Past Residents
Past Resident2011: Kunststiftung des Landes Sachsen-Anhalt
Dirk Lange
Dirk Lange’s work consists of complex large-scale drawings carried out with lead and color pencil on paper. Figures and scenes arouse from ornamental designs, drawn in several layers. Oversized and intricate,
the images impact the viewer in very different ways when seen from varying distances. Details emerge and appear as autonomous forms, or melt into the composition. Lange strives to offer the possibility of either concentrating on only one layer of the texture, or on all layers at once. These formal considerations anchor a content in Lange’s work that doesn’t communicate exclusively on a metaphorical level.
Dirk Lange (born 1972 in Erbach, Germany) studied painting and printmaking at the Academie voor Beeldende Kunsten in Maastricht, The Netherlands. He has lived and work in Dresden, Germany since 2002. He is a a former member of Stafeta (Kunsthaus Dresden, Germany) and art space 7. Stock (Dresden, Germany). His work has been shown in Kunsthalle Tallinn, Estonia; me collector’s room, Berlin, Germany; Zoya Museum Bratislava, Slovakia; National Museum, Baku, Azerbaijan; and Landesmuseum Schleswig, Holstein, Germany.
Dirk Lange, Den Riesen Schlafen Legen (Putting The Giant To Sleep), 2010, Pencil and color pencil on paper. Courtesy of the artist.
Dirk Lange, Den Riesen Schlafen Legen (Putting The Giant To Sleep), 2010, Pencil and color pencil on paper, 816 × 1,008 in. (2072.64 × 1,008 cm). Courtesy of the artist.
Dirk Lange, Navigator, 2009-10, Pencil, color pencil and ink on paper, 1,392 × 684 in. (1,392 × 1737.36 cm). Courtesy of the artist.
Dirk Lange, Navigator, 2009-10, Pencil, color pencil and ink on paper. Courtesy of the artist.
Dirk Lange, Der Trick (The Trick), 2010, Pencil, color pencil and ink on paper, 852 × 1,224 in. (2164.08 × 1,224 cm). Courtesy of the artist.
Residents from Germany
Past Resident2011: Bureau VerbeeldingsKracht
Ina Kooper
Ina Kooper’s portraits depict universal existential aspects of human existence: vulnerability, uncertainty, restlessness and anxiety, but also courage, control, strength, and pride. Her newer work shows human figures sitting, walking or looking back, watching themselves through the eyes of another person. In one series she sets man against beast, standing in as a metaphor for life. Her paintings are layered, sensitive and coated with strong and contrasting colors. Scratches expose deeper layers of paint, and drippings betray a tormented genesis. Her drawings are more spontaneous, but also depict human figures in similar postures, sometimes searching for support.
Born in Dordrecht, The Netherlands, Ina Kooper studied art and taught art and art history, before majoring in psychology. In 1992 she returned to art in under the guidance of Theo Poel at the Art Academy in Rotterdam, before finally settling in Amsterdam.
Ina Kooper, Zevenhonderdeen, 2009, Oil on canvas, 43 × 49 in. (109.22 × 124.46 cm). Courtesy of the artist.
Ina Kooper, Zeshonderdnegentien, 2009, Oil on canvas, 53 × 73 in. (134.62 × 185.42 cm). Courtesy of the artist.
Ina Kooper, Duizendvijftien, 2010, Oil on canvas, 31 × 40 in. (78.74 × 101.6 cm). Courtesy of the artist.
Ina Kooper, Duizendzestien, 2010, Oil on canvas, 31 × 40 in. (78.74 × 101.6 cm). Courtesy of the artist.
Ina Kooper, Duizendzeventien, 2010, Oil on canvas, 26 × 20 in. (66.04 × 50.8 cm). Courtesy of the artist.
Residents from The Netherlands
Past Resident2011: North Rhine-Westphalian State Chancellery, DAAD-German Academic Exchange Service
Anna K.E.
Anna K.E.’s artistic practice aims to overcome the hermetic boundaries that exist between different creative disciplines in order to form a single artistic body. Her work employs textual hybrids with recognizable visual codes.
Anna K.E. (born 1986 in Tbilisi, Georgia) moved to Germany in 2000 and studied in Stuttgart at the Staatliche Akademie der Bildenden Künste in the class of Professor Alexander Roob, and in Düsseldorf, at the Kunstakademie in the class of Professor Hubert Kiecol.
Events & Exhibitions
Salon: Peter Gregorio and Anna K.E
March 8, 2011
Anna K.E., Untitled, 2008, wood construction with tiles, Mixed media, Dimensions variable. Courtesy of the artist.
Anna K.E., Failure Of Unusual Life Performance, 2010, Metal and wood construction, self made tiles, and readymade exclusive showerheads, 1,440 × 960 × 144 in. (1,440 × 2438.4 × 365.76 cm). Courtesy of the artist, Grohe.
Anna K.E., Objects from the series 'Somewhere in the west no. 9, 1, 14, 24', 2007/2008, Mixed media, Dimensions variable. Courtesy of the artist.
Anna K.E., Dancing stage for old, grown up and youngsters, 2007, Wood and transparent rubber tiles, 840 × 1,920 × 2,880 in. (2133.6 × 1,920 × 2,880 cm). Courtesy of the artist.
Anna K.E., Profound Approach Easy Outcome, 2010, Inkjet print with varnished wood objects, 480 × 300 in. (1219.2 × 762 cm). Courtesy of the artist.