Franz Ackermann: Kunsthalle Basel. (Basel).Having painted the outside of the Kunsthalle Basel last summer, Franz Ackermann Franz Ackermann (born 1963, Neumarkt, Germany) is a German painter and installation artist based in Berlin. He makes cartoonish abstractions. He attended the Akademie der Bildenden Kunste in Munich from 1984-1988 and the Hochschule fur bildende Kunst in Hamburg from moves inside to explore, with his particular mix of psychedelic psychedelic /psy·che·del·ic/ (si?ki-del´ik) 1. pertaining to or characterized by hallucinations, distortions of perception and awareness, and sometimes psychotic-like behavior. 2. a drug that produces such effects. imagery and architectural form, metaphors of travel. "One Night in the Tropics" promises to unfold unfold - inline like sequences of a film, evoking emotions and illusions linked to destinations from Majorca to the Alps. Large-scale installation paintings and small-scale aquarelle aquarelle (ăk'wərĕl`): see watercolor painting. "Mental Maps" are joined by an "ambient sculpture" thematizing temperature and distance. Despite the exotic itinerary, home is not neglected: Ackermann plans to invite DJs and a band from his native Bavaria for a special evening of punk rock. Jan. 9-Mar. 10. |
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