Danja Akulin
Danja Akulin (Даня Акулин) (born 1977) rose to prominence by creating large format pencil drawings that reinstate this genre's autonomous value. Born and raised in Leningrad (St.Petersburg), Russia, lives and works in Berlin, Germany. Attended bachelor and master studies in Fine Arts, at the Berlin University of the Arts (UdK) and studied under the supervision of Georg Baselitz and Daniel Richter (artist), Daniel Richter. Georg Baselitz says of the artist "''Danja Akulin creates conceptual drawings, which he calls 'aesthetically minimalist'. Since they come from St. Petersburg, they look different from equally conceptual art by Californian artist Ed Ruscha, for example. After looking at his pictures, it is particularly exciting to see with your own eyes how many watts are used to light a stairwell in St. Petersburg. This is what good drawings look like''." For most of his works, Danja Akulin relies on materials such as graphite, charcoal and pencil. When it comes to h ...
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Berlin University Of The Arts
The Universität der Künste Berlin (UdK; also known in English as the Berlin University of the Arts), situated in Berlin, Germany, is the largest art school in Europe. It is a public art and design school, and one of the four research universities in the city. The university is known for being one of the biggest and most diversified universities of the arts worldwide. It has four colleges specialising in fine arts, architecture, media and design, music and the performing arts with around 3,500 students. Thus the UdK is one of only three universities in Germany to unite the faculties of art and music in one institution. The teaching offered at the four colleges encompasses the full spectrum of the arts and related academic studies in more than 40 courses. Having the right to confer doctorates and post-doctoral qualifications, Berlin University of the Arts is also one of Germany's few art colleges with full university status. Outstanding professors and students at all its colleg ...
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