Contemporary Fine Arts is pleased to announce the exhibition “FunQroc” with Sarah Lucas.
An
organic programme of events, concerts, collective art-making, and meals
directed by the artist and Julian Simmons took place at
CFA-Charlottenburg on the occasion of the Easter weekend.
The
work-in-progress situation on the first floor of CFA´s new space in
Charlottenburg invited artists and friends to take part both as models
or “acteurs” during the 4-day project. The artist created the works in
part over the course of two weeks in Berlin, incorporating her signature
use of everyday materials such as concrete, tights, and found domestic
objects.
Some
of the works were completed during communal happenings throughout the
holiday weekend. On the occasion of the opening on Holy Thursday, the
artist washed the feet of friends. On Friday afternoon, a concert was
held at Monarch Berlin where the bands 100% Beefcock and the
Titsburster, Arthur and the Spooners, Didi Kern and Philipp
Quehenberger, and Anus Riot, invited by the artist, performed. “1000
Eggs,” a happening directed by the artist on Saturday, invited women to
participate in action-painting, in the form of throwing hundreds of eggs
against a wall, related to the plaster bust of Angela Bulloch (“ANGEL
BULLOCH”). An “open-mic” took place in the gallery on Sunday, during
which friends of the artist, including Russell Haswell and Sue
Thompkins, Rohan Whealleans, and Phil Dirtbox performed their own work –
poems, music, and visual work – followed by action-painting,
“Ejaculation,” inviting men to gently shower “Silver Hippy” in paint.
Throughout the entire weekend, Indian food by chef Arfa Mizra was
prepared and served on-site.
“FunQroc” is the artist’s sixth exhibition with Contemporary Fine Arts and will be on view during Berlin Gallery Weekend 2017.
