![]() ![]() But we don’t continue this tradition, because we’re following a very different expression… more dark, more heavy, more aggressive. We have great respect for these artists and their work. The history of these bands is connected to the Kunstakademie Düsseldorf and they leave a strong legacy. Poisa: We always get confronted with these artists and the time frame they came up in. I instantly think about Kraftwerk, DAF, Die Krupps… but what’s the impact of those artists on younger generations of musicians like Skren? Q: I noticed you guys are hailing from Düsseldorf. ![]() It enabled the liberation of my music from the academic approach and I now make music my art. In my art studies I learned to be able to express myself in any medium. Instead of studying music I decided to study fine arts, focusing on sculpture and painting during these years. As a teenager I had to follow my personal taste in music to differentiate myself from the traditional styles of music that surrounded me. I play the piano since the age of 5 and my two older brothers really were into having a band and playing their music in our basement. Poisa: In my family music and art were always around. We continued making music during my studies at the Kunstakademie Düsseldorf and Skren was initiated shortly after the graduation. We got our first synth the Waldorf Blofeld which is still a part of our studio today. After I’ve been involved in various sound-projects Poisa and I started making music together. All my friends also did something with music and we pushed each other to get ahead. It was a very creative time with lots of artistic experiments. I programmed my first midi sequences on and old Roland Groove-box and learned working with a DAW. I wrote lyrics taught myself to play the guitar and the drums. Skren is part of our Industrial Riot-label that includes productions of Electronic music, art and all types of collaborations.īias: As a kid I was always listening to music-cassettes that my sisters recorded with 90s stuff like Clawfinger, Type O Negative, NIn, Faith No More. Skren: Skren is analog chaos and digital dust. Skren definitely deserves a wider attention and recognition so I hope this interview will incite people to discover the ‘analog chaos and digital dust’ made by Skren. This might be the sound for further generations of Electronic artists. The production sounds raw and unpolished, but still visionary. The fusion between all these elements creates a dark and powerful sound. I discovered an Electronic duo driven by multiple influences like Industrial, Techno and EBM. This work comes one year after the debut-full length “Grell” while they also released multiple singles. Hailing from Düsseldorf they this year self-released their second album “Chaos”. Among the ones collectors said they bought this time were Hughie Lee-Smith, Grace Hartigan, Norman Lewis, Jewad Selim, and Claude Cahun.īelow, a look at what our Top 200 Collectors recently purchased.Skren is a German duo driven by ‘Bias’ and ‘Poisa’. ![]() ![]() Many collectors are also sensitive to the shifts within the art world, and this year, some said they had focused-or in some cases continued to focus-on historically significant artists who had gone under-recognized. Perennial favorites of the Top 200 include Jean Dubuffet, Rashid Johnson, Cecily Brown, Alicja Kwade, Vaughn Spann, and Amoako Boafo. was only bolstered by a widely acclaimed survey at the Art Institute of Chicago. Populars artists this year include Amanda Williams, Reggie Burrows Hodges, Shara Hughes, Rick Lowe, Alvaro Barrington, and Igshaan Adams, whose reputation in the U.S. A handful of them are also known to compete for blue-chip works at the major evening sales put on by Sotheby’s and Christie’s each May and November, where they’re bound to spend millions of dollars on art.Įach year, as ARTnews prepares its latest edition of the Top 200 Collectors list, we survey our collectors to gain greater insight to their collecting habits over the past 12 months. On their treks, collectors often hit up major museums exhibitions, gallery shows, and fairs to make their purchases. (Indeed, many of them are collectors of the artist’s work.) Pavilion installation was a highlight of the trip. and Europe, headed to the Venice Biennale-and a chorus of them reported that seeing Simone Leigh’s U.S. Many collectors, both those based in the U.S. While the pandemic’s lockdown in 2020 brought all that to a halt, this summer’s loosening of travel restrictions in many countries saw these collectors go on the move once again. The collectors who rank on ARTnews’s annual Top 200 list are often avid travelers, heading to various locales around the world to see-and buy-great art. ![]()
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