Niche and the Hood

This weekend, altough Paris was visiting, we decided to dedicate ourselves to art spaces in our hood. We were greatly rewarded at FMAB and Feinkost, two galleries we fancy – although commercial – for their program and location.

In her quite hidden first floor apartment, Fridey Mickel of FMAB showed »Eclectic«: works by Amelie Groenzinger and Viola Lopes. Groenzingers large everyday material sculptures from cables, tree branches. wire and audiotapes are remarkably present and, being hard to grasp, challenge one’s imagination. The surreal photography of Lopes, ……shot with nothing but nighttime light resources, are very poetic stills of quite banal objects such as scaffolds. Their vivid colours make them simply beautiful.

32 year old Pittsburgh native Fridey Mickel has been involved in the Berlin art scene for about seven years now: She used to run Lifebomb, a Wedding based project space, before she opened FMAB in September 2008.

Viola Lopes: What a difference a day makes.

Gallery owner Aaron Moulton only came to Berlin in 2007. Together with Mette Ravnkilde Nielsen he runs Feinkost gallery, located in a former delicatessen store in a charming 50’s pavilion on Bernauer Strasse.

The current show, »Hierophania« by Italian artist Cristiano Mangione, consists of a series of works on canvas, paper and aluminium that look both delicate and brute at the same time. Whether the linen is lined by gesso flakes and flimsy strands, the ink of ballpoint pens turns paper into an iridescent oil slick or the fissured surface of the aluminium testifies the meticulous yet violent intervention of the artist: Their sheer beauty is breathtaking. We strongly recommend contemplating in front of these poetic yet obsessive works.

Cristiano Mangione: Untitled. 2009. Ballpoint pen on paper, 50x42cm.

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