“Very Friendly” at House | Spike Art Magazine

Angélique Aubrit and Ludovic Beillard, Avec inquiétude mais aussi avec espoir, 2021, velvet, cotton, wadding, head, oak, dimensions variable. Courtesy: the artists and Galerie Valeria Cetraro, Paris

Five Star

“Very Friendly” at House

By Spike

14 December 2023

House, Berlin, Agnes Gryczkowska

In Berlin, the ribbon-cutting installation at a former shooting range dredges the moments just before and after violence.

View of “Very Friendly” at HOUSE, Berlin, 2023

Angélique Aubrit and Ludovic Beillard, Avec inquiétude mais aussi avec espoir, 2021, velvet, cotton, wadding, head, oak, dimensions variable

Jack Kennedy, A History of Arson, 2023, onkjet prints, gloss varnish, acrylic paint, t-shirt, wood, keyring, satin prints, dimensions variable

Rosemarie Trockel, Less Sauvage Than Others, Contribution for a Children’s House, 2012, bronze, dimensions variable

Sibylle Ruppert, L‘ Ecriture Suprême, 1974, charcoal and crayon on paper, 104 x 83 cm

Stills from Blackhaine, DID U COME YET/ I’M NOT GONNA CUM, 2021, 4 min.

Adam Alessi, Boo!, 2020, oil on canvas, 25.4 x 20.3 cm

Title: ★★★★☆
Looks: ★★★★☆
Curatorial concept: ★★☆☆☆
Press text: ★★★☆☆
Printed matter: n/a
Installation: ★★★★☆
Lighting: ★★★★☆
Color story: ★★★☆☆
Execution: ★★★★☆
Relevance: ★★☆☆☆
Boldness: ★★☆☆☆
Discourse-friendliness: ★☆☆☆☆
Viewer-friendliness: ★★★★☆
Market-friendliness: ★★★★☆
Pleasure factor: ★★★☆☆
Surprisingness: ★★★☆☆
Thought fodder: ★★☆☆☆
Hopefulness: ★☆☆☆☆

This show gets 3 out of 5 axes!

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“Very Friendly”
House, Berlin
13 Oct 2023 – Jan 2024

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