MARKUS LINNENBRINK

MARKUS LINNENBRINK - CHUCKSCHAIRFROMIKEA

Technique: Epoxy resin on wood

Artist Biography:

 

Evoking the stripe paintings of Morris Louis and Gene Davis, Markus Linnenbrink creates colorful drip paintings in small and large formats that sometimes invade the environments in which they are displayed. Color and pictorial processes are Linnenbrink's primary concerns, and he constructs his compositions using carefully layered drips, resulting in bright, saturated color compositions. Sometimes consisting of precise stripes and exquisite lines, his works abound in both tactile surfaces and pools of resin. His work suggests the spontaneity of a more intuitive process, a sense that he elevates with occasional subtle interruptions. In recent years she works especially with the photo-drip technique, in which she reproduces drip techniques on photographs from her family archive, the resin layers taking on a new almost archaeological quality, relating to the time that distorts memories. She attended Gesamthochschule in Kassel, as well as the Academy of Fine Arts in Berlin. Recent solo exhibitions include "too early and always and all over again" at Patricia Sweetow Gallery in San Francisco, CA; "so here's what you gonna do" at ft-contemporary in Berlin; "come a little closer" at Kong Tomlinson Contemporary in New York, NY and "BIGOUTREAGEOUSSOUND" at MaxEstella Gallery in Madrid. Recent group exhibitions include "Color Local" at the San Jose Museum of Art in San Jose, CA; "ROY G BIV" at Waterhouse & Dodd in New York, NY, "out of the office", at the Kunstmuseum Bochum in Germany; "Im raum nichts als farbe sehen", at Galerie Oqbo in Berlin and at the Beijing Biennale 2010, among others. His work is included in the permanent collections of The Hague Ministry of Culture, The Hague, The Netherlands; Harvard Business School, Cambridge, MA; Harvard College, Cambridge, MA; The Chapel Art Museum, Dartmouth College, Hannover, NH; Neue Galerie Museum, Kassel, Germany; The San Francisco Museum of Modern Art, San Francisco, CA; The San Jose Museum of Art, San Jose, CA; UCLA Hammer Museum, Los Angeles, CA; Wellesley College, Wellesley, MA and the Western Collection, Oaks, PA, among others.