FRANK GERRITZ
Frank Gerritz
*1964 Bad Oldesloe – lebt und arbeitet in Hamburg
The works of Frank Gerritz are characterized by a special materiality and highly precise surface design. The artist, who studied sculpture, creates (wall) sculptures of clear geometric forms with graphite on MDF panels, with paintstick on aluminium and makes (large format) drawings. These are abstract, strictly conceptual works, which nevertheless start from and refer back to the human being. From the beginning the artist has defined his parameters, which he derives from an average physicality.
Exhibitions
28 March – 17 May 2019
Frank Gerritz
Sonic Reducer
He is a sculptor, Frank Gerritz, born in 1964 and living in Hamburg. And he is a draftsman – a detailed, meticulous and precise one. The fact that these are not “sculptor’s drawings” in the traditional sense is apparent immediately. Gerritz’s focus is on exploring the boundaries between sculpture and drawing.
Catalogue
Excerpt
“Since 1992 Gerritz has been producing larger-format “sculptural drawings”. Among these are MDF boards, which he covers with lines of a soft 9B pencil in weeks of work. The lines are freely drawn, horizontally and/or vertically, in a density and materiality that substantially and aesthetically gives them their own specific quality.”
Erika Schlessinger-Költzsch