FRANK FRANZEN
Imagination, Space and Liberty, 2005
Video projection, 5 x 5 m.
The Showroom, Copenhagen
Frank Franzen is showing this video projection in a white box, a box open at one end, and with a transparent back-projection screen at the other. In the video we see a seagull hovering over a reversed fan or propeller, situated in the bottom of the picture. The wings of the seagull and the blades of the propeller are reflecting each other. The video runs in a short loop, keeping the seagull flying forever and ever. It is a poetic video, but at the same time, it also frames some overall ideas about the concept of The Showroom series, and, on a metaphorical level, the juxtaposition of opposites related to the project, such as reality/illusion and freedom/restriction.
The titel, Imagination, Space and Liberty, underlines this reading, and at the same time points to a more general comprehension in terms of associations connected to each of the words in the title.
Dasein, 2022
Photo in lightbox, 80 x 120 x 40 cm.
Searching for Nature, 2023
Oil and photo on acrylic plates, 94 x 60 cm.
Searching for Nature, 2023
Oil and photo on acrylic plates,94 x 60 cm.
Searching for Nature, 2023
Oil and photo on acrylic plates, 94 x 60 cm.
Territories, 2023
Watercolor, graphite, ink and collage on paper,
100 x 70 cm. x 63 cm.
Territories, 2024
Watercolor, ink and pencil on paper, 42 x 30 cm.
Territories, 2024
Watercolor, ink and pencil on paper, 42 x 30 cm.
Territories, 2024
Watercolor, ink and pencil on paper, 42 x 30 cm.
Territories, 2024
Watercolor, ink and pencil on paper, 42 x 30 cm.
Territories, 2023
Graphite, watercolor, ink, pencil and photo on paper, 100 x 70 cm.
Territories, 2024
Watercolor, ink and pencil on paper, 42 x 30 cm.
Territories, 2024
Watercolor, ink and pencil on paper, 42 x 30 cm.
Territories, 2024
Watercolor, ink and pencil on paper, 42 x 30 cm.
Mental Pieces, 2023
15 Photo collages, each 42 x 30 cm.
Mental Pieces, 2023
Photo collage on paper, 42 x 30 cm.
Mental pieces, 2022
Photo collage on paper, 42 x 30 cm.
Mental Pieces, 2022
Photo collage on paper, 42 x 30 cm.
Scorched Earth, 2023
Graphite, ink, watercolor and collage on paper,
100 x 70 cm.
Scorched Earth, 2023
Graphite and collage on paper, 42 x 30 cm.
Scorched Earth, 2023
Graphite and collage on paper, 42 x 30 cm.
Scorched Earth, 2023
Graphite and collage on paper, 42 x 30 cm.
Mental Pieces, 2023
Photo collage on paper, 42 x 30 cm.
Mental Pieces, 2022
Photo collage, 42 x 30 cm.
Mental Pieces, 2022
Photo collage, 42 x 30 cm.
Searching for Nature, 2021
Photo, ink, pencil, acrylic paint on paper, 100 x 70 cm.
Searching for Nature, 2022
Photo and oilpaint in lightbox, 94 x 64 cm.
The Showbox Project, 2019
Presentation at Fabrikken for Kunst og Design.
View, Showbox 11, 2019
Print on paper, 56 x 76 cm.
View, Showbox 6, 2019
Print on paper, 56 x 76 cm.
Painters' Corridor, 2006
16 mm film, timelab montage, projection.
Nikolaj Kunsthal, Copenhagen