Society seems to agree on what a nerd looks like. But what is a nerd? A socially inept individual who excels in one more or less technical area? In an area which society does not understand?

Yet if you ask seasoned mathematicians or experienced coders, what they strive for, you will hear words from a different realm – words like “Beauty”, or “Style”. A correct proof in Mathematics is still a proof, but to be regarded a master piece it must be “elegant” as well.

So who is a nerd? Would you call Mozart a nerd? In today’s terms he might be viewed as such – prodigy children are usually seen a bit nerdy these days. Or Bach? After all he did mathematics in music. Or Goethe, the scientist/writer?

Clearly “nerd” is a social category, as is “artist”. Social standards define who is a nerd and who is an artist. We present to you the nerd, the artist, ourselves, as one. Which at the bottom of things is not a different side at all. Which is in each and everyone of us.

Or as fellow nerd Beuys put it: “EVERY HUMAN BEING IS AN ARTIST.” And possibly even a nerd?
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Galerie ZeitZone
Adalbertstr. 79, 10997 Berlin
http://www.galerie-zeitzone.de/
http://nerdart.org/

nerdart #1 exhibition
March 5, 2010 at 19:00

nerds, faux nerds, geeks, nerd lovers,
music, photographs, prints, drawings, drinks, having fun.

Pop Classics

In the horizon of big urban conglomerates, the spectators’ eye expects to see – beyond the spaces occupied by advertising – the canon of stencils, the quick letters in stick or bubble style, the wild multilevel labyrinths. Portraiture is a phenomenon mainly based in American metropolis, and deals with the private sphere of mortuary epigraphs: the subjects are the victims of gang-wars, or anyhow, dead people. Almost all painted in spray.

PABO breaks this code, not as much for the subjects – he isn’t the first street artist who represents pop culture icons- but rather for technique. He makes pencil drawing portrays, crowded with signs, with the pale and subtle colours of crayons and of ballpoint pen scratches. Famous ghosts, in absolutely classic style. Jimi Hendrix, baron jacket and maudit neckwear, becomes an alchemist, lighted by acid glares, with strong and tender features like the boys of Caravaggio. Hendrix, in the triptych in which he appears, is flanked by a preacher, Martin Luther King, and a dancer, Cassius Clay. Words and mind, ether and music, body and harmonics of war. The Golden Boy, the Hand of God, the number one client of pushers and detox-programmes, collectors of by-blows, churches and aedicules dedicated to him in Argentina and in Naples: despite his sparkling curriculum, Diego Armando Maradona is represented in a still and unruffled way, almost like an ancient herm. The other subjects chosen by PABO are Birol Unel, a niche German/Turkish actor, and a victim of Hurricane Katrina. Playing on the borderline which separates heaven and hell, the eternity and the fifteen minutes of fame, PABO proposes a temporal melting pot of styles and ages, a con/fusion between the private dimension of the sketch-pad and the public dimension of the city walls, showing us a mapping of the collective imaginary’s memory.
- Luiza Samanda Turrini, 2010

Superplan Gallery
Gärtnerstr. 33a, Berlin Friedrichshain

Opening reception: Friday, February 26th, 2010 at 8:00 p.m.
Exhibition: February 27th, 2010 – March 14th, 2010
http://superplan.net/

“The avantgarde are people who don’t exactly know where they want to go, but are the first to get there.” (Romain Gary)

Robert Proch, Sepe, Sainer und Bezt – The new avantgarde.

Don’t call them streetartists – altough they love to work on the streets, don’t call them graffiti artist – altough they love to do graffitis and please dont call them contemporary artists – although they work with acrylics, oil and brushes.

INTOXICATED DEMONS is proud to present this roster of young polish artists, that exceed the borders of classic “thinking inside the box” that takes too much room by reflecting and talking about new developments in the artworld.
Four young guys in their early twenties that impress by their incredible bandwith of stilistic expressions and freshness. Be aware to get infected by their meltingpot of painting, illustration, graffiti and video.

In collaboration with AWPort

Opening reception friday march 5th 2010 from 7pm.

Opening hours: Monday – Friday 10am – 4pm
or by appointment

INTOXICATED DEMONS GALLERY
Schliemannstrasse 12
10437 Berlin

Every serious art show should have a theme, subject, or a suggestive title. This show does all that but it also makes an exception. The title doesn’t refer to a specific subject or theme, but tries to say something about the works of every artist who takes part in this show, about the strange gathering of a few people from different parts of the world, different backgrounds, experiences and styles, who want to meet and show their works and paint together. And it also tries not to say too much …

AS IF BY MAGIC

Vernissage: February 12th, 20:00
Exhibition runs from Feb 13th to Mar 6th 2010

Neurotitan
Haus Schwarzenberg
2. Hof, 1. Obergeschoss
Rosenthalerstraße 39, Berlin

http://www.neurotitan.de/

Stencils on canvas by Czarnobyl and Pisa73

Vernissage: Wednesday, February 10th 2010, 20:00

Nest (gallery is upstairs)
http://cafenest.de/
Görlitzer Str. 52, Berlin

It is Strychnin Gallery Berlin’s 7th birthday this year and over 60 artists who have exhibited here previously have been invited back to participate in an exciting group show, bringing different media ranging from painting to photography, assemblage, etching, digital painting, sculpture and drawing to light engraving to Berlin.

