Dirk Eicken
Germany
Painting is for Dirk Eicken a medium through which to explore different visual densities and layers, while simultaneously engaging with themes of shifting social proximity and distance, as well as social imprints. He addresses the impossibility of a definitive statement through the image. He applies painterly structures used for camouflage or paints coverings that serve as packaging under which other realities are concealed. Dirk Eicken is not solely concerned with content; he is equally interested in the various ways we perceive content, how we compile it from different sources, and how we retain it in memory.
Works
Claudino Faro, 2011, Öl auf Leinwand, 340 x 400 cm
Iran 1953 A, 2011, Öl auf Leinwand, 200 x 270 cm
Iran 1953 B, 2011, Öl auf Leinwand, 200 x 270 cm
Iran 1953 C, 2011, Öl auf Leinwand, 200 x 270 cm
Trapped Mossadegh, 2010, Öl auf Leinwand, 250 x 180 cm
Meninnops, 2009, Öl auf Leinwand, 340 x 400 cm
Cloudsboat I, 2009/11, Öl auf Leinwand, 200 x 200 cm
Biography
1959 geboren in Hagen(D), lebt und arbeitet in Berlin
1980-1986 Berlin Universität der Künste (Bachmann, Gerz, Kudielka, Schnebel)
1992-1993 Karl-Hofer-Stipendium, art and change grant, San Sebastian (E)
Solo-Exhibitions
2011 „Works 2009 – 2011“, Hengesbach Gallery, Berlin (D)
2009 „Pushing Pictures“, Hengesbach Gallery, Berlin (D)
2008 „Most wanted feel, Brad!“, Kunstraum Hengesbach, Wuppertal (D); „Malerei“, Galerie Rolf Hengesbach, Cologne (D)
Group-Exhibitions
2017 „DISLOCATION 2017“, Hengesbach Gallery, Wuppertal (D)
2015 „Apocalypse“, Hengesbach Gallery, Wuppertal (D)
2014 „Die Magie des Entschwindens“, Hengesbach Gallery, Wuppertal (D)
2012 „20 YEARS“, Hengesbach Gallery, Berlin (D)