»And even though his works, as a whole, frequently convey a well-tempered sobriety, closer study reveals that – in their mode of execution – they are far removed from all industrial coldness.«
Die Möglichkeit einer Insel, Berlin
Heike Gallmeier, Andrea Grützner, Jeroen Jacobs, Stephanie Kloss, Andreas Koch, Peter K. Koch, Wilhelm Klotzek, Eric Meier, Frank Nitsche, Fiene Scharp, Thomas Scheibitz, Kai Schiemenz, Christian Schwarzwald, Maja Weyermann, Martina Wolf
Die Möglichkeit einer Insel, Berlin
Peter K. Koch
Galerie Ursula Walter, Dresden
Karl-Heinz Adler, Cees Andriessen, Linda Arts, Isabelle Borges, Bram Braam, DAG, Piet Dieleman, Marieke Van Diemen, René Eicke, Carina Ellemers, Ditty Ketting, Gracia Khouw, Peter K. Koch, Friedrich Kracht, Gerda Kruimer, Annekatrin Lemke, Stefan Lenke, Bas Lobik, Zaida Oenema, Patricia Westerholz, Marleen Van Wijngaarden, Yumiko Yoneda
Peter K. Koch’s works evade categorization within the confines of any commonly accepted genre, depriving the observer of descriptive access and refusing to subject themselves to classical ideas about painting and sculpture.
In terms of formal characterization, his works, which frequently unfold within space and stand in closely correspondence with that space, are more closely related to hybrid objects that exhibit pictorial and sculptural properties – while still remaining on the fringes. Koch uses aspects of painting and sculpture. When conceiving of his works on the basis of prototypes, colorful surfaces are transmuted into spaces. The fragments are alienated via pictorial re-categorization, leading to an independent form, an abstracted concept of space.
Throughout his process of artistic genesis, Koch’s artistic oeuvre, with its recurring hard-edge elements, has successfully transitioned from the pure two-dimensionality of a picture or an object on the wall to spatial constructions located somewhere between minimalism and pop art.
Gwendolyn Kremer
Kuckei + Kuckei
Linienstraße 158
10115 Berlin
www.kuckei-kuckei.de
Studio Peter K. Koch
Kottbusser Damm 70
10967 Berlin
mail@peter-k-koch.de
