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Winter Visitors 2010 - Emanuel Bernstone, Yongtak Choi & Juliane Walther

We invite you to our opening on Friday, January 22nd 2010, 6 pm.

 

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Felix Müller - ... everything that's holy to me ...

We invite you to our opening on Saturday, December 05. 2009, at 6 pm.

 

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Katja Pfeiffer - eagle under construction

We would like to invite you to the opening on Friday, 4th September 2009 at 6pm.

 

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Sommergäste 2009 - Erik Andersen, Daniel Bodner & Alexander Tinei
We would like to invite you to the opening on Friday, 10th July 2009 at 6pm.

 

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Jim Harris - Lumen

We would like to invite you to the opening on Friday, 22 May 2009 at 6pm.

 

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THE WORLD FROM WHICH WE COME-Rapedius/Rindfleisch, Thomas Rentmeister, Nicola Torke, Margret Wibmer

We invite you to our opening on Friday, 23 October 2009, at 6 pm.

 

 

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Katrin Hoffert - Hunger

We would like to invite you to the opening on Friday, 03. April 2009 at 6pm.

 

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Tim Ayres - to increase on return

We would like to invite you to the opening on Saturday, February 21st 2009, 6 pm.

 

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Lisa Junghanß - Accomplice

We would like to invite you to the opening on Friday, January 9th, 2008, 6 pm.

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Matthias Kanter - nachbildern

We would like to invite you to the opening on Friday, December 5th, 2008, 6 pm.

 

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Sébastien Caillat

Sébastien Caillats video "Histoire Sans Gravité" is shown in the Galerie Schirman & de Beaucé in Paris as part of the anniversary show of the Fresnoy in the Grand Palais Paris.

November 18th 2008 - January 17th 2009

 

http://www.schirman-debeauce.com/ 

http://www.lefresnoy.net/ 

 
Antje Blumenstein - half of heaven

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We are proud to present Antje Blumenstein’s second solo show at Martin Mertens.

In the exhibited group of works, Blumenstein deals with themes of religion and its handling in regards to the implementation of non-intrinsic purposes. Belief as a reassurance in regards to moral questions, or its abuse through religious fanatics constitute problems, that also influence our contemporary secular society.

Images and headlines of popular media are juxtaposed with current texts or quotes of art history and checked for their “usability”.

Blumenstein employs ruptures, reallocations, and ironic inversion either to reveal social networks of our cultural imprint or to explore fictions and real-life examples.

 

Opening:                                            Saturday, October 25th 2008, 6 pm

Exhibition:                                          October 25thNovember 29th 2008

 
 
Special Price: Photobook by Tim Ayres, 2007

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The British artist Tim Ayres, who we will show next year for the second time, published a beautiful book with black&white photos. We offer it for 20,- €.

 
Special Price: New Miriam Vlaming Catalogue, Mannheim 2008

 

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On the occasion of the current Miriam Vlaming show, the Kunsthalle Mannheim has published a catalogue, which offers an overview of her oeuvre, starting from 2003 up to the most recent works. Texts by Inge Herold, Mark Gisbourne, and Christian Malycha as well as an extensive biography and bibliography accompany the images.

 

We offer this catalogue for the Special Price of 28,-€ (35,-€ in shops).

 

cloth binding, 120 pages

 
Katrin Hoffert

The exhibition "Kosmos Erde Mensch" at Gallery Tanit, Munich, shows new works by Katrin Hoffert.

 

Opening:   26 September 2008, 6pm

Exhibition: 27 September - 31 October 2008

 

http://www.galerietanit.com 

 
Preview Berlin 2008

 

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Gallery Martin Mertens is pleased to participate again in the Preview Berlin.

We are showing works by Robert Barta, Jim Harris, Katrin Hoffert and Miriam Vlaming.

You'll find us at booth #20.

 

 

Opening:          29 October 2008, 6-10 pm

Hours:              30 Oktober - 2 November 2008, 1-8pm

 

 http://www.previewberlin.de/

 
Katrin Hoffert

The Gallery Hof & Huyser, Amsterdam, will show Katrin Hoffert's work in the group exhibition "Recollect" together with Chris Ballantyne and Hans Vandekerckhove.

 

Opening:        3 October 2008, 6pm

Exhibition:      4 October -  31 October 2008

 

http://www.hofhuyser.nl 

 
Miriam Vlaming

The Kunsthalle Mannheim is hosting a solo exhibition for Miriam Vlaming, entitled "You Promised Me".

