Manuel Schroeder

The fragile face of the city

Influences of industry, traffic, vandalism and light change and destroy the omnipresent messages of the capitalistic advertising and marketing strategists who want to push a visual illusory world on people continuously. The varied processes of the decay in quick change let the glamorous colours dull, fragment the pictures and transform themselves in new phenomena with own aesthetics. Inspired by these urbane appearances and based on photography, i research and archive the processes of disintegration of typography and posters in cities and urban spaces.

The resulted photographic and mental archives form the basis for the next artistic process of collage and decollate, painting and reliefs on papers, canvases, wood and other materials in different formats. Another face of the city is created and proposes new questions.

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since 2015 – art period Berlin/Germany
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2013 – art residency, Daugavpils/Latvia
selected artwork

Mark Rothko Art Center, Daugavpils/Latvia, 2013

daugawalls 9_11 © 2013, 100x140 cm, canvas, local wallpapers, acryllic, clear laquer Copyright by the artist. Courtesy of Mark Rothko Art Center collection, Daugavpils/Latvia you'll get it all - behind the colors © 2013, 100x140 cm, canvas, local wallpapers, acryllic, clear laquer Copyright by the artist. Courtesy of Mark Rothko Art Center collection, Daugavpils/Latvia

 

2012-2014 – art period Berlin/Germany
 selected artwork

artfair Berliner Liste 2012

blue delay © 2012, 70x100 cm, canvas, affichepaper, acryllic, clear laquer by courtesy of Foundation Sparda-Bank West collection, Duesseldorf/Germany blue deserve © 2012, 70x100 cm, canvas, affichepaper, acryllic, clear laquer by courtesy of Erzbistum collection, Cologne/Germany blue smile © 2012, 70x100 cm, canvas, affichepaper, acryllic, clear laquer by courtesy of private collection, Lippstadt/Germany blue solution © 2012, 70x100 cm, canvas, affichepaper, acryllic, clear laquer by courtesy of private collection, Lippstadt/Germany

 

2011-2013 – art period Worcester, MA/USA
 selected artwork

Dzian Gallery

everybody could see the actors © 2012, 91x121 cm, canvas, affichepaper, acryllic, clear laquer by courtesy of private collection, Worcester, MA/USA keep smiling if u can © 2012, 91x121 cm, canvas, affichepaper, acryllic, clear laquer by courtesy of DZian Gallery, Natick, MA/USA lost in red thoughts © 2012, 91x121 cm, canvas, affichepaper, acryllic, clear laquer by courtesy of private collection, Worcester, MA/USA celebrating mainstream © 2012, 91x121 cm, canvas, affichepaper, acryllic, clear laquer by courtesy of private collection, Worcester, MA/USA

 

2010-2011 – art period Berlin/Germany
selected artwork

artfair Berliner Liste

decollage_0432 © 2011, 70x100 cm, canvas, affichepaper, acryllic, clear laquer Copyright by the artist. Courtesy of private collection, Berlin/Germany decollage_5764 © 2011, 70x100 cm, canvas, affichepaper, acryllic, clear laquer Copyright by the artist. Courtesy of private collection, Berlin/Germany decollage_5843 © 2011, 91x121 cm, canvas, affichepaper, acryllic, clear laquer Copyright by the artist. Courtesy of private collection, Boston, MA/USA decollage_6609 © 2011, 70x100 cm, canvas, affichepaper, acryllic, clear laquer Copyright by the artist. Courtesy of private collection, Berlin/Germany decollage 1102© 2011, 91x121 cm, canvas, affichepaper, acryllic, clear laquer Copyright by the artist. Courtesy of private collection, Worcester, MA/USA

 

2005-2009 – art period Cologne/Germany
selected artwork

Schilling house of architects

D.2121 Cologne edition © 2005, 70x120 cm, ultrachrome on canvas, acryllic, clear laquer Copyright by the artist. Courtesy of private collection, Berlin/Germany D.3438 Cologne edition © 2005, 50x70 cm, ultrachrome on canvas, acryllic, clear laquer Copyright by the artist. Courtesy of private collection, Berlin/Germany D.2385 Berlin edition © 2005, 70x100 cm, ultrachrome on canvas, acryllic, clear laquer Copyright by the artist. Courtesy of private collection, Berlin/Germany D.982 Vienna edition © 2005, 70x100 cm, ultrachrome on canvas, acryllic, clear laquer Copyright by the artist. Courtesy of private collection, Berlin/Germany
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