Past
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The Atlantic is Black
René Tavares 11 Sep - 23 Nov 2024 The Atlantic is Black - an exploration of transatlantic migratory processes and their effects on the Diaspora. In cooperation with THIS IS NOT A WHITE CUBE (Angola/Portugal), ARTCO Gallery is excited to present the first solo exhibition of São Toméan artist René Tavares in Berlin. The show will be on... Read more -
Layered Notions
Udo Nöger & Laura Sachs 26 Apr - 22 Jun 2024 As part of the exhibition, Laura Sachs and Udo Nöger engage in a formal dialogue, exploring the interplay of surface, silence, complexity, simplicity, and meaning. Rooted in a profound relationship between form and light, Sachs and Nöger invite viewers to explore within the silent spaces of their work. Udo Nöger... Read more -
FeEd Me NoT ≠ FeEd Me NoT
Jana Heinemann, Natisa Exocé Kasongo, Maurice Mbikayi, Patrick Tagoe-Turkson, Selva, Martin Wöllenstein 9 Feb - 6 Apr 2024 Video: Berk Kutlucan ‚Feed me not‘ is an exhibition, that brings together a diverse group of artists and designers questioning the relationship to materials, information and emotions that we are confronted with beyond our personal choice. By processing these both subjectively and critically, they offer us alternative ways of approaching... Read more -
Chromatic Choices
Cecilia Lamptey-Botchway, Tesprit & Ibim Cookey 9 Dec 2023 - 27 Jan 2024 In the last exhibition of the year, the ARTCO Gallery in Aachen is presenting works by Cecilia Lamptey-Botchway, Ibim Cookey and Tesprit under the title CHROMATIC CHOICES. The show brings together different portrait works that deal with role models in West Africa. Cecilia Lamptey-Botchway (1992) is a Ghanaian mixed-media artist... Read more
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The Miserable Bastard Show
Benni Kakert 8 Dec 2023 - 27 Jan 2024 Each day, we encounter the inner struggles and personal abysses of humankind, often without even realizing it. We experience misery and develop our own coping mechanisms. This process may be the key to personal growth and potentially the path to self improvement. In 'The Miserable Bastard Show' (through January 13... Read more -
SOCIAL FABRICS
Maurice Mbikayi 5 Nov - 23 Dec 2023 ARTCO Gallery is delighted to present “SOCIAL FABRICS”, the first Belgian solo exhibition of artist Maurice Mbikayi. A selection of works of Mbikayi, encompassing his latest production within the last seven years, highlights the artist’s reflection upon technology and reused material, incorporated in painting, sculpture and photography. Maurice Mbikayi was... Read more -
PARADISE IN MIND
Astrid Lowack 26 Oct - 25 Nov 2023 Turn o ff your mind, relax and float down stream...' This quote by the two Beatles John Lennon and Paul McCartney precedes TC Boyle's book 'the light', in which he recounts the scientific and esoteric practices of psychologist Timothy Leary. It would also be a relevant guideline when visiting Astrid... Read more -
LIMBO
Pierre le Riche 15 Sep - 12 Oct 2023 With 'Limbo', ARTCO Aachen presents Pierre le Riche's first solo exhibition in Europe. Le Riche, born in South Africa in 1986, holds a Master of Fine Arts from the University of Cape Town and has in the past created bespoke installations for e.g. Daimler and Cartier. His artistic practice fuses... Read more
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ECCE NATURA - AN EXHIBITION OF OUR TIMES
Bruce Clarke 13 Sep - 21 Oct 2023 Building up on the long lasting relationship between ARTCO Gallery and Bruce Clarke we are excited to announce his solo exhibition ECCE NATURA. The artist’s parents left South Africa the year before he was born in 1959. His youth in London was filled with visits from anti-apartheid militants and human... Read more -
Forgotten Faces
