Artists Page 3 - Hatje Cantz

MARIKO MORI

The art world of Japanese multi-media artist Mariko Mori is a mix of art, technology, performance, music, architecture, nature and spirituality. Not infrequently, she herself is part of her artificial landscapes and sculptures, in which universal themes collide with cyber-pop.

DAVID LYNCH

David Lynch is the cult director of bizarre, often disturbing films. But the ingenious filmmaker has another passion besides cinema, which he says has "influenced him more than cinema" - art.

KARIN KNEFFEL

The suggestive pull emanating from Karin Kneffel's hyper-realistic mode of representation is followed by an unmistakable call to distrust the character of the image. It is the extreme details, the meticulous attention to detail, that reveal Kneffel's conceptuality at second glance.

NEDKO SOLAKOV

Nedko Solakov is the man of letters among artists. Born in Bulgaria in 1957, the artist plays virtuously with the possibilities of using language in art.

MICHAËL BORREMANS

Belgian Michaël Borremans is hailed as the new star of young figurative painting. Originally trained as a photographer and graphic designer, he has made an international name for himself with his somber drawings and enigmatic paintings.

ANTON HENNING

Anton Henning moves away from common art trends and expectations. In his subversive march through art history, he repeatedly combines an abstract, ornamental formal language with figurative motifs, places avantgarde and design, trash and salon art in a dialectical relationship.

NOH SUNTAG

South Korean NOH Suntag's photographs maintain a careful balance between political statement and artistic aesthetic. NOH is interested in the ambivalences and fractures within and between the two Korean societies.

PHILIP TAAFFE

The New York-based painter Philip Taaffe makes use of various ethnic motifs. His postmodern access to already existing forms, however, is only the external approach to a decorative ornamentation. His works are a critical-reflexive examination of abstraction.

YOUSSEF NABIL

Numerous artists, but also celebrities from the world of film, music and literature posed for the camera of Youssef Nabil.