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Engdaget Legesse

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Engdaget Legesse Amede was born in 1971 in Addis Ababa.

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About:

LSLedder2014Ledder, 2014.

The German Gallery owner Manfred Metz brought his work to Berlin in 1997.
That was the beginning of an international career.
He is experimenting with various media and formats.

LSUntitled2014bUntitled, 2014.

When working on a specific topic he creates a myriad visual interpretation that characterizes his ability to transform ideas into images and installations.

LSEmptyRoom2012bEmpty Room, 2012.

He started his series ‘Empty Rooms’ during a crisis in which he called his success as an artist into question. Using new methods, concepts and media, he attempts to renew his artistic life on a new footing. His work gets more abstract. References to his culture are disappearing. Space becomes his ultimate goal.
Also in his recent works concept, composition and space are the important characteristics

LSEmptyRoom2013Empty Room, 2013.