Fritz Bornstück

Fritz Bornstück constructs his artworks using discarded remnants of human civilization. Cigarette butts, weathered toys, empty bottles, and shattered lightbulbs undergo a process he aptly terms "cultural recycling." These apparently haphazard assortments of rubbish frequently coexist with nature in his compositions. Guided by the artist's deft brushwork, these abandoned objects discover fresh purpose in their existence, whether by nurturing new blossoms as they decay, or simply by being appreciated amidst their disorder. Bornstück draws inspiration from an expansive array of sources, ranging from artistic traditions like still life and landscape painting, to elements of popular culture, film, and even the contents of his neighbor's bins. In his observation and collection of fragments of humanity, the artist presents his gatherings with a blend of sincerity and irony, nonchalance and nostalgia, melancholy and hope.

프릿츠 본슈틱의 그림은 버려진 문명의 잊혀진 잔재들로 구성된다. 담배꽁초, 낡은 장난감, 빈 병, 깨진 전구 등은 작가의 '문화적 재활용'을 통해 재탄생한다. 그는 또한 이러한 쓰레기들을 종종 자연과 함께 배치하며 버려진 상태를 더욱 강조하기도 한다. 버려진 물건들은 작가의 붓터치를 통해 새로 자라는 꽃의 거름이 되기도, 또는 더러운 그 모습 그대로 주목받기도 하며 존재의 새로운 의미를 부여 받는다. 정물화와 풍경화의 회화적 전통에서부터 대중 문화, 영화, 그리고 그의 이웃의 쓰레기통의 내용물에 이르기까지 다양한 출처에서 영감을 찾는 본슈틱의 작업은 인류의 여러 파편들을 관찰하고 수집하는 과정을 토대로 한다. 작가는 이렇게 모아 온 수집품들을 진정성과 아이러니, 태연함과 노스탈지아, 우울함과 희망의 밸런스를 유지하며 보여준다.

Born in 1982, Weilburg, Germany

Lives and works in Berlin and Neuhardenberg

EDUCATION

2002 Studied mathematics und philosophy, Gutenberg Universität, Mainz

2003 Studied fine art with Prof. Friedemann Hahn in Mainz

2005 Studied fine art at the UdK in Berlin with Prof. Leiko Ikemura

2006 Studied with Björn Dahlem, Felix Schramm and Tillmann Küntzel

2009 Meisterschüler of Thomas Zipp

2010 Postgraduate Studies at De Ateliers, Amsterdam

SOLO EXHIBITIONS

2023

Buschfunk, Galerie Kornfeld, Berlin

2022

Schichtendickicht (Entropical Paradise), Galerie Maïa Muller, Paris
Stand-In, SP2, Berlin
Neon Grau, Galerie Mikael Andersen, Copenhagen
Heute Morgen Orange, Feinkunst Krüger, Hamburg

2021

Pacifica, Galerie Anja Knoess, Cologne

2020

Flight Mode, Galerie Mikael Andersen, Copenhagen
Speck und Schinken, Galerie Maïa Muller, Paris

2019

Five Cacti For Wittgenstein, Maïa Muller, Paris

2018

Burial of the Red Herring, Galerie Maïa Muller, Paris
Weltempfänger, Nicole Gnesa, Munich
TEN, Galerie Mikael Andersen, Copenhagen

2017

ZOB, Galerie Greulich, Frankfurt
J.W.D. Galerie Maïa Muller, Paris

2016

Transatlantic Hokuspokus, Galerie Börgmann, Mönchengladbach
Nevernore Ranch, Hermann Germann Contemporary, Zürich

2015

For the Birds, Galerie Mikael Andersen, Copenhagen
Zustand33, Keith, Berlin

2013

Endless Nameless, Galerie Mikael Andersen, Copenhagen

2012

Intentional Stance, De Ateliers, Amsterdam
When the Sun Comes up, I promise, I’ll Be True, SPG, Stockholm

2010

My Love For You Is Like A Japanese Car, Galerie Mikael Andersen, Copenhagen
Dawn of the Living, Fabrikken For Kunst Og Design, Copenhagen

2009

Der Mittelpunkt des Universums, Wewerkapavillon 2, Münster

2008

Two Holes in the Bottom of the Sea, Galerie Mikael Andersen, Copenhagen

2007

Ein Leben ohne Milchzähne, K.R.2.0, Berlin

SELECTED GROUP EXHIBITIONS

2023

HUMAN, CHOI&CHOI Gallery, Seoul
From Berlin to Seoul: Crossing Horizons, CHOI&CHOI Gallery, HORI Artspace, AIF Lounge, Seoul and Bermel von Luxburg Gallery, Berlin

2022