Anna Vogel
Anna Vogel (*1981) creates photos or combinations of photography, drawing and print, thematically dealing with digital communication, nature, history and biology. The investigation of these topics is accompanied by a richly imaginative playing with the medium of photography that self confidently transcends the traditional borders of the genre. Vogel took some of the photographs on which her works are based herself; she found others online or created them digitally. Her subjects undergo a large number of analog and digital processes of image editing. She retouches certain visual elements or alters the pictorial composition. She makes use of traditional collage technique, expands the photographic space with the help of drafting tools and is not afraid to scratch the picture surface in a mechanical way. Upon a small space, with often succinct means, and without clearly revealing what exactly is being shown, Vogel’s works achieve an astounding auratic impact while setting in motion perceptual irritations and doubt. They show a world, which remains in the realms of vagueness. Landscapes that seem somehow familiar, but then again not. Settings that are known from somewhere, but nonetheless remain foreign, conveying a melancholic energy that oscillates between desire and discomfort.
Works
Anna Vogel, Invisible III, 2024, unique, pigment print on paper, 80 × 60 cm
Anna Vogel, Invisible II, 2024, unique, pigment print on paper, 80 × 60 cm
Anna Vogel, inutuuluni / allein, 2023, Pigment print on watercolor paper, 28.5 x 20 cm
Anna Vogel, ukioq / Winter, 2023, Pigment print on watercolor paper, 29 x 20 cm
Anna Vogel, imangmit / Im Wasser, 2023, Pigment print on watercolor paper, 30 x 20 cm
Anna Vogel, Ignifer XXVII, 2022, pigment print, 23.7 x 36 cm, edition of 5
Anna Vogel, Ignifer XXV, 2022, pigment print, 24 x 36 cm, edition of 5
Anna Vogel, Ignifer XVII, 2022, pigment print, 30 × 44 cm
Anna Vogel, Ignifer XX, 2022, pigment print, 25.5 × 34 cm, edition of 5
Anna Vogel, Ignifer XXII, 2022, pigment print, edition of 5 + 2 AP, 30 × 25 cm
Anna Vogel, Tschirgant I, 2022, indian ink and spray paint on pigment prints, scratched, frame finished in dusty gray , 42.5 x 33.5 cm
Anna Vogel, How to draw a border, 2022, indian ink and spray paint on pigment prints, scratched, frame finished in dusty gray, 45.5 x 33.2 cm
Anna Vogel, Electric Mountains XXIX, 2022, spray paint on pigment print, scratched, 160 x 120 cm
Anna Vogel, Electric Mountains XXV, 2021, spray paint on pigment print, scratched, frame finished in dusty gray, 160 x 120 cm
Anna Vogel, Electric Mountains XXVI, 2021, spray paint on pigment print, scratched, frame finished in dusty gray, 160 x 120 cm
Anna Vogel, A heart is not a metronome, 2021, indian ink and spray paint on pigment prints, frame finished in dusty gray , 33.5 x 32 cm
Anna Vogel, Share the storm, 2021, indian ink and spray paint on pigment prints, frame finished in dusty gray , 34.7 x 25.7 cm
Anna Vogel, Ashes to ashes, 2021, indian ink and spray paint on pigment prints, scratched, 33 x 34 cm
Anna Vogel, Formal essay, 2020, pigment prints, varnish, 31.4 x 41 cm
Anna Vogel, Space minutes, 2020, spray paint on pigment prints, scratched, frame stained in dark anthracite, 26 x 33.5 cm
Anna Vogel, Ignifer XV, 2020, pigment print, 24 × 34 cm
Anna Vogel, Ignifer XIII, 2020, pigment print, 30 × 42 cm
Anna Vogel, Mountains II, 2019, collage, pigment print, varnish, framed in lime, anthracite, artglass, 30 × 40 cm
Anna Vogel, Translator XV, 2019, indian ink on pigment print, 160 × 120 cm
Anna Vogel, Clouds, 2019, lacquer on pigment print, scratched, framed in polished chrome, artglass, 54 × 51 cm
