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Robert Schwark
Works
Robert Schwark
Abstract Figures
The order of things
Robert Schwark’s paintings and lithographies are abstract only on the first view. His series often start with figurative objects from the life-world, like an escalator, a newspaper, or a book. Robert then seeks to reduce these things to an essential form until the object loses its figurative identity. An escalator becomes a stiff net of lines, a newspaper turns into an empty layout sheet, or an open book only shows white sheets. In his newer works Robert brings figures, objects, and gestures back into his paintings. Sometimes he literally prints new content into the painted books, sometimes he fills the pages with abstract gestures or figurative sceens. This order of things is what Robert’s artistic interest is about.
Exhibitions, Festivals, and Fairs
Selection
2023
Summits (mit Sho Hasegawa)
Schierke Seinecke, Frankfurt, Germany
2022
Skript
Schierke Seinecke, Frankfurt, Germany
2020
Leben in einer Welt ohne Verlangen
Åplus, Berlin, Germany
2019
RGN (solo)
Schierke Seinecke, Frankfurt am Main, Germany
2018
Originale (solo)
Åplus, Berlin, Germany
2016
DisOrder (personal)
Gallery Rundgænger, Frankfurt am Main, Germany
Klassentreffen
Kunsthalle der Sparkasse, Leipzig, Germany
2015
Object is Meditation and Poetry
Grassimuseum für angewandte Kunst, Leipzig, Germany
win/win - Ankäufe der Kulturstiftung Sachsen
Halle 14 Spinnerei, Leipzig, Germany
Werkschau
Werkschauhalle Spinnerei, Leipzig, Germany
2014
Golden Masters
Galerie Hochschule für Grafik und Buchkunst, Leipzig, Germany
C (solo)
Muck, Leipzig, Germany
Kein Spass
Galerie M2A, Dresden, Germany
RRR (solo)
HGB, Leipzig, Germany
2013
Frisch gepresst
Delikatessenhaus, Leipzig, Germany
Copy & Repeat
Kunsthalle der Sparkasse, Leipzig, Germany
Denkmaschinen
Heilgenkreuzerhof, Vienna, Austria
2012
Copy & Repeat
BKS-Garage, Kopenhagen, Denmark
New Prints 2012 / Summer
IPCNY International Print Center New York, USA
Intercity
d-52.raum für zeitgenössische kunst, Düsseldorf, Germany
2011
Hochdruck an der HGB
Galerie der Hochschule für Grafik und Buchkunst, Leipzig, Germany
Leipziger Jahresausstellung
Werkschauhalle Spinnerei, Leipzig, Germany
Out of Chemnitz
Galerie Weise, Chemnitz, Germany
2010
Schnittstelle Druck
HGB Leipzig / Museum der bildenden Künste Leipzig, Germany
100 Sächsische Grafiken
Neue Sächsische Galerie, Chemnitz, Germany
Atlas-Hoch+Partner
Galerie für Hochdruck, Leipzig, Germany
The Black Door Files
Black Door Istanbul, Istanbul, Turkey
Prizes, Grants, Education & Life
A short brief
Life
Currently
lives and works in Berlin and Leipzig, Germany
Education
2014
Master of Fine Arts / “Meisterschüler”, Hochschule für Grafik und Buchkunst Leipzig (Prof. Annette Schröter), Germany
2010
Diplom, Malerei / Grafik, Hochschule für Grafik und Buchkunst Leipzig (Prof. Annette Schröter), Germany
Born
1983
in Burgstädt, Germany
Collections
Kunsthalle der Sparkasse Leipzig
Leipzig, Germany
Gemäldegalerie Dresden – Junger Kunstfonds
Dresden, Germany
Neue Sächsische Galerie Chemnitz
Chemnitz, Germany