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In his sculptural practice, Andreas Blank combines the abstract and the realistic, the conceptual as well as the technical. He sources stones from quarries from all over the world, carves them with elaborate deliberation and assembles them in sometimes consciously stylized, and other times deceptively realistic objects of the everyday. In his precise installations, the apparently ephemeral objects achieve monumental permanence. Whether marble, alabaster, or porphyry, material historically used to serve religious or political functions, has in Blank's hands acquired a seemingly casual and fragmentary character. The geographical and cultural identity of the stone and the
memorial function of stone-sculpture in general refer to the value of each object. Blank questions the obvious and transforms traditional ideals and values on the ordinary and present.
In a discourse of image and likeness, things lose their functional purpose, transcending into pure, formalistic objects. Stone sculptures, which historically intended primarily for political representation or religious devotion, Andreas Blank’s works question a (post) modernist nihilism. His works succeed to condense time and narrative structures, stretching the limits of traditional sculpture.
Andreas Blank was born in Ansbach (Germany) in 1976. He attended the Karlsruhe State Academy of Art (Staatliche Akademie der Bildenden Künste) and was student of Prof. Harald Klingelhöller. He held a scholarship with the German National Academic Foundation and received his Master of Fine Art from the Royal College of Art in London. In 2009 he was a finalist for the New Sensations Award by Channel 4 and the Saatchi Gallery. Blank lives and works in Berlin.
Christian Ehrentraut
Shadows of Words Spoken (2010) Marble, Sandstone, Basalt, Slate, Alabaster, Serpentinite, Quarzite, Limestone
Installation View
Shadows of Words Spoken (2010) Marble, Sandstone, Basalt, Slate, Alabaster, Serpentinite, Quarzite, Limestone
Installation View
Element 1 (2012) Agate, Basalt, Gypsum, Limestone, Marble, Quarzite, Slate 85 x 70 x 133 cm
Hors Champ (2015)
Limestone, Marble, Sandstone, Basalt, Slate, Quarzite, Petrified Wood Dimensions Variable Installation View
‘[…] seeing things that are too big to see’ 2 (2014)
(After Paul Shepheard ‘The Cultivated Wilderness: Or, What is Landscape?’, 1997) Sandstone, Limestone, Quartzite, Marble, Basalt 79,5 x 79,5 x 245 cm
Hors Champ (2015)
Limestone, Marble, Sandstone, Basalt, Slate, Quarzite, Petrified Wood Dimensions Variable Installation View
‘[…] seeing things that re too big to see’ 3 (2016)
(After Paul Shepheard ‘The Cultivated Wilderness: Or, What is Landscape?’, 1997) Limestone, Marble, Sandstone, Slate, Quarzite Dimensions Variable
Untitled (2010) Marble, Basalt
42,5 x 34 x 2,5 cm, 27 x 24 x 2,5 cm
After a Conversation 1 (2013) Marble, Basalt 32,5 x 24,5 x 3 cm
Still Life 10 (2010) Alabaster, Limestone, Marble, Serpentinite
73 x 33 x 33 cm
Box with Military Boots (2010) Limestone, Serpentinite
56 x 55 x 38,5 cm
Untitled (2010) Alabaster, Marble, Slate 80 x 39 x 30 cm
Untitled (2017)Serpentinite, Sandstone80 x 80 x 63 cm
Untitled (2017) Serpentinite, Basalt, Marble 80 x 80 x 63 cm
