This Friday, February 7, the exhibition “XXL – Grossformatige Werke der Gegenwart” will open in Galerie Henze & Ketterer & Triebold (Riehen / Basel) with my painting “Thinking like a deer” (Untitled (10.CR). One of my first steps on ecological issues.
Unique Multiples @unique.multiples is pleased to present The Last Illusion, a new sculptural edition made from one kilo of pure gold by Madrid-based conceptual artist Darya von Berner. This holographic, mixed media work features a cast sculpture of golden shit displayed within a custom holographic vitrine, which through its own visual alchemy renders the precious heavy metal into a hovering, ghostly apparition.
Following in the tradition of ‘épater le bourgeois,’ or abject works of art such as Maurizio Cattelan’s America (2016), an 18-karat gold toilet, and Piero Manzoni’s seminal work Artist’s Shit (1961), The Last Illusion continues this line of inquiry, questioning how the value of art is derived, and juxtaposing the symbolic with the tangible, the abstract with the real.
Lupus Viator, 2000 – Asunción, Paraguay⠀
Darya von Berner⠀
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AECID, Centro Cultural de España@juandesalazarpy⠀
Asuncion, Paraguay, 2000⠀
Audio installation, 200 mirrors, 100 books Lupus Viator⠀
Photo: Gabriela Zucolillo⠀
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The artist invited a number of Paraguayan artists to collaborate in this presentation. The intention was to collectively engage in the meaning of Lupus Viator with the outcome of a sound work. Instead of turning reality into art, art became reality.⠀
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Director: Lilo Acebal⠀
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Audio installation, 200 mirrors, 100 books Lupus Viator⠀
Photo: Gabriela Zucolillo⠀
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The artist invited a number of Paraguayan artists to collaborate in this presentation. The intention was to collectively engage in the meaning of Lupus Viator with the outcome of a sound work. Instead of turning reality into art, art became reality.⠀
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Director: Lilo Acebal⠀
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The project Lupus Viator (latin: wolf walking) began as a series of monumental painted installations of an ephemeral nature and realised in situ. Later the project continued to evolve over a period of 7 years. It travelled to 7 different countries worldwide. ⠀
Taking into consideration its extensive duration, as well as its territorial movements, from country to country, Lupus Viator can be understood almost like a mythical pilgrimage, which covers the trails and places, where wolves have formerly roamed in abundance, before the species has widely become extinct.⠀
Lupus Viator, 1999 – Lima, Peru⠀
Darya von Berner⠀
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AECID, Centro Cultural de España⠀
@ccelima⠀
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Video, 200 mirrors, 100 books Lupus Viator⠀
Video duration: 0:43 min⠀
Photo: Daniel Thissen⠀
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Is a collaboration, with a group of local Peruvian artists, Los Aguaitones. For this work the monumental wolf transformed into a multimedia installation, along with the presentation of the artist book Lupus Viator. The closed circuit works aim to observe the communication between all elements of the system, like the public awareness of this process.⠀
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Curated by: Teresa Velázquez Cortés⠀
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Many thanks to: José Carlos Mariátegui⠀
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The project Lupus Viator (latin: wolf walking) began as a series of monumental painted installations of an ephemeral nature and realised in situ. Later the project continued to evolve over a period of 7 years. It travelled to 7 different countries worldwide. ⠀
Taking into consideration its extensive duration, as well as its territorial movements, from country to country, Lupus Viator can be understood almost like a mythical pilgrimage, which covers the trails and places, where wolves have formerly roamed in abundance, before the species has widely become extinct.⠀
Lupus Viator, 1996 – Internet⠀
Darya von Berner⠀
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World Wide Video Festival⠀
The Hague, Neatherlands⠀
Collaboration and Production: Teknoland / David Cantolla and Luis Cifuentes⠀
Foto: Erica Dines⠀
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The project Lupus Viator (latin: wolf walking) began as a series of monumental painted installations of an ephemeral nature and realised in situ. Later the project continued to evolve over a period of 7 years. It travelled to 7 different countries worldwide. ⠀
Taking into consideration its extensive duration, as well as its territorial movements, from country to country, Lupus Viator can be understood almost like a mythical pilgrimage, which covers the trails and places, where wolves have formerly roamed in abundance, before the species has widely become extinct.⠀
Lupus Viator, 1996 – Atlanta, USA⠀
Darya von Berner⠀
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Nexus Contemporary Art Centre⠀
Wall painting and objects, performance⠀
