ANKE BUCHMANN

Berlin, October 2024 –

Vernissage: 24 Oct 2024, 6pm – 10pm

On show: 25 Oct 2024 – 21 Dec 2024

Location:
Atelier + Showroom, Sredzkistr. 46, 10435 Berlin, Germany  

Opening hours: Thu, Fri, Sat 12 – 5pm

The exhibition “Elusive Memories” shows large format photographs by James McKinnon interpreted and translated into ceramics by Anke Buchmann. Memory, fiction and nature are transported as themes from abstract photographs into the tactile realm, offering a multi-dimensional experience that deepens the viewers’ engagement with the elusive and emotional nature of the artworks.

The result is a powerful conversation between the photographic and ceramic mediums, where both come alive in new and unexpected ways.

The opening of the exhibition takes place on 24 Oct 2024, 6-10pm. We are looking forward to your visit. With pleasure will we offer you a personal tour and private visiting times on request. 

Photo Credits: Renata Chueire

Natural History Part 1

by James McKinnon

“Natural History Part One” is a deeply personal journey for James McKinnon. It’s a unique exploration of his personal history, using a vibrant palette of abstract colors and textural darkroom experiments to evoke feelings of the ethereal and intimate. The intricate shapes in the photos serve as vignette markings, symbolizing the new and old chapters in his life. They also double as elements of an emotional garden, reflecting the delicate balance between attention, care, and the natural beauty of plants. These abstract photos are not just a visual feast, but a profound emotional dialogue with living materials, inviting viewers to connect and be part of McKinnon’s personal journey.

Taking up space

by Anke Buchmann

Anke Buchmann sees the photographs of James McKinnon and recognises shapes, textures and natural matter in the vibrant pigmented colours. With these images in mind Buchmann drifts into the unknown using the clay to identify inspired personal emotions and memories. Her process of creation allows her to connect with emotions of aliveness, playfulness, freedom and joy and to make space for this emotional garden. The results are abstract, layered ceramic landscapes that take up space in itself. Improvisatory compositions and wonky asymmetries meet expressive fingerprints and freely attached clay leftovers that breathe tangible life into the photographs on the wall.

About the artists

Anke Buchmann (*1978 in Rostock, Germany) lives and works in Berlin. In 2017 Buchmann received a first class honours degree in Ceramics from Central Saint Martins, London. Her work has been the subject of numerous solo and group exhibitions across Europe, including the British Ceramic Biennial, Pangolin London, Ceramic Art London, London Design Festival, Central Saint Martins, Lethaby Gallery, Art Bermondsey Project Space,  Sugarhouse Studios, The Hub at Wellcome Collection London and Domaine de Boisbuchet, France. Anke was the winner of the NextGen Design Award (2016) and the Good Design Awards (2017). She is a Fellow of Domaine de Boisbuchet and since 2020 the founder of HANDFUL muddy hands. clear minds., a mindful ceramic studio for people with a desire to activate their hands. 

James McKinnon (*1982 in Boston, MA) studied at the Minneapolis College of Art and Design (Photography, B.A.) and the Rhode Island School of Design (Design Research, M.F.A.) His work has been exhibited internationally including SMK – Statens Museum for Kunst in Denmark, Kode Museum in Norway and Minneapolis Institute of Art in the United States. McKinnon has received a Fulbright Scholarship grant (Germany) as well as an artist in residence at Parc Jean-Jacques Rousseau (France). He is the founder of Distance Over Time an artist book publisher in Berlin since 2015. He has also been a guest lecturer at NYU and Otis’s College of Art among others. His artist book titled GOLD was published by Distance Over Time in 2017. 

Since 2023 Buchmann’s Atelier and Showroom has been exhibiting ceramics, sculpture, performance and engagement work by Anke Buchmann as well as selected artists with works in the wide field of contemporary art. 

Photo Credits: Renata Chueire

Find more material on instagram @ankebuchmann