Boats 84 x 114 Photographs on sprayed MDF board 2003
Genre:
Primary category: 2D and 3D
Secondary category: 2D Mixed media & 3D Installation
Artist statement:
From multiples of a photographed detail I construct an abstract image. Mounted on sprayed MDF board, this image explores layers of meaning which are not photographable. This body of work (3 cycles) presents a visual record of the transformation occurring along the urban Thames. Further work is in progress. This work bridges the divide between photography and fine art.
My installations address social, environmental and historical issues.
Currently I am working on an installation proposal which focuses on Children of War – Places of Memory; until recently a taboo subject which continues to meet with considerable resistance.
Contact details:
karin@karinwach.com
http://www.karinwach.com/
CV:
Germany
Born into a city extensively destroyed in 1943, I left Germany in 1959.
Education, England:
University of London, B.A. Hons, First Class
College of Law, CPA
Change of direction-Despite academic achievements, the path I had followed was going nowhere. I went into therapy. After a further 6 years training, I qualified as a Psychoanalytic Psychotherapist in 1991.
Parallel process-While in therapy I, a war child, began for the first time to ‘play’ (to create). This led to my becoming an artist.
Professional Status:
Artist and Psychoanalytic Psychotherapist in private practice
Exhibitions:
Reworked2, Washington Gallery, Wales, 2008
Meme07, Café Galery Projects/BAG, London, 2007, installation
Janus, Cafe Gallery Projects, BAG Biennale, London, 2006/2007
Docklands Remembered, The Space, London, 2004
Religion, Art & War, Salon des Arts, London, 2003
View From Richmond Hill, The Riverside Gallery Open, London 2002
Royal Academy Open, London, 2002 (selected)
A River Runs Through It, Orleans House Gallery, London, 2001
The Best of 1994, Whitaker, Wach & Gysembergh, Tom Blau Gallery at Camera Press
Transformation, Watershed Gallery, Bristol, 1995
CBI Art Initiative, London, 1994, Wach, Goldsworthy
Centenary Celebrations Tower Bridge, Wach, Oliver, Lindsay-Edwards, London, 1994
Transformation, Tom Blau Gallery at Camera Press, London, 1994
Exhibitions in 2009
Rummage, Café Gallery Projects/BAG, London, 2009
Further examples of work:
Spice Sacks and Pallets 93 x 123 cm Photographs on sprayed MDF board 1993
Meme 82 x 112 cm Film canisters on sprayed MDF board 2007
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