Galerie Max Hetzler is pleased to present new paintings by German artist Frank Nitsche at the Zimmerstrasse gallery.
Whosoever is familiar with Frank Nitsche's œuvre will be surprised. The twelve recent canvases on view are exclusively small formats.
Working on several canvases at the same time, Nitsche transforms sketches on canvas to segments and complex frameworks of lines in a painterly process.
Most of the time, this process is directly retraceable in the tableaux: some parts of color have been grinded off and the grounding is revealed, elsewhere structures of lines superpose and immerge into painted segments and gain intensity and depth by being repeatedly painted over. Instead of a title, Nitsches paintings carry serial numbers.
Nitsche's formal language seems to be rooted in the aesthetics of (primarily architectural) computer programs, anyhow he does not resort to this tool by any means. He plays with logos, signs and perspective lines and transforms them into his own formal language.
Nitsche's exhibited works allow figurative associations, even if they appear to be totally abstract at first sight. Delicate lines recall constructions of bridges or roofs.
The interplay of lines and areas creates spaces where one almost feels dragged into their depth. Then, however, the access is abruptly denied and the viewer has to retry conceiving the spacial structures inside of the painting.
Nitsche consciously leaves brush traces and tiny spots and splashes on the canvases. Strong shades of green are slowed down and redeemed by gentle pastel colors. A small magenta colored angle, a thin reddish, at first sight hardly visible line create plasticity in contrast to the dominating green.
Frank Nitsche, born in 1964 in Görlitz, currently lives and works in Berlin.
He studied at the Dresden Academy between 1988 and 1993.
This is his third solo show at Galerie Max Hetzler.
For further information please contact the gallery at +49 30 229 24 37
Forthcoming exhibitions:
Günther Förg, recent paintings, Nov. 5 – Dec. 17, 2005
Yves Oppenheim, recent paintings, Dec. 17 – Jan. 28, 2006
