144. ADRIAN SCHIESS
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Malerei, 2007
Lacquer rainbow onboard and aluminium
218 x 300 x 2 cm.
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BIO & STEPS
Born:
in 1959 in Zurich/ Switzerland
Nowadays:
Lives and works in Mouans-Sartoux, France
Studies:
From 1967-1970 he studied painting and architecture at the
Escola Superior de Belas Artes, Lisbon, where he also received his Master's
degree in 1976.
Themes and
style:
drian Schiess creates flat, abstract
paintings with highly glossy surfaces. Constructed of aluminum panels layered
with digital prints, his works are thickly lacquered and usually displayed on
the ground, forcing viewers to move among them, to “become a gesture” and thus
a part of the artist’s process.
Techniques:
Is
developed in paintings
Exhibitions
He represented Switzerland at the 1990 Venice Biennale,
participated in Documenta IX, Kassel, and more recently has exhibited work at
the Renaissance Society, Chicago; Neues Museum, Nuremberg; Museu Serralves,
Porto; ZKM, Karlsruhe; and the Albright-Knox Art Gallery in Buffalo, New York.See
all at:
Representative
Galleries:
Tanit
In
his own words:
"But I can also just sit on a chair and dream that
colors are floating by, and then the same board is purple, blue and green. This
is related to the way I associate the idea of inner spaces with colour. The
relationship of color and space is much more important to me than, for
instance, it´s connection with form or illustration. Obviously color and form
are related but the meaning of form is secondary in this respect. Painting is
always bound up with matter, and so, depending on your point of view, there´s
something bleak about it. (...)"
For
more Information:
https://www.artsy.net/artist/adrian-schiess