Philip Groezinger: If

Description

Philip Groezinger's art derives from his investigations of future-oriented visions. With his individualistic painterly signature he invites the viewer to join him on a surreal journey through the pictorial traditions of the Pop culture of recent decades. This volume is a retrospective which provides a comprehensive overview of his outstanding oeuvre. If there were such a thing, Groezinger's works could be classified as Virtual Surrealism. Figures in space suits, black manikins and other figures encounter one another in a fictional cosmos. Against a background of abstract worlds they tell stories which follow their own physical laws. In painterly manner, Groezinger combines lurid contrasts with delicate, pastel-like shades. His paint application is based on that of miniature painting and gives the cartoon-like creatures human features as it draws the viewer into the artist's fantasy world.

Nicole Gnesa holds a Master degree in Art History, as well as in Economics and Italian Philology. Since 2005 she has worked on the international art market as an expert for Contemporary Art and Photography. In seven years as the director of Daniel Blau Galleries in Munich and London, she collaborated with artists as Georg Baselitz, Chapman Brothers, Jonathan Meese, Matt Mullican or Marc Quinn and organized exhibitions at numerous art fairs like Art Basel, Paris Photo, and TEFAF Maastricht.