GlogauAIR’s Open Studios invites the public to witness the result of three months of intensive research and production by the artists taking part in GlogauAIR’s residency program on-site in Berlin and on-line throughout the world. These artists join GlogauAIR to dedicate themselves to the creation of new work and to explore new processes together with an international cohort of artists.

Every resident develops their own project and research, but embedded in this international community of artists, we witness the exchange of ideas, and common explorations converge together. The depths of human emotions have been a transversal topic and every artist has found their personal way to translate these complexities into painting, installation, photography or film. The Online Program allows artists to push boundaries by experimenting between analogue and digital mediums, creating a fusion that opens up new possibilities for their creative expression. This fusion of mediums and themes creates a dynamic landscape for the residents, sharing a space that is both introspective and boldly communicative.

Open Studios is the culmination of a program of activities in different formats such as curatorial visits, tours within the city of Berlin, talks and workshops that have provided resources, inspiration, and understanding to enhance the artist’s work and create a platform for their career. This time and as always, GlogauAIR keeps finding opportunities to develop, exchange and invite conversation on contemporary art and multidisciplinary culture.

Every three months, GlogauAIR releases a new catalogue, collecting the work and projects of the artists in residence. The catalogue in your hands not only  showcases this term’s creations but also constitutes a reflection of this past term’s experiences.

Our first catalogue edition was released in 2006, and it has changed a lot since then. Starting in 2021, the catalogue cover is now decided by an open call to all of the participating artists. Making this publication a canvas in which our artists in residence can intervene results in a more personal publication for every residency term. Participating in the cover of the catalogue also allows the artists to translate their work into a different medium. 

After carefully reviewing the proposals for this session, the jury selected the image submitted by Daniel Dobarco, a Spanish figurative painter and sculptor, who joined us in the residency starting in July 2023. It has been wonderful to watch Dobarco develop as an artist, he first undertook a three-month residency at GlogauAIR, winter 2020. Dobarco’s bright, colorful paintings explore fantasy culture and the world of video games, while maintaining strong references to classical art history.

The image selected for the cover, ‘Romeo y Tomillo’, ultimately captures something about the experience of the residency and the production of art itself. Similar to the moment in a boxing match when opponents take a break, hugging one another, Dobarco describes the hug of the two boxers in his painting as, “that point in art, where you finish the work and embrace your creation”. The artists living and working side-by-side in the residency are experiencing these moments of creation together throughout their stay with us.

Dobarco’s current painting series is titled, “riding dragons” and represents a  dream-like vision between the duality of calm and danger. With the addition of painted cardboard sculptural elements, his studio will be transformed into an  immersive installation, the viewer physically ‘entering’ into his painted fantasy  world.

GlogauAIR residency is a place for artists to fully concentrate on their artwork;  exploring, experimenting and exhibiting. During Dobarco’s six-month residency,  which has been generously supported by Hàbitat Artistic Castelló, he was able  to explore his themes and research freely during his week-long presentation  in our showcase window, culminating in our open studios event with all of the  resident artists.

–> Check the current catalogue here