Dirk Skreber Explained

Dirk Skreber (born 1961)[1] is a German artist[2] who lives and works in New York City.

Skreber's work has been exhibited at galleries including The Saatchi Collection,[3] the Petzel Gallery, and the Milwaukee Art Museum.[4] In 2000, he won the .[5]

Reviewing a 2009 exhibition of his car crash sculptures-- produced at an automotive safety testing facility--a critic from The New York Times described them as "arresting" and suggesting "a Faustian industrialism driven by consumerist desire on a collision course with death."

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Art in Review . 21 May 2009 . . 1 August 2023 .
  2. Book: Petersen. Anne Ring. Bogh. Mikkel. Christensen. Hans Dam. Peter Nørgaard Larsen. Contemporary painting in context. 28 September 2011. 2010. Museum Tusculanum Press. 978-87-635-2597-8. 211–.
  3. Web site: Dirk Skreber - Artist - Saatchi Gallery . 1 August 2023 . Saatchi Gallery.
  4. Web site: Dirk Skreber's exhibit at Milwaukee Art Museum captivates with catastrophe . Schumacher . Mary Louise . 16 December 2013 . . 1 August 2023 .
  5. Web site: Preis der Nationalgalerie . Preis der Nationalgalerie . 1 August 2023 .

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