The biography of conceptual artist MK Kaehne (b. Vilnius, 1963; lives and works in Berlin) oscillates between Vilnius, Moscow and Berlin. Influenced by Russian Constructivism, he draws and builds suitcase sculptures with a department store aesthetic, a reversal of the readymade principle. His focus gradually shifted from the formal to the psychological, towards life-size figures such as It's me (2023): a hyper-realistic replica of himself, lying upside down in the mud, with a garden gnome next to him. Kaehne's work is strictly analytical, but the results are full of tragedy and irony. Unintentional drawings, in which biographical, Dadaist and political elements merge, accompany his oeuvre. A total work of art that traces personal and social development.
Messerscharfe Diagnosen: die hintergründigen Skulpturen von MK Kaehne enthüllen unsere Konstruktion von Bedeutung!
Razor-sharp diagnoses: MK Kaehne's enigmatic sculptures reveal our construction of meaning!
Messerscharfe Diagnosen: die hintergründigen Skulpturen von MK Kaehne enthüllen unsere Konstruktion von Bedeutung!
Anemone Vostell
MK Kaehne – Π = 3,14159 MK Kaehne Anemone Vostell Brigitte Werneburg DCV Dr. Cantz'sche Verlagsgesellschaft Kunst zeitgenössische Kunst Kunstbuch Konzeptkunst Skulptur Zeichnung Installation Werksammlung Konstruktivismus