Henrike Naumann

Henrike Naumann
Born
Zwickau, German Democratic Republic
NationalityGerman
EducationDresden Academy of Fine Arts
Konrad Wolf Film University of Babelsberg
Known forInstallation art
Websitehenrikenaumann.com

Henrike Naumann (born 1984 in Zwickau) is a German installation artist.

Life

Naumann studied stage and costume design at the Dresden Academy of Fine Arts and scenography at the Konrad Wolf Film University of Babelsberg. She lives in Berlin.[1]

After growing up in the youth culture of her home town that she describes as heavily dominated by Neonazis, she uses her installations to address the history of right-wing terrorism and the aesthetic of commonplace homes. She calls furniture the medium of her art.[2] Through a rapidly expanding series of exhibitions, Naumann received significant media exposure in Germany.[3] In addition to her artistic work she also lectures and teaches.[4]

Works

  • Triangular Stories (2012) contrasts hedonistic and Neonazi youth culture in the Nineties[5]
  • Aufbau Ost (2016) considers the transformation of the GDR and the integration of East and West Germany using the aesthetics of everyday items[6]
  • Das Reich (2017) displays far-right ideology and the Reichsbürger movement symbolized in a spatial installation[7]
  • 2000 (2018) relates the Expo 2000 to German reunification[8]
  • 14 Words (2018) displays a former East German retail store referencing the National Socialist Underground that mostly murdered retail traders inside their own shops[9]
  • DDR Noir (2018) exhibits works of Naumann's own grandfather, the GDR graphical artist Karl Heinz Jakob amidst furniture of the period after reunification[10][11]
  • Eurotique (2018) at the Riga International Biennial of Contemporary Art[12][13]
  • Ostalgie (2019)[14]

Solo exhibitions

Publications

Prizes, grants and residences

References

  1. ^ "Henrike Naumann - About". Archived from the original on 2019-08-02. Retrieved 2021-02-18.
  2. ^ Schalamon, Stella (23 May 2018). "Ideologie in Sperrholzschrankwänden" [Ideology in plywood cupboard walls]. Kulturschwarm (in German). Archived from the original on 18 April 2024.
  3. ^ "Henrike Naumann - Archive". Archived from the original on 2019-08-02. Retrieved 2021-02-18.
  4. ^ Möbel erzählen vom Rechtsradikalismus. In: Neues Deutschland. July 30 2019 (neues-deutschland.de).
  5. ^ Richter, Nikola (11 August 2012). "Die U-30-Party". Der Tagesspiegel (in German). Archived from the original on 27 April 2019.
  6. ^ Inhabiting Henrike Naumann’s Aufbau Ost AQNB Reviews April 15 2016
  7. ^ Ideologie in Sperrholzschrankwänden Kulturschwarm Onlinemagazin May 23 2018
  8. ^ "Henrike Naumann 2000 Mensch. natur. Twipsy". Archived from the original on 2019-08-02. Retrieved 2021-02-18.
  9. ^ Weil ich nun mal hier lebe
  10. ^ Buhr, Elke (17 November 2018). "Künstlerin Henrike Naumann - DDR Noir" [Artist Henrike Naumann - DDR Noir]. Monopol Magazine (in German). Archived from the original on 18 May 2024. Retrieved 15 September 2024.
  11. ^ Karl Heinz Jakob in the online database "Bildatlas Kunst in der DDR"
  12. ^ Eurotique on facebook.com.
  13. ^ Reading with Pauls Bankovskis in the installation „Eurotique“ (Latvian, kurpes.lv).
  14. ^ Timm, Tobias (17 March 2019). "Die Ostalgie der Schrankwand" [The nostalgia of the wall unit]. Die Zeit (in German). Archived from the original on 12 October 2023. Retrieved 11 October 2023.
  15. ^ Goethe Institut Kinshasa: Künstlerresidenz
  16. ^ Schränke und Schmerzen: Henrike Naumann erhält den LVZ-Kunstpreis 2019
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