solo exhibition by Juliette Berger

Both a venue and a dynamic project, the annex has been promoting artists with diverse sensibilities and mediums since April 2022. Based at Terrain Gurzelen in Biel, it forges connections among various players in the cultural scene through opening receptions and exhibitions. Ongoing support for emerging artists is at the heart of the space’s activities.

Biography: Juliette Berger

“My artistic work encompasses painting, drawing, and screen printing. The motifs are drawn primarily from fashion and ornamental design. Through these motifs, I hope to deconstruct and reflect on the clichés associated with the medium of painting. I work sequentially and produce groups of works organized into individual series that are formally and conceptually distinct.

I am interested in the social, economic, and cultural contexts in which I find myself—or might find myself—through my artistic practice. I reflect on how to survive within a capitalist, market-driven art system, as well as on systems of community, support, friendship, and care that could be established as alternative mechanisms.

My artistic practice has expanded from studio work to nurturing friendships and my political engagement. Painting is intimately connected to my life. When I speak of my painting, I am also speaking of what exists alongside it: my environment and myself. Politics and pop culture. The spaces where I find myself and those where I am not. My dreams, my desires, and my reality.

Ultimately, I hope, in the future, to be part of a supportive, broader, and richer artistic system—one founded on support, friendship, and care.”

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