Markus Karstieß - Freundschaftsanfrage No. 3
In the organizer's words:
The Von der Heydt Museum's third "friendship request" is addressed to the sculptor Markus Karstieß, who consistently and innovatively devotes himself to the archaic material of ceramics and lends it a contemporary relevance. His sculptures, some of which are large-scale, are both glamorous and enigmatic. The iridescent glazes of the surfaces have a painterly effect, the forms are idiosyncratic and sometimes disturbing. They oscillate between human and mythical creature, between figuration and abstraction.
Markus Karstieß uses the "Friendship Request", an exhibition series in which the Von der Heydt Museum invites renowned contemporary artists to engage with the museum's rich holdings, to question himself. His works enter into a direct exchange with the famous major works from the collection of classical modern art.
Karstieß' selection is less oriented towards a specific formal language, epochs or art movements. Instead, he chooses works that touch him personally and in which he recognizes parallels in the artistic approach as counterparts for his unusual staging. It is surprising that he finds so many points of reference in painting, such as Edvard Munch and Paula Modersohn-Becker.
Markus Karstieß was born in Haan in 1971 and studied at the Düsseldorf Art Academy in the class of Jannis Kounellis. He has had solo and group exhibitions in museums in Germany and abroad. Since 2017, he has been head of the Fine Art Ceramics class at the Institute for Artistic Ceramics and Glass at Koblenz University of Applied Sciences. As a curator, he is involved in numerous exhibition projects.
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Adults 12 EUR reduced 10 EUR Students and trainees 5 EUR Art students etc. free of charge Children and young people up to and including 17 years free of charge
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