When a couple of years ago the art world turned its attention towards narration again, romanticism and filigree drawings returned. This focus on the poetical side of art was quickly answered by a sympathetic low-keyed counter movement which introduced a touch of vulgarity and kitsch to balance what was happening. But basically every picture told a story. Well, where to go from here?
Gunter Reski and Marcus Weber, both amazing painters, just gave us an answer. At Jet on the corner of Alexanderplatz, they curated an exhibition which focusses on „Le Capitaine Pamphile“, a novel of Alexandre Dumas from 1839. Their idea was to invite artists and ask them to respond to that mixture of travel adventure and fanciful animal memoir. Weber and Reski prepared a storyboard to create a loose superstructure and used the narrative moments of that very pictorial novel.
The outcome is really worthwhile watching, as a lively crowd recognised yesterday at the opening of „The Pamphile Show“. Awesome for Americans, lovely for the English and supersuper for the Hipsters. So if you are in Berlin before July 18th, go, have a look and enjoy.
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