Tesprit 3 Sep - 21 Oct 2023 Tesprit (1994) is a multi-disciplinary artist. He lives and works in Lomé, Togo. Self-taught since childhood, the artist started his professional career in the early 2010s, working with drawing and painting. He has sculpted reused rubber since 2020. His work has been exhibited internationally – Benin, Ghana, Senegal, Togo, France,... Read more -
Industrial Landscapes
J Henry Fair 17 Aug - 10 Sep 2023 'My work is about the conflict between our dependence on nature and the damage we do to it through our materialism. I take ironically beautiful photographs of complex environmental issues and then supplement them with extensive research that is gradually made accessible to the viewer. I want people to pause,... Read more -
STUDIO TALKS
curated by Malte Bülskämper 4 Aug - 2 Sep 2023 A group show with works by Christian August, Bea Bonafini, Susanne Bonowicz, Jenny Brosinski, Julien Deiss, Johanna Dumet, Janes Haid- Schmallenberg, Atusa Jatari, Aneta Kajzer, Benni Kakert, Moritz Lindur, Timur Lukas, Rebekka Macht, Anna Nero, Laura Sachs, Selassie, Gemma Solà Sotos, Tom Solty, Fabian Treiber, Theresa Volpp, Marta Vovk and... Read more
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Tom Solty - FLYING IN A SILVER PLANE
in cooperation with THIS IS NOT A WHITE CUBE Gallery 13 Jul - 30 Aug 2023 After his successful solo exhibition last summer, ARTCO Gallery is looking forward to Tom Solty's upcoming show in Lisbon. The native Rhinelander is currently living in Portugal’s art metropole to complete his doctorate in classical painting. The series of works created during this time, FLYING IN A SILVER PLANE, will... Read more -
ALTERED EMOTIONS
curated by Johanne Björklund Larsen & Cille SCH 30 Jun - 22 Jul 2023 Technological advancements increasingly blur the line between the digital and the analogue world actively altering the human experience. As new inventions seep into the public as well as the private sphere, the structures and frameworks we once relied upon to understand reality feel inadequate. Our presence now extends beyond what... Read more -
Lingering Presence
Beverly D. Renekouzou and Ange Arthur Koua 30 Jun - 29 Jul 2023 LINGERING PRESENCE is a group exhibition showcasing works by Beverly D. Renekouzou and Ange Arthur Koua, presented by ARTCO Gallery Aachen. Reflecting on their shared vision about the lingering presence previous life can have in pieces of clothing, both Ange and Beverly make use of mixed mediums. Ange explores imagery... Read more -
IDENTITIES
Saïdou Dicko 14 May - 29 Jul 2023 Under the title 'IDENTITIES' we show new works by Saïdou Dicko at ARTCO Gallery Brussels. Saïdou Dicko was born in Burkina Faso in 1979. He lives and works in Paris, France. Saïdou is a self-taught visual artist (photographer, videographer and painter). At the age of five, Saïdou, a Fulani Shepherd,... Read more
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One minute to Midnight
Marcin Owczarek 6 May - 10 Jun 2023 “To tell the truth, I believe that by creating art which transmits serious meanings and subjects, an artist has the power and influence to force to reflect about ourselves and our planet and to point the attention to significant problems that our world currently deals with. In this way my... Read more -
When the silent song rises
Beverly D. Renekouzou, Exocé Kasongo, Melody Howse, Thomias Radin, Selassie and Elihu Ashong 27 Apr - 10 Jun 2023 WHEN THE SILENT SONG RISES is a group exhibition presenting works by Beverly D. Renekouzou, Exocé Kasongo, Melody Howse, Thomias Radin, Selassie and Elihu Ashong presented at ARTCO Gallery Berlin. Building up on their shared history in music and dance, the collaborating artists release their energy in both individual artworks... Read more -
LOST & FOUND
