Frank Gerritz, born in 1964 in Hamburg, is an artist whose ideas
literally move in space. Starting from the floor, his work spills onto
the wall and, from there, has an effect back into the room. The sculptor
works, among other things, on aluminum panels with paintsticks in such
dense layers that the surfaces on the one hand appear sealed, yet the
structure of the application on the other hand remains visible. Black is
not always black; where the silver-anodized aluminum surfaces reflect
the room, the darker parts of the surfaces reveal a shimmering, a
residue of light that changes depending on the viewpoint and light
conditions. The drawn surfaces--graphite pencil or paintstick on MDF
boards or aluminum--develop a materiality characterized by blurred
reflections, thus transferring the surfaces of the two-dimensional image
carriers into a spatial dimension. In addition, Gerritz casts iron
blocks based on his own body dimensions; their stand area form the basis
for his first prints on paper and define the proportions of his
sculptural works in front of the wall. The catalog shows the inherent
spatiality of the wall objects and sculptural groups and unfolds
specific details.
