Daniel Sinsel

For his second solo show at the gallery, London-based artist Daniel Sinsel presents new works made of a range of materials. Mostly wall-based, the pieces rely on the conventions of viewing panel paintings but also act as found objects that we encounter rather than read into. His work evokes the traditions of the German Bauhaus of the 1920s and 30s whilst maintaining a distinct balance between visual function and decor. Sinsel’s work remains independent of any existing design or architectural industry, but rather serves and provides the enclosed system and personal language of Sinsel’s own vision. Pastry and chocolate have been recreated in durable matter like linen, wax, pigment or concrete, but have the gleam of a precious artifact. 

Central to Daniel Sinsel’s work is an experimentation with materials. Foreign elements such as precious stones, horns and horse hair become appendages to the painted canvas or alternatively the canvas makes way for an eclectic range of objects. His original approach to materials is met by an equally unusual subject matter, with knives, nuts, eggs and wood crossing back and forth as instruments, supports and motifs. The overtly sexual has given way in more recent work to the more obliquely sensuous. References to art history together with nods to broader creative traditions combine in Sinsel’s painting with a very personal, contemporary iconography. From works which manifest a technical virtuosity, there emanates a sense of calm serenity, tinged on occasion with melancholy and often with playfulness and wit.
The exhibition will be accompanied by the publication of the first monograph on the artist. 

1976 Born Munich, Germany
Lives and works in London

1998-1999 Foundation Studies, Chelsea College of Art and Design, London
1999-2002 BA Painting, Chelsea College of Art and Design, London
2002-2004 MA Painting, Royal College of Art, London

Exhibitions
2007 All Tomorrow’s Pictures, Institute of Contemporary Arts, London
Grete, erregt, Sadie Coles HQ, London
2006 Beck’s Futures 06
Luisa Strina, São Paulo, Brazil
Painting Codes: I Codici della Pittura, Galleria Comunale d’Arte Contemporanea di Monfalcone, Monafalcone, Italy (cat)
2005 London in Zürich, Hauser & Wirth, Zürich
Sadie Coles HQ, London
Think & Wonder, Wonder & Think at the Museum of Childhood, London
2004 Now Is a Good Time, Andrea Rosen Gallery, New York
Year Zero, Northern Gallery for Contemporary Art, Sunderland
2003 Exploring Landscape: Eight Views from Britain, Andrea Rosen Gallery, New York
Dirty Pictures, The Approach, London
Strange Messengers, The Breeder Projects, Athens
2002 Bloomberg New Contemporaries, Barbican Art Centre, London and Static, Liverpool Biennial, Liverpool, England (cat.)
Aprilfools, Erika Verzutti, Sao Paulo, Brazil
Showcase 2, London Institute Gallery, London
BA Show, Chelsea College of Art and Design, London (cat.)
On the way there, Century Gallery, London
2001 Kiss My Art, M Gallery, London
Revamp, Wandsworth, London
1998 Intern, Oberpfälzer Künstlerhaus, Schwandorf, Germany (cat.)

Residencies and Awards

2001 Centre for Contemporary Arts, Prague
Arthur Anderson Chelsea College Fine Art Award
Bibliography

2006 Hans-Joachim Müller, ‘Wir sind Oberammargau’, Monopol, December
‘Elle need to know: Brit Art’, Elle Magazine, May
Sarah Kent, ‘Bored with Becks’, Time Out, 19-26 Apr
‘Futures Perfect’, Bristol & Bath’s Magazine: Venue, 14 -23 Apr
‘A Bond Building’, Bristol Evening Post, 13 Apr
Anna Britten, ‘All in a Baize Work’, Bristol Metro, 13 Apr
Duncan Macmillan, ‘The big ‘I am’ comes up against the big ‘we can’’, The Scotsman, 11 Apr
Moira Jefferey, ‘Stretching the Artists too Thin’, Glasgow Herald, 10 Apr
Ann Donald, ‘Artists leave no stone unturned in quest for fame and fortune’, Scotland on Sunday, 9 Apr
Rebecca Dean, ‘The Joy of Beck’s’,Bristol & Bath’s Magazine: Venue, 7 – 16 Apr
Martin Gayford, ‘Shoes, Rock Inspire Artists Nominated for Beck’s Futures Award’, Bloomberg.com, 6 Apr
Adrian Searle, ‘Foot fetish’, The Guardian, 4 Apr
Laura Cumming, ‘Sip it and see’, The Observer, 2 Apr
Morgan Falconer, ‘Beck’s Futures’, World of Interiors, 1 Apr
‘Beck’s Futures 2006’, Digit, 1 Apr
Fisun Güner, ‘Beck’s Futures’, Metro, 31 Mar
Sue Hubbard, ‘Art, but not as we’d like to know it’, The Independent, 31 Mar
‘criações alemãs’, Revista Gol, Mar
‘Daniel Sinsel’, Guia, O Estado de São Paolo, 10 Mar
‘Daniel Sinsel e Marepe’, Guia de Folha, São Paolo, 10 Mar
‘Marepe e o Universo Popular das Feiras Livres’, Caderno 2, 9 Mar
‘Daniel Sinsel’, Veja SP, 8 Mar
‘Daniel Sinsel e Marape’, Guia de Folha, São Paolo, 3 Mar
Matt Price, ‘What a Performance’, Art Review, Mar
Roger Tatley, ‘a walk on the wild side’, Modern Painters, Feb
‘Drinking up Time’, Art Monthly, 1 Feb
Charlotte Higgins, ‘In search of the artists young artists admire’, Guardian, 12 Jan
Andrea Bruciati & Alessandra Galasso, Painting Codes: I Codici della Pittura, (Monafalcone: Galleria Comunale d’Arte
Contemporanea di Monfalcone)

2005 Karlheinz Pichler, ‘London in Zürich’, kultur-online, Nov
Visionaire 46: Uncensored by Mario Testino (New York: Visionaire Publishing)
Max Andrews, ‘Daniel Sinsel’, Frieze, Sept.
Michael Glover, ‘Big Ideas in Small Proportions’, The Independent, 27 May
Sarah Kent, ‘Daniel Sinsel’, Time Out, 18-25 May
Daniel Sinsel (London: Sadie Coles HQ)
2004 Alistair Robinson and Lorna Dryden, Year Zero (Sunderland: Northern Gallery for Contemporary Art)
Mickey Rapkin, ‘Know + Tell, Artist: Daniel Sinsel’, Details, Sept.
Catriona Warren, ‘London’s top 25 new artists’, Art Review, Volume LIV July/Aug. (booklet)
Mike Bygrave and Malcolm Doney, ‘Focus: Out of the ashes – the new stars of Britart’, The Independent, 30 May
2003 Katerina Gregos, ‘News: Athens’, Contemporary, Issue 53/54
Martha Schwendener, ‘Exploring Landscape: Eight Views from Britain’, Artforum.com, Feb.
Roberta Smith, ‘Art Review: ‘Exploring Landscape: Eight Views from Britain’’, New York Times, 14 Feb.
Neil Manson, ‘Report from Athens’, artnet, Aug.
2002 Bloomberg New Contemporaries (London: Zwemmer)