Patrick Tagoe-Turkson & Francois du Plessis 12 Mar - 29 Apr 2023 'LOST & FOUND' with works by Patrick Tagoe-Turkson and Francois du Plessis. After observing the art market in Brussels for several years, we decided to rent an exhibition space in the Rivoli Gallery Centre, in the heart of the Belgian and European capital, initially on a temporary basis for one... Read more -
Jenseits der Grenzen
Johanna-Maria Fritz 2 Mar - 15 Apr 2023 Johanna-Maria Fritz has been traveling the world as a photographer for almost ten years. The Berlin-based artist finds her motifs in crises, conflicts, collapsing states, persecuted minorities, and at the margins of society. Because there, where few people look at, she identifies the truth. „There, I see people who are... Read more
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A Grave in the Garden
Johanna-Maria Fritz 17 Jan - 25 Feb 2023 „When the war in Ukraine started on 24.02.2022, I was still in Afghanistan. The news shocked me, of course, and I immediately thought about how and when I could travel to Ukraine. On Sunday, 27 February, I set off together with other journalists in the direction of Kyiv. Via Lviv... Read more -
Deponie
Tobias Kruse 16 Dec 2022 - 18 Feb 2023 For his project Deponie , Tobias Kruse sought out the traces and scars of a time that still casts a lingering shadow on the present: the years subsequent to the reunification of East Germany. A wild and paradoxical time, rich in opportunities, but one which also brought disappointment, anger and... Read more -
NEW POSITIONS
Saidou Dicko, Ibim Cookey, Melanie Issaka, Justin Dingwall & Roman Handt, Toyin Loye, Patrick Tagoe-Turkson 3 Dec 2022 - 7 Jan 2023 In the last exhibition of the year, ARTCO Galerie Aachen presents for the first time works by Melanie Issaka, Ibim Cookey and Patrick Tagoe-Turkson as well as new works by Saidou Dicko, Justin Dingwall & Roman Handt and Toyin Loye. On Saturday 17 December, from 11:00h to 18:00h, we cordially... Read more -
Family
Jonathan Apelbaum 18 Nov - 10 Dec 2022 Emerging from his background as a mechanical engineer, the artistic work by Jonathan Apelbaum aims for creation through collaboration. Those bearing witness to his large- scale oil portraiture in framework of the exhibition „Family“ will be invited to engage with a synergy of diverse elements embedded within their production. Alongside... Read more
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NOUVEAU BERLIN
Benni Kakert, Johanna-Maria Fritz, Manuel Lossau, March Schmitz, Oliver Ferch and Tom Solty 12 Nov 2022 - 12 Feb 2023 NOUVEAU BERLIN is a group exhibition showcasing the works of seven Berlin-based German artists whose works continue to show why Berlin is considered by many to be the perfect playground for artists to innovate and experiment. The exhibition features paintings, sculpture, and photographic works of art by both rising and... Read more -
Umrissene Welten
Saidou Dicko 14 Sep - 29 Oct 2022 At an early age, Saidou Dicko (born 1979 in Burkina Faso) realised that he could see clouds not only in the sky but also in the sands of his home town. As a young Fulani shepherd, he looks into the red sands of the Sahel and traces the pillowy shadows... Read more -
WHY NOT BOTH?
Maurice Mbikayi & Adeolu Osibodu 27 Aug - 25 Sep 2022 With Maurice Mbikayi and Adeolu Osibodu, ARTCO Galerie Aachen presents two emerging artists from Africa. The works from 2018 to 2022 testify to the enormous artistic creativity of the two. Osibodu's imaginative choice of motifs and Mbikayi's use of a mix of materials make the works exceptional and worth seeing.... Read more -
Walking in the High Grass
Tom Solty 18 Aug - 3 Sep 2022 Virtual Tour Fleeting glimpses from a moving car, from the hatch of an airplane on the eye presented landscape, fleeting moments of an apparent idyll, a feeling of happiness captured with a cell phone camera. But this apparent idyll lying in front of the window stands in stark contrast to... Read more
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COULD BE ANY PLACE...
