Danja Akulin

Danja Akulin (Даня Акулин) (born 1977 in Leningrad, Russia) is a Russian visual artist.

Born and raised in Leningrad (St.Petersburg), Akulin relocated to Berlin, Germany, where he attended Berlin Academy of Arts and studied under the supervision of Georg Baselitz. Akulin rose to prominence by creating pencil drawings of large format that reinstate this genre's autonomous value. Georg Baselitz says of the artist "Danja Akulin creates conceptual drawings, which he calls 'aesthetically minimalist'. Since they come from St. Petersburg, they look different to equally conceptual art by Californian artist Ed Ruscha, for example. After looking at his pictures, it is particularly exciting to see with your own eyes how many watts are used to light a stairwell in St. Petersburg. This is what good drawings look like".

External links

• Artist's profile at Mimi Ferzt Gallery web-site http://www.mimiferzt.com/#/danja_akulin/
• Article about Akulin's exhibition in New York in 2008 http://www.bloomberg.com/apps/news?pid=20601088&sid=aDxEmKLS_83Q

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