TOTAL RECALL – Learn the Unlearning

About

The order of the world is based on theories and science that are influenced by history, archeology, philosophy, and various other information systems of humanity.

How we utilize information to decode these systems is very individual, connected to the way we were socialized, and shaped by our life experiences and respective knowledge.

We develop different realities, identities and follow cultural habits that define our being. When views collide or dissonance is created, these situations become about defending one's own view, at which point a process is triggered within ourselves that causes irritation and disengagement from the root of our being – is this thinking a collectively learned ritualized pattern or a human truth? The question is, how can we overcome different realities trying to understand the other side without having to discard ourselves?

This group show is an attempt to see different perspectives of the world order. Whether it's a natural, cognitive, humanistic or more cultural standpoint, there are different ways to understand humanity and our world.

TOTAL RECALL – Learn the Unlearning is intended to bring new perspectives to given situations that were previously taken for granted or have never been questioned before. To see without bias and perhaps to consider that there are mystics and powers unbeknownst to us.

With each work, the artists show what is at the center of their work and their world, and what moves them personally as painters, but also as people and private individuals.

–– Fousieh Mobayen

Ellen Antico (b. 1989 in Sydney, Australia, lives in Berlin) completed her art studies in 2019 at the University of the Art London, UK. Her work has been shown at Every Woman Biennial London, UK, and Weserhalle Berlin, among others.

Wolfgang Günther (*1990 in Munich, lives in Berlin) completed his master's degree at the HFBK Hamburg in 2021 with Prof. Werner Büttner. Previously, he studied at the HFK Bremen with Prof. Kathrin von Maltzahn in 2015 - 2018 and at the Academy of Fine Arts Vienna with Prof. Erwin Bohatsch in 2018. Günther was nominated for the Max Pechstein Förderpreis in 2021 and the Max-Ernst Stipendium in 2020. His paintings have been shown at the Kunstsammlung Zwickau, NWWK – Neuer Worpswerder Kunstverein e.V., MOM ART SPACE Hamburg, Galerie am Schloß Brühl and Kunsthalle Wilhelmshaven, among others. 

Alice Morey (b. 1986 in London, UK, lives in Berlin) studied at Camberwell College of Arts London, UK and the University of Brighton before completing her Masters at Chelsea College of Arts London, UK in 2019. 
Her solo exhibition One Thing Left to Try will be on view at MEWO Kunsthalle Memmingen in 2022. Her work has been presented at Lehmann + Silva in Porto, Portugal; The Ryder, London, UK; Wells Project London, UK; Tate Britain in collaboration with Chelsea College of Arts, London, UK; Tschechisches Zentrum Berlin; and Haus am Lützowplatz, Berlin, among others. Morey is the founder and curator of an alternative collaborative art residency Countdown Grabowsee (Globe Gallery), which takes place each summer in an abandoned sanatorium north of Berlin. She often works in collaborations and is part of three active collectives: Portland (UK), TEETH (UK/D) and Puppetmaster (D). In 2019, she was artist-in-residence at Camden Arts Centre before completing a residency at the Academy of Visual Arts in Hong Kong. She has also developed a body of work at the VAADS Academy of Art in Tbilisi, Georgia.

Victor Payares (b. 1985 in Havana, Cuba, lives in Berlin) was a participant of the Berlin Program for Artists, Berlin from 2019 - 2021. Previously, he studied at the Royal College of Art, London, UK in 2015 - 2017 in the Master's program and at Miami International University of Art & Design, Miami, USA in 2003 - 2007 in the Bachelor's program.