Philip Loersch: POW - Portraits of Writing

by Sybille Krïmer, Jan-Philipp Frïhsorge

Overview

Philip Loersch (b. Aachen, 1980; lives and works near Munich) combines painstaking imitations of printed writing with hyperrealist colored-pencil drawings; for instance, he transfers pages from encyclopedias not only onto paper, but also onto three-dimensional objects such as soapstone. His works reveal the fragility of truth and authenticity while commenting with subversive irony on the postmodern disintegration of the idea of originality. His art has been exhibited at renowned institutions like Kunsthaus Zü rich, Museum Kunstpalast Dü sseldorf, and Hamburger Kunsthalle. He has won numerous fellowships and awards, including the Kunstpreis Berlin fü r Bildende Kunst. This monograph gathers his works created between 2016 and today.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9783969121801
Publisher:	DCV
Publication date:	05/15/2024
Pages:	196
Product dimensions:	7.75(w) x 10.75(h) x 0.60(d)
Language:	German

About the Author

Sybille Krä mer was a professor of philosophy at Freie Universitä t Berlin until her retirement in April 2018 and has been a senior professor ('visiting scholar') at Leuphana University Lü neburg since March 2019. The University of Linkö ping/Sweden awarded her an honorary doctorate (Dr. h.c.) in 2016. Jan-Philipp Frü hsorge is a drawing expert, writer, curator, advisor who lives and works in Berlin. He has been giving drawing lectures in many universities around the globe.