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Born 1966
Lives in Munich and Berlin
By imitating the surface aesthetic of packaging material, and other “low materials”, Tom Früchtl ends up in magnifying them in the process. By using minimalistic methods, painting, surface and subject character all merge in such a way that conventional categories no longer apply. Works by Früchtl is currently shown in the Pinakothek der Moderne, Munich and the Museum für konkrete Kunst, Ingolstadt. Selected exhibitions 2006-2008xhibitions “GOLD”, Nusser & Baumgart, München, “Call it what you like. Sammlung Reinking”, Artcenter Silkeborg Bad, Dänemark, “Pop! Goes the weasel”. Badischer Kunstverein, Karslruhe, “vistazo. La transformacion de lo cotidiano”, Museo de Arte Carillo Gil, Mexico City, Kunstverein Mannheim, "minimal illusions. Arbeiten der Sammlung Rik Reinking", Villa Merkel, Esslingen


Tom Früchtl, "Tape on", Acrylic and lacquer on cardboard, 170 x 170 cm, 2009. |
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