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Franz Ackermann

Franz Ackermann is one of the foremost German painters of his generation. When awarded a stipend in 1991, Franz Ackermann headed for Hong Kong rather than any of the more conventional centres of the art world. Ever since, his works have reflected the social changes wrought by increasing globalization and the resulting cultural homogenization. This also applies to the rural spaces that appear repeatedly in his works as well, albeit reduced to a merely functional appendage of the urban: as places of recreation and tacky tourism.

Ackermann’s focus is on visual expressions of modern urbanity. Architectural elements occur frequently in his works, either as drawings, photographs or paintings. He sets the centuries-old idealized image of the city against his own highly subjective impression of contemporary reality in the metropolis of today. In his paintings and collage-like images, and in his sometimes gigantic wall installations, fantastical spatial perspectives unfold: abstract colour fields whirling around disintegrating central structures seem to physically tumble towards the viewer. —Axel Jablonski

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  • Franz Ackermann, chandigart—zürich, 2022

    mixed media
    66.93 x 59.06 in (170 x 150 cm)

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  • Franz Ackermann, you gamble I go, 2022

    mixed media
    59.06 x 66.93 in (150 x 170 cm)

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  • Franz Ackermann, almost cut my hair, 2022

    mixed media
    78.74 x 59.06 in (200 x 150 cm)

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  • Franz Ackermann, my work is your neighbor, 2022

    mixed media
    53.15 x 70.87 in (135 x 180 cm)

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  • Franz Ackermann, Halskette (Schlinge), 2022

    drawing, watercolor and acrylic, mixed media on paper, laminated on aludibond
    16.93 x 12.99 in (43 x 33 cm)

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  • Franz Ackermann, Das Nest, 2022

    drawing, watercolor and acrylic, mixed media on paper, laminated on aludibond
    16.93 x 12.99 in (43 x 33 cm)

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  • Franz Ackermann, Kupfer, 2022

    drawing, watercolor and acrylic, mixed media on paper, laminated on aludibond
    16.14 x 12.2 in (41 x 31 cm)

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  • Franz Ackermann, Former House Joy, 2022

    drawing, watercolor and acrylic, mixed media on paper, laminated on aludibond
    16.93 x 12.99 in (43 x 33 cm)

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  • Franz Ackermann, Miami Relax, 2022

    mixed media / drawing and watercolor on paper / acrylic and oil on canvas and wood / photography on aludibond / found objects
    56.3 x 75.98 in (143 x 193 cm)

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  • Franz Ackermann, Fracht und Ladung (the Calcutta Bag), 2016

    watercolor on paper
    27.56 x 41.34 in (70 x 105 cm)

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  • Franz Ackermann, Fracht und Ladung IV, 2015

    watercolor on paper
    27.56 x 41.34 in (70 x 105 cm)

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  • Franz Ackermann, Fracht und Ladung II, 2015

    watercolor on paper
    26.38 x 40.16 in (67 x 102 cm)

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