin-based gallerists Kristian Jarmuschek (Jarmuschek +
Partner) and Rüdiger Lange (loop – raum für aktuelle kunst),
as well as the artist Ralf Schmitt (MyVisit.to).
Since 2007, the art fair, established in
2005, has been held in the former Berlin Tempelhof Airport,
where the historical hangars are characterised by a
generously-sized room layout. For the fifth edition in 2009,
the fair moved into the singular main hall of Tempelhof
Airport. Under the title LESS REGRESS / MORE CONGRESS, it
developed a progressive art fair concept in the form of a
curated exhibition without a classic fair construction, which
was enthusiastically taken up by the media and the general
public. Some 10,000 visitors over the course of three days
made the PREVIEW BERLIN the “hub of the Berlin’s autumn fair
season” (Der Tagesspiegel).
In 2010, PREVIEW BERLIN once again
presented an ambitious stand concept that reflected the
wide-ranging experiences of the previous years: a combination
of large-scale white cubes and open spaces for expansive
installations and performance pieces. A central lounge
provided a meeting place for visitors while also serving as an
event venue for the multifaceted supporting programme,
consisting of tours, dinners, receptions and discussions.
Another new programme feature was the focus on galleries and
art spaces from Eastern Europe. With more than 12,000
visitors, the PREVIEW BERLIN 2010 was undoubtedly the fair’s
most successful edition since its foundation.
LOCATION
Berlin Tempelhof Airport
Hangar2
Columbiadamm 10
12101 Berlin | Germany
OPENING HOURS
Friday, September 9, to Sunday, September
11, 2011
1 – 8 p.m. daily
PROFESSIONAL PREVIEW
Thursday, September 8, 2011, 2–6 p.m.
(by invitation only)
OPENING RECEPTION
Thursday, September 8, 2011, from 6
p.m.
Admission to the opening is free.
TICKETS
Day ticket € 10
reduced € 6
Groups of 5 people or more € 6 per
person
PRESS CONTACT
If you require any text or image material,
or would like to arrange an interview with the directors of
the PREVIEW BERLIN, please contact our press office:
PREVIEW BERLIN Press Office
Katharina Klara Jung
Tel +49 (0)30 4980 5517
PREVIEW BERLIN is kindly supported by
