Christian Faul (painter)

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Christian Faul (* 1967 in Erlangen ) is a German painter .

Life

Christian Faul studied from 1991 to 1997 at the Academy of Fine Arts in Nuremberg with Hans-Peter Reuter and Leni Hoffmann . He completed the winter semester 1994/1995 in Cracow at the Academy of Fine Arts with Antoni Porczak . From 1999 to 2000 he stayed in Kyoto, Japan on a grant from the German Academic Exchange Service. In addition to his work in his own studio in Fürth, he taught at the Academy of Fine Arts in Nuremberg from 2001 to 2006. During this time his exchange with the artist Rolf-Gunter Dienst began . In winter 2005/2006 he moved into a work studio at the Cité Internationale des Arts in Paris as part of a residency grant . From 2008 to 2013 Christian Faul lived and worked in Berlin, since 2014 in Stäfa / Zurich.

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Christian Faul works with oil paint on surfaces such as acrylic glass, aluminum laminated panels or a combination of both. His pictures get a special luminosity when the picture carrier , made entirely of acrylic glass, “becomes a kind of light box due to the high side edges. The light comes from the front, but is reflected back into the picture by the white wall behind it ”. In other works, a flat sheet of acrylic glass is attached to an aluminum layer plate in such a way that a light picture object appears to be floating in front of the wall. Still other picture objects consist of an aluminum layer plate on deep wooden cheeks, which protrude into the room. In any case, the paintings have round corners, remain unframed and are characterized by an object-like character. As a result, they are “both: image and thing”.

The artist chooses plants, cloud associations and koi carp as subjects . Even if parts of the painting appear superficially like a detailed representation of nature, it is not about a depiction. The artist rejects the categories commonly used in art, such as abstract , concrete and representational ; for him they are obsolete. A balance of asymmetries, filled and apparently empty surfaces is typical for his picture structure, whereby a harmonious overall impression is sought. The simultaneous abundance and emptiness in his work opens up a reference to Japanese aesthetics . In addition, the philosophical idea is reflected on the equality of what is present and what is absent and the mutual dependence of what is and what is not is considered. Since 2011, minimalist lines can be found both in the paintings and on the large-scale wall pieces. The aim here is a spatial effect that arises from sharply delimited lines and surfaces as well as from a seemingly pulsating continuum of color gradients.

Solo exhibitions (selection)

  • 2018 yulamaii, Wittenbrink Gallery , Munich
  • 2016 banaii - new suite, Oechsner Galerie, Nuremberg
  • 2013 zödiq, Galerie Münsterland eV, Emsdetten
  • 2012/13 tirza, Oechsner Galerie, Nuremberg
  • 2010 izop, Wittenbrink Gallery, Munich
  • 2008/09 _lichtgetrunken, Oechsner Galerie, Nuremberg
  • 2006 Paris Suite, Oechsner Galerie, Nuremberg
  • 2005 sim, Kunstverein Drensteinfurt eV, Old Synagogue, Drensteinfurt
  • 2004 pluma, Neue Galerie Dachau , Dachau
  • 2003 impken, Art Museum Erlangen , Erlangen
  • 2001 kirei, Kunstverein Kohlenhof, Nuremberg
  • 2000 Bye-bye Kyoto, Art Space Niji, Kyoto, Japan
  • 1999 Between Heaven and Earth, installation in the Sebalduskirche , Nuremberg
  • 1995 Druga Strona / (The) Other Side, Czartoryski Museum, Kraków, Poland

Collections (selection)

Awards (selection)

  • 2012 Erlangen Culture Prize
  • 2007 Culture Prize of the City of Nuremberg
  • 2000 Culture Prize of the City of Fürth
  • 1999 State sponsorship award of the Free State of Bavaria

literature

  • Stephan Trescher: Crash Course Art of the Present, Dumont 2003, p. 47f.
  • Bazon Brock : On the need to develop a historical awareness, Kunstforum International 150/2000, p. 336 (326–339), Rupprichteroth
  • Karl-Heinz Schmidt: Christian Faul, Information Service Art 100/1995, Regensburg, 1995
  • Scene, ART 8/1995, Hamburg, 1995

Web links

supporting documents

  1. ↑ Simone Schimpf: Light drunk . In: Christian Faul: Malerei / Paintings 2005-2008. Graef Verlag, Nuremberg 2010, p. 6 .
  2. ↑ Thomas Heyden: ... be a perfect echo . In: Christian Faul: Arbeit / Works 2003-2004. Zweckverband Dachau Galleries and Museums, Dachau 2004, p. 3 .
  3. ↑ Hans-Jörg Clement in conversation with Christian Faul: Reduce, abstract, create . In: Christian Faul: Malerei / Paintings 2005-2009. Graef Verlag, Nuremberg 2010, p. 53 f .
  4. ↑ Stephan Trescher: Celebration of Color - Living Light . In: Christian Faul: zödig. Verlag Kettler, Bönen 2013, p. 22 .
personal data
SURNAME Lazy, Christian
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German painter
DATE OF BIRTH 1967
PLACE OF BIRTH gain