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 -
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
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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 -
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 -
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 -
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
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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 -
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 -
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 -
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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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 -
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 -
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 -
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
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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 -
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 -
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 -
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
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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 -
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 -
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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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 -
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 -
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 -
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
