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Berlin Tegel, airport shuttle to The Avant/Garde Diaries

Let's see what will happen tonight. I will dress up in my Raf collection, head to heel. I will slowly sip a G&T and look in his direction all night. Then, finally, I will approach and kiss him. On his cheeks and on his lips.
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Monolythic II

1. Stella McCartney Fall/Winter 2011
2. Anne de Vries Cave 2 Cave

And what is the result of all the research? The desire to wear a pair of silver painted trousers. A fluorescent metallic T-shirt. Or an early 90s, shiny polyester shirt by Dolce & Gabbana.
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On Display

1. Hans Bellmer, La Toupie
2. Wilhelm Freddie, Le Bureau de Zola

After being at a surrealist objects exhibition, the task for the weekend is as follows: Find random objects. Glue them together. Paint them white. Maybe I will succeed, maybe I won't.
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Lover Boys

Artworks Felix Gonzalez-Torres

An artwork that replicates the ideal weight of the artist and his partner who was dying at the time the piece was made. Visitors are encouraged to take a piece of candy as the pile should be continuously replenished. A metaphoric creation of the conditions for perpetual life.
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Specific objects without specific form, January 29 – April 25 2011, MMK Museum für Moderne Kunst, Frankfurt Am Main, Germany

Portraits Of An Artist II

Images Rainer Fetting & Desmond, Willem de Kooning, Unknown, Unknown, Andrej Dúbravský, Salvador Dalí

Work in progress. Artworks as a result of work. Art as an excuse for sexual workout. Word of mouth and work of hands. Handmade trips of artistic ecstasy. Champagne at gallery openings. Surreal thoughts.
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Taxidermied Idolatry

Steve Bishop Christian Dior - J'adore (Mountain Goat), 2008
Taxidermied goat, concrete, chalk


Steve Bishop Jean-Paul Gaultier - Classique (Arctic Fox), 2008
Taxidermied fox, concrete, paint

The living and the breathless. Overlapping. Embodiments of object and creature. And in its centre: figurative perfume bottles. Animalistic scented sculptures.
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British Art Now II, October 27 - April 17 2011, Saatchi Gallery, London

Predestination

Salvador Dalí The Enigma of Wilhelm Tell, 1933

A perfect sunday. A day of impressions. A closer look at one certain piece of art. It made me realize: Buying sandals in winter is not more surreal than the work of Salvador Dalí.
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Not In Fashion

Photos MMK

Jürgen Teller photographing a photographer while arranging his works in the exhibition space. I highly anticipate tonight's opening of Not In Fashion. A reflection on the smybiosis of photography and fashion - including the oeuvre of houses such as Maison Martin Margiela, Comme des Garcons or Helmut Lang.
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Not in Fashion: Fashion and Photography in the 90s, September 25 – Jan 9 2011, MMK Museum für Moderne Kunst, Frankfurt Am Main, Germany