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 Copyright the artist | | | Grünfeld, Thomas (1956 - )
Germany
Eye painting, 1996
Resin on canvas and glass eyes;
279.5 x 180 cm
90's
UID 102-236
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Biography
Thomas Grünfeld was born in Opladen, Germany, and studied at the Stuttgart Art Academy (1978-82). Lives and works in Cologne.Thomas Grünfeld's pieces are always ambiguous, or rather hybrid. They provoke in the viewer attraction and uneasiness and cause deep questioning on the nature of art, on the statute of artistic objects in general. In this sense, his «Misfits» are his emblematic pieces, collages of taxidermized animals. The «Eye Painting» series present themselves under the aspect of a monochrome resin surface, covered with small glasseyes that observe the viewer. Between 1980 and 1995, he had several exhibitions in German cities like Stuttgart, Cologne, Hamburg, Munich, Bonn, as well as in Paris, Milan, London and Barcelona. He has also participated in collective exhibitions around the world.
Exhibitions
Corpus: Visions of the Body in The Berardo Collection
Centro Cultural de Belém (CCB), Portugal
10-10-2003 ~ 13-03-2004
The Berardo Collection: An Addiction to Freedom
Sintra Museu de Arte Moderna - Colecção Berardo (SMAM-CB), Portugal
28-03-2003 ~ 28-09-2003
Face - a - Face
Sintra Museu de Arte Moderna - Colecção Berardo (SMAM-CB), Portugal
02-10-2001 ~ 30-04-2001
Arriscar o Real
Museu Colecção Berardo, Portugal
08-06-2009 ~ 30-09-2009
Bibliography
Colecção Berardo Collection 1917-1999, 2000
Published by CCB - Centro Cultural de Belém
ISBN 972817652X
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