Martin Schnur

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Martin Schnur (* 1964 in Vorau ( Styria )) is an Austrian painter .

Life

Martin Schnur attended the Kunstgewerbeschule Graz from 1982 to 1985 and then from 1985 to 1990 the master class for sculpture with Joannis Avramidis at the Academy of Fine Arts in Vienna . Martin Schnur lives and works in Vienna.

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What is essential about Schnur's work is the integration and connection of different levels of image and reality, in whose puzzling peculiarity the viewer is supposed to imagine his interpretation. In doing so, Schnur connects the autonomous layers of the picture in such a way that a coherent composition is created through their overall view. The background is usually a fantasy landscape, in earlier works sometimes also an urban landscape or an abstract pictorial space. In front of it, the artist places his protagonists, who are often depicted in a peculiar pose, usually appear turned away from the viewer and strangely apathetic. The emotional absence of those portrayed ultimately contributes to the fact that the depicted situation is never fully revealed. Ultimately, it is up to the observer to decide whether a moment of joy has suddenly evaporated or another shocking occurrence creates the puzzling atmosphere.

Last but not least, it becomes much more difficult for the viewer when Schnür depicts (broken) mirrors and other reflective surfaces in his work. It thus gives the impression that the artist wants to demonstrate a reflection of a fragmented reality that the observer encounters.

Schnur's pictures do not tell stories, because the viewer invents them himself, rather they create a feeling or a mood through which the content is conveyed.

Exhibitions (selection)

literature

  • Feichtner Lukas, Sairally Alexander (eds): Martin Schnur. bipolar , Kerber Verlag, Bielefeld 2009, ISBN 978-3-86678-350-8
  • Husslein-Arco Agnes (ed.): Martin Schnur. Schein , catalog for the exhibition at Augarten Contemporary (Vienna 2008), with texts by Eva Maria Stadler, Johann Konrad Eberlein and Simon Bauer, Vienna 2008, ISBN 978-3-901508-39-4

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Oberhollenzer Günther in: Martin Schnur. bipolar, Kerber Verlag, Bielefeld 2009, pp. 101-106
  2. ↑ Eberlein Johann Konrad in: Martin Schnur. Schein, catalog for the exhibition at Augarten Contemporary (Vienna 2008), pp. 49–52
  3. ↑ Archived copy ( memento of the original from March 26, 2012 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / www.essl.museum
  4. ↑ MARTIN SCHNUR: Pretend ( memento of the original from January 18, 2013 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was automatically inserted and not yet checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. 2013 @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / www.essl.museum
  5. ↑ Alexandra Matzner: Martin Schnur Vorspiegelungen 2013
personal data
SURNAME Cord, Martin
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Austrian painter
DATE OF BIRTH 1964
PLACE OF BIRTH Advance