Artists

Frank Gerritz

Press release

A compass is a navigation device whose needle is constantly moving and yet always points in the same direction. Frank Gerritz (* 1964 in Hamburg) is also in constant motion and at the same time follows a very straight and determined path.

An important parameter of his works are human body dimensions, which run through his entire oeuvre in various dimensions. At the same time, these can also be found in references between the different groups of works. This shows how many directions Gerritz thinks in at the same time in order to identify the possibilities of design.

The process of creating his works is crucial. His wall and floor sculptures are created in intensive and elaborate processes. Exemplary are his works in which he draws for months with very soft pencils on MDF boards, thereby densifying the surfaces to such an extent that they begin to reflect and become projection surfaces – of light, color and space. He creates iron sculptures under comparatively extreme working conditions, which he produces with a team of assistants in an iron foundry in Kaiserslautern. The precision craftsmanship and execution of his works is extremely important to Gerritz. This is particularly evident in his aluminum works. Using a black paint stick (oil wax crayon), he draws line after line on anodized aluminium plates in many layers.