Aaron Scheer
Aaron Scheer (*1990) received a Master of Science (M.Sc.) at HDK – Academy of Art and Design, Gothenburg, Sweden. His work is known for utilizing the digital realm to expand what painting can be and mean today by combining elements of photography, collage and painterly technique. His work has been widely shown internationally at, among others, Museum of Contemporary Digital Art (MoCDA), The Wrong Biennale, KÖNIG GALERIE, Boros Foundation, Annka Kultys Gallery, OFFICE IMPART, Sunday Art Fair, Art Brussels, isthisit or Offsite Project. His works are part of notable collections such as Sammlung Wemhöner and Kunstmuseum Bonn. Aaron Scheer lives and works in Berlin, Germany.
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Aaron Scheer: DaNA IX, pigment ink on archival paper, 170x120 cm, 2018, Courtesy: Annka Kultys Gallery, London
At first glance, Aaron Scheer's works of the DaNa-series seem to have been created by digital automatic processes or proceeding computer programs. They are reminiscent of glitches, chaotic data overlays or algorithmic processes, for example, and sometimes have photographic-representational impressions. However, they are not based on any real existing objects or other representational points of reference. Instead, they are free image creations in the technical sense, which Scheer creates with the help of digital image editing software. He uses the digital world of UX design (user experience design) as a visual reference, as well as analog painting techniques (Scheer's biographical background is analog, traditional painting). Scheer's own subjective-aesthetic decisions, which he realizes with digital "drawing tools,” are the only things visible. His final works are printed as inkjet prints. Scheer's works could be described as imitations or replicas of fictious digital images, as "fake digitals" created with digital tools; he himself speaks of "raw distorted painterly versions of big data".
Text: Michael Reisch
Aaron Scheer: _Trending - Green Architecture Archives, 2020, pigment ink on archival paper, 50 x 37 cm, 1/1, 1 AP
Aaron Scheer: DaNA XV, 2020, pigment ink on archival paper, 173 x 123 cm, 1/1, 1 AP
Aaron Scheer: _Ruby City in Texas revealed…,2020, pigment ink on archival paper, 50 x 37 cm, 1/1, 1 AP
Aaron Scheer: DaNA VII 2020, pigment ink on archival paper, 173 x 123 cm, 1/1, 1 AP
Aaron Scheer: DaNA V, pigment ink on archival paper, 120x85 cm, 2019, Courtesy: Annka Kultys Gallery, London
Aaron Scheer: aobe-suite (3), pigment ink on archival paper, 90x60 cm, 2019, Courtesy: Annka Kultys Gallery, London
Aaron Scheer: Safari, pigment ink on archival paper, approx. 33,7x27,3 cm, 2019, Courtesy: Annka Kultys Gallery, London