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Dirk Skreber, Untitled (Enhanced), 2017

Dirk Skreber

Untitled (Enhanced), 2017

oil paint, fiberglass, aluminum honeycomb, steel washers, polyurethane adhesive

71 x 94.5 inches
180.3 x 240 cm

(DS 17/011)

Dirk Skreber -  - Viewing Room - Petzel Gallery

Dirk Skreber (b. 1961, Lübeck, Germany)

Dirk Skreber was born in Lübeck, Germany in 1961 and currently lives and works in Berlin. He received a degree in fine arts from the Kunstakademie Düsseldorf in Germany.

Skreber works in various mediums including painting, sculpture, and installation. He uses images of natural disasters and accidents involving deconstructed parts of buildings, trains and cars. These paintings and sculptures often depict an accident that appears to have just taken place.

The artist had a solo show at Petzel Gallery in 2018 and has had numerous other solo exhibitions including: Dirimart Gallery, Istanbul (2015); Milwaukee Art Museum, WI (2013); Leopold-Hoesch-Museum & Papiermuseum, Düren, Germany (2012); Frans Halsmuseum, Haarlem, Netherlands (2009); Museum Dhont-Dhaenens, Gent, Belgium (2009); National Arts Center, Baden-Baden; Museum Franz Gertsch, Burgdorf, Switzerland (2008); Museum fur Modern Kunst, Frankfurt, Germany (2007); The Aspen Art Museum, Aspen, CO (2004); Joslyn Art Museum, Omaha, NE and group exhibitions at: Malborough Contemporary, New York (2017) The Saatchi Gallery, London, UK (2011); Trienniale der Kleinplastik Fellbach, Germany (2010); Musee d’Art Contemporain de Nimes, France (2005); Kunsthaus Zurich, Switzerland (2001), and the Museum of Contemporary Art, Los Angeles (2001), among others.

In 2000, Dirk Skreber received the “Preis der Freunde der Nationalgalerie für junge Kunst” at the Hamburger Bahnhof in Berlin.

He has works in the permanent collections of the Museum of Contemporary Art, Los Angeles, and Museum fur Modern Kunst, Frankfurt. His work is included in The Saatchi Collection; The Collection of the Museum of Contemporary Art (Los Angeles); The Collection of the Museum Frieder Burda (Baden-Baden) and many more.

Crystal Mess Installation view

Crystal Mess
Installation view
Friedrich Petzel Gallery
2006

Exhibition No. 2

Exhibition No. 2
Installation view
Friedrich Petzel Gallery
2010

Dirk Skreber Installation view 13

Dirk Skreber
Installation view 13
2013

Dirk Skreber Installation view 14

Dirk Skreber
Installation view 14
2013

Dirk Skreber Installation view 2

Dirk Skreber
Installation view 2
2013

Dirk Skreber days before

Dirk Skreber
days before
Installation view
2018