KOMET BERLIN was a producer gallery* - a high-contrast group of artists - all clearly positioned in today's figurative fine arts.
The diversity of the presented artworks ranged from surreal paintings of the New Leipzig School painter Johannes Tiepelmann, Arno Bojaks large sized, sharp-colored, grotesque figure arrangements - brimming with art-historical allusions and quotations, Steffi Weigels very emotional portraits and landscapes, which are at the same time always self portraits and internal landscapes of longing and spirituality, to the provocative photographs and paintings by Torsten Solin - broaching the issue of desire, sexuality and death as central themes.
Antka Hofmann reflects in her poetic cyanotypes and photograms on the innocent, fragile and passing beauty of nature, while Karen Oostenbrink seeks traces in her drawings, photographs and video loops - searching for the “life” in antique, long forgotten or lost photographs and photo albums found at flea markets or antique stores.
Heinz Schmöller deals playfully with cycles in his video-loops and sculptures - involving his surroundings and mostly himself, and Sandro Porcu creates technically ingenious sculptures and installations - full of irony - stimulating the association chains of the astonished viewer.
KOMET BERLIN opened its gallery space on Brunnenstrasse in Berlin-Mitte on September 1, 2007 for a defined time period until December 31, 2009.
For more information please do not hesitate to contact us by e-mail: info(at)komet-berlin.de or by phone: +49 (0)176 2081 2370.
*Producer gallery:
Is a gallery founded by a group of artists in collaboration with a curator, manager or art historian – within a defined time period of aprox. 2-3 years.