Norbert Bisky

Poster by Bisky for 2006 FIFA World Cup.

Norbert Bisky (born 1970) is a German painter based in Berlin, best known for his frescos depicting adolescents.^[1]

He was born at Leipzig in the former German Democratic Republic. The son of a Communist official, he grew up in a home in which Communism assumed the power of a religion.^[1] He studied from the mid 1990s at the Hochschule der Künste, and later with Georg Baselitz in Berlin. His work is greatly influenced by the socialist realism which was the official art of the GDR.

Exhibitions

2007

• "Behind Innocence", Gallery Hyundai, Seoul

2006

• "Total Care", Contemporary Art Center, Vilnius
• "es tut mir so leid", Galerie Michael Schultz, Berlin

2005

• Studio d´Arte Cannaviello, Milan
• "Déluge", Galerie Suzanne Tarasiève, Paris
• "Malerei", Künstlerhaus Bethanien, Berlin

2004

• "The Proud, the Few", Leo Koenig Inc., NYC
• "Abgesagt", Mannheimer Kunstverein
• "Opkomst en Verval" , Cokkie Snoei Gallery, Rotterdam

2003

• "Schlachteplatte", Galerie Michael Schultz, Berlin

2002

• Museum Junge Kunst, Frankfurt/O.

2001

• "Wir werden siegen", Galerie Michael Schultz, Berlin
• "Vorkämpfer", Chelsea Kunstraum, Köln

Public Collections

• MoMA
• Museum der bildenden Künste Leipzig
• Museum Ludwig
• National Museum of Contemporary Art, Korea

Notes

References

• Mullins, Charlotte (2006). Painting People: Figure Painting Today. New York: D.A.P. ISBN 978-1-933045-38-2

External links

• www.norbertbisky.com
• Leo Koenig Inc.: Norbert Bisky
• Artnet.com profile

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