Lukas Korschan 16 Jul - 13 Aug 2022 Opening and Book Launch: Sat, July 16th, 4pm The exhibition ‚could be any place…‘ by Lukas Korschan is a visual research on today’s mundane spheres of solitude and conformity across the world - physical as well as of digital nature - and a quest for the glimpses of romance, beauty... Read more -
WATERMARKS
Gideon Mendel 15 Jul - 13 Aug 2022 Gideon Mendel, born in Johannesburg, South Africa, in 1959, has been documenting the consequences of flood disasters for those affected around the globe since 2007 and in this way impressively draws attention to climate change and the need and urgency for action. His travels for his photo series entitled Drowning... Read more -
Through their eyes
Stephan Gladieu 21 May - 5 Nov 2022 The thought-provoking and illuminative exhibition features the iconic humanistic portraits by international award-winning French photographer, Stephan Gladieu. In his extensive series of works, Gladieu’s social documentary photography addresses cultural, social, and political narratives of the present time. Whether in Afghanistan, Namibia, Benin, Congo, or North Korea—and as diverse as the... Read more -
Kufa Makwavarara
Kufa Makwavarara 12 May - 18 Jun 2022 Kufa Makwavarara was born in 1983 in Harare, Zimbabwe. He began drawing at school age, whereupon his teachers encouraged him to devote himself to art. In 1999, he won first place in the UNESCO ASSOCIATED SCHOOLS PROJECT NETWORK. From 2001 to 2003, Kufa studied at the National Gallery School of... Read more
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Feels like Home again
Adeolu Osibodu 29 Apr - 11 Jun 2022 Opening Event : Saturday, 30 April 18-22h music curated by deadHYPE Adeolu Osibodu is an artist from Lagos, Nigeria. His engagement with photography started at the age of 18 out of the urge to manifest his thoughts. Using this media, he was able to preserve the energy of time plus... Read more -
Open Encounters
Abdullah Qureshi, Tasnim Bagdadi, Sara Khan, Syowia Kyambi, Natasha Jozi and Gloria Zein 10 Mar - 23 Apr 2022 Through painting, filmmaking, and cultural production, Toronto-based artist Abdullah Qureshi deals with personal and collective histories, traumatic pasts, and sexuality. Drawing on the autobiography, as well as curatorial and collaborative approaches, Qureshi's recent work examines formations of queer identity and resistance in Muslim migratory contexts. The show takes both Qureshi's... Read more -
HEADS & HATS
Gary Stephens 5 Mar - 16 Apr 2022 Gary Stephens was born in Arizona in 1962. He studied painting at the University of Arizona in Tucson from 1982 and drawing at the San Francisco Art Institute in the United States in 1984. He later spent nine years in Florence to refine his style, which was influenced by contemporary... Read more -
Observer & Commentator
Kufa Makwavarara & Richard Mudariki 21 Jan - 5 Mar 2022 Virtual Tour The first exhibition of the ARTCO Gallery Berlin in the new year is dedicated to two painters whose artistic work describes the political and social conditions in the South-East African Zimbabwe. On display are recent works by Richard Mudariki and Kufa Makwavarara. Richard Mudariki was born in Zimbabwe... Read more
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EMERGENCE
Joshua Tree Gallery of Contemporary Art 1 Jan - 23 Apr 2022 Joshua Tree Gallery of Contemporary Art (JT-GOCA) and the Cultural Center’s entire leading-edge Yucca Valley Visual & Performing Arts Center that it’s a part of, had its grand opening in June 2018 but was forced to close fewer than two years later in March 2020 due to the COVID-19 pandemic... Read more -
AMO A LA REINA
Raquel van Haver 10 Dec 2021 - 26 Feb 2022 In the last show of this year ARTCO Galerie shows for the first time in Aachen works by Raquel van Haver in a solo exhibition. Raquel Van Haver’s work is driven by a desire to connect, its spirit of togetherness, lending itself to people, communities and on a monumental level,... Read more -
Traces of Violence
