ANTWERP.- TICK TACK opened >>>(X)<<<, the first solo exhibition in Belgium by world-renowned German artist Thomas Scheibitz.
Scheibitz (b. 1968, Radeberg, DE) is celebrated as one of the most influential painters and sculptors of his generation. His work dismantles and reimagines fragments of classical painting, architecture, the urban landscape, and popular culture, balancing clarity and enigma.
At >>>(X)<<<, Scheibitz unveils an extraordinary new body of work, created over the past two years and exhibited for the first time. Anchored by two monumental paintings — 'Calvary' and 'Landscape#Mundus' — the exhibition captures the essence of his practice: exploring the translation of situations and the indirect designation of space. These are complemented by a site-specific sculptural installation featuring 28 elements, parts, fragments, and sculptures; a 'thinking space', where forms seem poised for an impossible deployment, like representatives in a display warehouse.
Scheibitz's works reside in some of the world's most prestigious collections, including MoMA (New York), Tate Modern (London), Centre Pompidou (Paris), and Stedelijk Museum (Amsterdam). A highlight of his career includes representing Germany at the 51st Venice Biennale.
>>>(X)<<< is more than a title; it's a symbol—a synonym for a generation, the unknown, a disputed platform, or a marker of significance, like a cross on a map or the act of highlighting special places in a notation. With this exhibition, Scheibitz transforms TICK TACK's historic space into a kind of arena, reaffirming his position as a trailblazer at the forefront of contemporary art.
Among the leading German artists of his generation, Thomas Scheibitz (1968) has developed his own conceptual language that bridges the realms of figuration and abstraction, at times dissolving them entirely. Scheibitz’s works are composed of geometrical formations, containing recognizable, reoccurring symbols. He combines these abstract landscapes with architectural elements to convey the underlying principles of our seemingly well-ordered world. Scheibitz represented Germany in the 2004 Bienal de São Paulo and the 2005 Venice Biennale.
At the heart of the Berlin-based artist’s work is a search for a new relationship between figuration and abstraction. The search leads him to not only push the limits of his media, expanding its potential but also to question the contemporary relevance of this traditional antagonism between the two poles.
Public Collections featuring Scheibitz’s works: Carnegie Museum of Art, Pittsburgh, PA, Centre d’Arte de Contemporain, Geneva, Centre Pompidou, Paris, Collezione Maramotti, Reggio Emilia, Cornell Fine Arts Museum, Winterpark, FL, Denver Art Museum, Fine Arts Museum of San Francisco, Galerie für Zeitgenössische Kunst - GfZK, Leipzig, Hamburger Bahnhof – Museum für Gegenwart, Berlin, Kunstmuseum Basel, Kunstmuseum Bonn, Kunstmuseum Winterthur, Kupferstichkabinett, Berlin, Lenbachhaus, Munich, MUDAM - Musée d’art Moderne Grand-Duc Jean, Luxembourg, Museum der bildenden Künste, Leipzig, Musée d'art contemporain de Montréal, Museum of Modern Art, New York, Museum of Contemporary Art, Los Angeles, Museum of Contemporary Art, Chicago, Museum für Moderne Kunst MMK, Frankfurt, Neues Museum Weserburg, Bremen, Pinakothek der Moderne, Munich, Tate, London, Saatchi Gallery, London, Saint Louis Art Museum, St. Louis, MO, Sammlung Goetz, Munich, Staatliche Kunstsammlungen Dresden, San Francisco Museum of Modern Art, Städel Museum, Frankfurt, Stedelijk Museum, Amsterdam.
