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Dirk Bell
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Dirk Bell's work often reflects on the relationship between civilisation and human nature.
Dirk Bell (b. 1969, Munich) lives and works in Berlin. Bell’s practice questions our attempts to make sense of the belief systems and structures that control our world. The artist employs a variety of linguistic signs across drawing, painting, and sculpture in his arresting multimedia installations.
Working with technology and the iconography of contemporary life, his work is infused with myth, symbolism and emotion and creates a compelling field of visual ideas. His pieces often reflect on the relationship between civilisation and human nature, questioning the presence and absence of freedom and love in today’s world.
Bell has presented solo exhibitions at the Kunsthalle Bremen (2014), Pinakothek der Moderne, München (2011), BALTIC Centre for Contemporary Art, Newcastle (2010) and Schinkel Pavillon, Berlin (2009).
Artist CV
In 2020, Dirk was invited to take part in the group show 'Studio Berlin', a collaboration between Boros Foundation and the city’s infamous Berghain nightclub.
He has had solo exhibitions at BQ (Berlin, 2022), Grand Street (New York, 2016), Kunsthalle Bremen (2014), Sadie Coles HQ (London, 2012), Pinakothek der Moderne, (München, 2011), BALTIC Centre for Contemporary Art (Newcastle, 2010) and The Modern Institute (Glasgow, 2010).
Awarded the Visual Arts Stipend of the Berlin Senate, the Artist-in-Residence program stipend of the Martin Lenikus Collection Vienna as well as the stipend of the ‘Verein Kunst & Nutzen e.V.’ in Bremerhaven.
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"Perhaps culture can be comprehended as a means of escape from the many impasses in the labyrinth of existence… the breakthrough without an exterior?" — Dirk Bell
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