09 Sep –
10 Oct 2020
Anna K.E.
Dolorem Ipsum
09 Sep –
24 Oct 2020
Group Exhibition
“Kommst Du von dann oder von dann….“
Anna K.E.
Dolorem Ipsum
Anna K.E., Studio Landscape I. Courtesy the artist and Galerie Barbara Thumm
“Long lasting floods flow up to the mountains, back from the fields, leaving thirsty traces on imaginary intersections; A desire to transgress, leading to an inconvenient posture.”
Anna K.E.
Anna K.E., Untitled, 2020. Mixed media on canvas. 98,5 x 153,5 cm. Courtesy the artist and Galerie Barbara Thumm
Anna K.E., Untitled, 2020. Mixed media on canvas. 42 x 55 cm. Courtesy the artist and Galerie Barbara Thumm
Anna K.E., is a multi media artist who is based in New York and Dusseldorf, Germany. She is known for videos, installations and sculptures that deal with the relationship between one’s body and the space surrounding. Last year she was representing Georgia at the 2019 Venice Biennale and created “REARMIRRORVIEW, Simulation is Simulation, is Simulation, is Simulation… (2019)“, a new, large-scale architectural environment.
Anna K.E., Untitled, 2020. Mixed media on canvas. 42 x 55 cm. Courtesy the artist and Galerie Barbara Thumm
Her international success is routed in the multi-layered artistic practice. In a unique manner, she combines drawing, sculpture and performances to create sculptural collages. Her references come from an abundance of sources such as architecture, dance, vernacular designs, art historical references as well as popular iconography. The history of modernism, feminism, and technologies are also often involved in her work.
Anna K.E., Video still of Peripheral Monday, Rendering, 2020. Courtesy: the artist and Galerie Barbara Thumm
Anna K.E., Video still of Peripheral Monday, Rendering, 2020. Courtesy: the artist and Galerie Barbara Thumm
Anna K.E., Video still of Peripheral Monday, Rendering, 2020. Courtesy: the artist and Galerie Barbara Thumm
Anna K.E., Video still of Peripheral Monday, Rendering, 2020. Courtesy: the artist and Galerie Barbara Thumm
K.E. looms above the low-angled camera like a totemic figure — an übermensch of ancient proportions.
Every few moments, an emission gathers on her lips, then slowly spills and falls, splashing onto the lens below.
The droplets pool together, obscuring the lens until it resembles an impressionistic storm, with K.E.’s resolute figure caught in its hazy centre.
Her gaze swims in and out of focus as the volume of liquid increases and the maelstrom builds.
Yet with each consecutive drop, inevitable as rain, her impassive downward stare attains greater solidity, in tacit confirmation that this ritual will go on forever.
Portrait Anna K.E., 2020, Courtesy the artist and Galerie Barbara Thumm
Portrait Anna K.E., 2020, Courtesy the artist and Galerie Barbara Thumm
Anna K.E. - peripheral monday1
"Kommst Du von dann oder von dann….“
New Viewings in the Showroom curated by Wilhelm Schürmann with Almut Hilf, Plüme Ferberger, Marina Faust and Nicolas Jasmin.
Plüme Ferberger, DASAVOFE, 2020. Diverse feathers, birch wood, cotton string. 135 x 60 cm. Courtesy the artist and Galerie Barbara Thumm
Almut Hilf, Kennlinie 2.2, 2020, Inkjet, mounted and framed, 135 x 90 cm. Ed. 3 + 1 Courtesy the artist and Galerie Barbara Thumm
Marina Faust und Nicolas Jasmin, Nicolas Jasmin, Untitled (W.P.) O.E., Laser removed mixed media on hessian, 40×40 cm, 2015. Courtesy the artist and Galerie Barbara Thumm
Marina Faust, Traveling Stool, 2020. White wood, steel, rubber wheels. 60 x 60 x 70 cm. Unique. Courtesy the artist and Galerie Barbara Thumm