Ansgar Noeth is an artist working on the borderline of sculpture and photography. Using a highly durable and complex printing process, his works - which are sometimes life-sized - are printed directly behind glass and then presented standing freely in heavy, solid bases. These extremely bold yet fragile images are completely unique and yet hauntingly familiar as they recall the colorful and majestic appearance of traditional church windows.

Quite fittingly, in one of his first series to be printed on glass, Noeth quotes Christian mythology. "We are predominantly raised with Christian values in the Western hemisphere," he says, "which lend these images their very own context of meaning, a set of almost inexplicable symbolic references." Although he often lets his models adopt traditional poses -such as those depicted by German Renaissance painter Lukas Cranach the Elder - they always remain linked to the present. Tattooed and pierced, they are modern-day saints and sinners, white-washed for anonymity and yet solid in their presence, telling their stories in the here and now. Despite this contemporary element, they remain almost timeless in their subtlety. The contrast between the transparent, fragile material of his prints and the threatening and sometimes intimidating depths of their imagery is discovered only by those who watch closely.

KETOS 2.0. Civic Museum. Reggio Emilia, Italy. 2009
Kunstart. Art Fair. Bolzano, Italy. 2009
International Photography. Art Fair. Reggio Emilia, Italy. 2009
Whaleless. Exhibition. Berlin, Germany. 2009
Art.Fair 21. Art Fair. Cologne, Germany. 2008
Fero fers tuli latum ferre. AUS 18. Gallery. Milan, Italy. 2008
T40-Invasion. Gallery. Duesseldorf, Germany. 2008
In the Absence of Color. Gallery. London, UK. 2008
Fusion5Festival. Art Fair and Festival. Cannes, France. 2008
Do You Nomi? Strychnin Gallery. Berlin, Germany. 2008
Kings & Queens & Childhood Dreams. Gallery. London, UK. 2007
Bridge. Art Fair. London, UK. 2007
Do You Nomi? AUS 18. Gallery. Milan, Italy. 2007
Liste Cologne. Art Fair. Cologne, Germany. 2007
XXX-Mas. Gallery. Berlin, Germany. 2007
The Truth about Valentine. Gallery. New York City, USA. 2007
Arcanum. Strychnin Gallery. New York City, USA. 2006
Kunstsalon. Art Fair. Berlin, Germany. 2006
Strychnin Gallery. Berlin, Germany. 2006
Maisenbacher Show Room. Gallery. Berlin, Germany. 2006
L'identité en questions. La lune en parachute. Gallery. Epinal, France. 2005
St'Art. Art Fair. Strasbourg, France. 2004