Kim Nayoung, Gregory Stephan Maass

Place: Hagen

Born: 1967

Biography:

Nayoungim, Gregory Maass are two artists who work together as a collaborative duo. They were born in Seoul, South Korea (Nayoungim) and Hagen, Germany (Gregory Maass) in 1966 and 1967 respectively. Their idiosyncratic work brings together philosophy, psychoanalysis, cybernetics, cybernetic management, economy, fringe science, science fiction, art and craft, music, comics, conspiracy theory, sub-culture, and food by focusing on such diverse means as adaptation, normality, perversion, and methodology. They are the founders of Kim Kim Gallery, which describes itself as 'a non-profit organization, locative art, an art dealership based on unconventional marketing, a curatorial approach, an exhibition design firm, and editor of rare art books, depending on the situation it adapts to; in short, it does not fit the format imposed by the term Gallery.' One rarely appears in public without the other.