ARTIST PROFILE
- Czech Republic (b. 1989 in Opava)
- Currently in Wien, Austria.
- Matěj Frank is a visual artist interested in slow transformations and transience. Frank's measure of time and space is often a human body.
CONTACT & LINKS
Spaces
- 2013
- Charcoal on Paper
- Series of 9 photos + a drawing
- 250 x 250 cm
The need to discover and visualise the reach of the body and its movement possibilities through a simple gesture – drawing. This ongoing series of drawings was inspired by the artist’s experience with contemporary dance and contact improvisation.
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present / absent & Spaces | 2013 - 2021
The series present/absent consists of performative actions and sculptures and builds on the Spaces series. In the performances, the focus from depicting the reach of a body shifts to taking up an entire space through movement and drawing. In the sculptures, the surrounding area becomes part of the composition.