FRANK WIEBE

Frank Wiebe

*1959 Bielefeld – lives in Hamburg

One of Frank Wiebe’s core themes is the abstract landscape, whereby this serves as a reference and stimulus for the representation of physical and natural manifestations on the one hand and social phenomena on the other. The viewer’s perception and thought patterns are particularly challenged. His pictures often oscillate between density and transparency, open and closed structures, stillness and movement. Seeing becomes the starting point for approaching the most diverse levels of meaning.

Wiebe studied painting at the University of the Arts in Berlin in the 1980s. Since then, numerous exhibitions have been dedicated to him in Germany and abroad, including solo exhibitions at the Ernst Barlach Museum, Wedel (2011), the Nolde Museum Berlin (2012) and the Kunsthalle Emden (2014). In 2011 he was honored with the Ernst Barlach Prize.

Selected works

Reinhard Pods, Ohne Titel (will), 1981, Oil on canvas, 200 x 220.3 cm

Frank Wiebe
Outpost Mappings #019

2019
oil on canvas
135 x 125 cm

Reinhard Pods, Ohne Titel (will), 1981, Oil on canvas, 200 x 220.3 cm

Frank Wiebe
Outpost Mappings #051

2019
oil on canvas
150 x 120 cm

Exhibitions

27 February – 30 March 2020

Frank Wiebe

Outpost Mappings

Frank Wiebe, who was born in Bielefeld in 1959, studied painting at the Berlin University of the Arts from 1982 – 1988 and was a master student there. In 2011 he received the Ernst Barlach Prize.

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