Anke Völk

(b 1965, Germany. Lives and works in Berlin)

Anke Völkis interested in surface; working with iridescent and metallic pigments; which she applies in countless layers on newsprint paper; canvas;MDFor analuminiumpanels. Imperfections in the surface of the paintings and flaws and irregularities inherent in the material she chooses to paint on play an important role in her technique. “The imperfections are traces of the painting process and belong to the finishedimage-just as the work's other parameters; and itscoloursdo;” she says.