Published 27 AUG 2024
Ali Eyal & David Horvitz
A new garden from old wounds
Opening – 12 SEP 2024, 6-9 pm
11 SEP until 3 NOV 2024
@Pop-up Location, Potsdamer Str. 97, 10785 Berlin
15 SEP 2024, 1-6 pm – Various performances and readings
Ali Eyal, David Horvitz,California/كالیفورني
2024, Digital photos printed on Luster paper. Diptych.
Photos by Samar Al Summary, 20 x 30 cm
David Horvitz & Ali Eyal photographed
by Samar Al Summary during the shooting of “California / كالیفورنیا†” in California, 2024.
Courtesy of ChertLüdde, Berlin and Ali Eyal, Los Angeles, and David Horvitz, Los Angeles
Ali Eyal, “A lovely spot for a picnic. it’s a very quiet area, but I will not tell you which park”; Pastel pencils on Amate Paper: Solid; 44 x 32 cm
Photo by Marjorie Brunet Plaza
Courtesy of The Artist and ChertLüdde, Berlin
In their duo exhibition, A new garden from old wounds, artists Ali Eyal (Iraq) and David Horvitz (USA) explore geographical and conceptual distances, delve into the intricate boundaries of memories and emotions, and investigate how fragmentary elements can come together to form a new enduring presence. The exhibition brings together new and existing works that interconnect with each other as separate fragments of a single unit. The title is derived from a line in Maria Sledmere’s poem ‘Deciduous‘.
Save the date: 15 September 2024
On Sunday, September 15th between 1-6 pm, the artists will be organizing a series of performances and readings.
Piero Gilardi
Foam Rubber Revolution
Curated by Marco Scotini
Opening – 7 SEP 2024, 6-9 pm
7 SEP until 30 NOV 2024
Piero Gilardi next to the Installation “PHOSPHORE”, 2008 at MAXXI – National Museum of 21st Century Art, “Nature Forever”, 2017. Photo by Musacchio and Ianniello, Courtesy of Fondazione Centro Studi Piero Gilardi and ChertLüdde, Berlin
Piero Gilardi at PAV Parco Arte Vivente, Turin, 19th July 2007
Photo by Alessandro Lercara
Courtesy of ChertLüdde, Berlin and Fondazione Centro Studi Piero Gilardi, Torino
Piero Gilardi (1942-2023, Italy) was a renowned Italian artist celebrated for his innovative use of polyurethane foam to create immersive sculptures. Beginning in the 1960s, Gilardi’s plush landscapes brought the wilderness indoors, inviting viewers to engage with nature through a distorted scale and highlighting details often overlooked. For the Berlin Art Week 2024, ChertLüdde presents a solo exhibition by this pioneering artist curated by Marco Scotini and organised in collaboration with Fondazione Centro Studi Piero Gilardi, Turin andGalleria Giraldi, Livorno. The show will include a selection of his iconic Tappeti Natura (Nature Carpets) that will cover the gallery’s walls and floor, along with archival material reflecting his ecological activism, political beliefs and commitment to social justice.
Selma Selman
Ophelia's Awakening
Opening – 7 SEP 2024, 6-9 pm
7 SEP until 30 NOV 2024
13 SEP, 8pm – Performance of poetic reading of ‘Letters to Omer’
Portrait of Selma Selman by Fabian Landewee
Courtesy ofChertLüdde, Berlin and Selma Selman
Selma Selman (1991, Bosnia and Herzegovina) focuses her work on protecting and empowering female bodies, aiming for a collective self-emancipation of oppressed women through a cross-scalar approach. Her first exhibition at ChertLüdde, opening during Berlin Art Week, centers on this theme, bringing together new mixed-media paintings on scrap metal. By transforming the gallery into a junkyard of auto parts and unused household appliances, Selman addresses experiences of discrimination, violence, sexism and patriarchy through an autobiographical approach. In this setting, she once again takes on the title of “the most dangerous woman in the world.”
Save the date: 13 September 2024
On Friday, September 13th at 8 pm, Selma Selman will also be performing a poetic reading of ‘Letters to Omer’ in which she addresses her intimate feelings and desires to a fictional character named Omer.
Selma Selman, “Ophelia’s Awakening”, 2024; Oil on Mercedes car doors;
130 x 88 x 25 cm; 130 x 100 x 30 cm
Photo by Marjorie Brunet Plaza
Courtesy of The Artist and ChertLüdde, Berlin
Selma Selman, “Ophelia’s Awakening”,2024;
Oil on Mercedes hood; 146 x 146 x 20 cm
Photo by Marjorie Brunet Plaza
Courtesy of The Artist and ChertLüdde, Berlin