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Press Kit
Winter and Spring Program 2020: Hassan Sharif, Kris Lemsalu Malone & Kyp Malone Lemsalu, Mophradat’s Consortium Commissions: Jasmina Metwaly & Yazan Khalili Download
Fall Program 2019: Christina Ramberg, Hreinn Friðfinnsson, STATISTA Download
Summer Program 2019: Anna Daučíková, Heike-Karin Föll, Image Bank Download
Winter and Spring Program 2019: David Wojnarowicz, Reza Abdoh, Frank Wagner Download
Fall Program 2018: Steve Bishop, Tamara Henderson, Sidsel Meineche Hansen Download
Fall Program 2018: Beatriz González Retrospective 1965–2017 Download
KW’s Berlin Art Week Program Download
KW on Location: Lynn Hershman Leeson Download
Pause: AA Bronson’s Garten der Lüste Download
Spring Program 2018: Judith Hopf, Trix & Robert Haussmann Download
Fall Program 2017: Willem de Rooij, Lucy Skaer Download
Summer Program 2017: Enemy of the Stars, Hiwa K, Nicholas Mangan Download
Spring Program 2017: Ian Wilson: Hanne Lippard, Adam Pendleton, Paul Elliman Download
KW announces its annual program 2017 Download
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Mophradat’s Consortium Commissions:
Jasmina Metwaly & Yazan Khalili
Yazan Khalili, Medusa, 2020, installation view of the exhibition Mophradat’s Consortium Commissions: Jasmina Metwaly & Yazan Khalili at KW Institute for Contemporary Art, Berlin 2020, Courtesy the artist and Mophradat, Photo: Frank Sperling
Yazan Khalili, Medusa, 2020, installation view of the exhibition Mophradat’s Consortium Commissions: Jasmina Metwaly & Yazan Khalili at KW Institute for Contemporary Art, Berlin 2020, Courtesy the artist and Mophradat, Photo: Frank Sperling
Yazan Khalili, Medusa (detail), 2020, installation view of the exhibition Mophradat’s Consortium Commissions: Jasmina Metwaly & Yazan Khalili at KW Institute for Contemporary Art, Berlin 2020, Courtesy the artist and Mophradat, Photo: Frank Sperling
Yazan Khalili, Medusa (detail), 2020, installation view of the exhibition Mophradat’s Consortium Commissions: Jasmina Metwaly & Yazan Khalili at KW Institute for Contemporary Art, Berlin 2020, Courtesy the artist and Mophradat, Photo: Frank Sperling
From left to right: Jasmina Metwaly, Anbar (Badrawi’s atelier), 2019, Untitled (detail), 2019–2020, and Anbar (Assem’s pictures), 2019, installation view of the exhibition Mophradat’s Consortium Commissions: Jasmina Metwaly & Yazan Khalili at KW Institute for Contemporary Art, Berlin 2020, Courtesy the artist and Mophradat, Photo: Frank Sperling
Left: Jasmina Metwaly, Anbar (Badrawi’s atelier), 2019, right: Jasmina Metwaly, Untitled (detail), 2019–2020, installation view of the exhibition Mophradat’s Consortium Commissions: Jasmina Metwaly & Yazan Khalili at KW Institute for Contemporary Art, Berlin 2020, Courtesy the artist and Mophradat, Photo: Frank Sperling
Jasmina Metwaly, Untitled, 2019–2020, installation view of the exhibition Mophradat’s Consortium Commissions: Jasmina Metwaly & Yazan Khalili at KW Institute for Contemporary Art, Berlin 2020, Courtesy the artist and Mophradat, Photo: Frank Sperling
From left to right: Jasmina Metwaly, Untitled (detail), 2019–2020, and Anbar (Marta’s studio), 2019, installation view of the exhibition Mophradat’s Consortium Commissions: Jasmina Metwaly & Yazan Khalili at KW Institute for Contemporary Art, Berlin 2020, Courtesy the artist and Mophradat, Photo: Frank Sperling
