Blog entries by Rachel Simkover
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by Rachel Simkover, 3 Jun 2013It’s the Olympics of the art world and the jury is a bit stingy with the Gold Lion awards, so here are some more (unfortunately only symbolic) prizes for the national pavilions and collateral events of the 55th Venice Biennale. National Pavilions Gold: Mathias Poledna, Imitation of Life @ the Austrian... -
by Rachel Simkover, 29 May 2013Venice so far... Prima Materia @ Palazzo Grassi Rudolf Stingel @ Punto Della Dogana carpet installation #1, by far the most extensive and spectacular in scale painting of Franz West Ornamentation @ Azerbijan Pavillion all over carpet installation #2, a carpet covered living room including a tv set,... -
by Rachel Simkover, 23 May 2013In case you haven’t been hit with the contagious Venice fever yet, here’s the third part to the Bpigs Venice Survival Guide with our additional recommendations in the city. This list includes both Berlin's representation in Venice and the rest of the events that should not be missed. Although event-... -
by Rachel Simkover, 14 May 2013Book Hook: Yorgos Sapountzis, Eine Statue hat sich an mich erinnert, A statue has remembered me I am pleased to present Eine Statue hat sich an mich erinnert, A statue has remembered me by Berlin-based Yorgos Sapountzis because as far as exhibition catalogues go, this is one of the best. It goes far... -
by Rachel Simkover, 23 Jan 2013Interview with Kai von Rabenau of mono.kultur How did mono.kultur come about, and what were your goals with the publication? The main inspiration for mono.kultur was to feature long and extensive interviews with artists and designers that we find inspiring and thought-provoking. We simply love the format of... -
by Rachel Simkover, 17 Jan 2013The work of Riccardo Benassi encourages slow looking and acute observations of the surrounding environment. He works primarily with installation and sound, and his book projects pick up the residue of his time-sensitive and spacial works and re-present the pieces in a new way, making connections between the temporal... -
by Rachel Simkover, 10 Jan 2013The grey beginning of a new year seems like an appropriate time to look back at some of the best books spotted within the last year, especially now that you have probably cashed in on all of the returnable and unwanted gifts received over the holidays. I know the money is burning a hole in your pocket. The... -
by Rachel Simkover, 19 Dec 2012Interview with John Holten of Broken Dimanche Press If you are not yet already familiar with BDP it would be helpful to first acquaint yourself by reading an interview here with John Holten that took place at the beginning of this year. (above photo: The Narrative Machine by Lorenzo Sandoval, Installation View)... -
by Rachel Simkover, 16 Dec 2012This week’s Book Hook features two books by Berlin based artist Alexine Chanel, whose participation with Bigs goes back to last May’s Speed Portfolio Viewing. Both projects deal with the body (or absence of the body) in relation to public and private space; for those of you who managed to squeeze into the... -
by Rachel Simkover, 28 Nov 2012K.Verlag was founded in 2011 in Berlin by Anna-Sophie Springer and Charles Stankievech. Anna-Sophie is an editor, curator, translator, and writer currently editing a book with Hélène Cixous for Merve Verlag, and her academic essay “Volumes: The Book as Exhibition” will be published in the... -
by Rachel Simkover, 21 Nov 2012Robert Montgomery: Echoes of Voices in the High Towers mono.log #01 published by mono.kultur Documentation of Robert Montgomery’s fleeting public works that most likely had a lasting effect on you this past summer are now accessible in a stunning, three part publication for private consumption and enjoyment... -
by Rachel Simkover, 14 Nov 2012Italian Conversations: Art in the age of Berlusconi Fucking Good Art #29 For the 29th issue of FGA (Fucking Good Art) editors and artists Rob Hamelijnck and Nienke Terpsma ventured out on a travelling residency/Grand Tour of Italy, visiting seven cities in three months last year around the same time Maria was there... -
by Rachel Simkover, 7 Nov 2012Interview with Nuno da Luz of Atlas Projectos The first installment of Book Hook spotlights on Berlin’s publishers begins with Atlas Projectos based in Lisbon and Berlin. How did you get involved with Atlas Projectos? André Romão, Gonçalo Sena and I met in college and... -
by Rachel Simkover, 15 Oct 2012During his lecture, “What is the Museum of Contemporary Art?” co-curator of the 9th Shanghai Biennale Boris Groys brought up the following scenario: We are immersed in a virtual world surrounding life, and in order to get away, to escape the glow of our computer screens, what do I do? I go to the biennale! And, yes... -
by Rachel Simkover, 13 Oct 2012Did you know that www.bpigs.com is banned in China? Here's what happened during the last three weeks in Shanghai: "Reactivation" the 9th Shanghai Biennale: The Academy of Reciprocal Enlightenment a lot of work to be done one week before opening... Site of City Pavilions one week before... -
by Rachel Simkover, 16 Sep 2012C/O, Ellen Gallagher talk @ Berlinische Galerie, Cyprien Gaillard @ Schinkel Pavillon, Boros Bunker re-opening, Simon Starling talk @ neugerriemschneider, Mike Nelson@neugerriemschneider(external), Goldrausch 2012@Kunstverein Tiergarten, BAL "Night & Day" Series: Eva Maria Salvador & John Kleckner,... -
by Rachel Simkover, 15 Sep 2012As opposed to the Miss Read fair last year, where if you were at KW that weekend, you were there for the books, the book fair this year acts as more of a supplement to the larger abc. Miss Read's integration into abc is most likely advantageous to the publishers as they get more traffic from the art fair attendees... -
by Rachel Simkover, 8 Sep 20121work/1room/1night #2: Sofia Bempeza & Vana Kostayola @ Gitte Bohr, Yunchul Kim, "Carved Air" @ Schering Stiftung, Ethan Hayes Chute @ Kinderhook & Caracas, Gary Hume & Thomas Demand @ Sprüth Magers, From the Age of Poets @ Aanant & Zoo, Harriet Groß & Maja Rohwetter @ Galerie...
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