K2K — Astrid Krehan

K2K | Artists to Kids in Need

In April 2023 the Swiss Association Empowering Underprivileged Children together with Lechbinska Gallery launches a special charity art auction in order to raise funds and support a charity initiative Kinderhilfe Kambodscha e.V. (KKeV) in Cambodia.

KKeV has a children's village for up to 100 children and a street children program that provides school support for up to 120 street children.

The first edition of K2K Charity Auction is realized in cooperation with Astrid Krehan, an artist and photographer living and working in Zurich. The artist and the organizing partners renounce their commission in order to support the charity initiative in Cambodia.

In addition to the appreciation of the art, we will also offer an accompanying exhibition program. The different events are geared to convey relevant knowledge of Cambodia‘s history, culture, economics and current issues and to help create a cohesive community of those ones, that wish to empower underprivileged children in Cambodia.

ARTIST 2023

Astrid Krehan

Astrid Krehan is a contemporary photo artist born in Nuremberg, Germany. Her works convert everyday objects into abstract images characterized by high saturation and bright colours. Her photography is focused on capturing the fine details of a surface and enhancing them to show texture, patterns and forms. All this is intensified thanks to the strong colours.

Astrid plays with the camera getting different combinations of light and colour. These results create abstract images. In fact, when in front of these photos they look like paintings. The intensifying of the details leads the viewer to perceive them as canvas and brushstrokes.

"Composing a photograph is a very intense and intuitive process. The creative part is searching for objects that emphasize expressions, emotions, and feelings I would like to convey. Post-processing is a continuation of the creative process when I work out the colors initiated by the camera movement, hidden in the material, or both. I look at the image for several days. Once I feel satisfied with the result, I call it competed."

Astrid Krehan