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until 07.03. | #4557ARTatBerlin | Galerie Barbara Thumm shows from 18th January 2025 (opening: 17th January) the exhibition Dudoute_Toaster_Absolu (AMVK 1981-2025) by the artist Anne-Mie Van Kerckhoven.
Anne-Mie Van Kerckhoven (AMVK, *1951 in Antwerp, Belgium) has blazed a distinctive trail in contemporary art, renowned for her iconic collages, drawings, and mixed-media works that fuse art and technology. Her works often juxtapose seemingly random motifs, materials, and temporal references, yet a closer look reveals an underlying logic that ties them together. She has spoken of employing self-made systems of order—logical yet enigmatic, even to her, as they reflect the workings of her unconscious.
Anne-Mie Van Kerckhoven, Optimal Performance, digital image printed on PVC, prints on paper, acrylic paints, 2024, Courtesy of the artist and Galerie Barbara Thumm
The retrospective “Dudoute_Toaster_Absolu (AMVK 1981–2025)” exemplifies this approach, originating from AMVK’s desire to revisit and recontextualize her earlier works. At its heart lies the video “A-X+B=12”, a digital animation that brings to life a series of her drawings, collages, and installations from 1981 onward. This “coming of age” piece traces the journey of an entity entering the world and becoming an artist, mirroring AMVK’s own trajectory. To create the animation, she methodically selected works to form a theory, contrasting this process with a multi-dimensional selection of music and sounds. The result is an amalgam of intentional, slowly diffusing imagery and a fluid soundtrack, embodying some of the forces that define her practice. The exhibition reflects her belief that she herself has become the structure that guides her creative process—a dynamic interplay of past, present, and future that invites audiences to witness the eternal recurrence of her life and work.
Vernissage: Friday, 17 January 2025, 6 – 9 pm
Exhibition dates: Saturday, 18 January – Friday, 07 March 2025
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Image Caption : Anne-Mie Van Kerckhoven, The Abstract Wasn’t Sexually Stimulating, 2024, Courtesy of the artist and Galerie Barbara Thumm
Exhibition Anne-Mie Van Kerckhoven – Galerie Barbara Thumm | Zeitgenössische Kunst in Berlin | Contemporary Art | Ausstellungen Berlin Galerien | ART at Berlin
