Berlin | NATASCHA STELLMACH

SCHEITERN – so many ways to fail | BERLIN

October 15, 2013 by nataschastellmach

November 22, 2013 – January 18, 2014. Wagner + Partner Berlin | This group exhibition explores notions of ‘failure’ beyond the quintessential fact and questions whether in art it is even possible to fail? In Stellmach’s project The Letting Go, intimate, personal ‘failings’ become the literal foundation for self-awareness and transformation. See THE LETTING GO for more information. Artists: Anna + Bernhard Blume • Marcel Broodthaers • Miklos Gaál • Claas Gutsche • Eckart Hahn • Mike Kelley • Lars Ramberg […]

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COCK & BULL STORIES | BERLIN

January 10, 2013 by nataschastellmach

January 11 – March 3, 2013. Kit Schulte Contemporary Art Berlin | Curated by Kit Schulte & Agnes Hoffmann. This group exhibition celebrates the art of fantastic and delusional ideas. Natascha Stellmach hit the headlines in 2008 when she invited the public to join her in smoking the ashes of Kurt Cobain, which resulted in a massive media response. This evoked a dramatic reaction from the public (what we’d now call a ‘shit storm’), to the extent of sending the […]

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I AM NOT INTERESTED IN REALITY | BERLIN

November 1, 2012 by nataschastellmach

November 2 – 30, 2012. Wagner + Partner Berlin in association with The European Month of Photography. Following her successful participation at dOCUMENTA(13), Australian artist Natascha Stellmach’s new work tackles fear and intimacy, themes the artist consistently places under her scurrilous lens. Photographic prints which are scans of grotesque worry dolls that the artist has made, become adult totems to project fears onto and embody narcissism, failure, prejudice and murder. An installation involving an artist book encloses a dark erotic tale […]

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AGENT PROVOCATEUR | BERLIN

July 5, 2012 by nataschastellmach

July 6, 2012 from 19:00 | Wagner + Partner Berlin. PERFORMANCE – pen tattoos + installation (from Complete Burning Away) Informed by the controversy around her major project with the ashes of Kurt Cobain, the “tattooed” statements critique the role of the artist and contemporary art in society. Visitors were invited to choose one of the countless responses to Stellmach’s project, but only from a pool of responses which debated “art”. This was then written onto their skin by the […]

Categories: news • Tags: Berlin, catharsis, Kunst Kontakter, Kurt Cobain, Kylie Minogue, pen tattoo, performance, photography, Wagner+Partner