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Standard International #5: Spatial Manifestation
September 1, 2018
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The group exhibition “Standard International #5: Spatial Manifestation” at the GLINT ensemble in Berlin-Mitte, a historic building dating from the late 19th century, presents sculptures, reliefs, and environments from September 22 to October 20, 2018, that exemplify a characteristic material aesthetic, particularly from Berlin's post-reunification period. Curated by Berlin-based Rüdiger Lange, the works on display manifest spatial experiences of this era, translated into artistic forms.
Berlin, September 21, 2018 – The fact that Berlin's appearance has changed significantly in recent years can be seen simply in the evolution of terms used to describe urban processes: What was called “brownfield” 20 years ago, referring to large inner-city areas, shrank to “infill site” a few years ago and is now reflected in terms such as “development,” “infill development,” and “building extension.”
Just as these terms shape our understanding of construction in the city, they also bear witness to how the artistic exploration of the malleability of urban interior and exterior spaces has transformed, particularly from post-reunification Berlin to the present day: Vacant land—even just a gap in the building line—as a site for aesthetic contemplation, as a repository of materials, or as a projection surface for historical and utopian musings, offered artists a space that enabled a speculative engagement with construction, form, color, material, surface, and haptics that was characteristic of Berlin. Day and night, people moved between the newly reunited East and West Berlin, and many an opening conversation arose from the contemplation of an artistic material typical of that era, centered on the question: Is it "Sprelacart" (East) or "Resopal" (West)?
Berlin-based curator Rüdiger Lange (loop raum für aktuelle kunst), who most recently (2018) programmatically transformed the spaces of the neoclassical GLINT building at the corner of Glinka and Taubenstrasse in Berlin-Mitte with the group exhibitions “Like Home” and “Like Home Extended,” as well as the acclaimed series “Standard International,” now presents “Standard International #5: Spatial Manifestation,” a group exhibition focusing on this period in Berlin.
The “spatiality” referred to in the title relates both to the question of whether the exhibited works can be considered sculptures, three-dimensional works, or environments, and to the exterior and interior spaces of a now almost vanished Berlin that shaped the creation of these works. At the same time, the term "manifestation" refers not so much to an art-historical assertion that would be symbolized or materialized in this exhibition, but rather to the tangible nature of the works: The 15 participating Berlin artists share either a specific reflection on material aesthetics or a poetic-material reflection on spatial aspects, which draws on corresponding observations and urban experiences in both interior and exterior spaces, particularly from recent decades in Berlin. The city was in a state of both construction and demolition; the works also bear witness to this.
The atmospheric spaces of the GLINT ensemble, suspended between different eras (the Gründerzeit, the GDR, and the Berlin Republic), take on the qualities of a time machine, as they are among the few spaces in Berlin-Mitte that have thus far retained the stark post-reunification charm that provides the historical backdrop against which many of the exhibited works were created.
Participating artists:
Karsten Konrad, Sabine Hornig, Inken Reinert, Axel Lieber, Eberhard Bosslet, Andrea Pichl, Tilman Wendland, Flurin Bisig, Ina Weber, Franka Hörnschemeyer, Vanessa Henn, Manfred Pernice, Wanda Stolle, Stephanie Backes, Frank Coldewey
Opening: September 22, 2018, 6 p.m. – midnight
Exhibition dates: September 26 – October 20, 2018
Opening hours: Wed. – Sat. 2 p.m. – 6 p.m., closed October 3, 2018
Address: GLINT, Glinkastraße 17, 10117 Berlin
More pictures can be found on the GLINT Instagram channel.
Further information about GLINT can also be found on the website.
Click here for the full press release.
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