Markus Krug - WSK-F-261

Work description:
Starting at the top, manually cut Depron strips, 5 mm high, were painted with white acrylic paint in a 25 mm grid on the contact side and lightly pressed into place. This process was repeated until the object reached the desired height.

Biography, Grants, Awards:
Born in 1965 in 78224 Singen/Htw.,
lives and works in Munich
2001–2006, Member of the Federal Association of Visual Artists
2008–2010, Studio grant from the Bavarian State Government
2008–2011, Studio funding program of the City of Munich
2012, Saatchi Online Showdown Abstract Award, shortlist
2013, Nominated for the LebensArt Foundation’s Sculpture Award
2014–2017, Studio funding program of the City of Munich
2015, Kahnweiler Prize for Sculpture and Installation, shortlist
2015, Grant from the Prinzregent Luitpold Foundation
since 2016, Member of Bild-Kunst Collecting Society, Bonn
2022, Kunstfonds Foundation, Neustart Kultur grant, Bonn

Artist Statement:
For more than 30 years, Markus Krug has explored structural concepts through interrelated series. Planning, clarity, execution: using a range of techniques, he creates sculptures, objects and installations that resemble one another and could be connected like a kind of matrix.
Markus Krug creates homogeneous, pared-down works from a wide variety of materials: paper, cardboard, Styrofoam or polystyrene foam. The manual process produces subtle differences, which are either highlighted or concealed by the application of acrylic paint, primarily in black or white. The paint’s viscosity, quantity and handling are varied from one object to the next, while the connection to the point of origin is always maintained.