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Fragile Identitäten und popkulturelle Aneignung bestimmen ihr Werk: Bunny Rogers trägt den Kampf mit Unsicherheiten künstlerisch aus. Read more on kultunews.LINEBREAK

In this interview, the artist delves into his evolving perspectives on life and death, virtuality and corporeality, machine and perception, as well as the implications of the Covid-19 pandemic on digital art, being, and afterlife. Read the full interview on art-agenda. LINEBREAK

There are more romantics in contemporary art than they tell you. L’OFFICIEL looks to the work of Bunny Rogers, Torey Thornton, Andra Ursuta, and Doreen Chan, examining the vulnerability that comes with merging your relationships and your art. Read more on L’Officiel Art.LINEBREAK

Hier schreiben Galeristen über die beste Kunst ihrer Konkurrenten. Heute: Daniel Von Wichelhaus, Chef der Galerie Société in Berlin. Read more in German in Sunday Issue, nr. 42 of die Welt.LINEBREAK

U Zagreb od 6. do 10. listopada po prvi put dolazi cijenjena berlinska galerija Société kako bi predstavila svoj rad te umjetnike koji rade pod njezinim okriljem. Za Zagreb to znači još jedna zanimljiva izložba svjetskog glasa. Read more in Croatian.LINEBREAK

Sinoć je u centru Zagreba, u Dežmanovoj ulici svečano otvorena prva pop up izložba berlinske galerije Société koja je okupila brojne zaljubljenike suvremene umjetnosti, umjetnike i kolekcionare. Read more in Croatian.LINEBREAK

Having been pushed from April to September, the city’s main market event, Gallery Weekend Berlin, opens tonight across the city. Many of its notable shows this year are of works by young artists based in Berlin, including painters Tobias Spichtig at Contemporary Fine Arts and Tina Braegger at Société. Read more on artnet news.LINEBREAK

Société ist gerade von der Gegend um die rauhe Kurfürstenstraße in das gediegene Ku’damm-Umfeld gezogen, wo die großformatigen Grateful Dead-Bärengemälde der 1980 geborenen Tina Braegger auch gleich ganz anders wirken. Read more on artmagazine.LINEBREAK

Einen „langen, trockenen Weg“ sieht Daniel Wichelhaus vor sich. Der Geschäftsführer der Galerie Société malt sich aus, wann das „Sparschwein leer sein dürfte, dann wird es spannend“. Zunächst einmal kontert er alle Skepsis mit dem Umzug nach Charlottenburg in noble Räume, wo er die 1985 in Luzern geborene Tina Braegger in sein Programm aufnimmt. Read in German on FAZ.LINEBREAK

Kunst war für mich eine Möglichkeit, mich auszudrücken, die in meinem Umfeld glücklicherweise nicht auf Unverständnis stiess. Grundsätzlich hat man ein bestimmtes individuelles Mass an Energie und um das Dringendste kümmert man sich zuerst. Read in German on DEEDS.LINEBREAK

Bunny Rogers in conversation with Elizabeth Withstandley for the newest episode of @myfavesmithsong podcast. Click here to listen.LINEBREAK

Mit einer kleinen Trittleiter gelangt Tina Braegger auch in entlegene Ecken ihrer wandfüllenden Leinwände, die ihre Studiowände und den Boden bedecken. Für die Ausstellung sollen sie später auf Rahmen gespannt werden. Read in German on Tagesspiegel.LINEBREAK

Sean Raspet and Shengping Zheng’s Hyperflor© (2-benzyl-1, 3-dioxan-5-one) (2018–19) takes the synthetic nature of parafiction further still through the creation of a new molecule, a fragrance to be commercialized under the brand name ‘Hyperflor’. Invisible yet immersive, Raspet describes the scent as something between flower petals and overripe vegetation. As part of the 2019 Okayama Art Summit, Hyperflor© (2-benzyl-1, 3-dioxan-5-one) was ‘exhibited’ via electronic diffusers placed across the city to function as ‘scene transitions’ between different spaces. Read more on Frieze.comLINEBREAK

在永遠有人比你更餓的環境中，人們爭相以勞力與工作換取一小片「soylent green」，讓代餐企業成為了掌控全人類生存的財團。代餐公司取名「Soylent」的用意似乎也同時自我嘲諷地回應了人類世的發展現況。除此之外，同時具備新創公司企業家與藝術家身分的Lucy Chinen和Sean Raspet(1981-)，是一個以實際的創業計畫，來介入影響飲食文化與環保意識的有趣例子。他們創辦的「Nonfood」在2017年推出了一個由浮萍、小球藻、螺旋藻以及烤蠶豆等物質製成的加工代餐食品「Nonbar」，試圖使食物在保持營養豐富的同時讓環境可以更友善的被保護。他們認為「藻類是食物的未來」(“Algae is the future of food.”)。Read in Chinese on artemperor.twLINEBREAK

“Thinking is linear; emotions are space,” said the Swiss architect Peter Zumthor. His acclaimed Kunsthaus Bregenz was the setting for an extraordinary exhibition by Bunny Rogers, who turned the cast-concrete cube into a mausoleum. Her sprawling show, “Kind Kingdom,” consisted of four allover environments, one on each of the gallery’s floors.” Read full review on Artforum.LINEBREAK

Société, a Basel by Berlin participant, has devoted its brick-and-mortar space and most of its Art Basel viewing room to new paintings by the Swiss artist Kaspar Müller, with strong results: Five of them, all priced at $18,500, have sold. Read more on Artsy.LINEBREAK