Philipp Fröhlich
19 Jan - 01 Mar 2012
PHILIPP FRÖHLICH
Remote Viewing
19 January – 1 March, 2012
Philipp Fröhlich presents his third solo exhibition at the Galería Soledad Lorenzo, Madrid, consisting in a selection of paintings completed over the past two years. Once again, he offers fragmented landscapes and uncompleted stories in which something is likely to have happened or is about to occur. Through the application of the same process of creation in which he first imagines a scenography for a certain incident then builds a model and finally translates it onto a canvas, he provides us with scenes charged with mystery. In fact, Fröhlich uses that process in each of the 18 pieces of tempera on paper, as well; from the imagination to the model and then from the model to the paper. The difference from the canvases is in his point of view: both interiors and exteriors (a restroom, escalators, the entrance to an underground, a street and two houses) are observed from diverse perspectives, which show a deliberate and conscious way of approach.
The title of the show in itself is an invocation of remote viewing, the ability that allows the perception of extrasensory information, in this case through faltering scenes where the absence of humanity sets free all the suspense and mystery that emanates from every piece of his work. Unfinished stories, half unveiled, that built on a moving representation of the intrigue.
Additionally, in a number of these paintings, some element blocks the sight making the observation of the entire scene impossible, delegating the responsibility to the spectator to act as a witness. The complexity of the paintings lies in the technique of the artist: a slow process of painting temperas on canvas and paper. Either way, the work of Philipp Fröhlich can be characterised by the representation of empty landscapes and mysterious scenes that gain their artificiality by means of creating a scenography and an amazing use of light that results in moving atmospheres full of tension.
In the end, Remote Viewing is a reflection on the power of imagination in the service of painting.
Tania Pardo
Philipp Fröhlich, (born in Schweinfurt 1975, lives and works in Madrid).
In addition to his previous two solo shows at the Galería Soledad Lorenzo, he has had individual exhibitions at the Laboratorio987, MUSAC, Leon and Centro de Arte Joven, Comunidad de Madrid and collective exhibitions at MMOMA, (Moscow, Russia), MUSAC (Leon, Spain), Museo Patio Herreriano (Valladolid, Spain), Fundación Coca- Cola, DA2 (Salamanca, Spain), Museo de Arte Moderno y Contemporaneo (Santander, Spain), Colección Antonio Fernández Villalba, Centro de Arte Dos de Mayo, (Madrid, Spain) and Baluarte (Pamplona, Spain).
Remote Viewing
19 January – 1 March, 2012
Philipp Fröhlich presents his third solo exhibition at the Galería Soledad Lorenzo, Madrid, consisting in a selection of paintings completed over the past two years. Once again, he offers fragmented landscapes and uncompleted stories in which something is likely to have happened or is about to occur. Through the application of the same process of creation in which he first imagines a scenography for a certain incident then builds a model and finally translates it onto a canvas, he provides us with scenes charged with mystery. In fact, Fröhlich uses that process in each of the 18 pieces of tempera on paper, as well; from the imagination to the model and then from the model to the paper. The difference from the canvases is in his point of view: both interiors and exteriors (a restroom, escalators, the entrance to an underground, a street and two houses) are observed from diverse perspectives, which show a deliberate and conscious way of approach.
The title of the show in itself is an invocation of remote viewing, the ability that allows the perception of extrasensory information, in this case through faltering scenes where the absence of humanity sets free all the suspense and mystery that emanates from every piece of his work. Unfinished stories, half unveiled, that built on a moving representation of the intrigue.
Additionally, in a number of these paintings, some element blocks the sight making the observation of the entire scene impossible, delegating the responsibility to the spectator to act as a witness. The complexity of the paintings lies in the technique of the artist: a slow process of painting temperas on canvas and paper. Either way, the work of Philipp Fröhlich can be characterised by the representation of empty landscapes and mysterious scenes that gain their artificiality by means of creating a scenography and an amazing use of light that results in moving atmospheres full of tension.
In the end, Remote Viewing is a reflection on the power of imagination in the service of painting.
Tania Pardo
Philipp Fröhlich, (born in Schweinfurt 1975, lives and works in Madrid).
In addition to his previous two solo shows at the Galería Soledad Lorenzo, he has had individual exhibitions at the Laboratorio987, MUSAC, Leon and Centro de Arte Joven, Comunidad de Madrid and collective exhibitions at MMOMA, (Moscow, Russia), MUSAC (Leon, Spain), Museo Patio Herreriano (Valladolid, Spain), Fundación Coca- Cola, DA2 (Salamanca, Spain), Museo de Arte Moderno y Contemporaneo (Santander, Spain), Colección Antonio Fernández Villalba, Centro de Arte Dos de Mayo, (Madrid, Spain) and Baluarte (Pamplona, Spain).