Andreas Slominski Meppen, Germany, b. 1959
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From the outset, his practice has been defined by a direct and often playful dialogue with the viewer, questioning the nature of art, authorship, and perception.
B. 1959, Meppen, Germany
Lives and works in Werder-Havel, Germany> DOWNLOAD CV
Andreas Slominski studied at the Hochschule für Bildende Künste Hamburg and began his artistic career in the early 1980s.
He first gained recognition for his so-called traps — absurd, sculptural constructions inspired by a vole trap he once encountered. These works occupy the border between functional object and conceptual sculpture, using irony, humour, and subtle misdirection to examine the shifting boundaries between usefulness and artistic intent.
Throughout his career, Slominski has continued to work with everyday materials and motifs, reimagined with a surreal or coded twist. His compositions often juxtapose kitsch and absurdity with a sense of cryptic symbolism: toy-like skis, clocks, and mechanical fragments appear as both visual devices and personal signs. This mixture of playfulness and precision gives his works their particular tension — objects that seem to conceal as much as they reveal.
In his Polystyrene Pictures, Slominski moved into a hybrid territory between painting and sculpture. Using large Styrofoam panels, engraved and spray-painted in vivid fluorescent and primary colours, he created layered compositions featuring boats, eggs, tools, and skis, set within heavy steel frames. These works extend his conceptual interest in containment and transformation, compressing the pictorial surface into an object that resists immediate comprehension.
Rather than offering clear narratives, Slominski’s works act as enigmatic tokens — part puzzle, part performance — inviting viewers to navigate their meaning through association and intuition. His art exists in the tension between simplicity and enigma, humour and control.
Solo exhibitions of Andreas Slominski’s work have been held at major institutions including Hamburger Kunsthalle, Deutsche Guggenheim (Berlin), Serpentine Galleries (London), Museum für Moderne Kunst (Frankfurt), Museum Boijmans Van Beuningen (Rotterdam), Neuer Berliner Kunstverein (Berlin), Deichtorhallen Hamburg, Museum Jorn (Silkeborg, Denmark), Kunstmuseum St. Gallen (Switzerland), and Museum Folkwang (Essen).
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