Past Residents
Past Resident2011: Anonymous
Raquel Maulwurf
In trying to formulate an understanding of why mankind is so eager to destroy, Raquel Maulwurf bases her drawings on historical images which are then manipulated in such a way that only the essence of the event remains. The image no longer shows what we see, but what we know, making current events tangible. Maulwurf’s recent works have all been created on mat board. The thickness of the board allows her to brutalise the surface with sharp objects, depicting violence through violence. The surface is scratched open until the paper pulp almost pours out, literally materializing destruction in both subject and method.
Raquel Maulwurf
(born 1975 in Madrid, Spain) lives and works in Amsterdam, The Netherlands. She studied at the Art Academy of Arnhem, The Netherlands, and the SAE International Technology College Amsterdam. Maulwurf’s work is widely exhibited in museums, art spaces and galleries including The Stedelijk Museum Schiedam, The Netherlands; Museo del Sannio Rocca dei Rettori, Italy; CODA Museum, The Netherlands; Frederieke Taylor Gallery, New York. Her work belongs to numerous collections including Gemeentemuseum, The Hague, The Netherlands; Prefectural Art Museum Nagasaki, Japan; Stedelijk Museum Schiedam, The Netherlands; Museum van Bommel van Dam, Venlo, The Netherlands; Progressive Art Collection, Cleveland, USA; Erasmus University Rotterdam Art Collection, The Netherlands; Dutch Embassy in Tel Aviv, Israel; Dutch Consulate-General, Miami, USA; Dutch Consulate-General, New York.
Raquel Maulwurf, Night Artillery 1944, 2010, Charcoal/pastel on mat board, 35 × 86 in. (88.9 × 218.44 cm).
Raquel Maulwurf, Erster Nachtangriff Auf Dresden 13 ll ‘45, 2008, Charcoal/pastel on mat board, 84 × 60 in. (213.36 × 152.4 cm).
Raquel Maulwurf, Into The Trees/ Schlacht Im Hürtgenwald 1944-1945, 2009, Wall drawing charcoal.
Raquel Maulwurf, Narwa 1943-1944, 2008, Charcoal/pastel on mat board, 35 × 80 in. (88.9 × 203.2 cm).
Raquel Maulwurf, Louisiana, 2009, Charcoal/pastel on mat board, 87 × 60 in. (220.98 × 152.4 cm).
Residents from The Netherlands
Past Resident2011: CBK-Centrum Beeldende Kunst, Déiska & de Verzameling
David Maroto
David Maroto has structured his entire artistic practice around a project called Four Circles. The aim of First Circle is to undermine the established notions of a strong, self-sufficient ego by means of visual, sound and text narratives, deeply rooted in psychoanalysis. As a logical continuation, Second Circle makes use of games and other projects involving a certain kind of participation, in order to open up intersubjective spaces. A full exploration of such spaces and their possibilities will be the subject matter for a future Third Circle. Once he has fulfilled the Four Circles he will have finished his work and, consequently, he will abandon art practice.
David Maroto is a Spanish artist based in The Netherlands. His work has been shown internationally in solo and group exhibitions including S.M.A.K., Ghent, Belgium; ECAT, Toledo, Spain; EFA Project Space, New York; Tina B Festival, Prague, Czech Republic; TENT, Rotterdam, The Netherlands and W139, Amsterdam, The Netherlands. His work based on psychoanalysis research has been exhibited in Freud Dreams Museum, St Petersburg, Russia. His interest in games has led to his art project Disillusion to be publicly presented in a number of game fairs, such as Internationale Spieltage, Essen, Germany. Currently, Maroto is preparing the publication of his first novel, Illusion. Other future projects include a group exhibition at Extra City, Antwerp, Belgium; in the framework of ICI’s Curatorial Intensive; and a solo show in Gallery Sign, Groningen, The Netherlands.
David Maroto, Disillusion (Work-In-Progress).
David Maroto, Illusion (Work-In-Progress), 5 × 8 in. (12.7 × 20.32 cm).
David Maroto, Seven Masks, 2009, Printed sequence and mp3 soundtrack with headphones, 31 min.
David Maroto, A Memory, 2010, T-shirt, Dimensions variable.
David Maroto, Get Rid Of Yourself, 2009, Cut-out digital print, 155 × 107 in. (393.7 × 271.78 cm).
Past Resident2011: OCA - Office for Contemporary Art Norway
Fendry Ekel
Fendry Ekel’s paintings explore the dark side of human ambition. His monumental and layered works are often painted from photographs and depict portraits, architecture or other remnants of historic events. By isolating these images from our collective memory, Ekel critically investigates the use of art, architecture and figuration as propaganda for ideology and creates work ethic and aesthetic values meet. The specific moment when power becomes ignorance is the continuous subject of Ekel’s paintings. His work explores and attempts to fathom the motives underlying this perversion.
Fendry Ekel was born in Jakarta, Indonesia and raised in Europe. He studied at the Rietveld Art Academy and Rijksakademie in Amsterdam, The Netherlands, where he lives and works.
Fendry Ekel, The Dutchman Willem Oltmans As George Washington, 2008, Gouache and acrylic on paper, 40 × 53 in. (101.6 × 134.62 cm).
Fendry Ekel, Currency #2, 2010, Oil and acrylic on canvas, 75 × 63 in. (190.5 × 160.02 cm).
Fendry Ekel, Man On The Moon (Bobby Fischer), 2009, Gouache and acrylic on paper, 52 × 51 in. (132.08 × 129.54 cm).
Fendry Ekel, Srebrenican Horse #2, 2010, Oil and acrylic on canvas, 45 × 80 in. (114.3 × 203.2 cm).
Fendry Ekel, Mambo Tango, 2010, Oil and acrylic on canvas, 67 × 47 in. (170.18 × 119.38 cm).