Jasmina Metwaly, Untitled (detail), 2019–2020, installation view of the exhibition Mophradat’s Consortium Commissions: Jasmina Metwaly & Yazan Khalili at KW Institute for Contemporary Art, Berlin 2020, Courtesy the artist and Mophradat, Photo: Frank Sperling
Front: Jasmina Metwaly, Untitled (detail), 2019–2020, back: Jasmina Metwaly, Untitled (Thank you notes), Anbar, 2019, installation view of the exhibition Mophradat’s Consortium Commissions: Jasmina Metwaly & Yazan Khalili at KW Institute for Contemporary Art, Berlin 2020, Courtesy the artist and Mophradat, Photo: Frank Sperling
Jasmina Metwaly, Anbar, 2019, Courtesy Jasmina Metwaly
Yazan Khalili, Medusa, 2020, Courtesy Yazan Khalili
Kris Lemsalu Malone & Kyp Malone Lemsalu
Front: Kris Lemsalu Malone, Love Song Sing-Along, 2019/2020; Middle: Michèle Pagel, Birch Trunks, 2020; Back: Kyp Malone Lemsalu, Love Song Sing-Along series 1–14 (Detail: 7–14), 2019/2020; Installation view of the exhibition Love Song Sing-Along at KW Institute for Contemporary Art, Berlin 2020, Courtesy the artists, Photo: Frank Sperling
Kris Lemsalu Malone, Love Song Sing-Along (Detail), 2019/2020, Installation view of the exhibition Love Song Sing-Along at KW Institute for Contemporary Art, Berlin 2020, Courtesy the artists, Photo: Frank Sperling
Left: Kyp Malone Lemsalu, Love Song Sing-Along series 1–14 (Detail: 7–14), 2019/2020; Right: Kris Lemsalu Malone, Love Song Sing-Along (Detail), 2019/2020, Installation view of the exhibition Love Song Sing-Along at KW Institute for Contemporary Art, Berlin 2020, Courtesy the artists, Photo: Frank Sperling
Kris Lemsalu Malone, Portrait in front of Kyp Malone Lemsalu Love Song Sing-Along series 1–14 (Detail 10), 2019/2020; Installation view of the exhibition Love Song Sing-Along at KW Institute for Contemporary Art, Berlin 2020, Courtesy the artists, Photo: Frank Sperling
Kyp Malone Lemsalu at the opening performance of the exhibition Love Song Sing-Along at KW Institute for Contemporary Art, Berlin 2020, Courtesy the artists, Photo: Frank Sperling
Kris Lemsalu Malone & Kyp Malone Lemsalu, 2019, photo: Eric Martin
Hassan Sharif
Back left: Hassan Sharif, Handwriting No. 1, 1983; middle: Barrel, 1985; back right: Handwriting No. 2, 1983; Installation view of I Am The Single Work Artist at KW Institute for Contemporary Art, Berlin 2020; Courtesy Sharjah Art Foundation Collection; Photo: Frank Sperling
Front middle: Hassan Sharif, Slippers and Wire, 2009; back left: Wood, 2016; Napoli Green, 2012; back right: Broom, 2016; Installation view of I Am The Single Work Artist at KW Institute for Contemporary Art, 2020; Courtesy Sharjah Art Foundation Collection; Photo: Frank Sperling
Hassan Sharif, Broom, 2016; Installation view of I Am The Single Work Artist at KW Institute for Contemporary Art, Berlin 2020; Courtesy Sharjah Art Foundation Collection, Photo: Frank Sperling
Hassan Sharif, Installation view of I Am The Single Work Artist at KW Institute for Contemporary Art, Berlin 2020; Courtesy Sharjah Art Foundation Collection, Photo: Frank Sperling
Hassan Sharif, Installation view of I Am The Single Work Artist at KW Institute for Contemporary Art, Berlin 2020; Courtesy Sharjah Art Foundation Collection, Photo: Frank Sperling