Vernissage: February 12th 2010, 19:00
Strychnin Gallery
Boxhagener Str. 36 / Berlin Friedrichshain

http://www.strychnin.com/

About the exhibition:

Featuring some of the best pop surrealism, neo-baroque, urban art, and fantastic realism today, Strychnin Gallery is proud to present the following artists:

Leslie Ditto, Wee Flowers, Lisa Mei Ling Fong, Annie Bertram, Seymour, Mimi S., Jason Limon, Richard Kirk, Beth Robinson, Raf Veulemans, Sophie Bastien, Edith Lebeau, Tim Roosen, Ver Mar, Miraschi, Squp, Gothic Hangman, Scott Holloway, Chris Peters, Jan Czerwinski, BORIS + NATASCHA, Tim Conlon, Till Krautkraemer, Alexander Sterzel, François Escalmel, Daniël van Nes, Kristen Ferrell, Bethany Marchman, Jon Jaylo, Marmite Sue, Damon Soule, Christian Rothenhagen, Virginie Ropars, Suzzan B., William McDermid, Lesley Reppeteaux, Nicoletta Ceccoli, KRK Ryden, Manuel Cortez, Christina Graf, Dirk Larsen, Ansgar Noeth, Elmer Presslee, Scott Radke, CANTWO, Zaelia Bishop, Chris Bonobo, Guillermo Rigattieri, Mayo, Cliff Wallace, David Hochbaum, Mark Verhaagen, Gene Guynn, Benjamin Vierling, Chrisitee, Diva, Martina Secondo Russo, Marcus Poston, Aaron Board, Daniel Elson, Carole Bielicki and others.

WINTER WARRIORS:

Exhibition space at stattbad, Wedding.
Home to empty swimming pools, studio spaces and creative organizations.

We make stuff good gallery has taken home here and invites you
to come and celebrate the indoor market and exhibition.

See the best market artists and creatives as well as a bunch of
international artists that have recently made Berlin their chosen city of residence.

Enjoy, home made pies, gluhwein guys, performing foxes and a bunch of affordable never seen before ART and ACCESSORIES.

Stattbad
Gerichtstr. 65, Berlin Wedding
Friday, February 5, 2010 at 7:00pm
http://www.wemakestuffgood.com/category/events/berlin/

A troop of monkeys celebrate a feast, a panther wanders across a snowy Alpine landscape and a pack of white wolves surround a buffalo dripping blood in a manicured French garden. At first glance Walton Ford’s large-scale animal watercolour paintings evoke prints by French and British colonial-era illustrators from the 19th century. After closer examination however, they reveal a pictorial universe of complex and disturbing allusions. The various tigers, lions, birds and primates that populate the life-size pictures appear as vivacious protagonists locked in allegorical struggles. The resulting combination of historical fact, natural history inquiry and surreal imaginings give rise to Walton Ford’s brilliant ‘Bestiarium’.

Walton Ford – Bestiarium
January 23rd – May 24th 2010
Nationalgalerie im Hamburger Bahnhof – Museum für Gegenwart
Invalidenstraße 50 – 51, Berlin
http://www.hamburgerbahnhof.de/

In the early 20th century, artists like Emil Nolde, Ernst Ludwig Kirchner, Georg Kolbe or Max Pechstein were intrigued by exotic craftworks from Africa and Oceania. The Georg-Kolbe-Museum is showing interesting works of art in connection with mundane pieces like books, posters, photos or advertisements to reveal the western image of those fantastical foreign countries.

“Wilde Welten”
Januaruary 24th – April 5th
Georg-Kolbe-Museum
Sensburger Allee 25, Berlin
http://www.georg-kolbe-museum.de/wilde_welten.html

On February 5th will be opening his comics exhibition at Heroes Cafe. This show will feature a selection of my comics, a live drawing session, the premier of the 60-page Nonsense Cup #1 compilation, and some caffeinated specialties.

Heroes Cafe
Friedelstr. 49, Berlin (U-bhf Hermannplatz) from 18:00-22:00
The exhibition will run through February 26th

joshbauman.com
heroesberlin.com