Wohlstandsbauch I
| Height | 17.5 cm |
|---|---|
| Width | 12.5 cm |
| Length/Depth | 2 cm |
In meiner Werkreihe "Wohlstandsbäuche" ist jeder Wohlstandsbauch einzelnd mit Plastilin skulpturiert worden und mit hochqualitativen Silikon abgeformt worden.Güsse, die aus ein und derselben Form entspringen, werden durch die Kolorierung und der verschiedenen Rahmenwahl zu einem Unikat eines Wohlstandbauches. Dieser technisch-handwerkliche Aspekt birgt eine philosopische Metaphorik in sich auf die Frage was Wohlstand ist, woher er kommt und wie unterschiedlich er definiert werden kann.
INFO: Bei Wohlstandsbauch I handelt es sich um einen absoluten Einzelguss, d.h. es gibt keine weiteren Güsse aus dieser Form. Im Gegensatz zu den anderen Wohlstandsbäuchen, bei denen es mehrere Güsse mit verschiedenen Kolorierungen gibt, bleibt es bei Wohlstandsbauch I nur bei diesen einzigen Abdruck.
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Azim F. Becker
I, Azim F. Becker (Germany/Malaysia), born in 1991, explore a range of art forms in my work, including sculpture, drawing and installation.
My most striking works include the silicone sculptures. However disconcerting they may seem, they simultaneously radiate a sense of calm and a certain comfort. They are original representations and embody the idea of understanding the human body as a reflection of simultaneous emotions.
For more on the silicone works, see :
In times of crisis, the surreal is closest to reality.
Breaking hyperrealism with surrealism leads me to a kind of hypersurrealism.
This arouses curiosity and a sense of strangeness in equal measure. At the same time, it engages closely with individual perceptions and legitimises the coexistence of conflicting emotions. I challenge the audience’s creativity to articulate new ways of thinking about how to deal with surreal events. These are necessary in order to accept fear – as the faithful companion of alien realities – and to strip it of its power.
Hervé Lancelin, President of the Pinacothèque Luxembourg
,
on me:
“Listen to me carefully, you bunch of snobs: Azim F. Becker takes us by surprise, slaps us with his
hyperrealistic silicone limbs emerging from new fabrics, and leaves us confused, disoriented and
delightfully perplexed.” This German artist, born in 1991 in Osnabrück, one of the three laureates of the
prestigious Luxembourg Art Prize in 2024, creates what he calls “hypersurrealism,” a term that sounds
like a disease you catch after licking the walls of a Parisian gallery in the Marais on a Saturday night.”
ART AWARDS
Winner Award – Ingeborg Sieber Art Promotion Prize, Osnabrück, Germany, 2025
Winner Award – 1st Prize at the Luxembourg Art Prize, Luxembourg, 2024
Winner Award – Public Winner, Galerie Benjamin Eck, Munich, Germany, 2024
Winner Award – MUK Artprize, Osnabrück, Germany, 2023
Winner Award – Willi Münzenberg Forum, Berlin, Germany, 2019
Winner Award – Piepenbrock Art Promotion Prize, Osnabrück, Germany, 2019
Winner Award – BBK-OWL ‘Schauräume’, Bielefeld, Germany,
2019
EXHIBITIONS
202
6 Galleri Schytz Haaning, Vejle, Denmark
2025 SKM Community Exhibition, Leipzig, Germany
2025 Art Lab, Galerie Benjamin Eck, Munich, Germany
2024 Galleri Heike Arndt DK, Kettinge, Denmark
2024 Art Auction 12, Weserhalle, Berlin, Germany
2024 Art Matters 10, Galerie Biesenbach, Cologne, Germany
2024 Art Lab, Galerie Benjamin Eck, Munich, Germany
2024 Mixed Doubles, Vordemberge-Gildewart-Haus, Osnabrück
2024 Fresh Legs 2024, Galleri Heike Arndt, Berlin, Germany
2024 Florence Contemporary Art Gallery, online
2023 Refugium in a Box, Cubic Artspace, Greifswald, Germany (solo)
2023 Refugium Rave, Kunsthalle Osnabrück, Germany (solo)
2022 Re:claim, Hidden Art Project, Oldenburg, Germany
2020 Menschenbilder, Bad Essen, Germany
2020 vormorgen – Gütersloher Kunstverein, Germany
2020 TAKE OFF YOUR PANTS – Skulpturgalerie Osnabrück, Germany (solo)
2020 laut-leiser-Zufall, Bielefeld, Germany
2019 LiSALUNA – Duisburg, Germany
2019 This ain’t street – Galerie Letsah, Germany (solo)
2019 European Media Art Festival – Init, Germany, 2018, 2019, 202420
19 Gedankensplitter – KuK, Dissen, Germany
2017 YUP – Young Urban Performance Festival,
Osnabrück
ENGLISH
Azim F. Becker (Germany/Malaysia), born in 1991, works across sculpture, drawing and installation.
Central to his practice are silicone sculptures that explore the human body as a site of emotional complexity. Whilst their appearance may initially seem unsettling, they simultaneously convey a sense of calm and unexpected comfort. Becker’s works present original interpretations of the body as a reflection of simultaneous and often contradictory feelings.
Conceptually, his work is rooted in the idea that in times of crisis, surreality comes closest to reality. By disrupting hyperrealism with elements of surrealism, Becker develops a form of ‘hypersurrealism’ that evokes both curiosity and a sense of estrangement. His works engage closely with individual perception and acknowledge the coexistence of opposing emotions. In doing so, Becker invites the audience to develop new ways of thinking about how to confront surreal experiences and to accept fear—often a faithful companion in unfamiliar realities—whilst gradually diminishing its power.
