MENNO ADEN_Room Portraits
Anonymous I

Untitled (Basement Garage III), 2011
110 x 110 cm (43 x 43")

C-Print, Diasec. Edition of 5 + 2 AP

Through challenging camera angles Menno Aden abstracts most familiar actual living environments and public interiors into flattened two-dimensional scale models. A camera that the artist installed on the ceiling of various rooms takes pictures downwards of the interiors. The resulting images lay out space in symmetrical compositions that look like assemblages stripped off any kind of objectivity. The views into private homes and secret retreats bring up associations of the ubiquitous observation camera. The notion of surveillance is systematically played out by the artist to hint at society’s voyeuristic urge that popular culture has made mainstream.

Miriam Nöske




Untitled (Basement II)
2011, 110 x 110 cm (43 x 43")

Untitled (Basement III)
2011, 110 x 110 cm (43 x 43")

Untitled (Basement IV)
2011, 110 x 110 cm (43 x 43")

Untitled (Basement V)
2011, 110 x 110 cm (43 x 43")

Untitled (Arrow)
2011, 100 x 130 cm (39 x 51")

Untitled (B. Garage)
2008, 60 x 120 cm (39 x 47")

Untitled (Car)
2008, 60 x 101 cm (39 x 40")

Untitled (Lift III)
2011, 70 x 91 cm (28 x 36")

Untitled (Lift II)
2011, 70 x 91 cm (28 x 36")

Untitled (Lift)
2009, 70 x 91 cm (28 x 36")

Untitled (Lift IV)
2011, 70 x 91 cm (28 x 36")

Untitled (Box II)
2011, 40 x 40 cm (16 x 16")

Untitled (Box I)
2011, 40 x 40 cm (16 x 16")

Untitled (Box III)
2011, 40 x 40 cm (16 x 16")

Untitled (1sqm I)
2006, 40 x 40 cm (16 x 16")

Untitled (1sqm II)
2006, 40 x 40 cm (16 x 16")

Untitled (1sqm III)
2006, 40 x 40 cm (16 x 16")

Untitled (Subway)
2010, 50 x 200 cm (20 x 79")

Untitled (Classroom)
2010, 178 x 140 cm (70 x 55")

Untitled (Lounge)
2011, 110 x 100 cm (43 x 39")

Untitled (Bar)
2011, 90 x 160 cm (35 x 63")

Untitled (Corner Shop II)
2011, 120 x 100 cm (47 x 39")

Untitled (Corner Shop)
2008, 140 x 176 cm (55 x 69")

Untitled (Shoe Shop)
2009, 100 x 118 cm (39 x 47")

Untitled (Dentist)
2009, 100 x 128 cm (39 x 50")

Untitled (Oper. Room)
2008, 80 x 129 cm (32 x 51")

Untitled (Rehears.Room)
2008, 100 x 96 cm (39 x 38")

Untitled (Hotel)
2008, 80 x 87 cm (32 x 34")

Untitled (Picnic I)
2008, 60 x 60 cm (24 x 24")

Untitled (Picnic II)
2008, 133 x 80 cm (52 x 32")

Untitled (G.S. I)
2006, 70 x 50 cm (27 x 20")

Untitled (G.S. II)
2006, 70 x 50 cm (27 x 20")

Untitled (Kitchen III)
2008, 90 x 127 cm (36 x 50")

Untitled (Kitchen II)
2008, 111 x 80 cm (44 x 32")

Untitled (Kitchen I)
2008, 108 x 90 cm (43 x 36")

Untitled (O.W.)
2009, 100 x 145 cm (39 x 57")

Untitled (M.O.)
2007, 110 x 127 cm (43 x 50")

Untitled (S.E.)
2008, 100 x 166 cm (39 x 65")

Untitled (Anonymous I)
2008, 102 x 80 cm (40 x 32")

Untitled (Anonymous II)
2008, 100 x 134 cm (39 x 53")

Untitled (H.W.)
2007, 56 x 84 cm (22 x 33")

Untitled (D.A.)
2005, 50 x 63 cm (20 x 24")