Monument 12 (2013) Marble, Basalt, Alabaster35 x 27 x 13 cm
Box with Brackets 2 (2011) Marble, Sandstone, Soapstone
24 x 21 x 15 cm
Untitled (Portrait Gallery 1-4) (2014) Alabaster, Marble, Limestone, Sandstone, Onyx 30 x 23 x 2,5 cm
Untitled (2011) Serpentinite 30 x 38 x 5,5 cm
Untitled (2015) Marble, Alabaster 40 x 30 x 4 cm
After a Conversation 5 (2014)
Marble, Basalt After a Conversation 6 (2014) Onyx,
Basalt 32,5 x 24,5 x 3 cm
Untitled (2014) Slate, Serpentinite 2 x 47,5 x 35 cm
The Imprint of the Space Someone Used 2 (2014)
Marble, Basalt 27,5 x 22 x 2,5 cm
The Imprint of the Space Someone Used 1 (2014)
Marble, Basalt 27,5 x 22 x 2,5 cm
Still Life 17 (2014) Alabaster, Serpentinite 7,5 x 7,5 x 13,5 cm
Untitled (2017) Marble, Serpentinite 25 x 25 x 120 cm
Still Life (2019) Marble, Alabaster, Serpentinite, Selenite (Crystal), Amazonite, Limestone 38 x 38 x 110 cm
Still Life 25 (2015) Marble, Alabaster, Serpentinite
50 x 40 x 15,5 cm
Miniature 1 (2020) Alabaster, Jade, Marble 31 x 18,5 x 10 cm Miniature 2 (2020) Serpentinite, Lapislazuli, Marble 23,5 x 18 x 8 cm Miniature 3 (2020) Alabaster, Marble, Amazonite 12 x 9 x 12 cm Miniature 4 (2020) Dolomite, Lepidolite, Marble, Limestone 21 x 14 x 17,5 cm Miniature 5 (2020) Alabaster, Precious Coral, Marble 26 x 20 x 12 cm Miniature 6 (2020) Selenite (Crystal), Serpentinite, Marble, Quarzite 20 x 15 x 8 cm
Andreas Blank Born 1976 in Ansbach, Germany.
Lives and works in Berlin, Germany.
Education
2008-2009
Royal College of Art London
2007
Hochschule fuer Bildende Kuenste Hamburg, guest student with Andreas Slominksi
2001-2006
Staatliche Akademie der Bildenden Kuenste Karlsruhe with Prof. Harald Klingelhoeller
Grants and Award
2009
Finalist, New Sensations 2009, London
Land Securities Studio Award, London
Conran Foundation Award
2008
Scholarship for Great Britain, Studienstiftung des Deutschen Volkes
2007
Residency, Stiftung Vorwerk, Hamburg
2005
Scholarship Studienstiftung des Deutschen Volkes
Solo Exhibitions
2019
The Imprint of the Space Someone Used 2, Galerie Knecht und Burster, Karlsruhe
Landscape Metaphor 2, Humboldt-Universität, Geographical Institute, Berlin
Reverse Metaphysik 2, Sotheby´s Munich, Artist Quarterly, Munich
2018
ANDREAS BLANK & HELENA PARADA KIM, Choi&Lager, Seoul
2017
Reverse Metaphysik, Schlicht Barock Fine Art, Feldbach, Austria
2014
The Imprint of the Space Someone Used, Galerie Christian Ehrentraut, Berlin
Hors-champ, Junge Kunst e. V., Wolfsburg
2013
Landscape Metaphor, Benrimon Contemporary, New York
Anatomy of Words, Galerie Choi&Lager, Cologne
2012
Shadows of Words Spoken, Galerie Christian Ehrentraut, Berlin
Group Exhibitions (Selections)
2021
Points of Resistance, Zionskirche, Berlin
A Rose is a Rose, Artists against FGM, Online Exhibition
2020
Werke von und um Michael Buthe, Galerie Kleiner von Wiese, Berlin
Werk im Werk X, Artspring, Berlin
Elysium, Galerie Kleiner von Wiese, Berlin
2019
Bonum et Malum, Villa Erxleben, Berlin
The Coke Side of Art, Galerie Frank Schlag, Essen
Water(Proof), Momentum, Kunstquartier Bethanien, Berlin, curated by Rachel Rits-Volloch & Taniá Guedes
In Living Memory (Contemporary Still Life), Oliver Sears Gallery, Dublin Small, Schaufenster, Berlin, curated by Oliver Mark
