ANDREA ESSWEIN
Michael Kunze
Berlin, Germany
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Berlin, Germany
Size does not matter when it comes to his 300 sqm studio. „I might as well work in a 6 sqm space - The main factor are the lightning conditions. Only daylight is true light, only this spectrum reflects the colours right.“
The ideas for his paintings and their motifs don´t arise in his studio. „They were in my mind before, reaching from surrealism to melancholia“. His motif research is also backed by a theoretical...
Size does not matter when it comes to his 300 sqm studio. „I might as well work in a 6 sqm space - The main factor are the lightning conditions. Only daylight is true light, only this spectrum reflects the colours right.“
The ideas for his paintings and their motifs don´t arise in his studio. „They were in my mind before, reaching from surrealism to melancholia“. His motif research is also backed by a theoretical dispute with idealistic and culture-critical questions. You can find the texts in his catalogues.
Why did he move from Munich to Berlin more then a decade ago? „ Because Berlin is the headquarter of my field. Considering that out of 250.000 artists only 250 can make a living and perhaps only five an excellent one - this creates a certain amount of pressure.“
Notwithstanding, we found the atmosphere in his studio quite relaxed, with a sofa, garden chairs and even a cactus. Something else is really important to Michael concerning rooms in general: The height! „Anything below 3,20 meters is only good for guinea pigs.“
If you could install your art absolutely anywhere, where would that be?
In the tunnel system of CERN in Geneva
If you weren´t an artist, what would you be doing?
The assistant of the assistant of the assistant
What are your favourite places besides your studio?
Somewhere in Kythera
2015
Passion Tagwache, niedriger Sonnenstand, Galerie Nicolas Krupp, Basel
2013
Halkyonische Tage (Halcyon Days), Kunsthalle Düsseldorf
2012
Vollendung, Heldart, Berlin
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2015
Works from the Goetz Collection: All the World’s a Stage, Fundación Banco Santander, Madrid
Um Fleisch auf die Nerven zu bekommen, Salon Hansa, Kunstverein Familie Montez, Frankfurt am Main
Paperworlds, Buchheim Museum, Bernried
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1992 , Scholarship from the Foundation Kunstfonds Bonn
1988, Scholarship from the Ministry of Cultural Affairs, Munich
1981-1984, LMU Munich
1985–1991, Academy of Fine Arts, Munich