Hassan Sharif, 1981, Courtesy Hassan Sharif Estate
Hassan Sharif, Jumping No. 1, 1983. 3 of 7 photographs, Photo-documentation of a performance in Dubai, Courtesy Estate of Hassan Sharif; Alexander Gray Associates, New York; gb agency, Paris; Gallery Isabelle van de Eynde, Dubai
Pause: Broken Sounds / Remote Music—
Prepared Pianos from the Archivio Conz Collection
Benjamin Patterson, Piano d’oiseux tropical, 1989, Courtesy Archivio Conz, Berlin, photo: Giorgia Palmisano
Esther Ferrer, Piano con alas, 1986, Courtesy Archivio Conz, Berlin, photo: Giorgia Palmisano
Hreinn Friðfinnsson
Hreinn Friðfinnsson, A Pair, 2004–2005, installation view To Catch a Fish with a Song: 1964–Today at KW Institute for Contemporary Art, Berlin, 2019, Courtesy Antonio Dalle Nogare Collection, Bozen (IT), photo: Frank Sperling
Hreinn Friðfinnsson, installation view To Catch a Fish with a Song: 1964–Today at KW Institute for Contemporary Art, Berlin, 2019, photo: Frank Sperling
Hreinn Friðfinnsson, Summernights, 1990, Courtesy the artist
Hreinn Friðfinnsson, installation view To Catch a Fish with a Song: 1964–Today at KW Institute for Contemporary Art, Berlin, 2019, photo: Frank Sperling
Hreinn Friðfinnsson, Source, 1992/2005, installation view To Catch a Fish with a Song: 1964–Today at KW Institute for Contemporary Art, Berlin, 2019, Courtesy the artist, photo: Frank Sperling
Hreinn Friðfinnsson, installation view To Catch a Fish with a Song: 1964–Today at KW Institute for Contemporary Art, Berlin, 2019, photo: Frank Sperling
Hreinn Friðfinnsson, I Collected Personal Secrets, 1972–2015, installation view To Catch a Fish with a Song: 1964–Today at KW Institute for Contemporary Art, Berlin, 2019, Courtesy the artist, photo: Frank Sperling
Hreinn Friðfinnsson, First House, 1974, Courtesy the artist and i8 Gallery, Reykjavik, Galerie Nordenhake, Berlin, Meessen De Clercq, Brussels, Galería Elba Benítez, Madrid
Hreinn Friðfinnsson, Attending, 1973, Courtesy the artist and i8 Gallery, Reykjavik
The Making of Husbands: Christina Ramberg in Dialogue
Installation view The Making of Husbands: Christina Ramberg in Dialogue at KW Institute for Contemporary Art, Berlin, 2019, photo: Frank Sperling
f.l.t.r.: Christina Ramberg, Black Widow, 1971, Courtesy Illinois State Museum, lllinois Legacy Collection; Konrad Klapheck, Der Mann in der Frau (L’homme dans la femme), 1986, Courtesy Private Collection. Installation view The Making of Husbands: Christina Ramberg in Dialogue at KW Institute for Contemporary Art, Berlin, 2019, photo: Frank Sperling
Ghislaine Leung, SHROOMS, 2016, Courtesy the artist and ESSEX STREET, New York. Installation view The Making of Husbands: Christina Ramberg in Dialogue at KW Institute for Contemporary Art, Berlin, 2019, photo: Frank Sperling
Christina Ramberg, Tight Hipped, 1974, Copyright the Estate of Christina Ramberg, Courtesy Collection of the Madison Museum of Contemporary Art, The Bill McClain Collection of Chicago Imagism.
Christina Ramberg, O.H.B., 1976, Copyright the Estate of Christina Ramberg, Courtesy Collection of Karin Tappendorf.
Christina Ramberg, Glimpsed, 1975, acrylic on Masonite, Copyright the Estate of Christina Ramberg, Courtesy Elmhurst College Art Collection.
