Here you can find all articles that are assigned to the category Articles about Artists.
Ice as an Agent in the Aerial Performance “Thaw”
In the aerial performance "THAW", from Legs on the Wall Collective (2021), three heroines fight against the loss of their ice environment.
Cordula Hesselbarth: Auf | Lösung. A Multimedia Wall-Installation
: Resulting from her collaboration with the research alliance Cells in Motion, Cordula Hesselbarth has designed a multimedia wall-installation for the foyer of a research building at the University of Münster.
Herbert W. Franke VISIONÄR
In 2022, the Upper Austrian State Museum Francisco Carolinum is hosting the exhibition "Visionär" ("Visionary") about Herbert W. Franke, one of the most important border-crossers between science and art.
BOHIE: Art for the Environment
The artist BOHIE discusses her work in the public art formats of street art, murals and fine art murals, and the messages they convey.
Street Art, Science and Engagement: Introducing a New Series
This article introduces w/k's new series on street art and science, explains how it belongs within the journal, defines key terms and discusses their context, and explores the expected artistic and scientific scope and framework.
Paul Diestel – Forms of Nature
Paul Diestel's sculptures deal with transformation processes of plants and animals.
ART INSPIRATION SCIENCE
The exhibition ART INSPIRATION SCIENCE Thomas Schönauer—The Engineering Artist took place at Haus der Universität (House of the University) in Düsseldorf. Its main focus was on Schönauer’s collaborative work with scientists, engineers and companies, in which he aims to extract or utilise new materials for artistic practice. Schönauer collaborates with the Henkel corporation as well as with the Institut für Textiltechnik (Institute for Textile Technology) at the RWTH Aachen University.
Exhibition Art and Science: Examples of Symbiotic Relations
In 2017, science-related artists and border crossers, dealing with the topic “Art and Science”, were invited to participate in an exhibition at Haus der Universität about Karl Otto Götz as an artist, as well as a scientist.
Karl Otto Götz as Psychologist
Karin Götz describes with hitherto unprecedented detail how Götz arrived at his 'Visual Aesthetic Sensitivity Test' (VAST) and what he sought to achieve with it.
Helmut Schweizer – The Chain Reaction of Thought and Action
Sensitized early on to the existential dangers and threats of modern technology, Helmut Schweizer follows an artistic and intellectual path that breathes the ancient spirit of techné, the affinity of science, technology and art.
Biennale 2019: Art and Science
Numerous projects of the 58th Venice Biennale are dedicated to science-related themes.
Concerning the First w/k Exhibition
The exhibition Zwischen Wissenschaft und Kunst: Düsseldorfer Akzente (Between Science and Art: Düsseldorf Accents) took place from 23.11. to 4.12.2016 at the Kunstakademie.gallery.
Barbara Herbert – Pompeji Out of the Dark
In her collages, Düsseldorf artist Barbara Herbert critically examines topics such ascorporeality, sensuality, classical and contemporary body images.
Venice Biennale 2017: Art and Science
The 57th Venice Biennale presents a broad range of projects related to science and art.
Ryo Kato – Wanderer between Worlds
In his colourful paintings, the German-Japanese painter Ryo Kato addresses the destruction of nature by humans.
Karl Otto Götz: Points of Contact
On August 19th 2017, Karl Otto Götz died at the age of 103. In the time since then, many obituaries have been published, through which his artistic achievements have been widely acknowledged. I will try to discuss my personal contact with Götz, searching through my not-always-perfectly-reliable memory.
Karl Otto Götz as a Scientist
The famous painter Karl Otto Götz, one of the most prominent artists of Art Informel, also worked as an empirical scientist in the 1960s and 1970s.