27 September 2008 - 1st February 2009 (Opening 26.09.2008, 6 pm).

 

www.kunsthalle-mannheim.com

 
'Landschaft entdecken'

Works by Miriam Vlaming and Jim Harris will be shown in the exhibition 'Landschaft entdecken' in the Orangeriemuseum Gera. Positions of young artists will be juxtaposed with 17th century Dutch  paintings of the SØR Rusche Collection.

 

Opening: Tuesday, 15 July 2008, 7 pm

The exhibition will run until 5 October 2008.

Finnisage: 27 September 2008

 

 www.kunstsammlung-gera.de

 
Antje Blumenstein

Antje Blumenstein participates at this year's Church-Art-Route in the Oderbruch.

Her work "Jeder kann in den Himmel kommen" ("Everyone can get into heaven") can be seen in the church Altfriedland.

 

Opening: Sunday, 13 July 2008, 2 pm

 

 
Robert Barta
Robert Barta's work will be presented in the group show "Inkonstruktion III" at the Art Biesenthal. Other artists include Norbert Bisky, Marcel Bühler, Alicja Kwade, Lia Lewandowsky and Thomas Rentmeister.

 

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Opening: 5 July 2008, 3pm-12am

Finissage: 14 September 2008

 

www.biesenthal.org

 
New Space and opening Robert Barta


With the second solo show of Robert Barta (*1975) we are opening our new space in Brunnenstraße 185.
We would be glad to welcome you at the opening of the show and the new gallery space on May 16th from 6 pm.
                        
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Loop'08

 

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From May 8th to 10th we will show works by Sébastien Caillat at the Loop video fair in Barcelona.

 

www.loop-barcelona.com

 
Art Brussels 2008

 

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We are especially pleased to participate at the Art Brussels from April 18th to the 21st for the first time. We will show new works by Robert Barta, Katja Pfeiffer and the French video artist Sébastien Caillat, who we are showing for the first time within our program.
 
Felix Müller - Edition

In the context of his exhibition Holz! there is an edition by Felix Müller available:

 

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Felix Müller, Holz, silkscreen on paper, 69 x 43 cm, ed. 25         [150,- €]  

 
Katja Pfeiffer
 
Katja Pfeiffer shows new works in a solo-show at Galerie Wolfgang Gmyrek Düsseldorf (opening on April 11th).
 
Lisa Junghanss


Starting on May 1st, Anna-Catharina Gebbers shows in her library apartment a solo-show with works by Lisa Junghanss.

 
Miriam Vlaming

 

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In the exhibition "You 're wearing a mask", starting on March 1st, we are showing for the first time works by Miriam Vlaming. In her paintings, quotations of fairy tales and myths meet real elements. The arrangements fuse accomplished and almost abstract forms with concrete themes and create a space between reality and dream. The works, which are always painted in tempera, attain their magic effect through the independent application of colour and send the beholder's regard on a profitable journey.

 

 

In the exhibition "Rink & Vlaming - Malerei" Miriam Vlaming shows new works together with her former professor Arno Rink (Hallen am Wasser, opening May 2nd).

 
Robert Barta

 

Robert Barta will have a comprehensive solo show at the Galery Cueto Projects, which is based in New York (February 21st to March 15th). One of his works is part of the group-show "Frauen Porträts" of the Overbeck Gesellschaft at the Kunstverein Lübeck (30.3.-11.5.). Furthermore, Barta has another solo-show at Augustine Dufrasne Gallery in Belgium (opening on April 16th).
 
Katrin Hoffert

 

The gallery Fiebach & Minninger presents a solo show with works by Katrin Hoffert in Cologne (Opening January 25th)
 
Arte Fiera Bologna 2008

 

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From January 24th to 28th we will participate at the Artefiera Bologna for the third time. This year we are showing new works by Antje Blumenstein, Robert Barta, Jim Harris and Matthias Kanter. You can find us in hall 22 AF at booth Nr. A 68.
 
Sébastien Caillat

 

Works by Sébastien Caillat will be presented as part of a group exhibition with works from the collection of Isabelle und Jean-Conrad Lemaître in the Kunsthalle Kiel from January 20th to May 3rd. The collection is considered as one of the major collections for film and video art in Europe. For the first a selection of 20 works from the collection will be shown in Germany (a.o. Yael Bartana, Tacita Dean, Emily Jacir, Anri Sala, Mark Wallinger).

