Inka Essenhigh
Inka Essenhigh’s large-scale oil paintings portray biomorphic figures and fantastic hybrid forms that simultaneously evoke the organic and the artificial. Essenhigh’s cartoonish and graceful lines allow these shapes and bodies to flow in and out of their environments, breaking the boundary between dream and reality. Essenhigh combines divergent influences including Japanimation, science fiction, Surrealism, and Renaissance painting in her work.
Disparities and Deformations
Disparities and Deformations: Our Grotesque brought together a diverse group of contemporary artworks that respond and give new substance to the sense of emotional and logical uncertainty inherent in the grotesque, described by the 19th-century writer Jean Paul as a state of “soul dizziness.” The exhibition tracked the incongruous combination of disparate forms and ideas in the work of internationally renowned artists of different generations, coming from various cultural contexts, and working with different processes and ideas.
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