Dirk Sanner
*1975 in Monheim
Childhood and youth in Mettmann near Düsseldorf
Police service from 1995 till 2009
'From a concrete danger to concrete art'
Since then, independent artistic practice; since 2023, exclusively concrete.
Dirk Sanner began his artistic career as a painter at the age of 27, starting with waterscapes that were followed by urban landscapes showing mostly two people sitting on chairs in front of a city backdrop. The paintings featuring people on chairs symbolize the artist's friendship with Max Schmidt-Craghs, with whom he appears to be sitting on the chairs.
Since 2008, the first non-representational prime number paintings have been created, programmatically aligning with the visual principles of the De Stijl artist group. Since 2023, the artist has been working exclusively in concrete art. Works from this concrete series have been exhibited since 2015—including in the exhibition "Die neue Sinnlichkeit in der Kunst" at JVA Magdeburg, in the edition exhibitions of Galerie R8M in Cologne in 2022, 2023, and 2024, and at Kunstverein Wiligrad.
Exhibitions of Max Schmidt-Craghs and Dirk Sanner
Einzugsausstellung, Düsseldorf, 2007
Verkaufsausstellung, Düsseldorf, 2008
Exhibitions of Dirk Sanner
Show "Bürger in Uniform", Fotoarbeiten, St. Pauli Blond Düsseldorf, 2010
Privatausstellung "Ab heute und bis hier" mit Malerei, Fotografie und Installationen, Düsseldorf, 2014
Teilnahme an der Ausstellung "Die neue Sinnlichkeit in der zeitgenössischen Kunst", JVA Magdeburg, 06.06.15-20.09.15, www.kulturanker.de
Referenzen
Bericht zur Ausstellung "Bürger in Uniform" im Magazin "FLURFUNK", 2010
http://www.kuhrt.de/flurfunk/flurfunk-ausgabe-09/