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Ästhetical convictions of artists
There are tremendous changes happening in the art scene of Berlin. This is mainly due to many new art galleries having either moved in or changed location. The use of spaces are altered constantly. The former building of the Tagesspiegel houses now at the back, in the huge court yard, in particular in two houses to the left when coming a range of new galleries, including gallery 401 for Contemporary Art. As this first oversight but gives only some inkling as to what this new art scene entail, a lot will have to be explored further in 2012. Changes can be noticed everywhere. It can start with the University of the Arts at Steinplatz / Hardenbergstreet. When visiting this school in November 2011, we did so together with Jula Dech. She is a painter and taught until her recent retirement at the school called 'Kunst im Kontext' (art in context). In conversations with both students and professors, it became clear that the path taken by many artists differs nowadays very much from those times when lessons of materials dominated and studio work meant working hard under the guidance of one professor. Today a professor can attract students simply because he has a link to exhibition spaces. Thus it is important to hear the voice of the well known artist and stage designer Andrej Woron. He thinks artist should not look so much for places where they can exhibit their work, but rather they should look at the work itself. Above all he sees the danger of being too quickly satisfied with what they have done so far and then rush on to do more work of the same. Since art works and values of art are being created by a newly formed art market in Berlin, this entails many new and varied aspects. It will require an ongoing reflection in terms of aesthetics, art history, philosophy, vision and ethics to understand in which direction all this is heading. It has altered already the portrait of a young artist as observed by James Joyce with regards to Dublin and his life back then.
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