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Inka Essenhigh

Inka Essenhigh (Born 1969) is active/lives in New York.  Inka Essenhigh is known for Whimsical supernatural creatures, surrealism.

The following, written by curator Douglas Dreishpoon, is excerpts from wall texts for the Essenhigh solo exhibition, American Landscapes," 1999, at the Albright Knox Museum. 


Recent Paintings by Inka Essenhigh
Mutant figures devoid of limbs and heads tumble across vast expenses. Dramatic actors engulfed by radiant space, they writhe and spin, contort and extend, propelled by invisible forces and adorned by minimal props.  These are strange worlds, where nothing seems familiar and yet a palpable pathos permeates the chaos dystopian microcosms out of joint.  Peering into these airless netherworlds, perplexed and baffled, we search for recognizable cues, all the while wondering what circumstances led to their creation.

The perfected design of an Essenhigh painting, so seemingly resolved in every detail, belies the spontaneity that went into its creation.  Her works are deceptive in this respect.  Products of a process th   ...  [Displaying 1000 of 9884 characters.]  Artist bio

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