Sebastian Bieniek (B1EN1EK) - Conceptual Art
Sebastian Bieniek (B1EN1EK) was an artist who started his career at the
Kunsthaus Tacheles 1998.
He worked with painting,
conceptual art and
photography. Here you see his "Conceptual Art".
NEWS 2020!
On the 13th of june 2020 the Berlin based artist Sebastian Bieniek (B1EN1EK) shocked the art world.
The inventor of Barrier Tape Art informed about the sale of the most expensive artwork by a living artist ever.
A simple white plate called BTPWBT („Barrier Tape Plate Without Barrier Tape“) was sold to a Russian art collector for 175 million €. (175.000.000,00 €).
This is the highes amount an artwork by a living artist ever achieved.
The facebook post which informed about the sale, raised to a global scandal that caused a controversial discussion and a shitstorm like never seen before in the whole history of art.
Barrier Tape Plate Without Barrier Tape (BTPWBT) by Sebastian Bieniek (B1EN1EK), most expensive artwork by a living artist.
Germanys most important art magazine KUNSTFORUM international published in its recent issue a review about the sensational success of Sebastian Bieniek's new Barrier Tape Art ouvre. The text is written by the art critic and curator Peter Funken.
The issue (Bd.) Nr. 268 is now online and in all art-shops available.
KUNSTFORUM international about Sebastian Bieniek's sensational success with his new Barrier Tape Art oeuvre.
NEW: "Barrier Tape Plate" is a series of artwork by Sebastian Bieniek, made out of barrier tape and other materials.
The artworks were created by Sebastian Bieniek (B1EN1EK), the creator of "Barrier Tape Art", in april and may 2020. It's part of the "Barrier Tape Art Oeuvre" created in the same year by the Berlin Based artist. Some of the artworks from the oeuvre are the most expensive artworks by a linving artist.
„Barrier Tape Plate“ by Sebastian Bieniek (B1EN1EK), the inventor of „Barrier Tape Art“. Created in june 2020. Size: 31,5 cm.
NEW: "Barrier Tape on Canvas" is a series of sculptures, made out of barrier tape and other materials.
The artworks were created by Sebastian Bieniek (B1EN1EK), the creator of "Barrier Tape Art", in april and may 2020. They are part of the "Barrier Tape Art Oeuvre" created in the same year by the Berlin Based artist. Some of the artworks from the oeuvre are the most expensive artworks by a linving artist.
„Barrier Tape on Canvas No. 1“ by Sebastian Bieniek (B1EN1EK), the inventor of „Barrier Tape Art“. Created in june 2020. Size: 60 cm. x 50 cm.
NEW: "Barrier Tape Towers" is a series of sculptures, made out of barrier tape and other materials.
The artworks were created by Sebastian Bieniek (B1EN1EK), the creator of "Barrier Tape Art", in april and may 2020. They are part of the "Barrier Tape Art Oeuvre" created in the same year by the Berlin Based artist. Some of the artworks from the oeuvre are the most expensive artworks by a linving artist.
„Barrier Tape Tower No. 2“ by Sebastian Bieniek (B1EN1EK), the inventor of „Barrier Tape Art“. Created in may 2020. Size: 114 cm. x 50 cm. x 20 cm.
NEW: "Barrier Tape Disc" is a series of objects, made out of barrier tape and other materials.
The artworks were created by Sebastian Bieniek (B1EN1EK), the creator of "Barrier Tape Art", in april and may 2020. They are part of the "Barrier Tape Art Oeuvre" created in the same year by the Berlin Based artist. Some of the artworks from the oeuvre are the most expensive artworks by a linving artist.
„Barrier Tape Disc No. 1“ by Sebastian Bieniek (B1EN1EK), the inventor of „Barrier Tape Art“. Created in may 2020. Size: 57 cm. x 2 cm.
NEW: "Barrier Tape Objects" is a series of objects, made out of barrier tape and other materials.
The artworks were created by Sebastian Bieniek (B1EN1EK), the creator of "Barrier Tape Art", in april and may 2020. They are part of the "Barrier Tape Art Oeuvre" created in the same year by the Berlin Based artist. Some of the artworks from the oeuvre are the most expensive artworks by a linving artist.