 
David Adam

 

On Monday, September 12th, the group exhibition „Orte mit Geschichte“ (“Places with History“) is opening at >Fotogalerie Wien<. Amongst others works by David Adam will be shown.
 
Antje Blumenstein

 

Antje Blumenstein will show a representative cross section of her work in her first solo exhibition in the gallery >Changing Role< in Naples. Besides sculptures and works made out of neon tubes, new paintings will be shown.  

Opening September 25th
 
We have no problems

 

In order to transmit the spirit of the young gallery scene in Brunnenstrasse, the >Kunsthalle Bergen< (Norway) is opening the exhibition "Wir haben keine Probleme” (We have no Problems) on October 18th. Alongside with us the galleries Amerika, Birgit Ostermeier and Invaliden 1 have been invited to participate. We will be showing works by Katja Pfeiffer and Antje Blumenstein.
 
Preview Berlin 2007

 

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The gallery Martin Mertens will participate at this year's Preview Berlin fair.

 

September 28th to October 1st 2007

2 p.m. to 9 p.m.

www.previewberlin.de

 

 
Robert Barta

 

 

The >Casal Solleric Center< at the Fundación Sa Nostra de Palma de Mallorca will be showing a group exhibition which addresses the subjects of interactivity and humour of contemporary art. Amongst artists such as Jacob Dahlgreen, Martín Creed, Werner Reiterer, Christian Anderson and Leopold Kessler, new works by Robert Barta will be shown. The opening will be in November.

The City Gallery Prague (GHMP) present Robert Barta in the group show  "Gross domestic project" (4.5. - 19.8.2007).

More works by Barta can be seen in the group exhibition "Look at me" in Berlin at the exhibition space of the DomAquarée (25.5. – 1.11.2007) at the "Bundesbank" in Frankfurt as in the exhibition „Goodness ascend from beneath“ in Istanbul (20.6. - 5.8.2007).

www.domaquaree.de

www.citygalleryprague.cz

www.narcity.com.tr/uc

 

 
Katja Pfeiffer

 

 

The gallery >Wolfgang Gmyrek<, which is based in Düsseldorf, has invited Katja Pfeiffer to participate in the group exhibition Update 07 (amongst others with Birgit Dieker, Andreas Golder, Jan Stieding, Ruprecht von Kaufmann).

Duration: September 7th- November 17th  

 

Works by Katja Pfeiffer are shown from July 7th to August 18th in the exhibition "The re-conquest of space" at the Overgaden in Copenhagen (curated by Fanny Gonella).

www.overgaden.org

 
Lisa Junghanss - Re-Dis-Play

 

Lisa Junghanss is participating at the group exhibition "Re-Dis-Play" taking place from June 30th to September 9th at the Heidelberger Kunstverein (curated by Anna-Catharina Gebbers).

www.hdvk.de

 
ART FORUM BERLIN 2007

 

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The gallery Martin Mertens will be present at this year's Art Forum Berlin.

We will show Robert Batra with a solo exhibition.

 

September 29th to October 3rd

noon to 8 p.m.

www.art-forum-berlin.de

 
Katja Pfeiffer - Backdrop

 

 

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From April 4th to May 5th the exhibition Backdrop by Katja Pfeiffer will be shown at the Galerie Pankow. The central work is a panorama which fuses painterly and sculptural media. The installation and the title of the exhibition are to be understood as an allusion to backdrops used at film productions and thus, as an allusion to provisory or simulated realities.

 

Galerie Pankow

Breite Straße 8, 13187 Berlin

open Tuesday to Saturday 3 p.m. to 8 p.m. 

 
Arte Fiera 2007

 

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In this year we show new works of: Robert Barta, Antje Blumenstein, Felix Müller, Jim Harris and Katja Pfeiffer at the Arte Fiera in Bologna (January 26th - January 29th, 2007)

 

opening hours: from Friday to Sunday 11.00am - 7.00pm
                                                Monday 11.00am - 5.00pm

 
Edition Antje Blumenstein

 

At the occasion of the exhibition Himmel und Hölle by Antje Blumenstein there will be an edition (7 exemplars), oil on linen 70 x 55 cm, available to the price of 750,- €

 

 

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Katja Pfeiffer Edition

 

 

To accompany her first solo show at the gallery a set of silk-print monotypes from Katja Pfeiffer (Edition of 10) is available for 350,- €

 

Rigging, 55 x 80 cm

 

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PREVIEW BERLIN 2006

 

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The Gallery will be exhibiting new works by David Adam, Antje Blumenstein, Felix Müller, Jim Harris, Matthias Kanter und Katharina Moessinger at PREVIEW Berlin.

