Friederike And Uwe Artist Couple

"Friederike & Uwe" are two artists who have been working together as a collaborative duo since 1994.

After a few years of having been into "Kitsch Art" with all its facets (photography, objects, video, performance etc. - also see the "Friederike & Uwe"-book), the artists discovered the mosaic technique in combination with modern computer technology as their picture medium.

Since 1998/9 "Friederike & Uwe's" common work has focused on mosaics made of the children's jigsaw "ministeck" and various other plastic materials, like, for instance, plastic lids of soft drink bottles, plastic sticks and plastic plotter foil.

For their pieces of work, the artists create - with the help of image editing programmes - exact drafts on computers out of digitalized pictures. The drafts are turned into analogue mosaic artwork by filigree handcraft.

Friederike & Uwe do not primarily intend to just turn pictures into mosaics, but their main intention is the exploration of the pixel structures under various conditions. Moreover, the artists examine the technique and the material `plastic´ with regards to content.

Certainly, questions of colour design and composition play as big a role as in painting.

Motives by "Friederike & Uwe" deal w...