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Chris Drange
Born
Christoph David Drange

(1983-05-24) May 24, 1983 (age 41)
Köthen (Anhalt), Germany
NationalityGerman
CitizenshipGermany
Education
  • Bachelor of Fine Arts (graphic design, photography)
  • Master of Fine Arts (graphic design, photography, painting)
Alma mater
  • University of Fine Arts Hamburg
  • Academy of Fine Arts Leipzig
OccupationContemporary artist

Christoph David Drange (born 24 May 1983) is a German artist, best known for his use of digital found-objects in post-digital paintings of contemporary influencers and social media symbolism.[1][2]

Early life and education[edit]

Drange was born on May 24, 1983, in Köthen (Anhalt), Germany. Before moving to Berlin in 2009, he studied for two years at the International Center of Photography in New York and one year at the Art Students League of New York.[3]

Drange enrolled at the University of Fine Arts in Hamburg to pursue a bachelor's degree in fine arts in 2015, and later obtained his master's degree in painting from the same university. He studied under Anselm Reyle, known for his large-scale abstract paintings and found-object sculptures.[4][5]

Work[edit]

Drange appropriates selfies from popular influencers and transforms them into classical oil paintings, often on large canvas.[4] As a statement on authorship and originality, Drange doesn't paint any of his artwork.[6][1][7] Instead, he creates sketches from various digital found-objects, with a strong preference for self-portrait photographs as source material, and sends them to an oil painting factory in China, where they are painted by hand on large-scale canvas.[8] The amalgamation of selfies, emojies and other depictions of social media symbols are central to all of Drange's works.[1]

Drange's work has appeared in several exhibitions and magazines such as the Kunstforum International, Numéro, Weserburg, and the Benaki Museum, as well as the exhibition "Link in Bio" at MDBK Leipzig and the international group show "The artist is online" at Galerie König, curated by Anika Meier and Johann König.[9][10][11] He has exhibited with artists such as Thomas Webb, Petra Cortright, Arvida Byström, Chloe Wise, Gretchen Andrew, Daniel Arsham and Jonas Lund.

He Travelled to Venezuela in early 2013 and documented a socialist society that retains vestiges of capitalism.[12]

Publications[edit]

Drange is the author of two photobooks. The first, Hecho en Socialismo, was published in 2015 by Kerber Verlag and covered the phenomenon of a new socialist society in Venezuela that is tied up with remnants of capitalism.[13][3] Relics, the second, was published in 2017 by Hatje Cantz and covered the relationship between celebrities and their Instagram followers.[10][14]

Personal life[edit]

Drange lives and works in both Hamburg and Berlin.[15]

References[edit]

  1. ^ a b c "Post-Digital Pop: Instagram durchgespielt". www.kunstforum.de (in German). Retrieved 6 October 2020.
  2. ^ "Artist Kunstmagazin Ausgabe Nr. 122". www.artist-kunstmagazin.de. Retrieved 6 October 2020.
  3. ^ a b "Heiligenverehrung im 21. Jahrhundert | Monopol". www.monopol-magazin.de (in German). Retrieved 6 October 2020.
  4. ^ a b "Chris Drange at Tick Tack – Art Viewer". Retrieved 2021-10-16.
  5. ^ "The Artist is Online". König. No. 6.
  6. ^ "The artist is online - Paintings & sculpture in the postdigital age". Magazine STUDIO. Archived from the original on 2021-10-17. Retrieved 2021-10-16.
  7. ^ "Chris Drange: Emojis und Eitelkeiten". gallerytalk.net (in German). 2021-07-16. Retrieved 2021-10-16.
  8. ^ "We Kinda Look Alike". Numéro Magazine. No. 8. June 2020. pp. 444–453.
  9. ^ Leipzig, Museum der bildenden Künste. "Link in Bio". Museum der bildenden Künste Leipzig (in German). Retrieved 6 October 2020.
  10. ^ a b Ketterer, Joely (10 August 2017). "Dieses Projekt stellt das Verhältnis von Instagram-Stars und ihren Followern gegenüber". i-D (in German). Retrieved 6 October 2020.
  11. ^ "Artists' Books for Everything" (in German). Retrieved 6 October 2020.
  12. ^ "Christoph David Drange: Hecho En Socialismo: Socialism …". Goodreads. Retrieved 2023-01-01.
  13. ^ "Christoph David Drange: Hecho en Socialismo". Kerber Verlag. Retrieved 6 October 2020.
  14. ^ Welle (www.dw.com), Deutsche. "The influence of social media in art | DW | 28.12.2019". DW.COM. Retrieved 6 October 2020.
  15. ^ "Post-Digital Pop: Instagram durchgespielt". www.kunstforum.de (in German). Retrieved 2022-01-29.
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