The German Empire in Southern Africa 2 Nov - 11 Dec 2021 On Friday, 19 November there will be two panels talking about the content of the exhibition: Art & Representation of Genocide 18:30-19:15 h Participants: Robert Rodriguez (Scholar, A & M University, Texas, USA) Mercia Kandukira (Artist/Scholar, SUNY Binghamton University, USA) Marcelo Brodsky (Artist, Argentina & Spain ) Heike Becker... Read more -
Cut in Wood
EL Loko 20 Oct - 26 Nov 2021 Looking at the CEuvre of EL Loko (1950-2016) from Pedkondji, Togo, his painterly and his sculptural works are undoubtedly the focus. For example, his 'Cosmic Letters', next to 'World Faces' certainly his most important series of works, have been on permanent display at the Zeitz Museum of Contemporary Art Africa... Read more
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Amo a la Reina
Raquel van Haver 14 Sep - 23 Oct 2021 Just in time for BERLIN ART WEEK, we will be opening our new gallery space at Frobenstrasse 1 in Schöneberg. We are giving the go-ahead with the solo exhibition AMO A LA REINA by the young Colombian-Dutch artist Raquel von Haver, who is currently enjoying great international success. Opening week:... Read more -
Hexenglaube
Witches in Exile & Daughters of Magic 10 Sep - 10 Dec 2021 ARTCO & LEPI ART LEPI Studio at Spreestudios Köpenicker Chaussee 4 10317 Berlin In many communities all over the world, the belief in witches is still part of everyday life. For women in particular this often means a dangerous stigma exposing them to cruel and arbitrary violence. The current missio-Human... Read more -
ROGER THE RAT
Roger Ballen 28 Aug - 29 Sep 2021 Throughout his career, Roger Ballen has pursued a singular artistic goal: to give expression to the human psyche—to explore visually, the hidden forces that shape who we are. In 60 black and white photographs a persona, Roger the Rat is created by Ballen, that is fundamentally archetypal even mythological, a... Read more -
Beautiful Terrible
Justin Dingwall 24 May - 7 Aug 2021 In Beautiful Terrible, ARTCO Galerie shows new works by South African artist and photographer Justin Dingwall. Dingwall was born in Johannesburg in 1983 and is one of the most successful portrait photographers in his country. He gained international fame in 2013 with the publication of his first art photography series... Read more
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Four by Nine
Group show 23 Mar - 11 Jun 2021 In this new exhibition, ARTCO in Aachen presents younger and older works, mainly paintings, from the gallery's collection. The idea behind this exhibition was to create liveliness, colour and thus a bit of a positive mood in the currently dreary times. This intention then also determined the choice of pictures... Read more -
Walking the Line
Bruce Clarke 29 Jan - 13 Mar 2021 In the artist's first solo exhibition at the ARTCO Gallery Berlin, we are presenting works from two important series by the artist Bruce Clarke, who was born in London in 1959. Bruce Clarke grew up in England after his parents left South Africa in 1958 to continue the fight against... Read more -
Hyperirrealismus
ARTCO Kabinett Aachen 23 Jan - 13 Mar 2021 extended until 13 march ARTCO Gallery is presenting photography by Andreas Botzian in his first solo exhibition in Aachen. In addition to extraordinary picture compositions, his work is characterized by a high level of craftsmanship. He himself says about the works shown: “The situations experienced every day can be described... Read more -
Circus
Johanna-Maria Fritz 23 Jan - 13 Mar 2021 extended until 13 march The world of the circus is a recurring theme in the photographic work by Johanna Maria Fritz. The young photographer was born in 1994 in Baden Baden and has lived in Berlin since she was 16. Johanna studied photography at the renowned Ostkreuz School and has... Read more
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Libertas
Manuela Sambo 26 Nov 2020 - 23 Jan 2021 Born and raised in Luanda, Angola, Manuela Sambo studied German studies in the 80s / 90s at the University of Leipzig. During this time, her artistic work began with the construction of masks based on her exploration of her own identity and the subjects of origin and foreignness. In the... Read more -
