Tamara Kvesitadze Georgia, b. 1968

The exhibition Under Shadows conceived for KORNFELD Galerie Berlin brings together new and recent works by Tamara Kvesitadze and Shunxiang Hu — two female artists whose lives and practices are shaped by profound social and political pressures. Each has lived under shadow — political, cultural, personal — and through their work, each steps out of it.

„Freundschaft à la Carte“ von Christopher Lehmpfuhl
Mit 12 Künstlerinnen und Künstlern
„Kochen ist ein Freundschaftsdienst“, schreibt Christopher Lehmpfuhl im Vorwort des Buches. In diesem Sinne laden wir Sie herzlich zur Buchpremiere von „Freundschaft à la Carte“ in den 69salon by KORNFELD ein. Neben der Vorstellung des Kochbuchs werden an diesem Abend auch die Werke der beteiligten Künstler und Künstlerinnen präsentiert. Der Abend vereint Kunst und kulinarische Inspiration – eine besondere Gelegenheit, die Kreativität und Freundschaft der anwesenden Künstler und Künstlerinnen persönlich zu erleben.
BUCHPREMIERE
Datum: Mittwoch, 25. September 24
Uhrzeit: 18:30
Ort: 69salon by KORNFELD, Fasanenstr 69

Berlin Art Week 2024
Jay Gard
Tamara Kvesitadze
Susanne Roewer
Coral Lambert

Five artists, five nations, three artistic mediums, and one goal: The Body Language exhibition reveals the different ways we relate to our bodies. It is about strength, alienation, suffering and identity. Physicality becomes (again) perceptible as a human quality in a time in which digital experience and artificial intelligence are becoming more prevalent. Ultimately, Body Language refers to the perception of one's materiality both as a physically tangible aspect and as the sensations associated with our corporeality.

Tammam Azzam, Elvira Bach, Stéphane Couturier, Nick Dawes, Paris Giachoustidis, Hubertus Hamm, Natela Iankoshvili, Rusudan Khizanishvili, Franziska Klotz, Tamara Kvesitadze, Christopher Lehmpfuhl, David Meskhi, Susanne Roewer, Hubert Scheibl, Martin Spengler, Jan Tichy, Ivana de Vivanco
Galerie Kornfeld is delighted to announce it's ten year anniversary exhibition, wich will feature the artists that have come along with us through the decade. The anniversary exhibition will reveal touching glimpses of the past and the future, sensitive and exciting exchanges between first artistic attempts and more mature works. The works on show hint at inner struggle and transformation, the eternal search for what is hidden behind the visible.

Hoards of black birds, eerie and haunting, roam in the seeming chaos yet are controlled by an invisible force, driving them like prey into the trap of the human head that swallows them. What are those birds – nightmares, soul-destroying doubts, erratic thoughts, suffering of love, bitterness of loss or hallucinations?
This is “The Passage” – by the celebrated Georgian artist Tamara Kvesitadze, which she created as the world went into a lockdown. Tamara is known for her kinetic sculptures combining art and engineering. Yet this time the installation is not moving, but the story unfolds as the viewer navigates through it.

Including works by Alicia Adamerovich, Elvira Bach, Carlo D'Anselmi, Monika Kim Garza, Stefanie Gutheil, Erik Hanson, Kimia Ferdowsi Kline, Ella Kruglyanskaya, Tamara Kvesitadze, Clemencia Labin, Kat Lyons, Christian Perdix, Logan T. Sibrel, James Ulmer and others
Few songs have managed to capture the lightheartedness and exuberance of summer in the way that the German hit song “Pack die Badehose ein” (“Pack Your Swimsuit”) did in the early 1950s. The teen star Conny sings about the small burdens of everyday life, which can be removed simply by jumping into the cold water of the Wannsee lake.
We are pleased to present the exhibition “Pack den Badeanzug ein” , a refreshing look at both emerging and established positions in contemporary painting. Featuring a broad selection of artistic methods, we push the boundaries of what painting can be in the 21st century. What is the state of arts oldest medium in today's hyper-digitized world? What can the analogue image do that the digital cannot, and how do the two media influence each other?

Theo Balden, Fritz Cremer, Elmgreen & Dragset, Sonja Eschefeld, Wieland Förster, Katharina Gerold, Clemens Gröszer, Sabina Grzimek, Michael Jastram, Siegfried Krepp, Tamara Kvesitadze, Will Lammert, Johannes Lauter, Jeanne Mammen, Margret Middell, Emerita Pansowová, Alexander Polzin, Susanne Rast, Susanne Roewer, Father Raphael Statt, Rolf Szymanski, Evelyn Weinzierl, Trak Wendisch, Berndt Wilde, Dirk Wunderlich
The objects of the exhibition Lebensguss ("Life Casting") | Marc Krepp were created without exception in the studio of Marc Krepp. The studio was founded by Krepp in the early 1980s in Berlin-Weissensee, and he continues to lead it to this day, exemplifying ceaseless creativity. Following a family tradition which emanates from his father Siegfried Krepp, a Berlin based sculptor, and which is also currently being furthered by his daughter Michéle.

Stéphane Couturier, Hubertus Hamm, Bertram Hasenauer, Natela Iankoshvili, Franziska Klotz, Tamara Kvesitadze, Christopher Lempfuhl, Olivia Mc Gilchrist, Anne Pantillon, Sandeep Mukherjee, Alexander Polzin, Susanne Roewer, Sonny Sanjay Vadgama
At a “Supper Club”, people who have generally never met before, get together in their host’s private rooms, where they are wined and dined with a self-prepared culinary menu. The idea of different people and cultures coming together through a shared interest is the inspiration for the group exhibition “Supper Club” that kick-starts the year 2017 at Galerie Kornfeld. We invited gallery artists, as well as exciting guest artists, to bring along one or two works as gifts for this exhibition, which unites a variety of artistic forms under one thematic framework.

Featuring new sculptures, a large-scale, wall-based installation and recent water colours, Tamara Kvesitadze’s solo show "Any Direction" continues ongoing investigation into human relationships.
Kvesitadze’s artistic practice focuses on the tension between the human and its world, with the body always being at the centre of her exploration. Her way of understanding the body is ambiguous and always in flux. Seeing it as a constantly moving and transformative entity, her sculptures – often kinetic – are dynamic with a deliberately unfinished quality to them. Bordering on the grotesque, they reference classical sculptures and allude to playful games between the subconscious and conscious worlds.

Maliheh Afnan, Robert Fry, Hubertus Hamm, Franziska Klotz, Tamara Kvesitadze, Alexander Polzin, Susanne Roewer, Hubert Scheibl, Leonardo Silaghi, Jan Tichy, Sonny Sanjay Vadgama
The exhibition “Paper Plains” will show a wide spectrum of techniques to working on paper, including etchings, prints, photographs, drawings and paintings. It brings together established artists with young emerging producers, tracing the significance of this simultaneously ancient and contemporary medium.
In a rapidly digitalising (art)world with the means to print perfect 3D sculptures, generate slick flawless imagery on photoshop and immaterial artworks making their way into galleries, it is curious to witness the return of paper as an important medium for artists.

Tamara Kvesitadze’s work includes kinetic sculptures and paintings, wherein the human being plays an essential role. The tension in the relationship between genders is a main focus of her œuvre. Its roots lie in antiquity and mythology as well as in surrealism. Violence and sexuality are intertwined. Faces, masks and fragmented bodies symbolize the internal conflict of modern individuals, their emotions, their strive for happiness and fulfillment, their fears and hopes. Questions about individuality are raised, and the relationships between the individual and society and fellow humans are examined.