Sabina Sakoh
Sabina Sakoh (* 1968 in Munich as Sabina Niederkofler ) is a German figurative painter . In her works, she deals allegorically with new beginnings, freedom and democracy. She lives in Munich and Berlin .
life and work
Sabina Sakoh was born in Munich in 1968. Her grandfather was the resistance fighter and artist Günther Strupp , a friend of Bertolt Brecht . He brought her to painting. From 1988 she studied at the Munich Art Academy (with Hans Baschang ). From 1989 to 1992 she was enrolled at the German master school for fashion there with Stephan Kehlhammer and Hans Schütz, where she completed her diploma. Since 1993 Sakoh has been working as a freelance painter (until 2010 under her maiden name). Sakoh became known beyond art circles after the then German Foreign Minister (2009 to 2013) Guido Westerwelle had her painting 'February' hung in his office at the Foreign Office .
Sabina Sakoh's pictures show figures in landscapes and in interiors, which structure the pictorial space according to both classical and innovative composition rules. The figures are contemporary interpretations of historical personnel and alienations of Christian iconography . They develop painterly from color, whereas the surroundings are often only hinted at. The often puzzling behavior of the characters gives the paintings a neo-surrealist character. She is thus one of the most important figurative artists of her generation, such as Tim Eitel , Neo Rauch , Matthias Weischer or Cornelia Schleime .
Her works have been shown in numerous exhibitions, project spaces and biennials, e.g. B. in New York , Miami , Berlin , Budapest , Venice , Cologne or Beijing shown.
She is represented by the Michael Schultz Gallery .
Exhibitions (selection)
Biennials
- 2015: 1st Venice Triennale in the Name of Freedom in the Art , Palazzo Albrizzi , Venice
Solo exhibitions
- 2018: Simple & True - Metaphysical Views , Kunsthalle Rostock , Rostock
- 2015: Demokratie , Galerie Michael Schultz , Berlin
- 2014: Rien ne va plus , Budapest Art Factory, Budapest
- 2014: Game Over: The Dysfunction of Status Quo , Galerie Michael Schultz , Berlin
- 2012: New Decadence of Painting , Galerie Michael Schultz , Berlin
- 2011: Paris-Tattenbach , Salon Irkutsk, Munich
- 2010: Little Devil , Maximilianeum , Munich
Group exhibitions
- 2018: women can paint too! , Holger John Gallery , Dresden
- 2018: contemporaries. Artist from the Hense Collection , with Neo Rauch and Stephan Balkenhol , Kunstverein Münsterland, Coesfeld
- 2017: EDITION 12-21 , with Thomas Ruff , Kunsthalle Düsseldorf , Düsseldorf
- 2014: additions of the present. Contemporary art from the Frank Hense collection with Birgit Brenner , Marcel Dzama , Martin Eder , Matthias Weischer , Thomas Zipp u. a., Kunstmuseum Bochum , Bochum
- 2014: Hanging # 12: Dreaming Worlds , Alison & Peter W. Klein Collection , near Stuttgart
- 2013: Groupshow , with Georg Baselitz , Jörg Immendorff , Markus Lüpertz , Jonathan Meese , Sigmar Polke , SEO u. a., World Art Museum , Beijing
- 2013: Infinity: Neo-expressionism / Contemporary Art , with Georg Baselitz, Anselm Kiefer , Burkhard Held , Sigmar Polke u. a., Zhan Zhou International Cultural and Creative Industry Park, Beijing
- 2011: salondergegenwart , with Norbert Bisky , Katharina Grosse , Eberhard Havekost , Gert & Uwe Tobias u. a., Elbhof , Hamburg
literature
- Sabina Sakoh. Simple & True - Metaphysical Views , published by Kunsthalle Rostock, Rostock, 2018 ISBN 978-3-946879-13-8
- Rostocker Kunsthalle shows paintings by Sabina Sakoh in Die Welt , June 8, 2018 Article Online
- Sabina Sakoh. Democracy , Ed. Galerie Michael Schultz, Berlin 2015 ISBN 978-3-939983-68-2
- Sabina Sakoh. Game over. The Dysfunction of Status Quo , Ed. Galerie Michael Schultz, Berlin 2014 ISBN 978-3-939983-93-4
- New old master , in Artinvestor No. 5/14
- Your image. Art of the parliamentarians , in Artinvestor No 5/13
- Minister, Half-Monkey and Harlequin in Focus | No. 51 2012 Article Online
- Sabina Sakoh. New Decadence of Painting , Ed. Galerie Michael Schultz, Berlin 2012 ISBN 978-3-939983-58-3
- salondergegenwart , Ed. Christian Holle, Bielefeld 2011 ISBN 978-3-86678-637-0
- Sakoh in Munich Magazine, Fall 2011
Individual evidence
- ↑ See Evelyn Roll, The Unfinished , in: SZ-Magazin , 26 (2013); and Stephanie E. Stallmann, Minister, Halbaffe und Harlequin , in: Focus Magazin , 51 (2012).
- ↑ See Jens Dirksen, Nach Kunstverbot - Gregor Schneider's "Museum visit with risk" , in: Westdeutsche Allgemeine Zeitung , August 28, 2014; Gerhard Charles Rump , Dance of the Barrel Puppets , in: artmagazine (online), November 2, 2010.
- ↑ Cf. Anonymous, Where to go on the weekend? , in: Monopol , June 8, 2018.
- ↑ See painting by Sabina Sakoh in the Michael Schultz gallery, Sabina Sakoh's pictures appear pathetic and also mysterious , in: Berliner Morgenpost , September 27, 2012.
- ↑ See Christine Tibroni, A few real cream pieces , in: Allgemeine Zeitung , March 16, 2018.
- ↑ See press release , November 30, 2017.
- ↑ Cf. Ronny von Wangenheim, From the Frank Hense Collection, Additions of the Present in Bochum ( Memento of the original from April 18, 2015 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was automatically inserted and not yet checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. , in: westline, July 3, 2013; Communication from the Kunstmuseum Bochum .
- ↑ See Markus Klohr, A Walk Through Surreal Worlds , in: Stuttgarter Zeitung , June 26, 2014.
Web links
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Sakoh, Sabina |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Niederkofler, Sabina (maiden name) |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German painter |
| DATE OF BIRTH | 1968 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Munich |