A nightly panorama of a distant skyline
In his installations Franziskus creates an own world. The atmospheric, modified painted light that he deploys in his images over the years in this case, undergoes an expansion into the third dimension. Fridges become streets of houses that stretch into lit urban canyons, refuse objects mutate into a sparkling chandelier, stacked luggage changes into the nightly panorama of a distant skyline.
You find the complete article of Dr. Thomas Elsen | Head of H2 – Zentrum für Gegenwartskunst im Glaspalast, Augsburg | in the current issue of ArtLight
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| Franziskus Wendels | Boogie 1, Temporäre Installation Galerie Besch, Saarbrücken | 2007 | luminous paint on finds | © Franziskus Wendels |
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| Franziskus Wendels | Landflucht 4, temporary installation Dommuseum Frankfurt (Luminale) | 2010 luminous paint on finds | © Franziskus Wendels |