Artists Anonymous Explained

Artists Anonymous
Nationality:German/British
Education:Berlin University of the Arts
Notable Works:Apocalyptic Warriors, Virus, The fictitious blowing up of the Hamburger Bahnhof

Artists Anonymous are an art group based in Berlin and London.[1] They were founded in 2001 during their studies at Berlin University of the Arts (UdK) at the classes of Georg Baselitz and Stan Douglas. They finished studying in 2006.

Since 2005 they have exhibited in different international galleries like Sommer Contemporary Art, Tel Aviv, Christian Ehrentraut, Berlin, Goff+Rosenthal, Berlin/NY.

In 2006, one of the big diptychs from the series Apocalyptic Warriors was bought by Charles Saatchi.

In 2007, instead of collaborating with art galleries, they converted an old garage space in London, Vyner Street[2] [3] to a showroom and ran their own gallery.[4] During this time several of their works were sold to the Deutsche Bank Collection. By the end of 2007 the opening of their second space in Berlin,[5] Heidestrasse, followed, where one big installation (the gunslinger and other true stories) took place.

Since then a number of different shows and project took place such as:

In 2009, Artists Anonymous ended their working relationship with Haunch of Venison to work with Riflemaker Gallery, London.[7]

Their work is included in various private and public Collections:Manchester City Art Gallery, UK, Deutsche Bank Collection, Saatchi Collection, UK; Advaney Collection, NL, UK;Walsall Art Museum, UK; Rubell Collection, Miami, USA, Zabludowicz Collection, UK.

In September 2012, they held their first show with Banksy at Lazarides Gallery.[8]

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Notes and References

  1. News: Abrahams . Charlotte . 8 January 2014 . Artists Anonymous . Financial Times . 3 May 2015.
  2. News: Williams . Gilda . 22 June 2007 . Artists Anonymous . . 24 October 2023 . .
  3. News: Perry . Grayson . 10 January 2007 . In art, the drugs really don't work . Times . London . 14 May 2015 . subscription.
  4. Web site: Exhibitions . AA Gallery . 18 November 2009.
  5. News: Wiensowski . Ingeborg . 30 June 2008 . Kunst: Radikale Freiheit . de . Spiegel Online . 14 May 2015.
  6. Artists Anonymous Virus . Artists Anonymous . 2 May 2015 . https://web.archive.org/web/20160305192400/http://artists-anonymous.com/fileadmin/aa_main/Presse/hovz_-_artists_anonymous_-_press_release_-_final.pdf . 5 March 2016 . dead .
  7. Web site: Artists Anonymous: The Happy Show . Rifle Maker Gallery . 2 May 2015.
  8. Web site: Artists Anonymous at Rathbone Place . Lazarides . 2 May 2015 . https://web.archive.org/web/20160304121048/http://www.lazinc.com/story/507,artists-anonymous-rathbone-place . 4 March 2016 . dead .