ARCADIA!

11 Sep 2024 - 30 Nov 2024
Berlin

Old gardens are special places, conceived as idealized images of nature in its most harmonious and perfected state. For centuries, Arcadian landscapes—envisioned by painters since the Renaissance—offered their patrons glimpses of pastoral tranquility and escape from urban chaos. These gardens, much like the myth of Arcadia itself, represented a longing for paradise, a place where humans could live in harmony with nature. Yet for a long time, owning such gardens was a privilege enjoyed by only a select few.

Installation views

Ivan Bazak, Installation view Arcadia! at KEWENIG BerlinCabrita, The Moss Suite Series (2019). Installation view Arcadia! at KEWENIG Berlin

Works

The moss suite #1
Untitled (Fluss 3)
Gasse
Das Geschick
Diana (after a motive by Fragonard)
ich hatte die deutliche Empfindung, daß mein Zwerchfell ganz oben in der Brust fast unmittelbar unter dem Kehlkopfe saß
Transylvanian Owl
Sin título (nuestras armas no hacen daño)
Judging the Demiurg
Desert Road with a Red Line
Nómada
Tide II
Omodi
Venus
Autumn
Garden Landscape I
Garden Landscape III
Far Away Landscape II
Deadly Charm of Snakes

Sebastian Lettner

Tide II
Tide II
Tide II
Tide II, 2024
Oil on canvas
240 x 70 cm