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Dazzling craftsmanship, gigantic formats and a realism so extreme that it seems disturbing. You have to step up close to actually convince yourself that this is in fact painting... Look forward to a wild and surprising meeting with the Swiss hyper-realist Franz Gertsch.

This summer’s big Louisiana exhibition will be the first comprehensive presentation in Scandinavia of Franz Gertsch (1930-2022). In the second half of the 20th century, the Swiss artist shaped a new, special concept of realism and rose to international fame for his photorealistic paintings and woodcuts.

Gertsch came to realism in the late 1960s after first flirting with a more romantic painting and then collages in the Pop Art style. He used photographic prints and projections before transforming the motifs into paintings using a special method and thanks to his great craftmanship.

Using both extreme close-up and a special way of distancing, and mixing abstraction and figuration, Franz Gertsch...More expand_more

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Gl Strandvej 13, 3050 Humlebæk, Denmark
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Dazzling craftsmanship, gigantic formats and a realism so extreme that it seems disturbing. You have to step up close to actually convince yourself that this is in fact painting... Look forward to a wild and surprising meeting with the Swiss hyper-realist Franz Gertsch.

This summer’s big Louisiana exhibition will be the first comprehensive presentation in Scandinavia of Franz Gertsch (1930-2022). In the second half of the 20th century, the Swiss artist shaped a new, special concept of realism and rose to international fame for his photorealistic paintings and woodcuts.

Gertsch came to realism in the late 1960s after first flirting with a more romantic painting and then collages in the Pop Art style. He used photographic prints and projections before transforming the motifs into paintings using a special method and thanks to his great craftmanship.

Using both extreme close-up and a special way of distancing, and mixing abstraction and figuration, Franz Gertsch...More expand_more

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Gl Strandvej 13, 3050 Humlebæk, Denmark
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Created by Saul_Goodman_Jr on Aug 10, 2024 at 20:48
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