Anna Vogel, Society, 2019, indian ink on pigment print framed in lime, anthracite, artglass, 40 × 30 cm
Anna Vogel, Skin I, 2019, inkjet print on backlight foil framed in polished chrome, 60 × 45 cm, edition 5 + 2AP
Anna Vogel, Lake, 2019, ink on pigment print, framed, in lime, anthracite, artglass, 21 × 26.3 cm, 3/3
Anna Vogel, Electric Mountains IV, 2019, pigment print, scratched, framed in polished chrome, artglass, 60 × 45 cm
Anna Vogel, Temples XI, 2018, lacquer on pigment print, scratched, 80 × 60 cm
Anna Vogel, Poison I, 2018, lacquer on pigment print, 40 × 30 cm
Anna Vogel, Temples IX, 2018, lacquer on pigment print, scratched, 40 × 30 cm
Anna Vogel, Translator XI, 2017, indian ink on pigment print, 160 × 120 cm
Anna Vogel, New Cities (Yet untitled), 2017, indian ink on pigment print, 160 × 120 cm
Anna Vogel, Untitled, 2017, ink on pigment print, 31 × 24 cm
Anna Vogel, Untitled, 2017, ink on pigment print, 22 × 17 cm
Anna Vogel, Schwarm, 2017, ink on pigment print, 30 × 25 cm
Anna Vogel, Salto di Quirra II, 2017, pigment print, 40 × 30 cm
Anna Vogel, New Cities VI, 2017, indian ink on pigment print, 80 × 60 cm
Anna Vogel, New Cities Labor II, 2017, ink on pigment print, 40 × 30 cm
Anna Vogel, Tinted Transformer III, 2016, pigment print, 60 × 45 cm
Anna Vogel, Untitled, 2015, ink on pigment print, 30 × 40 cm
Anna Vogel, Untitled, 2015, ink on pigment print, 40 × 30 cm
Anna Vogel, Untitled, 2015, ink on pigment print, 40 × 30 cm
Anna Vogel, Ignifer X, 2014/2018, pigment Print, 35 × 40 cm
Anna Vogel, Untitled, 2014, pigment print, ink, 29.5 × 22.3 cm, unique
Anna Vogel, Flugzeugträger, 2014/2019, pigment print, framed in abura, artglass, 40 × 54 cm
Anna Vogel, Smiling Barn Owl VIII, 2014, pigment print, lacquer, framed in MDF, 49.5 × 33 cm, 3 + 2 AP
Exhibitions
Kunstverein für die Rheinlande und Westfalen, Düsseldorf 2023
Kunstverein für die Rheinlande und Westfalen, Düsseldorf 2023
ARCO, Madrid 2023
Art Düsseldorf, Düsseldorf 2022
Art Düsseldorf, Düsseldorf 2022
Paris Internationale, Paris 2021
Paris Internationale, Paris 2021
Die nächste Generation. Junge Fotografie made im Rheinland, Museum Morsbroich, Leverkusen, DE 2019
Fragen an das Medium, Kunsthaus NRW, Aachen-Kornelimünster, DE 2018
Early Birds, Old Souls, Kunstverein Hildesheim, Hildesheim, DE 2017
Anna Vogel, Leaving the Water, Deweer Gallery, Otegem, BE 2016
Selected Solo Exhibitions
- ukioq, Sperling, Munich, DE
2023
- citysounds, ZONTA Award, Fuhrwerkswaage, Cologne, DE
2018
- Early birds, old souls, Kunstverein Hildesheim, DE
2017
- Give back the kingdom, Sprüth Magers, Berlin, DE
2014
- Fensterbilder, KIT Kunst im Tunnel, Düsseldorf, DE
2013
Selected Group Exhibitions
- Erde, Verwobenes Leben, Kunststiftung DZ Bank, Frankfurt, DE
2023
- Breathing Water, Drinking Air, Sammlung Philara, Düsseldorf, DE
2022
- Subjekt und Objekt. Foto Rhein Ruhr., Kunsthalle Düsseldorf, DE
2020
- Im Licht der Nacht. Vom Leben im Halbdunkel, Marta Herford, Herford, DE
- Gezielte Setzungen – Übermalte Fotografien in der Zeitgenössischen Kunst, Sprengel Museum Hannover, DE
2019
- Bernd, Hilla and others: Photography from Düsseldorf. Huis Marseille Museum voor Fotografie, Amsterdam, NL
2018
Publications
Press
- Handelsblatt: Diese neun jungen Künstler verändern den Kunstmarkt – mit ihrem Stil und ihren Preisen, Sabine Spindler and Susanne Schreiber, 2019 ↗
- Aethetica Magazine: In conversation with Anna Vogel, 2015 ↗
- Art Kunstmagazin: Sentimentale Störenfriedin, Birgit Sonna, 2015
- Der Greif: Artist Blog Anna Vogel, Jennifer Braun, 2013 ↗
Anna Vogel during her time in Tyrol, Austria, 2019-2023