151. DIRK
SKREBER
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It
Rocks Us So Hard Ho Ho Ho 2
2002 Oil on Canvas 160 x 280cm |
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Untitled
2003 Oil on Canvas 300 x 170cm |
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French
Man World War I (Superheroe-Series)
2003 Foam and tape on wood 250 x 150 cm |
BIO & STEPS
Born:
In 1961, in Lübeck, Germany
Nowadays:
Lives and works in Düsseldorf and New York
Studies:
In 1975 he joined the School of Fine Arts of San Fernando in
Madrid
Themes and
style:
For Skreber, natural shocks, car
crashes and near-miss train accidents become monumental icons of beauty. His
epic paintings lovingly embrace catastrophe, offering a religious awe of their
grim expectation. Depicted with high-gloss allusion to media imagery and viewed
through the odd angles of a surveillance camera, Skreber's works are sublime
mediations of death and isolation, rendered more intimate and appealing through
the astringent sheen of consumerism.
Techniques:
Is
developed in sculpture, installation and painting,
Exhibitions
Dirk Skreber has exhibited work at museums, institutions and
galleries around the globe including, but not limited to, Kulturhuset
(Stockholm), Andrea Rosen Gallery (New York), Museum für Moderne Kunst
(Frankfurt), Centro de Arte Dos de Mayo (Madrid), Kunsthalle Düsseldorf
(Düsseldorf), The Joslyn Art Museum (Omaha), White Cube (London), Staatliche
Kunsthalle Baden-Baden (Baden-Baden) and SkulpturenPark Köln (Köln).
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Representative
Galleries:
Saatchi
Friedrich
Petzel Gallery (New York)
Blum & Poe (Los Angeles)
Luis Campaña (Berlin)
In
his own words:
“When
I was young… the industrial area I lived in [Northern Germany] inspired a
sculptural and mechanical outlook more than a painterly one. If I were to write
a novel about this area I would call it ‘The Region’… At an early age I
subconsciously perceived this industrial environment as sculptural”.
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