Past Residents
Past Resident2022: Wallace Arts Trust2020: Wallace Arts Trust
Imogen Taylor
Imogen Taylor paints geometrical abstracts that explore the forms and LGBTQIA+ legacies of European Modernism. Taylor’s paintings, while inspired by Cubism’s abstract forms and colored juxtapositions, are devoid of the source material’s masculine self-seriousness.In their work, Taylor contrasts imposing parallel lines with soft curves and uses thickly applied color.
Imogen Taylor has exhibited work at Whangārei Art Museum, Hocken Collections, Dunedin; Michael Lett, Auckland; and The Dowse Art Museum, Wellington, among others.
Imogen Taylor, Wet With Dew, 2022, acrylic on hessian, 78 × 59 in. (198.12 × 149.86 cm).
Imogen Taylor, Thirst Trap, 2022, acrylic on hessian, 39 × 31 in. (99.06 × 78.74 cm).
Imogen Taylor, Moths, 2022, acrylic on hessian, 78 × 59 in. (198.12 × 149.86 cm).
Imogen Taylor, Thetis, 2022, acrylic on hessian, 39 × 31 in. (99.06 × 78.74 cm).
Imogen Taylor, Cabin Fever, 2022, acrylic on hessian, 78 × 59 in. (198.12 × 149.86 cm).
Residents from New Zealand
Malte Bartsch
In his work Malte Bartsch combines childish naivety with technical refinement. He tries to solve the questionable position of the given truth. His installations work with physical laws but also dissolve them.
Malte Bartsch has exhibited work at Neue Nationalgalerie, Berlin; Hamburger Bahnhof – Museum für Gegenwart – Berlin, Städtische Galerie Wolfsburg, among others.
Malte Bartsch, Time Machine, 2013 - ongoing, sculpture, 16 × 12 × 5 in. (40.64 × 30.48 × 12.7 cm).
Malte Bartsch, KR1620, 2019, sculpture, 240 × 240 × 120 in. (609.6 × 609.6 × 304.8 cm).
Malte Bartsch, Brumm Brumm Brumm, 2017, sculpture, 800 × 600 × 150 in. (2032 × 1524 × 381 cm).
Malte Bartsch, EC, 2018, sculpture, 31 × 35 × 51 in. (78.74 × 88.9 × 129.54 cm).
Malte Bartsch, Rakete, 2019, video, 12 min.
Past Resident2020: Galerie Templon
Omar Ba
Omar Ba’s paintings represent political and social motifs that are open to multiple interpretations. His artistic vocabulary raises historical and timeless questions while formulating a wholly contemporary artistic message. Ba’s iconography features personal metaphors, ancestral references and hybrid figures. In his work, he seeks to express his subconscious and symbolic interpretation of the real.
Omar Ba has exhibited work at The Power Plant Contemporary Art Gallery, Toronto; Fondation Louis Vuitton, Paris; and Louvre Abu Dhabi, among others.
Omar Ba, Afrique ou La Grande Traversée vers un Etat Nation, 2019, oil on canvas, 833/4 × 1201/8 in. (212.72 × 305.12 cm).
Omar Ba, Eclosion de nos croyances, 2019, oil on canvas, 59 × 783/4 in. (149.86 × 200.02 cm).
Omar Ba, Same Dream, 2018, acrylic, gouache, oil, and pencil on canvas, 783/4 × 543/4 in. (200.02 × 139.06 cm).
Omar Ba, Ceremonial Costume, 2019, acrylic, gouache, oil, and pencil on canvas, 797/8 × 52 in. (202.88 × 132.08 cm).
Omar Ba, War Junkie 1, 2018, oil, pencil, acrylic, and gouache on craft-polyester paper, 995/8 × 631/4 in. (253.05 × 160.65 cm).