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UNTITLED Art Fair, Miami Beach

Andreas Kocks w/ Winston Wächter Fine Art, New York // Dec 3rd - Dec 8th

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My Cloud III

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current exhibition: Silhouettes and Shadows

7.9.2019 - 5.1.2020 // Helsinki - Kerava Art Museum

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Ophelia I + II

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Untitled

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Im Blütenschimmer II 1-5

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Me – Myself – I

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My Cloud II // My Cloud I // Untitled

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Junction // Untitled // Untitled

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Exile From Paradise

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The Clearing I // The Clearing II

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Andreas Kocks

UNTITLED Art Fair, Miami Beach

Andreas Kocks w/ Winston Wächter Fine Art, New York // Dec 3rd - Dec 8th

Solid Ether II // 2019 // Aluminum on Watercolor Paper // 255 x 180 x 5 cm

Andreas Kocks

#1916Au

My Cloud III

2019 // Gold Leaf On Watercolor Paper // 95 x 230 x 5 cm // MGM Studios Las Vegas, USA

Andreas Kocks

current exhibition: Silhouettes and Shadows

7.9.2019 - 5.1.2020 // Helsinki - Kerava Art Museum

The German born Andreas Kocks is a trained sculptor. He uses thick watercolor paper, sometimes coated with Graphite, Aluminum-, Gold- or Palladium leaf.

Most of his wall installations are site-specific, such as the one he created for Sinkka .

In Kerava, Kocks wanted to blur the borders of the wall space, which is subdivided in two sections and create the illusion of a continuous flowing shape, moving from space to space. This effect is emphasized by the reflection of a glossy grey partition wall. Formed from multiple layers of paper, which Kocks has precut in his studio, the cloud-like shapes spread over the complete 18-meter length of the wall – and thus invite the viewer to experience the whole intersecting movements of the surfaces.

The artwork’s large dimension, the delicate material and the greyish background all have inspired the artist to come up with the title: Elephant’s Breath.

Unbeknownst to Kocks, he has added another layer of meaning to the work through Kerava’s historical circus, which once upon a time housed their elephant, Pepita, next to Sinkka…

 

As well as cutting the paper, Kocks has engraved relief type images, which are barely discernible on the papers surface. His working process resembles that of drawing with a knife, with the exception that there is no way of fixing any possible mistakes. Each cut is final. The thin lines mark out the edges of the space, over which the cloud-like forms move, like a soft breath of air.

 

Andreas Kocks lived and worked in New York for almost a decade, but now primarily lives in Munich. He studied sculpture at the Düsseldorf Art Academy from 1980 to 1988, received the Pollock-Krasner Award, New York in 2006 and was a Lecturing Artist at the Savannah College of Arts and Design in 2010/11. He always focused on the integration of  Fine Art and Architecture, which is evident in his exhibition pieces, as well as in the public and private commissions he has created for museums and collections worldwide.

All Photos: Pekka Elomaa

Andreas Kocks

#1901M + #1902M

Ophelia I + II

 

2019 // Graphite, Gold Leaf, Aluminum Leaf, Platinum Leaf on Watercolor Paper // 70 x 104 x 2,5 cm // Winston Wächter Fine Art Seattle, WA
2019 // Graphite, Gold Leaf, Aluminum Leaf, Copper Leaf on Watercolor Paper // 88 x 68 x 2,5 cm // Winston Wächter Fine Art Seattle, WA

Andreas Kocks

#941G

Untitled

 

Untitled // 2009 // Graphite on Watercolor Paper // 480 x 450 x 8 cm // Private Collection New York, NY

Andreas Kocks

#1113 + #1116 + #1115 + #1114 + #1112

Im Blütenschimmer II 1-5

 

2011 // Handmade Paper, carved // 38 x 28 cm // Winston Wächter Fine Art New York, NY
2011 // Handmade Paper, carved // 38 x 28 cm // Winston Wächter Fine Art New York, NY
2011 // Handmade Paper, carved // 38 x 28 cm // Private Collection Dallas, TX
2011 // Handmade Paper, carved // 38 x 28 cm // Private Collection Dallas, TX
2011 // Handmade Paper, carved // 38 x 28 cm // Winston Wächter Fine Art New York, NY

Andreas Kocks

#1510A

Me – Myself – I

 

2015 // Aluminum Leafs on Watercolor Paper // 195 x 155 x 7 cm // Installation at Winston Wächter Fine Art New York, NY

Andreas Kocks

#410AU + #405A + #302

My Cloud II // My Cloud I // Untitled

 

2004/2017 // Gold Leaf on Watercolor Paper // 56 x 132 x 5 cm, framed // Private Collection New York, NY
2004/2017 // Aluminum Leaf on Watercolor Paper // 70 x 198 x 5 cm // Winston Wächter Fine Art New York, NY
2003/2017 // Watercolor Paper // 129 x 75 x 5 cm // Installation at Sebastian Fath Contemporary Mannheim

Andreas Kocks

#1614A + #1512D + #1802A

Junction // Untitled // Untitled

 

2016 // Aluminum on Watercolor Paper // 118 x 90 x 7 cm // Winston Wächter Fine Art // New York
2015 // Graphite on Watercolor Paper on Wood // 121 x 99 x 7 cm // Private Collection Starnberg
2018 // Aluminum on Watercolor Paper on Wood // 152 x 152 x 10 cm, framed // Private Collection Los Angeles, CA

Andreas Kocks

#1803G

Exile From Paradise

 

2018 // Graphite on Watercolor Paper // 320 x 688 x 6 cm // Installation Museum August Macke Haus Bonn

Andreas Kocks

#1608AU + #1613AU

The Clearing I // The Clearing II

 

2016 // Gold Leaf on Watercolor Paper // 87 x 67 x 6 cm, framed // Private Collection New York, NY
2016 // Gold Leaf on Watercolor Paper // 87 x 67 x 6 cm, framed // Private Collection Palm Beach, FL

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