 

Opening: Thursday, 28. September 2006

Professional Preview: 2 - 6 pm

Vernissage: 6 - 8 pm (entrance free)

 

Stand 1.06

 

Backfabrik, Saarbrücker Straße 36 - 38, 10405 Berlin

 
BS1 Exhibition

 

 

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The BS 1! Exhibition will be held in a temporary exhibition space in the Bötzow Brauerei, Prenzlauer Allee 242, 1.OG. This building is directly next to the PREVIEW BERLIN fair and will be open daily, Sept 28th to Oct 2nd, from 3 to 9 pm. 

In one space 10 different positions from the varying individual programmes of the participating galleries will be exhibited together.  This larger venue allows for the exhibition of larger format and installation pieces that complement the works of the individual galleries which will be showing at the PREVIEW BERLIN fair next door!

 

Opening: September 27th, from 6 -11 pm. 

 

Stands at the PREVIEW fair: Amerika: 1.02, Diskus: 0.10, Martin Mertens: 1.06 

 

 
Limited Print from Felix Müller with catalogue

 

There will be 40 copies available of a special edition of the Felix Müller catalogue containing a silk-screen print signed and dated by the artist. Please contact the gallery by telephone or email to order.

 

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Silkscreen print on paper, 2006

Signed and dated

23 x 19 cm, ed. 40

Inclusive the catalogue: Felix Müller, Arbeiten / Works, 2000-2006

 

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Felix Müller : Catalogue / exhibition extended

 

 

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Our current exhibition featuring the works of  Felix Müller  has been extended until the 5th of August.

 

On the 22nd of July we will be releasing a new catalogue of Felix Müller's work.

 

Felix Müller Catalogue

Arbeiten / Works, 2000 - 2006

(without silkscreen print)

 

15,- €

 
Opening: 10th of June at 19 hrs. The 2nd Sommer Festival.

 

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The galleries of Brunnenstrasse, in conjunction with Sleek Magazine, invite all to the second annual Summer Festival.

Location: in the inner courtyard at 185 Brunnenstrasse.

Time: 19 hrs

Music provided by Minkus & My Soul

Catering : Papa Pane

The soccer game will be shown live in a separate lounge!

 

 
Opening: 24th June, 19hrs. Group Exhibition \"das kommt davon\"

 

DNA Gallery, Echolot and the Martin Mertens Gallery invite all to the opening of the group exhibition entitled "das kommt davon" on the 24th of June, at 19 hrs. The exhibition marks the end of the atelier-grants of the Backfabrik awarded to Antje Blumenstein and Brigitte Waldach.

 

Location: the Backfabrik, Saarbrücker Strasse 36-38, Aufgang 37a, 5th floor,
Tel. 0160.97339294


participating artists:
Antje Blumenstein, Marcel Bühler, Lisa Junghanss , Clemens Krauss, Cornelia Renz, Mariana Vassileva, Brigitte Waldach

 
Opening: 30th of June, exhibition runs until July 2nd

 

Antje Blumenstein and Brigitte Waldach cordially invite you to the opening of the exhibit entitled "Wir haben keine Probleme..." (We have no problems....). The exhbition takes place in the Backfabrik and includes some 35 other artists.

Viewing hours: 14 - 19 hrs, more information to follow.

 

 
Scholarship

Katrin Hoffert has won a one year work scholarship granted by the Konrad Adenauer Foundation.

 
Veletrzni Palace: 1st- 27th of June

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Opening: 26th of April, duration until 24th of May
Works of  Katrin Hoffert can  be seen in the exhibition EHF 2010 at the Konrad Adenauer Foundation, Tiergartenstraße 35, 10785 Berlin.
 
Opening: 29th of April, 11 am - 8 pm

 

Matthias Kanter shows new figurative painting in the temporary showroom. Spinnereistrasse 7, Haus 20 in Leipzig. [formerly gallery André Kermer]

 
Exhibition Wearproof in Milano

 

At the Antonio Colombo Arte Contemporanea Gallery in Milan works of Jim Harris are on display in the exhibition Wearproof, curated by Raffaele Gavarro.