Prinzip Papier
14 Nov 2020 - 9 Jan 2021 In the new exhibition entitled 'Prinzip Papier' we present paintings, drawings, collages and gouaches by four internationally renowned artists, most of them from the current year. As different as the themes are, but also the techniques the artists use, all of them have used paper or cardboard for the works... Read more -
Roger the Rat
Roger Ballen 1 Oct - 7 Nov 2020 extended until 7 November ARTCO Gallery Berlin present ROGER THE RAT, a new work series by Roger Ballen as a part of the European Month of Photography (EMOP) from 1-31 October. I cannot remember when I put this rat mask on for the first time…I am unsure whether... Read more -
Gwala
Gordon Clark & Imraan Christian 1 Oct - 7 Nov 2020 extended until 7 November Under the title GWALA, we are showing selected photographs by Gordon Clark and Imraan Christian at Salon Wellenmaschine in Kreuzberg.'Gwala' is a slang word of 'Afrikaaps', a modification of Afrikaans that is spoken by the people living in the Cape Flats.The meaning of the term GWALA... Read more
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Look at Me
Contemporary Portrait Photography 9 Sep - 7 Nov 2020 In the next exhibition, the ARTCO Gallery in Aachen presents photographic works by four internationally renowned artists who interpret the subject of portraiture in a very individual way. Justin Dingwall, born 1983 in Johannesburg, South Africa, is one of the most successful portrait photographers in his country. Dingwall wants his... Read more -
Flood & Fire
Our fragile planet 28 Aug - 26 Sep 2020 At a critical moment for humanity we present the work of Gideon Mendel who has been bearing witness to our global climate emergency. The Flood and Fire; Our Fragile Planet exhibition explores the evolution of Mendel’s practice, which has shifted from a traditional documentary approach to one that incorporates conceptual... Read more -
Utopia
Marcin Owczarek 30 Jul - 27 Aug 2020 Marcin Owczarek (born 1985) studied at the Academy of Photography in Wroclaw, where he graduated with an award for his cycle 'Brave New World'. Owczarek is interested in shamanism, gnostics and alchemy. His art was also influenced by the contents of the 'Tibetan Book of the Dead' and by the... Read more -
4 on level 3
charity show 18 Jul - 29 Aug 2020 Despite the current difficult circumstances, we present our second show at Fairweather House in Cape Town under level 3 regulations of the lockdown. ARTCO is delighted to present works by four internationally known artists in a special group show. On display are paintings, sculptures, drawings and graphics by: EL Loko,... Read more
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Einschnitte
Toyin Loye 7 Jul - 10 Aug 2020 Toyin Loye was born in Nigeria in 1959 and studied fine arts at Obafemi Awolowo University in Ile Ife. His work has been exhibited in numerous solo and group exhibitions in Nigeria, Senegal, Argentina, Indonesia, Japan, South Korea, the UK, Australia, USA, Germany, Spain, Norway, Belgium, and the Netherlands. He... Read more -
ASPIRING
Saidou Dicko, Evans Mbugua, Raphael Adjetey Adjei Mayne, Kufa Makwavarara 30 May - 11 Jul 2020 EXTENDED TO 11 JUl After the establishment of branches in Berlin and Cape Town, the original planning of the ARTCO team was to stop the exhibition operations in the City of Aachen in order to concentrate exclusively on the new locations and on the international art fair business. Fortunately, the... Read more -
Wegweiser
EL Loko & Owusu-Ankomah 8 May - 27 Jun 2020 Extended to Jun 27 In its first exhibition ARTCO Berlin presents works by two artists, which are among the classics of contemporary African art that ventured onto the European art scene in the early 1970s. Both artists belong to the first generation of African creative artists who came to Germany... Read more -
Opening ARTCO Cape Town
