Riedl, Franz – Galerie Renate Bender

Franz Riedl

Banderole I - 2022, Papierrelief, Karton geschnitten, 37 x 47 cm

Raumverteilung I - 2020, Papierrelief, Karton geschnitten, 34 x 47 cm

Raumverteilung II - 2020, Papierrelief, Karton geschnitten, 34 x 47 cm

Verknüpfung - 2019, Papierrelief, Karton geschnitten, 72 x 90,5 cm

Gefüge I - 2022, paper relief, cardboard cut, framed, 72 x 102 cm

Doppelhorizont - 2022, paper relief, cardboard cut, framed, 72 x 102 cm

Banderole I - 2022, paper relief, cardboard cut, 37 x 47 cm

Schattierung II - 2021, paper relief, cardboard cut, framed, 52 x 72 cm

Raumverteilung I - 2020, paper relief, cardboard cut, 34 x 47 cm

Raumverteilung II - 2020, paper relief, cardboard cut, 34 x 47 cm

Verknüpfung - 2019, paper relief, cardboard cut, 72 x 90,5 cm

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Franz Riedl was born in 1976 in Bad Ischl, Austria. He lives and works in Vienna, Austria.

After studying in Japan, Riedl’s interest in paper as a material for his constructions has intensified. What interests the artist is the untreated paper and rendering visible its strength and surface. He cuts and scores its white epidermis; he brings the resistance of the material, the vulnerability of the surface to the fore and folds the excised parts backwards – nothing is lost. The positive surface elements are complemented by the negative, relief-like cutouts. Space and architectural perspectives are translated into an abstract and pure reduction of form that takes on its pictorial nature from the delicacy of the millimeter-thin layers.