Markus Krug - WSK-F-267

Work Description:
In 2019, the original sculpture »WSK-059« from 2011 was cut into its 120 individual parts and transformed into the wall object offered here, following a predetermined grid. The original black material color thus reappeared at the cut edges beneath the white paint.

Biography, Grants, Awards:
Born in 78224 Singen/Htw. in 1965,
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 support program of the City of Munich
2012, Saatchi Online Showdown Abstract Award, shortlist
2013, Nominated for the LebensArt Foundation Sculpture Award, Cologne
2014–2017, Studio support 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 in a succession of interrelated series. Planning, clarity, execution: working in 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, minimalist works from a wide variety of materials: paper, cardboard, Styrofoam, or polystyrene foam. His manual working process results in slight variations, which are highlighted or concealed by the application of acrylic paint, mainly in black or white. The viscosity, quantity, and handling of the paint vary from one object to another, while the connection to the original always remains.