Past Residents
Past Resident2011: National Arts Council, Singapore
Sookoon Ang
Sookoon Ang works with various media, including video, installation, drawing and printmaking. Her work addresses both the physical and metaphysical world—the space which we physically dwell and the interior space within us that is our spiritual, emotional and imaginative world. Ang explores how these two both reflect and have an effect on each other. Her artistic endeavour is to create visual representations of the eclipse between these two realms. Ang often takes common or everyday objects and occurrences, and presents them in a way that goes beyond their practical functions or mundane appearances. Ang majored in sculpture at the School of Visual Arts, New York and has participated in the Rijksakademie Artist Research Residency in Amsterdam. Her work has been shown internationally.
Sookoon Ang, It Came Out of Now Here (Love Is The Ultimate Outlaw), 2007, Metal, acrylic sheets, and tube lights, 72 × 23 × 10 in. (182.88 × 58.42 × 25.4 cm). Courtesy of the artist.
Sookoon Ang, Gentle Good Night, 2009, Mixed media, 78 × 59 in. (198.12 × 149.86 cm). Courtesy of the artist.
Sookoon Ang, 6 Horses, 2007, Sheet metal and mylar balloon, Dimensions variable. Courtesy of the artist.
Sookoon Ang, Love Is The Ultimate Outlaw, 2007, Watercolor and pencil on paper, 47 × 67 in. (119.38 × 170.18 cm). Courtesy of the artist.
Sookoon Ang, The Waves/Waifs, 2009, Wood, strings, and artificial hair, Variable dimensions. Courtesy of the artist.
Residents from Singapore
Past Resident2010: KdFS Kulturstiftung des Freistaates Sachsen
Regine Muller-Waldeck
Regine Müller-Waldeck was born 1975 Greifswald, Germany. She studied media arts, and photography at the Academy of Visual Arts, Leipzig, and received a Meisterschüler degree in 2008.
A frequently encountered feature of Müller-Waldeck’s object installations is the construction of usually two linked elements in which the structures of relationships and power are reflected, a gamut that ranges from the individual’s relationship to him or herself through interpersonal relationships to the relationship between the State and civil society. Müller-Waldeck sees her works as ‘psycho-social landscape’. Although they transmit images that seem harmless and even playful at first sight, whose fragile construction appear vulnerable and in need of protection, her installations later drag the viewer towards the uncanny, the latent violence of an imminent collapse. (Gregor Hose)
Regine Muller-Waldeck, I think It Has Been Overcome, She Is Showing Interest In Her Surroundings, 2008, Metal, fabric, resin, paraffin wax, and glass, 905/8 × 63 × 1711/16 in. (230.12 × 160.02 × 44.96 cm). Courtesy of the artist.
Regine Muller-Waldeck, Separation, 2007-8, Resin, wood, and fabric, 351/2 × 91/2 × 7811/16 in. (90.17 × 24.13 × 199.9 cm). Courtesy of the artist.
Regine Muller-Waldeck, Wall, 2006, Bricks, paraffin wax, and fabric, 57 in. Courtesy of the artist and Galerie für Zeitgenössische Kunst Leipzig, Leipzig, Germany.
Regine Muller-Waldeck, Ribbons, 2006, Paraffin wax and fabric, 391/2 × 913/16 × 1113/16 in. (100.33 × 24.89 × 29.97 cm). Courtesy of the artist.
Regine Muller-Waldeck, Fence, 2007, Wood, metal, paraffin wax, and fabric, 861/2 × 861/2 × 55 in. (219.71 × 219.71 × 139.7 cm). Courtesy of the artist.
Residents from Germany
Past Resident2010: Danish Arts Foundation
Christian Schmidt Rasmussen
Christian Schmidt-Rasmussen (b. 1963 in Copenhagen, Denmark) lives and works in Copenhagen, Denmark. He graduated from The Royal Danish Academy of Fine Art in 1992.
In his most recent exhibition, Christian Schmidt-Rasmussen presents a series of new paintings installed upon black walls, upon which small texts are written. A diary written by a vampire, who is the artist himself, is also a part of the exhibition. Schmidt-Rasmussen presents us with stories from his own neighbourhood in Copenhagen, which represents a classic terrain vague, as well as the rest of Copenhagen and Denmark. The paintings communicate atmospheres in which the everyday and the trivial is illuminated by the poetic presence of color and glitter, but also by a melancholic darkness. In his work he addresses the relationship between the immediate and the distant world.
Christian Schmidt Rasmussen, Le Sacre du Printemps, 2010, Installation view. Courtesy of the artist. Photo courtesy of Anders Sune Berg.
Christian Schmidt Rasmussen, Le Sacre du Printemps, 2010, Installation view. Courtesy of the artist. Photo courtesy of Anders Sune Berg.
Christian Schmidt Rasmussen, Bubbles, 2009, Oil on canvas, 67 × 781/2 in. (170.18 × 199.39 cm). Courtesy of the artist.
Christian Schmidt Rasmussen, Teat Tree, 2009, Oil on canvas, 67 × 781/2 in. (170.18 × 199.39 cm). Courtesy of the artist.
Christian Schmidt Rasmussen, Migrant labor, 2009, Oil on canvas, 67 × 781/2 in. (170.18 × 199.39 cm). Courtesy of the artist.
