New Chapter at SLEEK Art Space: Thomas Kretschmann ‘short stories’ New Chapter at SLEEK Art Space: Thomas Kretschmann ‘short stories’

As a part of Berlin Art Week, SLEEK Art Space opened its doorways to a particular exhibition: Thomas Kretschmann ‘short stories’. Best generally known as an actor, Kretschmann has appeared in movies starting from The Pianist and Valkyrie to Indiana Jones and the Dial of Destiny, whereas dwelling and dealing between Los Angeles and Berlin. Yet images has lengthy accompanied his life in movie. Rather than fastidiously staging his topics, he captures what catches his eye within the second. “I don’t take photographs because I have to, but because I’m curious. I see something and capture a moment that tells a story,” he tells us.

For the opening, the actor and photographer drew in a crowd of fabulous, inventive individuals, pals and acquainted faces comparable to Martin Eder, Julia Malik, Miriam Dehne, Ulf Israel and Anna Auerbach, conversing about his fascinating images.

The scent of floral and musky fragrance combined with candy notes of white wine by Heitlinger Genusswelten lingered within the air, making one curious to ask questions on how the intriguing artworks got here to be. It didn’t take lengthy earlier than the gallery area was overflowing with our lovely visitors, wearing eccentric materials and hues. Tulle skirts, a shiny purple hat, white satin blouses, blue velvet trousers and leather-based go-go boots paired with a knitted costume in purple had been noticed.

While melodic music was enjoying within the background, our visitors had been capable of dress in curated designer garments in our YOOX showroom. Memories of enjoying dress-up returned as visitors slipped into extravagant high-fashion items, with the outcomes captured in a mirror that doubled as a photograph sales space, printing out footage to take dwelling.

Guests had been studying by means of our new SLEEK Issue #90 – CURIOSITY, catching up on latest dramas within the smoking space and having fun with the panoramic view, enhanced by the night solar flooding the Art Space in fascinating rays of sunshine. Meanwhile, Thomas Kretschmann defined the method behind his images, feeding the hungry, art-affine attendees with first-hand data of his inventive methodology.

As the final of the night solar dipped under the skyline, SLEEK Art Space held onto its golden glow a bit longer, very similar to the pictures on its partitions, caught someplace between a fleeting second and a narrative that outlasts it. Guests lingered, glasses in hand, nonetheless buying and selling theories on the wolves, the oval workplace, the girl on the cliff. Perhaps that’s the quiet trick of Kretschmann’s work: it doesn’t simply doc a second, it invitations you to remain inquisitive about it lengthy after you’ve left the room.

If you wish to expertise it for your self, Thomas Kretschmann ‘short stories’ is on view at SLEEK Art Space, Alexanderstr. 7, 14th ground, 10178 Berlin, from September 10, 2026.