Illuminations Installation in Berlin at BAGL 2012 Arts Festival.
Opening tomorrow, Friday Apr. 27th
Illuminations Installation in Berlin at BAGL 2012 Arts Festival. Opening tomorrow, Friday Apr. 27th

“The Illuminations” at  BAGL Springtime 2012 in Berlin

I am in Berlin for the “Gallery Weekend” to exhibit, “The Illuminations”, at BAGL Springtime 2012 Arts Festival.

The Illuminations comprise a glowing gallery of images that float as though disembodied, and at odd angles, in the center of a darkened room. The effect is at once ethereal and sculptural, sacred and profane. The Illuminations subvert the ordinary gallery experience and usher the viewer into an intense and direct relationship with the vision of the artist.

 

Exhibition Details:

Curated by: Anja Schneider, Jennifer Spruß
Location:
Spandauer Straße 2, 10178 Berlin-Mitte
 April 27th – May 1st, Open daily from 1 PM to 1 AM
Opening:
Friday, April 27th 1:00 PM to 1 AM (or perhaps even later . . . )
Daily entrance fee is 6,00 € (reduced 4,00 €)
Highlights:
  • Evenings of music and performance
  • 42 international artists
  • Parallel with Berlin Gallery Weekend

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Deutsche:

 

Ich bin am Gallery Weekend in Berlin und zeige “The Illuminations” auf dem BAGL Springtime 2012 Kunstevent.

Die Illuminations bilden eine leuchtende Galerie, die wie körperlos und in ungewohnten Winkeln in der Mitte eines dunklen Raumes schwebt. Der Effekt ist gleichsam ätherisch und bildhauerisch, sakral und profan.

Die Illuminations untergraben das gewohnte Seherlebnis und führen den Betrachter zu einer direkten und intensiven Beziehung mit der Vision des Künstlers.

 

Ausstellungsinfo:

BAGL Springtime 2012

Kuratoren: Anja Schneider, Jennifer Spruß

 

Ort:

Spandauer Straße 2, 10178 Berlin-Mitte

 

27. April – 1. Mai, geöffnet täglich von 13 bis 1 Uhr

 

Röffnung:

Freitag, 27. April, 13 Uhr bis 1 Uhr (oder sogar später…)

Der Eintritt beträgt 6 Euro (ermäßigt 4 Euro)

 

Höhepunkte:

- Abende mit Musik und Performance

- 42 internationale Künstler

- parallel zum Berliner Gallery Weekend

 

Various scenes are superimposed here.  The suspended model is seen from two sides.  The inverted legs are from a couple that were doing a kind of partner yoga or acrobatics.  The two women facing eachother seemed to be in a deep trance induced by their master, the host of the party.  The blindfolded woman to the right was bound and being stimulated by several men.
Various scenes are superimposed here. The suspended model is seen from two sides. The inverted legs are from a couple that were doing a kind of partner yoga or acrobatics. The two women facing eachother seemed to be in a deep trance induced by their master, the host of the party. The blindfolded woman to the right was bound and being stimulated by several men.
This drawing shows one rigger tying his model in various positions.  The crimson color was made in photoshop - I swapped out the electric blue of the UV light for this red color.  The color replacement has been done in all of these images.  They do not look like the originals.
This drawing shows one rigger tying his model in various positions. The crimson color was made in photoshop - I swapped out the electric blue of the UV light for this red color. The color replacement has been done in all of these images. They do not look like the originals.
These drawings, or, more accurately, brush sketches, were made using my "Sumi UV" light box and black light paints.  The subjects, who were engaged in rituals of bondage, and various sex acts were never still, and so I have really only caught fleeting impressions.  I piled them one on top of the other partly because I had a very limited supply of plexiglas to paint on.
These drawings, or, more accurately, brush sketches, were made using my "Sumi UV" light box and black light paints. The subjects, who were engaged in rituals of bondage, and various sex acts were never still, and so I have really only caught fleeting impressions. I piled them one on top of the other partly because I had a very limited supply of plexiglas to paint on.

Life drawings from full moon bondage party in Berlin.

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These are life drawings of a model in Japanese Bondage (“Kinbaku”). Rope artist, Arisue Go, holds an occasional life drawing session at the studio of painter, Hideyuki Usuki, in the Kagurazaka neighborhood of Tokyo. I had the good fortune to attend in January 2012 and make these sketches.

This is an experiment in painting directly on backlit media using UV LED lights and blacklight paints. I’ve been calling it “Sumi UV”, however, obviously, it is not “Sumi-e” in style or technique . . . The top image was photographed in the dark. The light is coming from behind the translucent painting.  The second [...]

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View at Picasa A short, voluptuous model who was tied up by Rain de Gray and stimulated to (apparent) orgasm with a Hitachi wand before a live audience. This image shows her in an early stage of being tied. View at Picasa This girl, Katharine Cane, got into a very small acrylic box. There was [...]

Stinson Beach/Bolinas Open Studios 2011 - Thanksgiving Weekend

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View at Picasa Here is my latest deployment of the “Illuminations”.  They were hung under a corrugated awning in the backyard of Sancho Gallery in Echo Park, Los Angeles for the “Dark Echo Park” show.   The space was approximately 10′ x 15′ and seven of the Illuminations were hung by fishing line so that they [...]

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