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Frank Gerritz, "Minimal Pop"


Ocotober 7 - November 11, 2017
taguchi fine art, tokyo








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Born in Bad Oldesloe, Germany in 1964, Frank Gerritz now resides and works in Hamburg, Germany. Periodically he holds exhibitions in museums and gallerys in Europe and the United States. His works are housed in many museums and private collections as Weserburg, Museum fuer Moderne Kunst (Bremen), Gemeentemuseum (Den Haag), Musee Tavet Delacour (Pontoise), National Gallery of Art (Washington DC), Brooklyn Museum (New York), Collezione Panza di Biumo (Varese) and The Menil Collection (Houston), etc.


Frank Gerritz is undoubtedly one of the most outstanding artists of an abstractly and geometrically operating art. At a first glance, one might feel an inclination to categorize his works as a retracing of the path of Minimal and Conceptual Art, but this viewpoint would be far too one-dimensional, because Gerritzfs works lay claim to the live character of individual perception and go deeper than the surface, providing a complex weave of the most diverse references and points of view to the discourses of art history.


Invitationals/Auctions

"Invitationals/Auctions" is his serial work partly painted with a black paintstick over invitational cards of exhibitions or pages from auction catalogues which were sent to him. This series is derived from his works, paintstick drawings on anodized aluminum. The traces of paintstick, brush strokes on the surface and the composition are common in both works. Gerritz succeeds in creating humorous and witty works by adding his paintstick on the reproductive plates of works by internationally well-known artists. Because those works frequently put in auctions are directly linked to the money, this serial work by Gerritz also has a cynical character treating close relation of contemporary art to commercialism and the money. In 2010, Weserburg, Museum fuer Moderne Kunst in Bremen had his solo exhibition only with "Invitationals/Auctions".


Minimal Pop

This show consists only of the works from "Invitationals/Auctions" series. Moreover, it concentrates on the works on Pop Art as by Andy Warhol, Roy Lichtenstein or Jean Michel Basquiat, etc. Please visi to enjoy looking how Pop Art works are transformed into Minimal Art with the paintstick and the brush by Gerritz.



From 17:00 till 19:00 on the first day, Saturday, October 7th, we will have a reception for the artist.







checklist of the installation

1.
In the Car, 2014
paintstick on printed paper
2-part, each 29.5 x 21.5 cm

2.
Self Portrait (Andy Red), 2011
paintstick on printed paper
28.2 x 21 cm

3.
Flowers, 2016
paintstick on printed paper
31 x 23 cm

4.
Portrait of Brigitte Bardot, 2013-17
paintstick on printed paper
29.5 x 21.7 cm

5.
Coco, 2017
paintstick on printed paper
32.2 x 21.5 cm

6.
Self Portrait (Andy Blue), 2011
paintstick on printed paper
29.5 x 21.7 cm

7.
Elvis (Centre), 2016
paintstick on printed paper
30 x 23 cm

8.
Crying Girl, 2016
paintstick on printed paper
29.5 x 22.5 cm

9.
Schleife, 2015-16
paintstick on printed paper
26.7 x 20.2 cm

10.
Spots I, II, 2015
paintstick on printed paper
2 pieces, each 23.5 x 19 cm

11.
Liz (detail), 2012
paintstick on printed paper
29.5 x 21.5 cm

12.
Two Gold Mona Lisas, 2009
paintstick on printed paper
2-part, each 29.5 x 22.5 cm

13.
Dollar Sign (Rosa), 2016
paintstick on printed paper
24 x 19 cm

14.
Three Portraits (Andy), 2016
paintstick on printed paper
3-part, each 29.5 x 22.5 cm

15.
LV (Black), 2016
paintstick on printed paper
20 x 20 cm