The biography of conceptual artist MK Kaehne (b. Vilnius 1963 lives and works in Berlin)
oscillates between Vilnius Moscow and Berlin. Influenced by Russian Constructivism he draws
and builds suitcase sculptures with a department store aesthetic a reversal of the readymade
principle. His focus gradually shifted from the formal to the psychological towards life-size
figures such as It's me (2023): a hyper-realistic replica of himself lying upside down in the
mud with a garden gnome next to him. Kaehne's work is strictly analytical but the results are
full of tragedy and irony. Unintentional drawings in which biographical Dadaist and political
elements merge accompany his oeuvre. A total work of art that traces personal and social
development.
