Simon Schubert Work from Papierarbeiten. I saw Schubert’s show yesterday at Upstairs Berlin, and it was quite a treat. The works are made only of folded paper and are remarkable. He is represented by the Kudlek van der Grinten Galerie. On a side note, searching for his website led me again to the phenomonal West […]
Archives for the ‘german’ Category
Urban Camouflage
Sunday, 1 March 2009
Urban Camouflage, work from the only body of work that I know they (he/she?) have. Urban Camouflage deals with the question how to camouflage oneself and one’s identity in the urban space. Our costumes are inspired by the ghillie suits, the military camouflage suit. It was an adventure to wear the suit in the stores […]
Barbara Hilski
Friday, 27 February 2009
Barbara Hilski Work from the series Tarnung (translation from German: Camouflage). Hilski was in Thomas Ruff’s class at the Kunstacademie Düsseldorf, whose web page is worth exploring. Hilski also has some other work here.
Marc Volk
Monday, 23 February 2009
Marc Volk Work from the series Speed, Raster 384, Same Time / Same Place (top to bottom). Volk’s work (particularly Raster 384 and Same Time / Same Place) recalls Probst’s process oriented conceptual work from Exposures. In Raster 384 and Same Time / Same Place Volk uses extreme crops of a single image to provide […]
Gerald Förster
Sunday, 22 February 2009
Gerald Förster Work from the series Nocturnal. This work is part of a double feature, it is an interesting departure from Krisár’s Close, Please and an interseting body of work in its own right. “Sex contains all, bodies, souls,Meanings, proofs, purities, delicacies, results, promulgations,Songs, commands, health, pride, the maternal mystery, the seminal milk,All hopes, benefactions, […]
Barbara Probst
Saturday, 21 February 2009
Barbara Probst Work from the series Exposures. “On January 7, 2000, at 10:37 PM, Munich- and New York-based photographer Barbara Probst first employed a technique that remains unique among contemporary artists. Using a remote-control device, she simultaneously triggered the shutters of twelve cameras strategically positioned around a New York City rooftop, and the resultant set […]
Georg Parthen
Thursday, 19 February 2009
Georg Parthen Work from the series Landschaften (landscapes) “Landschaften is an ongoing work about the relationship of reality and its image. Digitally altered or constructed photographs of implausible landscapes.For the project I take photos and detailled photographic studies from which I later create images that range from slightly altered to complete digitally composed photographic images. […]
Angelika Rinnhofer
Wednesday, 11 February 2009
Angelika Rinnhofer Work from Menschenkunde and Falsenfest. I highly reccommend that you read the statement as well as check out the newer Varsity work.