2018
Für immer Blau, Kunstverein Duisburg, Duisburg
Ansbach Biennale, Ansbach Contemporary 2018, Ansbach
Beauty is Everywhere, Salon Waldorf Astoria, Berlin, curated by Ingrid Manthe
Die Nächte des Heliogabalus – Hommage to Otto Piene, Schlachthaus.fresh&fine art, Berlin
NGORONGORO II, Artistweekend, Berlin
SEGRETE, Palazzo Ducale, Genova
2017
Private Choices, Central for Contemporary Art, Brussels
Landscapes of Loss, Ministry of Environment, Berlin
Fünfklang, Choi & Lager Gallery, Cologne, curated by Andreas Blank and Stefan von Wiese
Material Boys & Girls Part 2, Bernheimer Contemporary, Berlin
We All Love Art, Schlachthaus Fresh & Fine Art, Berlin, curated by Ryszard Wasko
Mixed Realities, Bernheimer Contemporary, Berlin
People Places Things, AT Kearney, Berlin, curated by Ingrid Manthe
2016
The Pleasure of Love, 56th October Salon, City Museum, Belgrad, curated by David Elliot
Why?, Secret Garden, Berlin
Plastic Obsession, Department of Environment, Dessau
Umweltfestival, Gasometer, Berlin
What would I die for?, Bernheimer Contemporary, Berlin
KIK EIGHT, Kino International, Berlin
2015
Looking Forward Looking Backwards, Bernheimer Contemporary, Berlin
Works on Paper III, Momentum Berlin, Berlin
Objects in a Room, Kunstraum Kreuzberg/Bethanien, Berlin
NGORONGORO, Artistweekend, Berlin
CREDITS, Galerie Christian Ehrentraut, Berlin
2014
Kolibri. Neue Tendenzen an einem aus der Zeit gefallenen Ort, Ballhaus Kolibri, Berlin
Aus dem Fundus der botanischen Semantik, Cruise & Callas, Berlin
Always Crashing in the Same Car, Galerie Knecht und Burster, Karlsruhe
2013
Tresholds, Trafo Kunsthalle, Stettin
The Scene changes to an empty room, De Fabriek, Eindhoven
Oh Plastiksack!, Musee de Design et d´art appliqués contemporains, Lausanne
2012
Carving in Britain from 1910 to Now, The Fine Art Society, London
Recasting the Gods, Sumarria Lunn Gallery, London
Ein weißes Feld, Sammlung FIEDE, Aschaffenburg
Dividing Line, High House Gallery, Oxfordshire
Memory. International Contemporary Sculpture, Palazzo Arti Napoli (PAN), Naples
Oh, Plastiksack!, Gewerbemuseum Winterthur, Winterthur
Stillstehende Sachen aus der Sammlung SOR Rusche, Museum Abtei Liesborn, Wadersloh-Liesborn
2011
Galerie Christian Ehrentraut, Berlin
Stressing Spiritual Needs Even When Selling Ice Cream, DNA-Galerie, Berlin
Memory, Rosenfeld Porcini Gallery, London
Please Write, Posted Projects, London
2010
Transcending, LARMgalleri, Copenhagen
New German Art/Neue Deutsche Kunst, German Embassy, London
Cocktail, Galerie Frank Schlag, Essen
Keep Me Posted, Posted Projects, London
The Land Securities Studio Awards 2010, SW1 Gallery, London
Christian Achenbach, Andreas Blank, Nicola Samorì,
Galerie Christian Ehrentraut, Berlin
2009
We Can Understand The Meaning Better Without, St. Pancras Parish Church Crypt, London
New Sensations, Rochelle School, London
Andreas Blank & Ullrich J. Wolff, Galerie Alfred Knecht, Karlsruhe
Abschied und Ankunft, DB Museum, Nuremberg
Afghanische Botschaft, Berlin
2008
Optimism, Hannah Barry Gallery, London
Basement Project, Fred Gallery, London
Allen & Overy, London
Lichtfeld 8, Basel
2007
Regionale 7, Projectspace 54, Basel
Lichtfeld 7, Basel
Sculptureproject, Osterburken