24 Oct 2008

ART FORUM BERLIN: Kuenstlerhaus Schloss Balmoral introduces Barbara Wille

Kuenstlerhaus Schloss Balmoral introduces Barbara Wille

What goes around, comes around

Art Forum Berlin 2008, Palais am Funkturm, Stand 116

Saturday, October 31 to Monday, November 3, 2008, daily from 12 p.m. to 8 p.m.

At the Art Forum Berlin 2008, Kuenstlerhaus Schloss Balmoral, Stiftung Rheinland-Pfalz fuer Kultur (Foundation for Culture, Rhineland-Palatinate), is presenting artist Barbara Wille, a Berlin resident.

Her expansive installation titled 'What goes around, comes around' - conceived exclusively for this event - subtly incorporates the architecture of the venue. A recipient of the Kuenstlerhaus Schloss Balmoral scholarship in 2002, Wille frames the exhibition stand as a membrane in the interstice between inside and outside. The construction she has developed limits the gaze in both directions and conceptualizes the ethereal as an image. Proportionality becomes important and distance or closeness to the things each generates a new perception of the installation. Her sculptural gesture is reminiscent of a kiosk and incidentally exemplifies the artist and the concept of advertisement as a longing for the unattainable. In a word, desire.

We are pleased that in addition to Barbara Wille, 11 more Balmoral scholarship recipients are being represented by their galleries at the Art Forum Berlin.

They are:

Sonja Alhaeuser, scholarship holder in 2006
Hall 20, Stand 107: Galerie Anita Beckers

Filipa César, scholarship holder in 2002
Halle 20, Stand 130: Cristina Guerra Contemporary Art/Mai 36 Galerie

Sabine Dehnel, scholarship holder in 2003
Hall 20, Stand 119: Martin Asbaek Projects

Goetz Diergarten, Stipendiat in 2006
Hall 18, Stand 121: Galerie Kicken

Stefan Ettlinger, scholarship holder in 2000 and in 2006
Hall 18, Stand 138: Galerie Ursula Walbroel

Stephan Melzl, scholarship holder in 1996
Hall 20, Stand 139: Galerie Martina Detterer

Laura Padgett, scholarship holder in 1996
Hall 20, Stand 139: Galerie Martina Detterer

Bettina Pousttchi, scholarship holder in 2008
Hall 20, Stand 114: Buchmann Galerie

Barbara Trautmann, scholarship holder in 1998
Hall 18, Stand 119: Galerie Karlheinz Meyer

Stefan Thiel, scholarship holder in 2004
Hall 18, Stand 123: Galerie Vous êtes ici

Yin Xiuzhen, scholarship holder in 1999
Hall 18, Stand 115: Alexander Ochs Galleries Berlin | Beijing


In addition, during the Art Forum, works of the following eight Balmoral scholarship recipients can be seen at exhibitions in Berlin:

Goetz Diergarten, scholarship holder in 2006
Galerie Kicken: solo show
Linienstr. 161 A, 10115 Berlin
Opening hours: Tue - Sat, 2 - 9 p.m.

Erik Goengrich, scholarship holder in 2007
Former State Mint: Ausstellung 'MEGASTRUCTURE RELOADED'
Molkenmarkt 2, 10179 Berlin
Opening hours: Tue - Sun, 12 a.m. - 7 p.m.

annette hollywood, scholarship holder in 2005
no gallery: solo show 'sorry curator'
Adalbertstr. 96, 10999 Berlin
Opening hours: Tue - Fre, 6 - 8p.m., Sat - Sun, 4 - 8p.m.

Bernd Krauss, scholarship holder in 2000
Galerie Giti Nourbakhsch: solo show
Kurfuerstenstr. 12, 10785 Berlin
Opening hours: Tue - Sat, 11 a.m.-6 p.m.

Maria & Natalia Petschatnikov, scholarship holders in 2007
Galerie Wagner + Partner: special presentation in the course of Art Forum Berlin
Karl-Marx-Allee 87, 10243 Berlin
Opening hours: Tue-Sat, 12a.m.-6p.m.

Bettina Pousttchi, scholarship holder in 2008
Martin-Gropius-Bau Berlin: group show 'Zeitblick - Ankaeufe der Sammlung der Bundesrepublik Deutschland 1998-2008'
Niederkirchnerstr. 7/ Ecke Stresemannstr. 110, 10963 Berlin
Opening hours: Wed - Mon, 10 p.m.-8 p.m.

For further information about the artists, please see our homepage: www.balmoral.de

The following event will be held at Kuenstlerhaus Schloss Balmoral:

On Monday, November 3, at 7:30 p.m. the art club Balmoral 03 - Foerderverein Balmoral 03 e.V. - will award the Kunstpreis 2008 (Art Prize 2008) to the Serbian artist Maja Obradović.