Gideon Mendel | Freedom or Death 15 Feb - 28 Mar 2020 ARTCO Cape Town | Freedom or Death | Gideon Mendel ARTCO is pleased to present Freedom or Death, an exhibition of photographic works by Gideon Mendel , opening on Saturday, 15 February 2020. Comprised of a series of photographs taken across South Africa during the1980s and 1990s – a period... Read more
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FREEDOM OR DEATH / THE POETICS OF RESISTANCE
Gideon Mendel & Marcelo Brodsky 23 Nov - 19 Dec 2019 Since our show at the AKAA in Paris was well received, we want to bring its centrepieces to this region. Under the title ' FREEDOM OR DEATH // THE POETICS OF RESISTANCE' we will display works of the two artists and activists Gideon Mendel and Marcelo Brodsky . The opening... Read more -
DROWNING WORLD & BURNT MEMORIES
Gideon Mendel 28 Sep - 31 Oct 2019 Opening : Saturday, 28.09.2019 from 11.00 h Artist talk with Gideon Mendel: Sunday, 29.09.2019 from 16.00 - 20.00 h Gideon Mendel's intimate style of image-making and long-term commitment to socially engaged projects has earned international acclaim. Born in Johannesburg in 1959, Mendel established his career with his searing photographs... Read more -
Poetics of Resistance
Marcelo Brodsky 17 Aug - 15 Sep 2019 Panel Discussion Marcelo Brodsky and Wolfgang Kaleck Saturday, 14/09 at 8 pm Born in Argentina in 1954, over the past five decades he has progressively developed a unique poetics based on the interaction of, mostly journalistic and archival, photographs and written annotations to achieve his objective: to activate personal and... Read more -
Face to Face
Group show 29 Jun - 27 Jul 2019 Under the title Face to Face we present different photographic positions by international photographers, all dealing with aspects of African reality. The exhibition confronts the viewer with the antagonism between documentary and staged photography, both digital and analog. For the opening on Saturday, 29 June 2019 from 10:00 am to... Read more
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Bilder & Bretter
Roger Ballen 26 Apr - 10 May 2019 Between 26 April and 10 May 2019, ARTCO Gallery and Salon Wellenmaschine are presenting the exhibition 'BILDER & BRETTER“ (Pictures and Boards) with works by South African photographer and artist Roger Ballen. The exhibition shows hand signed skateboards, next to the relating original photography by Ballen. The skateboards were produced... Read more -
CUT OUT
TOYIN LOYE & FRANÇOIS DU PLESSIS 15 - 17 Feb 2019 On display are works by TOYIN LOYE and FRANÇOIS DU PLESSIS. Opening hours: 10 am to 6 pm EASTSIDE STUDIOS 20 Brickfield Road Salt River, 7925 Cape Town South Africa +27(0)652410871 Read more -
ON PAPER
Group show 12 Jan - 2 Mar 2019 All the works that we show in our first exhibition of 2019 have one thing in common: they all are works on paper . Compared to other traditional art media, paper has universal properties and offers a unique variety regarding the wide-ranging possibilities of its artistic use. Under the title... Read more -
THE SHADOWED PEOPLE
Saidou Dicko 29 Sep - 14 Dec 2018 Saïdou Dicko - THE SHADOWED PEOPLE ARTCO is pleased to present a new body of work by Saïdou Dicko. The opening will take place as a part of the Aachener Kunstroute on: Saturday, September 29th from 10.00 am to 6 pm. The artist will be present. All are welcome! Extended... Read more
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SUMMER EXHIBITION
Group show 11 Aug - 22 Sep 2018 Vernissage: 11th of August 2018 10:00 to 17.00 ARTCO Gallery / Seilgraben 31 / 52062 Aachen Read more -
THE POETRY OF FABRICS
Raphael Adjetey Mayne 27 Jul - 11 Aug 2018 We are delighted to announce the opening of our studio space in Cape Town. In the future, gallery artists will use this studio for 'Artists in Residence' projects in South Africa. In between, ARTCO will exhibit selected young artists there. We cordially invite you to our first exhibition at the... Read more -
ALTER EGO
