Matthias Groebel

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Matthias Groebel’s system of making computer-robotic-assisted paintings involves unifying painting and computer techniques. The artist initially choose television images as an image source (and makes small alterations on them). Thus, his approach is the incorporation of the contemporary experience of television perception – altered now by digital media – recognizing itself in painterly terms. Groebel´s representation of space, as related to the physical size of the canvas, is another one of the intriguing aspects of his work. His perspective is that of a low-resolution television camera – the view that has changed our idea of the world more than any other development over the last fifty years.

Publications:

Painted Faces. Broadcast Material 1989–2006
Matthias Groebel
Hardcover, 240 pages,
150 color images
1. edition 2022
Publisher: Edition Patrick Frey
Dimensions: 30 x 20 cm
English
ISBN 978-3-907236-40-6

Exhibitions:

I Call It Home, My Hell
Rosa Aiello, Matthias Groebel, Markus Saile, Julia Scher, Type 42
February 24 – April 13, 2024
Hosted by Bel Ami, Los Angeles

Frieze London
Matthias Groebel
October 11 – 15, 2023

A Change in Weather (Broadcast Material 1989-2001)
Matthias Groebel
Curated by Kathrin Bentele and Andreas Selg
Kunstverein für die Rheinlande und Westfalen, Düsseldorf
December 10 – February 26, 2023

Satellites Cast No Shadow
Matthias Groebel
curated by Andreas Selg
February 10 – April 16, 2022

Matthias Groebel, Untitled, 2024
Acrylic on canvas; 100 × 70 cm / 39 ⅜ × 27 ½ in

Matthias Groebel, evolution #9, 2024
Acrylic on canvas; 100 × 70 cm / 39 ⅜ × 27 ½ in

Matthias Groebel 02
Acrylic on canvas; 100 × 70 cm / 39 ⅜ × 27 ½ in

Matthias Groebel, Untitled, 2023
Acrylic on canvas; 100 × 70 cm / 39 ⅜ × 27 ½ in

Hacked Channels 01, 1999 (right)
in 'Machine Painting', Modern Art, London, 2024; other works pictured by Peter Halley and Rosemarie Trockel

Hacked Channels 01, 1999
Acrylic on canvas; 115 × 100 cm / 45 ¼ × 39 ⅜ in

Hacked Channels 01, 1999 (detail)
Acrylic on canvas; 115 × 100 cm / 45 ¼ × 39 ⅜ in

Untitled, 1993 (left)
in 'Machine Painting', Modern Art, London, 2024; other works pictured by Jack Whitten and Albert Oehlen

Untitled, 1993
Acrylic on canvas; 95 × 95 cm / 37 ⅜ × 37 ⅜ in

Untitled, 1993 (detail)
Acrylic on canvas; 95 × 95 cm / 37 ⅜ × 37 ⅜ in

Untitled, 1997 (right)
in 'Multi-User Dungeon', curated by Simon Denny, Petzel, New York, 2024; other works pictured by Josh Kline and Isabelle Frances McGuire

Untitled, 1997
in 'Multi-User Dungeon', curated by Simon Denny, Petzel, New York, 2024; sculpture in the front by Isabelle Frances McGuire

Phantoms All Around Me
Gathering, London, 2024

Untitled, 2003
Acrylic on canvas; 95 × 95 cm; Installation view: Francis Irv, New York, 2023

Untitled, 2003
Acrylic on canvas; 95 × 95 cm; Installation view: Francis Irv, New York, 2023; Sculpture by Danny McDonald

Untitled, 2003
Acrylic on canvas; 95 x 95 cm

Unto Dust
Fitzpatrick Gallery, Paris, 2023

L1595, 1995
Acrylic on canvas; 95 × 95 cm

Untitled, 1995
Acrylic on canvas; 95 × 95 cm

A Change in Weather (Broadcast Material 1989 - 2001)
Kunstverein für die Rheinlande und Westfalen, Düsseldorf, 2022

L0597, 1997
in 'Rhythms Of Reception', Schiefe Zähne, Berlin, 2022

Rhythms Of Reception
Schiefe Zähne, Berlin, 2022

L1095, 1995
Acrylic on canvas; 95 × 95 cm

Rhythms Of Reception
Schiefe Zähne, Berlin, 2022

The Wig
Bonner Kunstverein, 2022; On the left wall: Untitled, 1993

Untitled, 1993
in 'The Wig', Bonner Kunstverein, 2022

The Wig
Bonner Kunstverein, 2022; On the left wall: L0994 V01X, 1994

Satellites Cast No Shadow
Drei, Cologne, 2022

Untitled, 1995
Acrylic on canvas; 95 x 95 cm

L0795, 1995
Acrylic on canvas; four parts, 175 x 200 cm

Satellites Cast No Shadow
Drei, Cologne, 2022

L0599, 1999
Acrylic on canvas; diptych, each 95 x 95 cm

Satellites Cast No Shadow
Drei, Cologne, 2022

Untitled, 2003
Acrylic on canvas; 100 x 100 cm

Untitled, 2001
Acrylic on canvas; 95 x 95 cm

Untitled, 1994
Acrylic on canvas; four parts, each 95 x 95 cm

Untitled, 1994 (partly)

Avid Signals
Galerie Bernhard, Zurich, 2021

L0995, 1995
Acrylic on canvas; 95 x 95 cm; Installation view: Galerie Bernhard, Zurich, 2021

L1096, 1996
Acrylic on canvas; four parts, 145 x 205 cm; Installation view: Galerie Bernhard, Zurich, 2021

Avid Signals
Galerie Bernhard, Zurich, 2021

Hacked Channels, 2000 (partly)
Acrylic on canvas; four parts, 110 x 460 cm; Installation view: Galerie Bernhard, Zurich, 2021

TeleGen: Art and Television
Kunstmuseum Liechtenstein, 2016; On the floor: Joseph Zehrer, Farbsekunde, 1990