Today the new “Vexhall” exhibition by American artist Michael Leon opens its doors at Pool Gallery in Berlin. We took the chance and checked out the show prior to its opening.

The artist has been fascinated with flags since his childhood and as such has made them the sole focus of this new show. Elements from original flag design are mixed with Leon’s own design sensibility and personal history. Make sure to pass by the exhibition, should you be in Berlin these days.

Pool Gallery Berlin
Tucholskystrasse 38
10117 Berlin
Germany

Vexhall by Michael Leon
September 3rd to October 1st

Many more images from the exhibition follow after the jump.

Recently Henrik Vibskov opened his latest art exhibition at Pool Gallery Berlin. We managed to do a quick sit down with the fashion designer, artist, musician to chat about the art in display and all the other talents and interests he has. Take a look and enjoy!

Last Friday the new exhibition by Danish fashion designer Henrik Vibskov opened at Pool Gallery in Berlin. We previewed some works on display here. The opening was a raging success and drew a huge crowd in Berlin. The fashion designer and artist showcased lots of different pieces, using both paint, wood and more on various surfaces.

Take a look at the opening reception here.

This Friday the Henrik Vibskov  Graphic Works exhibition will open at Pool Gallery Berlin.

Some might call Henrik Vibskov a jack-of-all-trades, and it is true that Vibskov shows his innovative fashion designs in Paris, exhibits his artwork at established institutions such as PS1, MoMA, the Palais de Tokio and MU, and makes musical collaborations with the likes of Anders Trentemøller and Mikael Simpson. However for Vibskov, these seemingly different creative realms are not separate – it is intrinsic to his philosophy that they blend together, resulting in an all-inclusive Henrik Vibskov experience.

Vibskov consciously chooses not to isolate his interests. A modern incarnation of German composer Richard Wagner’s mid-19th century concept of ‘Gesamtkunstwerk’ or ‘universal artwork’ – an idea that was central even to the Bauhaus movement – is carried on by Vibskov, dissolving the constraints of varying disciplines and allowing a unique art form to emerge.

In Henrik Vibskov: Graphic Works, Vibskov presents a selection of his two-dimensional pieces, exhibited alongside installation and knit-works. With colorful and organic shapes that seem like strange, animated beings, Vibskov’s minimalistic “form-language” and “anarchistic lines” offer a glimpse at his own imagined universe. His experience with design, textile and pattern certainly shines through, resulting in a collection of works that, in keeping with his philosophy, intertwines a diverse selection of creative fields.

We give you a preview of the exhibition after the jump.

Beginning this February 5, 2010, Pool Gallery Berlin will host an exhibition of Graphic Works by acclaimed designer Henrik Vibskov. The show runs for one month, closing March 6, 2010.

Today we passed by the Parra exhibition at Pool Gallery in Berlin. For almost 4 months Parra has been preparing for the show, creating lots of new original pieces. Highlights in the show mark his new black/white series of prints, which come in editions of only 9 pieces. Our personal favorite is his new mid-size sculpture, which comes in his signature colors and in an edition of 20. Otherwise the exhibition showcases many outstanding paintings by the Dutch artist. We can only recommend a visit.

From August 29th Wood Wood Berlin will also be hosting a Parra pop-up store, where you will be able to purchase a special t-shirt that was released only for this event, along with lots of other Parra items.

In case you cannot make it out to the exhibition, go after the jump for a detailed look at all artworks on display.

World famous street artist Parra will be opening both a pop-up shop and exhibition this August in Berlin. The pop-up shop will be hosted at Wood Wood and offer products of art by Parra, while the Pool Gallery presents works of art by Parra. Events open on August 29tha nd August 27th respectively. More details on the mashed-up flyer above.

Visit Wood Wood as the date approaches for more information on the Parra Exhibition & Berlin Pop-Up Shop.

The Wood Wood x Vice Magazine x Pool Gallery pop-up store in Vienna opened its doors over the weekend. Today we can give you a look inside. The space combines a store with a gallery space, at the moment showing works of Peter Beste.

Open May 30 – June 10
12:00 – 20:00 daily except Saturdays 12:00 – 18:00
Gumpendorfer Straße 23
1060 Vienna Austria

Make sure to pass by. More looks from the interior of the store follow after the jump.

A few weeks ago we previewed “Choke Under Pressure,” the second solo exhibition by Berlin based Ruby Anemic, held at Pool Gallery. His work draws from decades of popular culture and artistic movements. There’s tongue in cheek humor. Highly conceptual work. Ironic commentary. Sculpture. And, painting.

The exhibition opened on October 30, and we can now show more detailed images of the installation and further works from “Choke Under Pressure.” The pieces remain on view until December 10, 2008.

More from Ruby Anemic after the jump.

Berlin-based Ruby Anemic likes to play with contradictions. His sources of inspiration come from 50s Design classics, modern graphic landscapes, porn toys and omnipresent symbols of pop iconography. There’s no field of contemporary culture Ruby does not use for his own purpose. The artist’s work, personal experiments with a variety of media and materials, is an assembly that displays an aesthetic conflict. The content of his work therefore moves between antithetical extremes: on one hand there are silent and conceptual works such as “Neutral Phase”, where a seemingly chaotic linear landscape creates movement in which a viewer can lose himself, and on the other hand there is meaninglessness, carried almost too far, where everyday objects are super sized into nonsensical monuments and a Roy Lichtenstein becomes a monolithic screen for the projection of the artistic ego. Ruby Anemic is very aware of the fundamental dichotomy behind his work and he skillfully brings this into play. Sometimes this is with irony, sometimes with subtle social criticism.

Pool Gallery is presenting the artists second solo show, “Choking Under Pressure,” from October 30 to December 10, 2008. Pool Gallery Ucholskystr.38 10117 Berlin, Germany.

Further examples of Ruby Anemic’s work after the jump.