Epicentro Art Collection Omar

Project Category

Solo Exhibition

Date

2013

Curator

Annika Hirsekorn

Artist

Epicentro art presents works by Hamburg painter, Gvoon, Arthur Schmidt for Gallery Weekend. An exceptional talent and one of the most important artists in the collection, Arthur Schmidt began to attract international attention in 2007 when he started placing his works in public spaces. Communication with the finder of his pictures was always an essential element of the series of placements he executed in cities in Germany and beyond. The finder was, for example, invited to send a photograph of themselves with the found work.

Project Details

The desire for social interaction: communication with the observer, can be read as central to the works of Arthur Schmidt. In close correlation with his placed pieces, in 2010 he created an installation of drawings imprisoned in the former Stasi prison memorial, Berlin Hohenschönhausen. The artist, who was himself detained in Bautzen for attempting to flee East Germany, symbolically jailed his pictures in order to release them by inviting visitors to take one home. More than 2000 drawings were shown at the event.
For his Gallery Weekend solo exhibition, the artist presents something on a smaller scale.In this exhibition, the focus shifts from actionism with and on the pictures to pure painting.The newest pieces from his most recent phase of work will be shown. Arthur Schmidt’s imagery is simultaneously minimalist and, without contradiction, emotional. The neutral environment of the Epicentro art gallery offers the opportunity to experience his work on a completely new level.

GVOON Arthur Schmidt

Paintings

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