THE GUARDIAN on Nachbarn
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German Media on NACHBARN
Review, Kunstforum International, Jens Rönnau, “Ken Aptekar: Nachbarn at Kunsthalle St. Annen, April 2016 (Band 239), READ HERE Front page, Lübecker Nachrichten: http://www.ln-online.de/Nachrichten/Kultur/Kultur-im-Norden/US-Kuenstler-malt-Luebecker-Geschichte German Television: http://www.ndr.de/fernsehen/sendungen/schleswig-holstein_magazin/Ken-Aptekar-stellt-in-Luebeck-aus,shmag37798.html Best of the North of Germany NDR.de: https://www.ndr.de/kultur/kunst/schleswig-holstein/Nachbarn-Dramen-von-nebenan,aptekar100.html MyHeimat.de: http://www.myheimat.de/luebeck/ratgeber/in-der-luebecker-kunsthalle-bemerkenswerte-und-beeindruckende-werke-des-kuenstlers-ken-aptekar-d2741680.html http://www.hl-live.de/aktuell/textstart.php?id=104493 http://www.luebeckische-blaetter.info/2016/08_LB181.pdf (see pages 140-41) https://www.vile-netzwerk.de/kultur-in-anderen-bereichen/articles/museum-und-synagoge-als-nachbarn.html http://www.altertuemliches.at/termine/ausstellung/37627 http://der-neue-merker.eu/infos-des-tages-sonntag-7-februar-2016 (SCROLL DOWN) http://www.weiss-rote.de/referenzen/st-annen-museum-luebeck/index.html President of Lübeck welcomes Ken Aptekar at Rathaus…
NACHBARN/NEIGHBORS: Die Flüchtling Aus Lübeck (The Refugee from Lübeck)
Rodolfo Hofmann was born in Lübeck, Germany, in 1923. His family fled to Santiago, Chile, in 1936. Before he left Lübeck forever, he celebrated his Bar Mitzvah in the Lübeck Synagogue. In this video Rodolfo (1923-2014) recounts his Jewish experience before and after leaving Germany. This video is included in Ken Aptekar’s exhibition, NACHBARN, at…
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New Post at repainterdiary.com about NACHBARN, exhibition in Lübeck
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I LEARNED ABOUT GREAT MEALS WHEN…. Digital Print, 2011
I learned about great meals when…, 2011 24″ x 44″ (image size 20″ x 40″), digital print on archival bamboo paper, Edition of 42 with 3 AP/s, printed by Ken Allen Studio, NY after Jean-Baptiste Chardin, La Brioche, 1763, Louvre, Paris TEXT: I learned about great meals one Saturday night before Rosh Hashonah. The bakery opened after…
NACHBARN LIEBERMANN PAINTING+DIGITAL WORK
NACHBARN/NEIGHBORS, a commissioned exhibition for the Kunsthalle St. Annen, Lübeck, Germany Click here for more information. Click to see installation views of the exhibition. 7 February – 29 May 2016
NACHBARN OTHER PAINTINGS
NACHBARN/NEIGHBORS, a commissioned exhibition for the Kunsthalle St. Annen, Lübeck, Germany, 7 February-29 May, 2016 Click here for more information. Click to see installation views of the exhibition.
EXHIBITION LIST
SOLO EXHIBITIONS 2024 “Says Me. Says You?” Tibor de Nagy Gallery, New York, NY 2024 “Twenty-two Carrots: lluminated Manuscripts in the Age of Social Media and Texting,” Wasserman Projects, Detroit, MI 2021 “Nachbarn – Voisin.e.s,” Biennale Internationale d’Autun, Chapelle Saint-Aubin, Cour de la Maîtrise, Autun, France (catalogue) 2019 “L’Encyclopédie et Nous ? Oeuvres et Vidéo…
ABOUT THE ARTIST
Ken Aptekar is an artist who combines painting with text. He paints new versions of historical paintings and frames, bolting glass with sandblasted words to his painted panels. Aptekar’s work belongs to the tradition of painting, yet he brings to that tradition a recognition that paintings produce meaning only through their interaction with viewers. He…