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Materials:

acrylic on canvas

Size Notes:

overall

Description:

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Markings:

signed and dated on the reverse David Schnell 07

Condition:

on stretcher

Literature:

Kunstwerkstatt David Schnell, Kunstwerkstatt David Schnell, Prestel Verlag, Prestel Verlag, Munich, Munich, 2009, 2009, p. 6, p. 6, ill., ill., The up-and-coming Leipzig painter David Schnell (b. 1971) employs elements of landscape in all of his edgy, The up-and-coming Leipzig painter David Schnell (b. 1971) employs elements of landscape in all of his edgy, large-scale canvases, large-scale canvases, but he is by no means a traditional landscape painter. A younger contemporary of Neo Rauch and Tim Eitel, but he is by no means a traditional landscape painter. A younger contemporary of Neo Rauch and Tim Eitel, Schnell uses oils, Schnell uses oils, tempera and acrylics to render obsessive spaces that often feel as if they might engulf the viewer. Relying on very strong linear perspective and vanishing points to create his idiosyncratic pictorial order, tempera and acrylics to render obsessive spaces that often feel as if they might engulf the viewer. Relying on very strong linear perspective and vanishing points to create his idiosyncratic pictorial order, […] he often seems to counteract that very order with a subliminal, […] he often seems to counteract that very order with a subliminal, hyperactive energy that buzzes through the paintings – perhaps suggesting a critical stance towards our treatment of nature in contemporary society., hyperactive energy that buzzes through the paintings – perhaps suggesting a critical stance towards our treatment of nature in contemporary society., […] his works hinge on the use of central perspective, […] his works hinge on the use of central perspective, which is prominent in Renaissance art and which causes the horizon to become the most important element in the painting, which is prominent in Renaissance art and which causes the horizon to become the most important element in the painting, both in terms of composition and content., both in terms of composition and content., ,(David Schnell – Hover, ,(David Schnell – Hover, text by Dieter Daniels, text by Dieter Daniels, Cheryl D. Hartup, Cheryl D. Hartup, Bettina Ruhrberg; David Schnell, Bettina Ruhrberg; David Schnell, Hatje Cantz, Hatje Cantz, text by Ziba De Weck, text by Ziba De Weck, Tina Schultz), Tina Schultz)

Provenance:

Galerie Eigen+Art, Berlin (labels and stamps on the reverse), 2007, acquired directly from the above by the present owner –, European Private Collection, Exhibited:, Goslar, Mönchehaus Museum für moderne Kunst, David Schnell, Hover, 7 July – 28 September 2007 / Puerto Rico, Museo de Arte de Ponce, 2 December 2007 – 9 March 2008, exh. cat. ill.16; Hannover, Kunstverein Hannover, David Schnell, Stunde / Uur / Hour, 10 April --– -30 May 2010 / Den Haag, GEM, museum voor actuele kunst, 7 July – 10 October 2010 / Schaffhausen, Museum zu Allerheiligen Schaffhausen, exh. cat. pages 124, 125, ill. 39