Susanna Messerschmidt

Susanna Messerschmidt (* 1962 in Stuttgart ) is a German artist who is particularly well known for her work with latex objects .

Life

Her studies at the State Academy of Fine Arts in Karlsruhe from 1984 to 1990 were followed by a scholarship stay in Moscow in 1990 , as well as a graduate scholarship from the Karlsruhe Academy, in 1991 a scholarship from the Baden-Württemberg Art Foundation and in 1993 a DAAD scholarship in Tengenenge (Zimbabwe). After taking part in an exhibition in Stuttgart in 1997 with works by artists from Stuttgart and Durban (South Africa), in 1998 she worked at the BAT Center in Durban. This was followed in 2013 by an invitation to the 8th Biennale of Contemporary Art, Shiryaevo, Russia. Susanna Messerschmidt is a member of the German Association of Artists . She currently lives in Stuttgart.

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Susanna Messerschmidt designs her works and installations for the most part with self-molded and cast colored latex objects of various sizes. These are not casts of existing forms, but the objects are based on organic forms in their design. The intense coloring of the objects is intended to emphasize their artificiality. Her first exhibition projects are characterized by space-consuming installations that repeatedly refer to the idiosyncratic formative power of nature and our civilizational relationship to it.

Individual evidence

1. ↑ kuenstlerbund.de: Members "M" / Susanna Messerschmidt (accessed on November 15, 2015)

Web links

• susanna-messerschmidt.de