Past
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Peter Piller
Tatsächliche Vermutungen 3 November — 22 December 2012 “Tatsächliche Vermutungen (real assumptions) are based on principles drawn from life experience. The concept of ‘assumption‘ as it is used here derives from the meaning of the word ‘assume‘ in its general usage, in the sense of presuming something to be correct.‘“ (Prof. Hans Joachim Musielak, Juristische Arbeitsblätter 8-9 (2010),... Explore -
Uwe Henneken
Rotation und Abrieb 11 September — 20 October 2012 Through the sieve of cultural anthropology, Christianity, mythology, primitivism, and art history, the Berlin based artist Uwe Henneken has from the outset of his career exploited contradictions to generate new truths in painting. An initiate of arcane esoteric knowledge, for the exhibition Rotation und Abrieb, Henneken takes his cue from... Explore -
Robert Longo
Stand 27 April — 7 July 2012 Capitain Petzel proudly announces the first solo exhibition by American artist Robert Longo at the gallery. STAND is a site-specific installation, which activates the architecture of the unique Capitain Petzel gallery on Karl-Marx-Allee in Berlin. Longo uses the polemic: “American’s conviction that the inalienable rights of all mankind transcend territorial... Explore -
Christiana Soulou
I Accept If You Can Tolerate Me Silently 3 March — 14 April 2012 Fervor, line, beauty and the soul: a language. The same fervor of Dante’s Vita Nova permeates Christiana Soulou’s earliest works — in particular the drawing of a human skeleton titled I Accept if You Can Tolerate Me Silently, or La Bergère, the incarnation of amorous ecstasy. Since her earliest drawings,... Explore -
Sam Samore
13 January — 18 February 2012 Gisela Capitain and Friedrich Petzel are pleased to announce the first solo exhibition by Sam Samore at Capitain Petzel, presenting a series of new pictures and three recent short films. On display will be a group of archival ink prints on rag paper called The Dark Suspicion – this title... Explore
