Kunstler
Dirk LangeDirk Lange
Lange's technique is derived from and influenced by scientific illustrations, by techniques used in altar depictions, costume design, as well as by techniques used in weaving. His subjects seem to be lost in outer space and in their own universes. They become surfaces, literally and abstractly, due to their quality of depicting over the top daydreams, extreme narcissism and gnostic world denial. 2001 diploma at Akademie voor Beeldende Kunsten, Maastricht (NL) exhibitions 2006 New Ghost Entertainment-Entitled, Kunsthaus Dresden (group) Cd on Novantiqua:
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Escapism and nostalgia in all its divergent facets are central for Dirk Lange's work. All his drawings and Collages feature human figures seemingly emerging from a multitude of stacked ornaments and designs. The onlooker never can make eye contact with these - often - faceless beings. Their presence oscillates between the lifelessness of a piece of jewelry, of a trophy, or of a specimen from the laboratory. This lifelessness emanates an almost religious distance and an ambivalent power and autonomy.
Till Ansgar Baumhauer: "Facing the personality of Carlo Gesualdo in his quality as artist and murderer, there was an importance in my artwork also to analyze the relations between aesthetics and violence or rather creative energy and destruction as well as the point when violence is aesthetified and, for that, not experienced any more as itself.In the actual series of works „children´s songs“ this aspect is combined with life and work of the italian painter Michelangelo Merisi da Caravaggio.In the „Swan´s song project“ I compare different ways of societally justified acts of self destruction (early Christian martyrdom, japanese Kamikaze, islamist Jihad and the baroque fictitious commonplace of death for love) and overlap them" 
Born in Parma - Italy in 1974 I begun working in graphic design after scientific study. I had experience in advertising and web communication for web italian agency. I starded composing art works at 18 years old, and after a long period of inactivity I felt the need to restart in art working. My Australian Project born after a long journey in Au. Following Filippo Lilloni in his documentary work in Australia based on Aborigenal matter I had the occasion to travel in the heart of Australia taking thousands of photos on wich I decided to built my new art works.