Past Residents
Past Resident2011: Danish Arts Foundation
Jeanette Ehlers
With her work The Invisible Empire Jeannette Ehlers looks at today’s slave trade, also known as ‘human trafficking’ in which she worked with her father as a performer. By involving her own ethnic background – her father is from Trinidad, West Indies, her mother is Danish- Ehlers magnifies reality in order to study the consequences of eroding information. By introducing her father in this context, she subtly intertwines her personal history with the narrative of the work. Her questioning of historical ties and personal implications unfolds a strong pull on the viewer while raising awareness for servitude in globalized societies.
Jeannette Ehlers is based in Copenhagen, Denmark and studied at The Royal Danish Academy of Fine Arts. Ehlers has exhibited her work at Nikolaj Copenhagen Contemporary Art Center, Copenhagen, Denmark; Institute of Contemporary Art, Overgaden, Copenhagen; Aarhus Art Building, Aarhus, Denmark, Total Museum of Contemporary Art, Seoul, South Korea; Public Screens, Stavanger, Norway; BRAENNEN, Berlin, Germany; Kunst:raum Sylt Quelle, Sylt, Germany, SCHUNK- Glaspaleis, Herleen, The Netherlands and Image 10, Vevey, Switzerland.
Jeanette Ehlers, The Invisible Empire, 2010, Video, 98 × 55 in. (248.92 × 139.7 cm). Courtesy of the artist.
Jeanette Ehlers, Atlantic, 2009, Video installation screens, 71 × 130 in. (180.34 × 330.2 cm). Courtesy of the artist.
Jeanette Ehlers, The Invisible Empire, 2010, Video installation, 98 × 55 in. (248.92 × 139.7 cm). Courtesy of the artist.
Jeanette Ehlers, Black Magic At The White House, 2009, Video, Variable dimensions. Courtesy of the artist.
Jeanette Ehlers, Atlantic (Endless Row), 2009, C-Print, 24 × 47 in. (60.96 × 119.38 cm). Courtesy of the artist.
Residents from Denmark
Past Resident2011: ACC - Asian Cultural Council
Firoz Mahmud
Firoz Mahmud works with several media including installation, Layapa Art (a Bangladeshi stencil technique), Urgency of Proximate Drawing (NinKI: UoPD), text, video and photographs which are based on Bangladeshi socio-political culture, myth, tradition and pop culture. Mahmud’s large-scale project ‘sucker’wfp21, a 26 foot fighter aircraft considers the interplay of militarism and war produced through public tax and revenue.
Firoz Mahmud (born Khulna, Bangladesh) graduated from received a BFA from Dhaka University, an MFA from Tama Art University and a PhD from Tokyo University of the Arts. He attended Rijksakademie Van Beeldende Kunsten, Amsterdam. He has shown his work in group exhibitions including the Aichi Triennal, Aichi, Japan; Sharjah Biennale, Dubai, UAE; Cairo Biennale, Cairo, Egypt; Echigo-Tsumari Art Triennal, Echigo-Tsumar, Japan; Asian Art Biennale Bangladesh, Dhaka; Kunsthaus Tacheles, Berlin, Germany; Rochester Contemporary, New York; Sovereign Art Foundation, Hong Kong; S.M.A.K., Ghent, Belgium; Witte de With, Rotterdam, The Netherlands; Rijksakademie VBK, Amsterdam and Metropolitan-Gallery Mostings Hus, Frederiksberg, Denmark. Upcoming exhibitions include Ota Fine Arts, Tokyo; Yokohama Triennale 2011, Japan and Bengal Art Gallery, Dhaka, Bangladesh.
Events & Exhibitions
Salon at Olive Street Garden: Elmar Hermann and Firoz Mahmud
June 7, 2011
Firoz Mahmud, Sucker'wfp21, 2009-2010, Fiber Reinforced Plastic (FRP), metal, bond, and beans, 106 × 240 × 315 in. (269.24 × 609.6 × 800.1 cm). Courtesy of the artist and Aichi Prefectural Museum of Art, Nagoya.
Firoz Mahmud, Sucker'wfp21, 2009-2010, Fiber Reinforced Plastic (FRP), metal, bond, and beans, 106 × 240 × 315 in. (269.24 × 609.6 × 800.1 cm). Courtesy of the artist.
Firoz Mahmud, Halcyon Tarp, 2008-2009, Wood, FRP, oil 'Layapa' painting, video, drawing, glass and paper, 208 × 137 × 102 in. (528.32 × 347.98 × 259.08 cm). Courtesy of the artist and Sharjah Art Museum, Sharjah.
Firoz Mahmud, The Start Of The End Of The Reign [Two Lies In Battle At Plassey], 2011, Oil Layapa Painting on shaped canvas, 63 × 79 × 1 in. (160.02 × 200.66 × 2.54 cm). Courtesy of the artist.
Firoz Mahmud, Traitor Of Faith [Plot 2 #Shiraj & Mir], 2010, Oil Layapa Painting on shaped canvas, 90 × 118 × 1 in. (228.6 × 299.72 × 2.54 cm). Courtesy of the artist.
Past Resident2011: North Rhine-Westphalian State Chancellery
Elmar Hermann
Elmar Hermann’s artistic practice is deeply influenced by linguistic concepts as a differentiating factor between culture and nature. Hermann is currently working on an ongoing project featuring various aspects of collaboration, language and education as a complex processes of human culture acquisition.
Elmar Hermann (born 1978 in Neuwied, Germany) studied with Rita McBride at the Academy of Fine Arts, Düsseldorf, Germany and holds an MA in Linguistics from Düsseldorf University. Recent exhibitions include Biblioteca Albertina Leipzig, Germany; Manzara Perspectives, Istanbul, Turkey; and Villa Romana, Florence, Italy. Hermann is part of the artist collective NÜANS which is soon to present the artist book APOGEE (Revolver Publishers, Berlin, 2011) in upcoming shows at J.B. Jurve Gallery, Los Angeles; BAS, Istanbul; BRAENNEN, Berlin; Kunsthalle Düsseldorf and Goethe Institut, Mumbai, India.
Events & Exhibitions
Salon at Olive Street Garden: Elmar Hermann and Firoz Mahmud
June 7, 2011
Elmar Hermann, Abrakadabra, 2010, Neon sign on acrylic glass, 15 × 51 in. (38.1 × 129.54 cm). Courtesy of the artist.
Elmar Hermann, Vater Und Sohn / LOST (No 7 Of 8), 2010, Screen print, 35 × 35 in. (88.9 × 88.9 cm). Courtesy of the artist.
Elmar Hermann, Vater Und Sohn / LOST (No 3 Of 8), 2010, Screen print, 35 × 35 in. (88.9 × 88.9 cm). Courtesy of the artist.
Elmar Hermann, Kosuth / Tarzan, 2009, Collage and paint, 9 × 7 in. (22.86 × 17.78 cm). Courtesy of the artist.
Elmar Hermann, Every Man For Himself, 2010, C-Print, 31 × 23 in. (78.74 × 58.42 cm). Courtesy of the artist.
