Dirk Lang
Dirk Lang (born April 28, 1962 as Dirk Wolter-Orgas ) is a German artist . He works in Berlin as a painter , author , photographer and model .
Life
Lang grew up with a foster mother in Celle and moved to Berlin in the 1990s. After dropping out of two courses and doing temporary jobs, at the age of 29 he remembered writing, which had fascinated him from an early age. As an author, he wrote and photographed the book Santa Adele in 1996 . Virgin of Light - A pig tales as a charity project for AIDS - hospice . He cited the death of four closest friends as the motivation for this book, three of whom died of AIDS and one of a heart attack . The volume presented itself as a mixture of a fictional novel and a picture book with celebrity photos (e.g. by Désirée Nick and Monty Arnold ). At the renowned Clemens Brentano Prize , the book was awarded 2nd place as best newcomer novel.
As a photo model (nude, fashion) he worked with artists such as John Aigner , Raymond Angeles, Jürgen Baldiga , Patrick Balmer, Henning von Berg , Thomas Bliss, Rinaldo Hopf , Robert Recker , Sproject and Matthias Witter. After a photo shoot with Ralf König , he is also referred to as a former porn model. Lang also made a name for himself as an artist with drawings and paintings, which impressed with their very detailed structures. Lang realized his fantasy story The Days of Sodom together with the Berlin scene photographer Raymond Angeles . The book was published in 2006 as a so-called photo comic with photos and English texts. Occasionally he published short stories in various gay magazines. Some photos and stories were printed in anthologies of the Querverlag . His central theme in pictures and writing is the world of gay men. Lang lives in Berlin .
Publications
- Dirk Wolter orgasms, Santa Adele. Jungfrau des Lichts - Ein Schweinemärchen , Jackwerth Verlag, Cologne, 1996, ISBN 3-93211-722-0 , illustrated novel, German.
- Dirk Lang, Raymond Angeles, The Days of Sodom , Gmünder Verlag, Berlin, 2006, ISBN 3-86187-974-3 , Photo-Comic, engl.
Exhibitions
- Rinaldos Salon , together with Alexander von Agoston , Peter Colstee , Rinaldo Hopf , Martin E. Kautter , Ralf König , Bridge Markland , Martin von Ostrowski , Marc Pusch and others Munich December 2, 2004 to January 5, 2005.
Web links
Individual evidence
- ↑ http://www.dirklang.org/leben.htm
- ↑ http://www.queer.de/detail.php?article_id=2336 www.queer.de, January 25, 2005.
- ↑ http://www.querverlag.de/books/Hiebe_und_Triebe_3.html
- ↑ http://www.kunstverarbeitung.de/d/html/salon04text.html
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Lang, Dirk |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Wolter Orgas, Dirk (real name) |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German artist |
| DATE OF BIRTH | April 28, 1962 |