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Simultaneously with the Olympic Games of Atlanta 1996, a Cultural Olympiad took place. For this Cultural Olympiad a representative artist for each continent was selected. Darya von Berner represented Europe with her project Lupus Viator, which was exhibited at the Atlanta Contemporary Art Centre (Nexus Press International Program).⠀
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The project Lupus Viator (latin: wolf walking) began as a series of monumental painted installations of an ephemeral nature and realised in situ. Later the project continued to evolve over a period of 7 years. It travelled to 7 different countries worldwide. ⠀
Taking into consideration its extensive duration, as well as its territorial movements, from country to country, Lupus Viator can be understood almost like a mythical pilgrimage, which covers the trails and places, where wolves have formerly roamed in abundance, before the species has widely become extinct.⠀
Lupus Viator, 1994 – Madrid, Spain⠀
Darya von Berner⠀
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Museo de Arte Contemporáneo⠀
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Wall painting⠀
Foto: Joaquín Cortes⠀
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In the context of the group show “Confrontaciones (los entornos de la imagen)”, the ephemeral painting Lupus Viator, acquired monumental proprtions and covered the entirety of a wall at the museum of Anthropology in Madrid.⠀
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Curators: Martín Bartolomé and Félix Guisasola⠀
Sponsor: Ministerio de Asuntos Sociales⠀
In collaboration with Ministerio de Cultura⠀
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The project Lupus Viator (latin: wolf walking) began as a series of monumental painted installations of an ephemeral nature and realised in situ. Later the project continued to evolve over a period of 7 years. It travelled to 7 different countries worldwide. ⠀
Taking into consideration its extensive duration, as well as its territorial movements, from country to country, Lupus Viator can be understood almost like a mythical pilgrimage, which covers the trails and places, where wolves have formerly roamed in abundance, before the species has widely become extinct.
Lupus Viator, 1994 – Zaragoza, Spain⠀
Darya von Berner⠀
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Galería Antonia Puyó⠀
@antoniapuyo⠀
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Wall painting⠀
Photo: Pedro Avellaned⠀
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In the “Galería de Arte Antonia Puyo” (Zaragoza), Lupus Viator once more took on monumental dimensions, covering the entirety of this enormous wall.⠀
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The project Lupus Viator (latin: wolf walking) began as a series of monumental painted installations of an ephemeral nature and realised in situ. Later the project continued to evolve over a period of 7 years. It travelled to 7 different countries worldwide. ⠀
Taking into consideration its extensive duration, as well as its territorial movements, from country to country, Lupus Viator can be understood almost like a mythical pilgrimage, which covers the trails and places, where wolves have formerly roamed in abundance, before the species has widely become extinct.⠀
Lupus Viator, 1994 – Basel, Switzerland⠀
Darya von Berner⠀
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Galerie Triebold⠀
Wall painting and TVmonitor⠀
Foto: Grazia Branco⠀
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In the Galerie Triebold (Basel), a large-scale wolf was painted on one of the gallery walls. A television monitor was built into the same wall, on which popular TV programmes where shown, from news to soap operas.⠀
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The project Lupus Viator (latin: wolf walking) began as a series of monumental painted installations of an ephemeral nature and realised in situ. Later the project continued to evolve over a period of 7 years. It travelled to 7 different countries worldwide. ⠀
Taking into consideration its extensive duration, as well as its territorial movements, from country to country, Lupus Viator can be understood almost like a mythical pilgrimage, which covers the trails and places, where wolves have formerly roamed in abundance, before the species has widely become extinct.⠀
Lupus Viator, 1993 – Pescara, Italy⠀
Painting – Darya von Berner⠀
Fuori Uso⠀
Photo: Grazia Branco⠀
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This large-scale painting of a walking wolf (Lupus Viator) was the first in the series. It was shown for “Fuori Uso” (1993), an annual contemporary art exhibition that takes place in Pescara (Italy).⠀
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Curated by Achille Bonito Oliva⠀
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The project Lupus Viator (latin: wolf walking) began as a series of monumental painted installations of an ephemeral nature and realised in situ. Later the project continued to evolve over a period of 7 years. It travelled to 7 different countries worldwide. ⠀
Taking into consideration its extensive duration, as well as its territorial movements, from country to country, Lupus Viator can be understood almost like a mythical pilgrimage, which covers the trails and places, where wolves have formerly roamed in abundance, before the species has widely become extinct.