BPA at Gropius Studios
BPA at Gropius Studios is a collaboration between the Gropius Bau and BPA // Berlin program for artists. Running up until the end of 2020, eleven participating artists will use rooms at the Gropius Bau as studios and show their work in public presentations.
BPA at Gropius Studios
Image: Lena Rossbach, Vreni Knoedler × Studio Pandan
BPA at Gropius Studios resonates with the history of the Gropius Bau, which opened in 1881 as a Museum and School of Decorative Arts featuring numerous studios and workshops. The project offers artists physical space for their work in the Gropius Bau building, thereby re-establishing the institution as a place of artistic production, and blurring the boundaries between studio and exhibition space. With the rooms being utilised for both creative work and different presentation formats, BPA at Gropius Studios asks what it means for artists to reveal parts of their artistic process and to invite an audience into their studio.
In addition to returning to the historical roots of the building, the collaboration also aims to open the exhibition hall to partners in the city and to provide a platform for Berlin artists together with BPA. BPA // Berlin program for artists was founded in 2016 by artists Angela Bulloch, Simon Denny and Willem de Rooij, facilitating exchange between emerging and established Berlin-based artists. The mentoring programme organises reciprocal studio visits, public lectures and joint exhibitions.
The programme is curated by Boaz Levin and Anna-Lisa Scherfose (Assistant Curator) and supported by the Senate Department for Culture and Europe.
Participating artists
Nadja Abt, Niklas Binzberger, Rob Crosse, Anne Fellner, Bertrand Flanet, Dina Khouri, Doireann O'Malley, Victor Payares, Esper Postma, Anton Steenbock, Katrin Winkler
Programme
1.10.20, 16:00–20:00
BPA Talks 3
With Anne Fellner, Bertrand Flanet, Katrin Winkler and BPA mentors Calla Henkel & Max Pitegoff
Gropius Bau, Cinema
In partnership with KW Institute for Contemporary Art
22.–28.10.20
BPA at Gropius Studios – public presentation
Dina Khouri, Katrin Winkler
5.–11.11.20
BPA at Gropius Studios – public presentation
Rob Crosse, Bertrand Flanet, Doireann O’Malley
26.11.–2.12.20
BPA at Gropius Studios – public presentation
Victor Payares, Esper Postma, Anton Steenbock
17.–23.12.20
BPA at Gropius Studios – public presentation
Michelle Volta, Niklas Binzberger, Anne Fellner
Nadja Abt, untitled, 2020
Niklas Binzberger, 2020
Rob Crosse, Dear Samuel, 2019, Video still, Supported by Eaton HK, Videoclub and Videotage
Anne Fellner, Collection of screenshots from the Point No Point Lighthouse webcam
Bertrand Flanet, Untitled, 2019
Dina Khouri, Painting at a Loss Beirut 2, 2017
Doireann O'Malley, New Maps of Hyperspace_Test01, 2020
Victor Payares, El Greco Face, 2020. Photo: Stefan Haehnel
Esper Postma, study (Palast der Republik/Berliner Schloss), 2020
Anton Steenbock, untitled, 2020
