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by Carolin Leistenschneider (Author), Philipp Haverkampf (Author), Invar-Torre Hollaus (Author)
Fabian Treiber's (b. Ludwigsburg, 1986; lives and works in Stuttgart) paintings show what appear to be interiors while interrogating subjective projections and our perceptions of reality. The artificial spaces bear witness to human existence even though there are no people to be seen. In his still lifes, Treiber negotiates classical questions of painting: form and structure, color and composition, representation of space and organization of the surface. His paintings primarily implement formal rather than narrative decisions. This lets the artist provoke a deliberate breach in which the ostensibly fallacious emerges as the essential quality of painting--the effect is that of works that seem somehow off but are actually just right. Fabian Treiber studied painting and intermedia design at the Stuttgart State Academy of Art and Design (ABK Stuttgart). His works have won him a Karl Schmidt Rottluff Fellowship; he was also a finalist for the 2021 Hans Purrmann Grand Prize. He has had numerous solo shows, including at Kunsthalle Nürnberg, Nuremberg; Kunstverein Ludwigsburg; and Galerie Ruttkowski;68, Cologne.
Author Biography
Carolin Leistenschneider is a German gallerist and curator. Philipp Haverkampf is a Berlin-based gallerist. Invar-Torre Hollaus is a Basel-based art historian and curator. He is also professor at Hochschule für Gestaltung und Kunst in Switzerland.
