Current Resident: Jan 1, 2020–Sep 30, 2020
KdFS Kulturstiftung des Freistaates Sachsen
Studio #214
Artist
Sebastian Burger
Sebastian Burger explores themes around the integrity of the human body, its physicality and the construction of identity through materiality, texture, and surface. He creates paintings that look back at their observers with delicate gradients as well harsh shapes and colors.
Sebastian Burger has exhibited work at Kunstverein Leipzig; Platform Stockholm; and Gateway Center for Contemporary Art, Brest, France, among others.
Events & Exhibitions
Summer Open Studios
August 25–August 26, 2020
Sebastian Burger, 1525, 2018, oil on aluminum, 471/4 × 357/16 in. (120 × 90 cm).
Sebastian Burger, Hal, 2019, oil on aluminum, 471/4 × 357/16 in. (120 × 90 cm).
Sebastian Burger, Cusk, 2019, oil on aluminum, 471/4 × 357/16 in. (120 × 90 cm).
Sebastian Burger, 1515, 2018, oil on aluminum, 311/2 × 235/8 in. (80 × 60 cm).
Sebastian Burger, R.O.R.S., 2017, oil on aluminum, 120 × 90 in. (304.8 × 228.6 cm).
Current Resident: Jan 1, 2020–Dec 31, 2020
Mondriaan Fund
Studio #216
Artist
James Beckett
James Beckett’s work in diverse media examines subjects of a historical nature, from the development (and subsequent demise) of European industry, to the more metaphysical aspects of dowsing and voodoo. His constructions favor an obscure and rambling logic, often within a strict formalism reflecting the mechanisms of display. A sometimes-dubious approach to his subject matter entertains the historic as suspended in a state of constant re-interpretation, a portrayal of a world where anomaly and change are fundamentals.
James Beckett has exhibited work at Belgian Pavilion of the Venice Biennale; MAAT, Lisbon; MCAD Manila – Museum of Contemporary Art and Design, among others.
James Beckett, The Skeptical Structures of Max, 2019, installation, dimensions variable.
James Beckett, Negative Space: A Scenario Generator for Clandestine Building in Africa, 2015, robotics istallation, dimensions variable.
James Beckett, Palace Ruin, 2018, installation for public space, dimensions variable.
James Beckett, Pairings, 2018, installation, dimensions variable.
James Beckett, The Guinness Curse, 2017, installation, dimensions variable.
Residents from South Africa
Current Resident: Dec 1, 2019–Nov 30, 2020
Bunkacho - Agency for Cultural Affairs, Government of Japan
Studio #217
Artist
Zai Nomura
Zai Nomura describes his work as a kind of “indecisive point” between death and life. His abstract work drifts between artificial and natural, sculpture and photography, and static and dynamic. According to Nomura, this kind of indecisiveness is based on the ephemerality and vulnerability of the Japanese environment in relation to natural disasters and nuclear experiences.
Zai Nomura has exhibited work at Aichi Triennale; gallery αM, Tokyo; and ARTCOURT Gallery, Osaka, among others.
Zai Nomura, Soul Reclaim Device (A portrait of my departed sister), 2018, water tank, water, inkjet printer, PC, 40 x 50 in; 36 x 35 in.
Zai Nomura, Untitled (CMYK), 2015, performance with glass, ice, wax, fire, and burner, dimensions variable.
Zai Nomura, Life (498600s), 2019, Lambda print and wood, 30 x 30 in. each.
Zai Nomura, Same wave never comes, 2015, acrylic resin, 20 × 15 in. (50.8 × 38.1 cm).
Zai Nomura, Japanese Breakfast, 2015, Lambda print, 60 × 40 in. (152.4 × 101.6 cm).