Anna Daučíková
Back: Anna Daučíková, Upbringing by Exercise, 1996/2016, 17 b/w-photographs; front right: Anna Daučíková, We Care For Four Eyes II, 2002, HD video; installation view of the exhibition, KW Institute for Contemporary Art, Berlin, 2019, Courtesy the artist, photo: Frank Sperling
Anna Daučíková, installation view of the exhibition, KW Institute for Contemporary Art, Berlin, 2019, Courtesy the artist, photo: Frank Sperling
Anna Daučíková, Expedition for Four Hands and Accompaniment (Detail), 2019, mixed media installation, with 3-channel video projection, glass, stones, publication, installation view of the exhibition at KW Institute for Contemporary Art, Berlin, 2019, Courtesy the artist, photo: Frank Sperling
Anna Daučíková, Expedition for Four Hands and Accompaniment (Detail), 2019, mixed media installation, with 3-channel video projection, glass, stones, publication, installation view of the exhibition at KW Institute for Contemporary Art, Berlin, 2019, Courtesy the artist, photo: Frank Sperling
Anna Daučíková, Výchova dotykom (Upbringing by touch), 1996, Courtesy the artist
Heike-Karin Föll
Heike-Karin Föll, my brain, 2010–19; installation view (detail) speed at KW Institute for Contemporary Art, Berlin, 2019, photo: Frank Sperling
Heike-Karin Föll, my brain, 2010–19; installation view (detail) speed at KW Institute for Contemporary Art, Berlin, 2019, photo: Frank Sperling
Heike-Karin Föll, installation view speed at KW Institute for Contemporary Art, Berlin, 2019, photo: Frank Sperling
Heike-Karin Föll, linguistic operations/spatial concepts, 2017, Courtesy the artist
Image Bank
Installation view ‘Image Bank’ at KW Institute for Contemporary Art, Berlin, 2019, Courtesy the Morris/Trasov Archive, Morris and Helen Art Gallery, University of British Columbia (CA), photo: Frank Sperling
Front: Image Bank: Colour Bars – Spectrum Sets, 1972–73, Paint on wood; Center: Eric Metcalfe: Leopard Realty, ca. 1973, HD video, colour, silent; Back: General Idea: Hands of the Spirit, 1974, 5 acrylic glass wands; installation view of the exhibition, KW Institute for Contemporary Art, Berlin, 2019, Courtesy Collection of the Eric Metcalfe Fonds / Morris/Trasov Archive, Morris and Helen Belkin Art Gallery, University of Britsh Columbia (CA), photo: Frank Sperling
Image Bank: Annual Report, Image Requests and Mailings, Archival materials, installation view of the exhibition, KW Institute for Contemporary Art, Berlin, 2019, Courtesy Morris/Trasov Archive, Morris and Helen Belkin Art Gallery, University of Britsh Columbia (CA), photo: Frank Sperling
Installation view ‘Image Bank’ at KW Institute for Contemporary Art, Berlin, 2019, Courtesy the Morris/Trasov Archive, Morris and Helen Art Gallery, University of British Columbia (CA), photo: Frank Sperling
Bob Strazicich, Mr. Peanut Mayoral Campaign: Mr. Peanut descends steps of Vancouver Court House, 1974, gelatin silver print, Collection of the Morris/Trasov Archive, Morris and Helen Belkin Art Gallery, University of British Columbia
David Wojnarowicz
David Wojnarowicz, A Fire in My Belly, 1986–1987, video still taken from Super 8 film, installation view of the exhibition David Wojnarowicz Photography & Film 1978–1992, KW Institute for Contemporary Art, Berlin, 2019, Courtesy Electronic Arts Intermix (EAI), New York, photo: Frank Sperling
Andreas Sterzing, David Wojnarowicz (Silence = Death), 1989, New York, Photograph, Courtesy the artist, the Estate of David Wojnarowicz, and P·P·O·W, New York
Reza Abdoh
