Dirk Skreber
Appearance
Dirk Skreber (born 1961)[1] is a German artist[2] who lives and works in New York City.[1]
Skreber's work has been exhibited at galleries including The Saatchi Collection,[3] the Petzel Gallery,[1] and the Milwaukee Art Museum.[4] In 2000, he won the Preis der Nationalgalerie für junge Kunst .[5]
Reviewing a 2009 exhibition of his car crash sculptures-- produced at an automotive safety testing facility--a critic from The New York Times described them as "arresting" and suggesting "a Faustian industrialism driven by consumerist desire on a collision course with death."[1]
References
[edit]- ^ a b c d "Art in Review". The New York Times. 21 May 2009. Retrieved 1 August 2023.
- ^ Petersen, Anne Ring; Bogh, Mikkel; Christensen, Hans Dam; Peter Nørgaard Larsen (2010). Contemporary painting in context. Museum Tusculanum Press. pp. 211–. ISBN 978-87-635-2597-8. Retrieved 28 September 2011.
- ^ "Dirk Skreber - Artist - Saatchi Gallery". Saatchi Gallery. Retrieved 1 August 2023.
- ^ Schumacher, Mary Louise (16 December 2013). "Dirk Skreber's exhibit at Milwaukee Art Museum captivates with catastrophe". Milwaukee Journal-Sentinel. Retrieved 1 August 2023.
- ^ "Preis der Nationalgalerie". Preis der Nationalgalerie. Retrieved 1 August 2023.