Work
Ralf Ziervogel
"Every Adidas Got Its Story" (2010)
"Eskimolied" (2013)
among other works
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01/22
Ralf Ziervogel, “Every Adidas Got Its Story, Pelle", 2010, ink on paper, with black envelope, 24.2 x 10.5 cm © VG Bild-Kunst, Bonn 2026
Photo: bpk / Kupferstichkabinett, SMB / Dietmar Katz
02/22
Ralf Ziervogel, “Every Adidas Got Its Story, untitled," 2010, ink on paper, with black envelope, 24.2 x 10.5 cm © VG Bild-Kunst, Bonn 2026
Photo: bpk / Kupferstichkabinett, SMB / Dietmar Katz
03/22
Ralf Ziervogel, “Eskimosong, Porn I,” 2013, gouache and tin on paper, 26 x 18 cm © VG Bild-Kunst, Bonn 2026
Photo: bpk / Kupferstichkabinett, SMB / Dietmar Katz
04/22
Ralf Ziervogel, “Eskimosong, Porn II,” 2013, gouache and tin on paper, 26 x 18 cm © VG Bild-Kunst, Bonn 2026
Photo: bpk / Kupferstichkabinett, SMB / Dietmar Katz
05/22
Ralf Ziervogel, “Eskimosong, Porn III,” 2013, gouache and tin on paper, 26 x 18 cm © VG Bild-Kunst, Bonn 2026
Photo: bpk / Kupferstichkabinett, SMB / Dietmar Katz
06/22
Ralf Ziervogel, “Eskimosong, Porn IV,” 2013, gouache and tin on paper, 26 x 18 cm © VG Bild-Kunst, Bonn 2026
Photo: bpk / Kupferstichkabinett, SMB / Dietmar Katz
07/22
Ralf Ziervogel, “Eskimosong, Porn V,” 2013, gouache and tin on paper, 26 x 18 cm © VG Bild-Kunst, Bonn 2026
Photo: bpk / Kupferstichkabinett, SMB / Dietmar Katz
08/22
Ralf Ziervogel, “Eskimosong, Cave 0-2,” 2014, gouache and ink on paper, 3 parts, 26 x 18 cm © VG Bild-Kunst, Bonn 2026
Photo: bpk / Kupferstichkabinett, SMB / Dietmar Katz
09/22
Ralf Ziervogel, “Eskimosong, Cave 0-2,” 2014, gouache and ink on paper, 3 parts, 26 x 18 cm © VG Bild-Kunst, Bonn 2026
Photo: bpk / Kupferstichkabinett, SMB / Dietmar Katz
10/22
Ralf Ziervogel, “Eskimosong, Cave 0-2,” 2014, gouache and ink on paper, 3 parts, 26 x 18 cm © VG Bild-Kunst, Bonn 2026
Photo: bpk / Kupferstichkabinett, SMB / Dietmar Katz
11/22
Ralf Ziervogel, “Eskimosong, extratxt 1-2,” 2013-2014, gouache and ink on paper, part 1, each 26x 18 cm © VG Bild-Kunst, Bonn 2026
Photo: bpk / Kupferstichkabinett, SMB / Dietmar Katz
12/22
Ralf Ziervogel, “Eskimosong, extratxt 1-2,” 2013-2014, gouache and ink on paper, part 2, each 26x 18 cm © VG Bild-Kunst, Bonn 2026
Photo: bpk / Kupferstichkabinett, SMB / Dietmar Katz
13/22
Ralf Ziervogel, “Eskimosong, machine 1-4,” 2014-2015, gouache and ink on paper, part 1, each 26x 18 cm © VG Bild-Kunst, Bonn 2026
Photo: bpk / Kupferstichkabinett, SMB / Dietmar Katz
14/22
Ralf Ziervogel, “Eskimosong, machine 1-4,” 2014-2015, gouache and ink on paper, part 2, each 26x 18 cm © VG Bild-Kunst, Bonn 2026
Photo: bpk / Kupferstichkabinett, SMB / Dietmar Katz
15/22
Ralf Ziervogel, “Eskimosong, machine 1-4,” 2014-2015, gouache and ink on paper, part 3, each 26x 18 cm © VG Bild-Kunst, Bonn 2026
Photo: bpk / Kupferstichkabinett, SMB / Dietmar Katz
16/22
Ralf Ziervogel, “Eskimosong, machine 1-4,” 2014-2015, gouache and ink on paper, part 4, each 26x 18 cm © VG Bild-Kunst, Bonn 2026
