image: Marley Van Peebles –
Ghost, 2022
Acrylic and graphite on found cardboard.
9h x 15w in, 22.86h x 38.10w cm
OPENING
September 14, 2022, 6 – 9 pm
Exhibition Runs until October 29th.
HVW8 Gallery Berlin is pleased to present Angelus Novus, a group exhibition featuring the works of Amalia Vekri, Aristeidis Lappas, Elias Kafouros, Gregory Shimada, Jessica Williams, Joram Schön, Marley Van Peebles and Negashi Armada, with an opening reception on Wednesday September 14th.
In this exhibition we examine the work of a group of artists who are based in Athens, Berlin and Los Angeles, and who work primarily in figurative drawing and painting styles that explore cultural and personal spaces of imagination and reflection. The geographic specificity of the selection of artists in this exhibition serves as a means to represent the passing of time through the geographic space of the West.
The title of the exhibition, Angelus Novus is a reference to the mono print of the same name by Swiss / German artist Paul Klee. The artwork, which depicts an angel flying through space is often cited in the essays of German philosopher and art theorist Walter Benjamin and used as a metaphor to describe the passing of time.
“A Klee painting named Angelus Novus shows an angel looking as though he is about to move away from something he is fixedly contemplating. His eyes are staring, his mouth is open, his wings are spread. This is how one pictures the angel of history. His face is turned toward the past. “
-Walter Benjamin, Theses on the Philosophy of History
We find modern interpretations and ways to apply the metaphor of the Angelus Novus to our own respective place and time, as we follow the Angel of History through the present into the future.
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