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Danielle de Picciotto
Profile
Danielle de Picciotto has been influencing and shaping Berlin’s creative subculture as an artist since the late 80ies. The artist is known to mix the different elements of painting, photography, objects, film and video material to create new ways of expression. Her belief that a new "picture" is born through communication in art as well as society can clearly be seen in her range of themes: interaction between individuals and groups, isolation and relationships in general. Her installations consisting of expressive oil paintings, cult objects out of clay and straw, super 8 film loops, slides and photography, magnifying modern and archaic society, are known for their strong impact and intense expression.
Together with Dr. Motte she founded the Love Parade and was the first official street wear designer of Berlin influencing the colourful techno fashion of the 90ies.
Musically she sang with the hip-hop crossover band "Space Cowboys" for 6 years, with the "Ocean Club" for 2 years (of which she was also the founder together with Gudrun Gut).
Believing that all art forms become truly alive when they intermingle and merge she has initiated countless group exhibitions, concerts, fashion shows, charity projects, trend setting parties and events with artists, musicians, writers, architects, designers, dancers.
Besides her own exhibitions in Galleries (Haus am Lützowplatz, Berlin; Staatsgalerie Stuttgart) she has created room installations and art for every important club in Berlin, understanding the role these melting points of music, art, fashion and communication have in today’s society.
Realising the importance of being able to touch people directly through art in environments in which they feel emotionally open she became one of the founders of the new underground Berlin club art culture. To introduce this and other young art forms to the market she founded the gallery "Institut" and presented over 150 artists, writers and musicians while doing own exhibitions on the side.
Her belief that as an artist one not only holds responsibility towards oneself but also must think in larger terms has encouraged her to start working more and more outside of Berlin initiating Berlin group exhibitions in Naples, Hong Kong, Rome, Milan and major cities in Germany.
Her collaborations with Dr Motte, Gudrun Gut, Mick Harvey, Blixa Bargeld, Stefan Hoenerloh, Dead Chickens, West Bam, Marusha, Ben Becker, Johnny Klimek, Terranova, Jim Avignon, Alexander Hacke, Hanin Elias, David Harrow (Dub Syndicate), Rope, Lillevän, Rechenzentrum, Zeitblom, Anita Lane, and many other artists and musicians have helped to communicate the colourful creative scene Berlin's subculture can offer. SCHWÄBISCHE STRASSE 7 - 10781 BERLIN - TELEPHON +49 (0) 3 219 12 128
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Biography
Born and grew up in the USA (New York) currently lives in Berlin
STUDIES Art; Parsons, N.Y. USA Illustration; Fit, N.Y, USA Art; Bonn, Alanus practical; Meire und Meire, Köln
EXHIBITIONS selection “Hille” 100 x 80 cm, oil on canvas, 2002 2002 ROCKOTOGRAPHY Photography Show, Berlin
2002 DÖRTEBECKER Permanent Exhibition, Berlin
2002 GALERIE BLEIBTREU Galerie Bleibtreu, Berlin
2002 PET SHOP Haus Schwarzenberg, Berlin
2002 ANIMAL Mexico City, Mexico “Rien ne va plus” 100 x 100 cm, oil on canvas, 2002 2002 KUNST ODER KÖNIG (Art or King) City of Brandenburg
2002 TATOOED WE DANCE THE TANGO Institut, Berlin
2002 ELB LOUNGE Permanent Exhibition, Hamburg
2001 BERLIN CULTURE Goethe-Institute Rome and Milan, Italy
2001 KUNST ODER KÖNIG Kulturlabor Brandenburg an der Havel
2001 SUNFLOWERSEEDS Group show with Lillian Mousli, Berlin
2001 ELB LOUNGE Permanent Exhibition, Hamburg
2000 BERLIN-HONG KONG Goethe-Institute, Hong Kong “Innocent Sin” 150 x 80 cm, oil on canvas, 2003 >> SCHWÄBISCHE STRASSE 7 - 10781 BERLIN - TELEPHON +49 (0) 3 219 12 128
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2000 ART BENEFIT Haus Am Lützowplatz, Berlin
2000 UNICEF ART BENEFIT Berlin
1998 KUNST ODER KÖNIG Club Culture Exhibition Schloß Senske
“Mona Lisa in Chains” 240 x 240 cm, oil on canvas 1998 LANDSCAPES OF THE HAVEL Schloß Senske
1998 OUR HAIRDRESSER Prater, Berlin
1998 OUR STARS Group show with Kiddy Citny Europa-Center, Berlin
1998 BERLINAPOLI Naples (i.a. Goethe Institute)
1998 BRAVE NEW WORLD Art Benefit State Gallery Stuttgart
1998 CRIME WAR CORRUPTION Haus am Lützowplatz, Berlin
“Naomi” 100 x 135 cm, oil on canvas, 2003 1997 POP 2000 - BERLIN FACTORY Postfuhramt, Berlin
1997 THE SLEEPING BEAUTY SMILES Multimedia Show Institut, Berlin
1994 ROMANCE photo collages Cu Club, Berlin
1993 ANGRY WOMEN Singing pictures Tempodrom, Berlin
1989 AVE MARIA Sculptures of Maria Gallery Loulou Lasard, Berlin
1989 THE SENSUALITY OF INTOLERABILITY
“Gedankenverloren” 50 x 70 cm, oil on canvas, 2002 Plaster sculptures, Galerie SCHWÄBISCHE STRASSE 7 - 10781 BERLIN - TELEPHON +49 (0) 3 219 12 128
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5th December 2003 Danielle de Picciotto Of Muses and Medusas... Open: 5th December - 23th January 2004
Press text:
Danielle de Picciotto has been influencing and shaping Berlin's creative subculture as an artist since the late 80ies.
In her works she combines various techniques of painting, photography and digital picture enhancement to give new space and form to her ideas.
Her choice of subject reflects her opinion that a "new picture" - in the artistic as well as in the social sense of the word - can only come through communication and combination of different elements.
Danielle de Picciotto's work is result of a critical reflection of social structures of modern as well as archaic times, convincing in their translation and through intensive expression.
...Of Muses and Medusas...
Danielle de Picciotto's most recent work represents a cyclus focussing on the scenes of nightlife in a metropolis like Berlin.
The actors of these, often bizarre situations are not born out of imagination but are real existing people of the Berlin nightlife scene, caught by the sensitive gaze of the artist who - though all glamour and exhibitionism - always puts her focus on their fragile personality.
In the emphasis of the momentum there is a relation between the artist and the colours, shapes, forms and poses of Otto Dix enhancing the situation to the grotesque. The actors are laid bare without touching their dignity. Instead Danielle de Picciotto's paintings present a longing - the never-ending hunger for life and intensity.