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When watching Tár recently, audible murmurs were passed around the audience as certain locations appeared onscreen. We were seated in a theater in Berlin, where the film is incidentally set, and as each new scene appeared, the audience collectively attempted to map the film upon the city. I was convinced the main character’s old apartment was just around the corner from my flat, but upon following it up after the screening, I was proven wrong. While Lydia Tár and Elizabeth Ravn don’t share being part of the coterie of megalomaniacal musical cognoscente – sorry, Elizabeth – they are both lesbians who also happen to live in Berlin. I wondered when looking at Ravn’s paintings if the viewing audience might also attempt to seek out this sort of recognition in the people and places found in the paintings presented here, Elizabeth’s exhibition entitled, Downtime.
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Als wir vor Kurzem den Film Tár sahen, ging ein hörbares Raunen durchs Publikum, wenn bestimmte Schauplätze auf der Leinwand auftauchten. Wir saßen in einem Kino in Berlin, wo der Film zufällig spielt, und bei jeder neuen Szene versuchte das Publikum gemeinsam, den Film der Kartografie der Stadt zuzuordnen. Ich war davon überzeugt, dass die alte Wohnung der Hauptfigur gleich um die Ecke von meiner Wohnung liegt, aber als ich dem nach der Vorstellung nachging, stellte sich heraus, dass ich mich geirrt hatte. Auch wenn Lydia Tár und Elizabeth Ravn nicht beide zum Zirkel größenwahnsinniger Musikkennerinnen zählen (tut mir leid, Elizabeth), sind sie lesbisch und leben nebenbei auch in Berlin. Ich habe mich beim Anschauen von Elizabeths Bildern gefragt, ob das sie betrachtende Publikum versuchen wird, den Wiedererkennungswert von Menschen und Orten auch in den Arbeiten in ihrer Ausstellung mit dem Titel Downtime [Auszeit] zu finden.
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Wednesday – Friday 12 – 6 pm
Saturday 12 – 4 pm and by appointment
Elizabeth Ravn
Downtime
21.04. – 17.06.2023
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Installation view, Elizabeth Ravn, Downtime, Deborah Schamoni, 2023 -
Elizabeth Ravn, Weeknight, 2023
Oil on canvas, 50 × 40 cm -
Installation view, Elizabeth Ravn, Downtime, Deborah Schamoni, 2023 -
Elizabeth Ravn, Claude, 2023
Oil on canvas, 100 × 80 cm -
Installation view, Elizabeth Ravn, Downtime, Deborah Schamoni, 2023 -
Elizabeth Ravn, Rebecca Triumphant, 2023
Oil on canvas, 65 × 55 cm -
Elizabeth Ravn, Andrzejki, 2023
Oil on canvas, 80 × 100 cm -
Installation view, Elizabeth Ravn, Downtime, Deborah Schamoni, 2023 -
Installation view, Elizabeth Ravn, Downtime, Deborah Schamoni, 2023 -
Installation view, Elizabeth Ravn, Downtime, Deborah Schamoni, 2023 -
Installation view, Elizabeth Ravn, Downtime, Deborah Schamoni, 2023 -
Elizabeth Ravn, Amazon Encounter, 2023
Oil on canvas, 110 × 140 cm -
Elizabeth Ravn, August in Greenpoint, 2021, 2022
Oil on canvas, 90 × 70 cm -
Installation view, Elizabeth Ravn, Downtime, Deborah Schamoni, 2023 -
Elizabeth Ravn, Magdo and Lucci (Neukölln Bed) II, 2022
Oil on canvas, 55 × 60 cm -
Installation view, Elizabeth Ravn, Downtime, Deborah Schamoni, 2023 -
Elizabeth Ravn, Liam, 2023
Oil on canvas, 90 × 70 cm -
Installation view, Elizabeth Ravn, Downtime, Deborah Schamoni, 2023 -
Elizabeth Ravn, Markgrafenstraße 12–14, 2023
Oil on canvas, 80 × 70 cm -
Elizabeth Ravn, We’re calling the Mieterverein, 2023
Oil on canvas, 80 × 70 cm -
Elizabeth Ravn, Tail End, 2022
Oil on canvas, 90 × 80 cm -
Installation view, Elizabeth Ravn, Downtime, Deborah Schamoni, 2023 -
Elizabeth Ravn, Feierabend, 2023
Oil on canvas, 80 × 100 cm -
Installation view, Elizabeth Ravn, Downtime, Deborah Schamoni, 2023 -
Elizabeth Ravn, Morning after dark, 2023
Oil on canvas, 100 × 80 cm -
Elizabeth Ravn, Downtime (Dorian & Zayne), 2023
Oil on canvas, 40 × 50 cm -
Elizabeth Ravn, On the table, 2022
Oil on YUPO paper, 35.5 × 27.5 cm, 40 × 30 cm (framed)