Norbert Frensch
Norbert Frensch (* 1960 in Mainz ) is a German painter .
Life
Frensch studied from 1980 to 1986 at the University of Fine Arts in Hamburg .
In his conceptual work series, the artist reflects on the phenomena of perception - between visibility and imagination - using the means of painting.
The “black” pictures, which have been produced since the early 1990s, have made Frensch's work known and have been shown in several solo exhibitions in museums. In their sensual presence, the “blacks” take up the genre of the still life and vary it with the painterly principle of “Clairobscur” in an apparently endless sequence.
The series der Grauen and KTL , which have been created since 2004, change the perspective and alternate between near and far view, painterly structure and atmospheric references to the landscape. Here, too, the painter explores the possible forms of perception and visibility up to their visual limits.
Norbert Frensch lives and works in Frankfurt am Main .
Solo exhibitions
- 1988: Harald Behm Gallery, Hamburg
- 1990: Alexander Hodel Gallery, Zurich (CH)
- 1991: APC Gallery, Hamburg
- 1992: Galerie Rothe, Frankfurt am Main
- 1994: Stadtpark Gallery, Krems an der Donau (A)
- 1994: Nice Fine Arts, Nice (F)
- 1995: Evelyne Canus Gallery, La Colle-sur-Loup (F)
- 1996: Mannheim Art Association
- 1999: Galerie m Bochum
- 2000: Hengevoss Jensen Gallery, Hamburg
- 2002: Museum Wiesbaden
- 2002: Museum Baden, Solingen
- 2002: Kunsthalle Erfurt
- 2002: Saarland Museum, Saarbrücken
- 2003: Richard Haizmann Museum, Kunstverein Niebüll
- 2004: St. Matthäus Cultural Foundation, Berlin
- 2005: Kunsthalle Koblenz
- 2007: Museum Pfalzgalerie Kaiserslautern
- 2010: Gallery Hubert Schwarz, Greifswald
- 2012: Museum DKM, Duisburg
- 2012: Osthaus Museum, Hagen
- 2013: Galerie Anita Beckers, Frankfurt am Main
- 2013: State Art Collections Dresden - New Masters Gallery
- 2014: Galerie Hubert Schwarz, Greifswald
- 2017: Dominican Convention Düsseldorf
- 2018: Anita Beckers Contemporary Art & Projects, Frankfurt am Main
Scholarships
- 1989: Working grant from the Free and Hanseatic City of Hamburg
- 1994: Working grant from the Hessian Ministry for Science and Art
- 1996: Scholarship from the Künstlerhaus Schloß Balmoral, Bad Ems (Balmoral Scholarship)
Literature (selection)
- Norbert Frensch . Exhibition catalog Mannheimer Kunstverein 1996, texts by Tayfun Belgin, Martin Stather
- Norbert Frensch . Exhibition catalog Museum Wiesbaden (Museum Baden, Solingen; Kunsthalle Erfurt; Saarland Museum, Saarbrücken) 2002. Texts by Volker Rattemeyer, Klaus Gallwitz, Thomas Wagner, Ernest W. Uthemann ( ISBN 3-89258-047-2 )
- Norbert Frensch . Exhibition catalog Kulturstiftung St. Matthäus Berlin 2004. Texts by Kai Uwe Schierz, Christhard-Georg Neubert. ( ISBN 3-980 7912-6-2 )
- Norbert Frensch. Painting - Black and Gray Exhibition catalog Museum Pfalzgalerie Kaiserslautern 2007. Texts by Britta E. Buhlmann , Rik Reinking, Lucien Kayser, Annette Reich ( ISBN 978-3-939 583-34-9 )
- Norbert Frensch. Painting . Exhibition catalog Museum DKM Duisburg u. Osthaus Museum Hagen 2012. Texts by Heike Baare, Gert Kreytenberg, Tayfun Belgin ( ISBN 978-3-942650-06-9 )
Web links
- Literature by and about Norbert Frensch in the catalog of the German National Library
- Norbert Frensch at galerie-beckers.de
- Norbert Frensch at art-magazin.de
- Norbert Frensch at galerie-schwarz.de
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| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Frensch, Norbert |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German painter |
| DATE OF BIRTH | 1960 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Mainz |