Roger Ballen 2 Jun - 22 Jul 2018 ARTCO is proud to present the first solo show by Roger Ballen at the Gallery in Aachen. Roger Ballen, ARTCO Gallery, Aachen Opening date: Saturday, 02 June 2018 from 10 am to 5 pm Duration of the exhibition: 02 June – 22 July 2018 ARTCO gallery is looking forward to... Read more -
BODY TALKS
Group show 21 Apr - 19 May 2018 On the strength of the excellent response we had to our showing at the Art Paris Art Fair, we have decided to present a part of the work shown there to the art-loving public in Aachen. Under the title “Bewegungen” we are showing works by artists whose focus is on... Read more
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TALES
Katarzyna & Marcin Owczarek 24 Nov 2017 - 26 Jan 2018 Our work is expressed in a surreal language, because we want to clash the rationality and irrationality of our condition in order to find a deeper meaning of life. Everything we see or do can be seen in both positive and negative way. Not everything we see is what it... Read more -
CAPE ART
Group show 12 Aug - 15 Sep 2017 CAPE ART With this exhibition we would like to give a little insight into the recent art scene in Cape Town. On display are photographs, drawings, paintings ans sculptures by South African artists. We present paintings by the young artist Claude Chandler for the first time. Artists: Tansha Bhana, Daniel... Read more -
HORSEMEN OF SEMONKONG
Thom Pierce 2 - 29 Jul 2017 With this series of portraits, photographer Thom Pierce gives insights
into the lives of the shepherds of Semonkong / Lesotho.
“Late afternoon on the plateau, and the cattle are on the move. As the
sun slips below the mountains, herding dogs nip around the fringes
of a meandering column of animals: sheep and goats, bulls and cows.
Presiding over all of them are the sharp-eyed horsemen of Semonkong.
These herders ride amidst the clangor of handmade cowbells,
and in the fading light the procession sounds something like a parade
of steel drummers.
These Basotho men and boys work high up in the mountain kingdom
of Lesotho—a sovereign enclave nation of two million, surrounded
entirely by South Africa. Lesotho is the only country on the planet
entirely above 1,400 meters (approx. 4,500 feet) in elevation; in the
Semonkong region, which sits at 2,275 meters (nearly 7,500 feet),
the terrain is rugged and paved roads are rare, making four-legged
transportation the most practical option. Shepherds play an essential
role in these highlands, where most people make their living through
animal husbandry and subsistence farming. In a country where wealth—
and status, and eligibility for marriage—are largely measured in
livestock, guardians of likhomo (cattle) serve as financial managers of
a kind. A competent shepherd can expect to be paid one cow a year
by his employer. Out on the mountainside, herder boys sit dreaming
of the day when they will own enough cattle to hire minders of their
own.“
Will McGrath
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ALBUS
Justin Dingwall 27 Nov 2016 - 13 Jan 2017 The discourse about albinism is generally avoided as taboo in the South African context. When discussed, it is usually viewed as negative or as a sought after “oddity” in fashion and art trends. Justin Dingwall, photographer and creator of the series Albus, aims for an intimate perspective to foreground the... Read more
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PAINTINGS
Group show 8 Oct - 12 Nov 2016 ARTCO presents paintings by Bruce Clarke, Toyin Loye, Richard Mudariki, Owusu-Ankomah, Barry Sack, Manuela Sambo, Ransome Stanley and Bernhard Zimmer. Read more -
LAYERS
Barry Sack 27 Aug - 25 Sep 2016 Barry Sack was born in Johannesburg, South Africa in 1948 and received his Bach elor’s degree in commerce from the University of Witwatersrand in 1969. Sack currently resides and works in London, UK; Cape Town, South Africa and Kas, Turkey. After emigrating to the United Kingdom in 1973 he worked... Read more -
MASKERADE
Group show 10 Jul - 19 Aug 2016 Group show at ARTCO Gallery Read more -
LEON 1985-2011
Gordon Clark 22 May - 10 Jun 2016 Solo show by Gordon Clark at ARTCO Gallery. Read more