„Barrier Tape in Pickle Jar“ (also „Barrier Tape Object No. 1“) by Sebastian Bieniek (B1EN1EK), the inventor of „Barrier Tape Art“. Created in april 2020. 14 x 8,5 cm.
Currently published the Mexico City based Centro Cultura Digital a review about Bieniek's Barrier Tape Art.
Sebastian Bieniek’s „Barrier Tape Art“ became the „Symbol of Vicotory over the Virus"
Original Spanish text:
"De otra manera, Sebastian Bieniek produjo una serie de fotografías en abril de 2020 que dieron lugar a su obra Coronakunst: diversas tomas de parques y lugares públicos abandonados y laxamente acordonados con cinta barrada por las autoridades de Berlín. Se trata de un acervo de estrategias que, como nos han enseñado los medios, son completamente habituales en todas las prácticas de contención pandémica y de reclusión voluntaria empleadas por los gobiernos con el objetivo de ralentizar la propagación del coronavirus. La escueta pero insistente presencia de esta cinta en medio de ciudades espectrales evoca, con una literalidad exenta de las dolidas atmósferas de González, “todo el sufrimiento y dolor que vivimos (…) desde que el virus apareció” según palabras del propio Bieniek. Lo que no le impidió concebir su escultura
Barrier Tape Art N°1 como la celebración del triunfo sobre el infecto corona, ni haberla vendido en ciento cincuenta mil euros. Más allá del oportunismo de la pieza y su autor, el título de la serie es revelador: la desaparición masiva de las poblaciones es una obra del coronavirus, que es una manera de traducir la expresión alemana Coronakunst.
Tenemos, pues, dos piezas artísticas que, a su modo, reflexionan y encaran experiencias irreductibles de la enfermedad y sus metáforas, el cuerpo y su ausencia, las urbes y el enfrentamiento ético de las sociedades con malestares pandémicos. Dos gestiones, por tanto, de las poblaciones en ciudades virales y ciudades sanitizadas: Miami y Berlín. Se trata, por último, de dos ciudades globales cuyos modelos han sido definitivos y definitorios de sendas versiones de la modernidad que conforman historias cruzadas sobre los poderes de hacer vivir y dejar morir a sectores enteros de las poblaciones mundiales."
Direct link to the review
Some of the artworks from the oeuvre belong to the most expensive artworks by a living artist.
The most famous artwork from the series is a piece titeled "The Symbol of Victory over the Virus".
„Symbol of Victory over the Virus“ (also „2020 No. 1“) by Sebastian Bieniek (B1EN1EK), the inventor of „Barrier Tape Art“, created in april 2020. 35 x 18 cm. x 3cm. Barrier Tape Art installed on wall.
The artworks were created by Sebastian Bieniek (B1EN1EK), the creator of "Barrier Tape Art", in april and may 2020. They are part of the "Barrier Tape Art Oeuvre" created in the same year by the Berlin Based artist. Some of the artworks from the oeuvre are the most expensive artworks by a linving artist.
„Framed Barrier Tape Art Nr. 2“ (Gerahmte Absperrbandkunst) by Sebastian Bieniek (B1EN1EK), the inventor of „Barrier Tape Art“, created in april 2020. 73 x 57 cm. Barrier Tape and wood, framed.
The works were inspried by the corona (covid-19) pandemic in april 2020. Meanwhile it's part of an entire oeuvre of the Berlin based artist.
The "Barrier Tape Sculptures" series contains six sculptures of different medium, size and technic. The sculptures belong to the most expensive sculptures created by a living artist.
„Barrier Tape Art Sculpture No. 1“ by inventor of Barrier Tape Art, Sebastian Bieniek (B1EN1EK), 2020. Barrier Tape on wood. 63 cm. x 16 cm. x 6 cm.
"Coronakunst", series of documentary photographs from the oeuvre of Barriertapeart by Sebastian Bieniek (B1EN1EK), created in april 2020, in Berlin, during the lockdown caused by the corona (covid-19) pandemic, containing eleven photographs.
Title: “Coronakunst No. 11”, Berlin, 14.04.2020 (documentary photography), during the lockdown caused by the corona pandemic, by Sebastian Bieniek (B1EN1EK).