Photo: bpk / Kupferstichkabinett, SMB / Dietmar Katz
17/22
Ralf Ziervogel, “Eskimosong, Tinder 1-3,” 2015, gouache and ink on paper, part 1, each 26x 18 cm © VG Bild-Kunst, Bonn 2026
Photo: bpk / Kupferstichkabinett, SMB / Dietmar Katz
18/22
Ralf Ziervogel, “Eskimosong, Tinder 1-3,” 2015, gouache and ink on paper, part 3, each 26x 18 cm © VG Bild-Kunst, Bonn 2026
Photo: bpk / Kupferstichkabinett, SMB / Dietmar Katz
19/22
Ralf Ziervogel, “Eskimosong, votze 1-4,” 2014, gouache and ink on paper, part 1, each 26 x 18 cm © VG Bild-Kunst, Bonn 2026
Photo: bpk / Kupferstichkabinett, SMB / Dietmar Katz
20/22
Ralf Ziervogel, “Eskimosong, votze 1-4,” 2014, gouache and ink on paper, part 2, each 26 x 18 cm © VG Bild-Kunst, Bonn 2026
Photo: bpk / Kupferstichkabinett, SMB / Dietmar Katz
21/22
Ralf Ziervogel, “Eskimosong, votze 1-4,” 2014, gouache and ink on paper, part 3, each 26 x 18 cm © VG Bild-Kunst, Bonn 2026
Photo: bpk / Kupferstichkabinett, SMB / Dietmar Katz
22/22
Ralf Ziervogel, “Eskimosong, votze 1-4,” 2014, gouache and ink on paper, part 4, each 26 x 18 cm © VG Bild-Kunst, Bonn 2026
Photo: bpk / Kupferstichkabinett, SMB / Dietmar Katz
The Berlin-based German artist Ralf Ziervogel became known in the early 2000s for his meticulously crafted figurative scenes and a motif world inhabited by both animals and (often naked) human creatures. Until 2011, he created representational depictions that exaggerate the reality of the outside world. The two-part drawing Every Adidas Got Its Story (2010) shows animal and human protagonists sporting branded clothing and cellphones and mistreating and injuring each other. The comic-like figures are floating in the white pictorial space. Limbs, heads, and blood are careening through the air alongside syringes, arrows, and cigarettes, presenting a chaotic and cruel image.
Two years later, Ziervogel embarked on a different path and created the multi-part, abstract series Eskimolied (Eskimo Song, 2013), which must be understood as a dialogue between the artist’s body and the paper as carrier material. Prior to the image production, the artist applied gouache to body parts, primarily his thumbs, and pressed them onto the paper. What we see are traces, marks, streaks, and smears, which can be easily identified as the kinds of movement sequences that result from handling screen devices such as smartphones. Next to these traces, we can read words in tiny letters such as “ON,” “OFF,” “SLIDE UP/DOWN,” “ERROR,” or “FUCK.”
The drawings visualize our handling of digital devices and their permanent presence in our everyday lives. Such traces normally remain invisible. By drawing out their aesthetic potential, Ziervogel fosters an awareness of these contemporary gestures. The title of the work, Eskimo Song, refers to the improvised songs the Inuit hunters sing in ice and snow to stay focused and navigate the world they live in.
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