Robert friend
Robert Freund (born January 21, 1981 in St. Johann in Tirol ) is an Austrian visual artist .
Life
After completing his Matura and the advanced course in arts and crafts and object design at the Kramsach Glass School, Robert Freund studied figurative painting at the Academy of Fine Arts in Vienna , initially in the master class of Hubert Schmalix and Peter Dressler , and later with Schmalix's successor Amelie von Wulffen and Peter Dressler . Since graduating in 2007 he has been working as a freelance visual artist in Vienna and Tyrol and is also a teacher for glass painting, drafting and design at the Kramsach Glass School.
Works
Robert Freund's professional focus is on representational painting . Subject- related excursions lead to techniques of graphics and installation or assemblage of self-produced ceramic and glass objects. In his imagery he uses complex allegories and narratives - sometimes comic- like - garish fragments, then again soft, gloomy echoes of various art historical and craft references, but always as thought-provoking complex, conceptual syntheses of various influences from art and cultural studies. The artist says: "Retrospective, introspective, foresight and confrontation are terms that have meaning for me and are important to me."
In the reception area, Robert Freund's works were also placed in the vicinity of the New Leipzig School due to his narrative approach to painting . This is perhaps best reflected in a picture commentary on Robert Freund's cycle Triebwerksschaden , in which one of the works is titled as "a kind of neo-smoke on LSD". Freund Werk shows references from art history, pop and subculture , outsider art , handicrafts , lowbrow .
Exhibitions
- 2019 Robert Freund - Untold Stories , Platform 6020 - Funding Gallery of the City of Innsbruck , Innsbruck City Library
- 2018 Voyage à contre-courant , Parallel Vienna 2018 - curated by Johann Lechner, Vienna
- 2017 Robert Freund , Galerie Goldener Engl, Hall i. Tyrol
- 2016 Of mysterious beauty, Osthaus Museum, Hagen
- 2015 viennacontemporary 2015 (booth Galerie Schmidt Reith i. Alpbachtal), Vienna
- 2013 Coming Up , Galerie Goldener Engl, Hall i. Tyrol
- 2012 Monday is not until the day after tomorrow. Young art on paper. Acquisitions of the Kupferstichkabinett 1997–2012 , Kupferstichkabinett of the Academy of Fine Arts Vienna
- 2011 everything counts in large amounts , MUSA start gallery, Vienna
- 2010 Atelier Obermair, Vienna
- 2010 Speculations , KunstraumHeiss, Vienna
- 2009 Review09 , Galerie Bäckerstraße 4, Vienna
- 2009 artaustria (booth at Galerie Bäckerstraße 4), Vienna
- 2009 Exhibition in favor of los tres mundos, Galerie Bäckerstraße 4, Vienna
- 2008 Opening , Galerie Bäckerstraße 4, Vienna - curated by Stephan Schmidt-Wulffen
- 2008 Hokus Pokus , SWINGR-Raumaufzeit, Vienna
- 2008 art auction for the benefit of the nineerhaus association , Museum of Applied Arts , Vienna
- 2008 Preview , Kunstraum Wohlleb, Vienna
- 2007 Human Images, Galerie422, Gmunden
- 2007 diploma exhibition, Semperdepot , Vienna
- 2007 In the zoo of art , Gasometer, Triesen
- 2006 Stories -35 / 65 +, Two Generations , Kunsthaus Graz - curated by Peter Pakesch , Katrin Bucher Trantow and Katia Huemer
- 2006 On the Austrian soul - on the occasion of Erwin Ringel's 85th birthday , Kufstein Fortress - curated by Gabriela Koschatzky-Elias
- 2005 REAL. Young Austria , Kunsthalle Krems
- 2005 Young Summer 2005 , Galerie Wolfgang Exner, Vienna
- 2005 The master class Schmalix , Gerberhaus, Fehring
- 2004 line / spot , Black Dragon Society, Los Angeles / Vienna
- 2003 The Blue Danube and the Black Sea , Державний літературний музей (State Literary Museum), Odessa
Prizes and awards
- 2005 master class award for figurative painting from the Academy of Fine Arts Vienna
- 2006 nomination for the Georg Eisler Art Prize for Painting
- 2007 nomination for the Walter Koschatzky Art Prize for Graphics (jury purchase)
- 2008 nomination for the Walter Koschatzky Art Prize for Graphics (jury purchase)
Individual evidence
- ↑ Wolfgang Pichler: Between Graphic Novel and Renaissance Print. In: artmagazine. December 7, 2011.
- ↑ Matthias Osiecki: New perspectives on supposedly familiar. Ö1 interview, November 3, 2006.
- ↑ Nicole Scheyerer: Rotation principle as in an art dealership. In: The press. May 20, 2008.
- ↑ Schlocker Edith: Pleasurable guesswork with Robert Freund. October 14, 2019, accessed November 15, 2019 .
- ↑ Tiroler Tageszeitung Online: Mysterious Between Worlds | Tiroler Tageszeitung online - news from now! In: Tiroler Tageszeitung Online . ( tt.com [accessed March 5, 2020]).
- ^ Osthaus Museum Hagen. In: www.osthausmuseum.de. Retrieved May 19, 2016 .
- ↑ Monika Willer: "Of mysterious beauty" in the Osthaus Museum in Hagen. In: Westfalenpost. Retrieved May 30, 2016 .
- ↑ http://www.galerie-schmidt.com/cms/index.php/2017
- ↑ Alexandra Kontriner: start gallery review. ( Memento of the original from January 17, 2016 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.
- ↑ Super User: ROBERT FREUND | everything counts in large amounts - MUSA - Museum | Start gallery | Art library . ( musa.at [accessed on January 22, 2018]).
- ↑ Peter Pakesch: Stories -35 / 65 +, two generations . Exhibition catalog. Walther König, Cologne 2008, ISBN 978-3-86560-184-1 .
- ↑ Tayfun Belgin: REAL. Young Austria . Exhibition catalog. Kunsthalle Krems, Krems 2008, ISBN 978-3-9500816-1-9 .
- ↑ Isabella Marboe: Between the Times. In: artmagazine. December 6, 2005
- ^ Nicole Scheyerer: Black Dragon Society: Handwriting. In: The press. September 2, 2004.
Web links
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Friend, robert |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Austrian painter |
| DATE OF BIRTH | January 21, 1981 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | St. Johann in Tirol |