Reza Abdoh, Bogeyman, 1991, video still, installation view of the exhibition Reza Abdoh, KW Institute for Contemporary Art, Berlin, 2019, Courtesy Adam Soch and the Estate of Reza Abdoh, photo: Frank Sperling
The Hip-Hop Waltz of Eurydice, 1990. Written and directed by Reza Abdoh, performance at Sigma Festival, Bordeaux, 1992, photo: Patrick Veyssière
Frank Wagner
Installation view of the exhibition TIES, TALES AND TRACES. Dedicated to Frank Wagner, Independent Curator (1958–2016), KW Institute for Contemporary Art, Berlin, 2019, photo: Frank Sperling
Frank Wagner in the exhibition Félix González-Torres (1957–1996), RealimusStudio / nGbK Berlin, 1996, photo: Jürgen Henschel
Jimi Robert
Jimmy Robert, Joie noire, performance with Courtney Henry at KW Institute for Contemporary Art, 2019, Berlin, Courtesy the artist, photo: Frank Sperling
Steve Bishop
Steve Bishop, installation view of the exhibition Deliquescing, Installation in five parts, KW Institute for Contemporary Art, Berlin, 2018, Courtesy the artist and Carlos/Ishikawa, London, Photo: Frank Sperling
Tamara Henderson
Tamara Henderson, Language of Mud, 2018, installation view of the exhibition Womb Life, KW Institute for Contemporary Art, Berlin, 2018, Courtesy the artist and Rodeo, London/Piraeus, Photo: Frank Sperling
Sidsel Meineche Hansen
Sidsel Meineche Hansen, installation view of the exhibition Real Doll Theatre, KW Institute for Contemporary Art, Berlin, 2018, Courtesy the artist and Rodeo, London/Piraeus, Photo: Frank Sperling
Sidsel Meineche Hansen, PA.VA, 2018, installation view of the exhibition Real Doll Theatre, KW Institute for Contemporary Art, Berlin, 2018, Courtesy the artist and Rodeo, London/Piraeus, Photo: Frank Sperling
Beatriz González
Beatriz González, installation view of the exhibition Retrospective 1965–2017, KW Institute for Contemporary Art, Berlin, 2018, photo: Frank Sperling
Beatriz González, Los Suicidas del Sisga No 2, 1965, Oil on canvas, Courtesy the artist, Óscar Monsalve, and Museo La Tertulia, Cali, Collection Museo La Tertulia, Cali
KW Production Series: Jamie Crewe and Beatrice Gibson
Jamie Crewe, Pastoral Drama, 2018, installation view of the exhibition KW Production Series, KW Institute for Contemporary Art at Julia Stoschek Collection Berlin, 2018, courtesy the artist, photo: Frank Sperling
Evelyn Taocheng Wang
Evelyn Taocheng Wang, Hospital Conversations, Three Versions of Change, 2018, installation view of the exhibition What is he afraid of?, KW Institute for Contemporary Art, 2018, Courtesy the artist and Galerie Fons Welters, photo: Frank Sperling
Lynn Hershman Leeson
Lynn Hershman Leeson, Lorna, 1979–82, installation view of the exhibition First Person Plural, KW Institute for Contemporary Art, Berlin, 2018, Courtesy the artist and Bridget Donahue, New York, photo: Frank Sperling
AA Bronson
AA Bronson, Garten der Lüste, 2018, installation view KW Institute for Contemporary Art, photo: Frank Sperling
Judith Hopf
Judith Hopf, Hand 4, 2017, Installation view at KW Institute for Contemporary Art, Courtesy the artist and Deborah Schamoni, Munich, Photo: Frank Sperling
Judith Hopf, Stepping Stairs, 2018, Courtesy Judith Hopf
Trix & Robert Haussmann
Trix & Robert Haussmann, Installation view The Log-O-Rithmic Slide Rule: A Retrospective KW Institute for Contemporary Art, Photo: Frank Sperling
Trix & Robert Haussmann, Ionic column stump, Lehrstück V, Function Follows Forms, 1978, Modell, Zabrowsky Modellbau, Dumeng Raffainer, photo: Fred Waldvogel, Courtesy Trix & Robert Haussmann
Philippe Van Snick, Dag/Nacht, 1984–ongoing, Installation view entrance gate, KW Institute for Contemporary Art, Photo: Frank Sperling, Courtesy Tatjana Pieters.