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Redwood

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Der Schaum dieser Tage

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Solid Ether

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SILHOUETTES AND SHADOWS // Helsinki - Kerava Art Museum

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Toulon Twister

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Solid Ether I

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Field III

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Solid Ether II

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#1916Au + #2217A + #2218A

My Cloud III + Always + Always

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Meant To Be Blue

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Elephant's Breath

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Goin' Wild // Untitled

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Untitled

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to be continued II

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Untitled

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Later That Evening

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In The Loop

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Pleased to meet You Too // U' N' I' // Untitled

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Untitled // A Momentary Suspension

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Junction // Untitled // Untitled

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Exile From Paradise

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Big Bang

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Andreas Kocks

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Commissions

Andreas Kocks

#2120B

Redwood

2022 // Brass // 543 x 375 x 6 cm // Coporate Collection Redwood City, CA

Andreas Kocks

#2104G

Der Schaum dieser Tage

2021 // Graphite on Watercolor Paper // 312 x 542 x 6 cm, Neue Galerie, Dachau

Andreas Kocks

#2102B + #2101B + #2103B +2107B + #2106B + 2105B

Solid Ether

2021 // Brass // 165 x 145 x 6 cm // Coporate Collection Las Vegas

2021 // Brass // 170 x 140 x 6 cm // Coporate Collection Las Vegas

2021 // Brass // 155 x 200 x 6 cm // Coporate Collection Las Vegas

2021 // Brass // 165 x 145 x 6 cm // Private Collection, Seattle

2021 // Brass // 135 x 128 x 6 cm // Private Collection, Seattle

2021 // Brass // 137 x 128 x 8 cm // Winston Wachter Fine Arte, Seattle

Andreas Kocks

#1919

SILHOUETTES AND SHADOWS // Helsinki - Kerava Art Museum

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

#1310G

Toulon Twister

 

2013 // Graphite on Watercolor Paper // 365 x 750 x 7 cm // Collection Sparkasse Mannheim

Andreas Kocks

#1806P

Solid Ether I

 

2018 // Platinum Leaf on Watercolor Paper // 195 x 450 x 5 cm // Private Collection Munich

Andreas Kocks

#1607

Field III

 

2016 // Watercolor Paper on Wood // 106 x 84 x 7 cm, framed // Private Collection Penzberg

Andreas Kocks

#1807A

Solid Ether II

2019 // Aluminum on Watercolor Paper // 255 x 180 x 5 cm // Private Collection Seattle

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#1916Au + #2217A + #2218A

My Cloud III + Always + Always

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

2022 // Aluminum Leaf On Watercolor Paper // 90 x 83 x 5cm // Galerie Fenna Wehlau, Munich

2022 // Aluminum Leaf On Watercolor Paper // 120 x 69 x 5cm // Galerie Fenna Wehlau, Munich

Andreas Kocks

#1917C

Meant To Be Blue

2019 // Acrylic on Watercolor Paper // 300 x 240 x 5 cm // Private Collection Chicago

Andreas Kocks

#1919

Elephant's Breath

 

2019 // Watercolor Paper // 420 x 1800 x 10 cm // Sinkka Museum Helsinki – Kerava, Finland

Andreas Kocks

#1028G + #1533G_I

Goin' Wild // Untitled

 

2010 // Graphite on Watercolor Paper // 420 x 1210 x 8 cm // Private Collection Heidelberg
2015 // Graphite on Watercolor Paper // 275 x 190 x 7 cm // Private Collection Mannheim

 

 

Andreas Kocks

#1534A

Untitled

 

2015 // Aluminum Leaf on Watercolor Paper // 150 x 520 x 5 cm // Private Collection Mannheim

Andreas Kocks

#1341G

to be continued II

 

2013 // Graphite on Watercolor Paper // 258 x 1329 x 7 cm // Horst-Janssen Museum Oldenburg

Andreas Kocks

#1328G

Untitled

 

2013 // Graphite on Watercolor Paper // Private Collection Mannheim

Andreas Kocks

#1302G

Later That Evening

 

2013 // Graphite on Watercolor Paper // 265 x 325 x 5 cm // Collection White & Case New York, NY

Andreas Kocks

#1212G

Untitled

 

2012 // Graphite on Watercolor Paper // 285 x 610 x 5 cm // Private Collection New York, NY

Andreas Kocks

#1201G

In The Loop

 

2012 // Graphite on Watercolor Paper // 350 x 1560 x 7 cm // Installation at Campredon Centre d’Art // L’Isle Sur La Sorgue

2012 // Graphite on Watercolor Paper // 350 x 1800 x 7 cm // Installation at Villa Streccius // Landau

Andreas Kocks

#941G

Untitled

 

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

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#1709A + #1447G + #1701A

Pleased to meet You Too // U' N' I' // Untitled

 

2017 // Aluminium on Watercolor Paper on Wood // 117 x 117 x 7 cm, framed // Private Collection New York, NY
2014 // Graphite on Watercolor Paper on Wood // 170 x 122 x 10 cm, framed // Meeschaert Group Paris
2017 // Aluminium on Watercolor Paper on Wood // 85 x 85 x 6 cm, framed // Private Collection Freiburg

Andreas Kocks

#935G

Untitled // A Momentary Suspension

 

2009 // Graphite on Watercolor Paper // 390 x 1100 x 8 cm // Installation at Museum of Arts and Design New York, NY
2010 // Graphite on Watercolor Paper // 420 x 1200 x 8 cm // Installation at SCAD Savannah College of Arts and Design Atlanta, GA

Andreas Kocks

#1614A + #1512D + #1802A

Junction // Untitled // Untitled

 

2016 // Aluminum on Watercolor Paper // 118 x 90 x 7 cm // Private Collection // 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

#848G

Big Bang

 

2008 // Graphite on Watercolor Paper // 280 x 1610 x 10 cm // Collection TBWA Vienna

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