In the Tub
Trak Wendisch (Berlin 1958)
Lot-No. 485
Proceeds : 15.100 €
Oil/canvas. 130 x 110 cm. Unframed. Lo. ri. sign. Trak. Trak Wendisch's paintings continue an expressionist tradition that began in Germany with the 'Brücke'. Artists of subsequent generations have repeatedly turned to it, and Wendisch was introduced to it by Bernhard Heisig. Wendisch, however, is much more radical than his teacher, more radical than the 'Neue Wilden', because his art does not fall under the suspicion of pure gesture. Through the brushwork, the contrasting colours and the mannered bodies, the encounter in the bathtub, which one is inclined to imagine as romantic, the archaic, brute, uncanny dimension of desire becomes visible. - German sculptor and painter. W. studied painting and graphic arts at the Academy of Visual Arts in Leipzig with Dietrich Burger and Bernhard Heisig from 1977-82, and in 1985 he was a master student at the Academy of Fine Arts in Dresden with Gerhard Kettner. This was followed by working stays in Brazil, Costa Rica, Mexico and Venezuela. W. exhibited in many countries in Europe and in North and South America. W. lives and works today as a freelance artist in Berlin. The versatile artist began with paintings in the long tradition of German Expressionism and expanded his spectrum to include surreal sculptures, paintings that cross the border to abstraction, and non-representational three-dimensional webs. Mus.: Berlin (Nat.-Gal., Berlinische Gal.), Leipzig, Oslo, Toyama a. others.
Trak Wendisch: In the Tub
In the Tub
Lot-No. 485
Proceeds : 15.100 €
Oil/canvas. 130 x 110 cm. Unframed. Lo. ri. sign. Trak. Trak Wendisch's paintings continue an expressionist tradition that began in Germany with the 'Brücke'. Artists of subsequent generations have repeatedly turned to it, and Wendisch was introduced to it by Bernhard Heisig. Wendisch, however, is much more radical than his teacher, more radical than the 'Neue Wilden', because his art does not fall under the suspicion of pure gesture. Through the brushwork, the contrasting colours and the mannered bodies, the encounter in the bathtub, which one is inclined to imagine as romantic, the archaic, brute, uncanny dimension of desire becomes visible. - German sculptor and painter. W. studied painting and graphic arts at the Academy of Visual Arts in Leipzig with Dietrich Burger and Bernhard Heisig from 1977-82, and in 1985 he was a master student at the Academy of Fine Arts in Dresden with Gerhard Kettner. This was followed by working stays in Brazil, Costa Rica, Mexico and Venezuela. W. exhibited in many countries in Europe and in North and South America. W. lives and works today as a freelance artist in Berlin. The versatile artist began with paintings in the long tradition of German Expressionism and expanded his spectrum to include surreal sculptures, paintings that cross the border to abstraction, and non-representational three-dimensional webs. Mus.: Berlin (Nat.-Gal., Berlinische Gal.), Leipzig, Oslo, Toyama a. others.
