The Gilla Lörcher | Contemporary Art Gallery presents a joint exhibition by French sculptor Quentin Lefranc and German painter Rainer Splitt. For many years, both artists have been intensively exploring concrete and minimalist artistic concepts, each developing their own unique approaches to space, material, color, and form.
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Quentin Lefranc / Rainer Splitt - Embodying space
Rainer Splitt’s works are characterized by radical clarity, material presence, and a distinctive openness. Since the 1990s, the artist has continuously developed series of works that straddle the line between concrete art and minimalist tendencies. His floor and wall installations combine color and form into independent spatial experiences. This gives rise to fluid transitions and surprising connections that, despite their clear design, evoke a poetic effect.
For Quentin Lefranc, on the other hand, the specific exhibition venue plays a central role. For him, architecture becomes a framework, a territory, and a playing field in which his works unfold their impact. His sculptural interventions enter into a direct dialogue with the space and its history. By assembling, shifting, or juxtaposing elements, Lefranc examines how spaces are created, what hierarchies operate within them, and how we move through them.
The works of both artists intersect in an exciting way: While Splitt works with color, material, and clear formal structures, Lefranc explores the relationship between sculpture, architecture, and human perception.
Together, the exhibition opens a dialogue about the possibilities of minimalist art and how artworks can appropriate a space, transform it, and direct our perception of it.
Short Biography of Rainer Splitt:
Rainer Splitt (born 1963) lives and works in Berlin. He studied painting at the Braunschweig University of the Arts, the École des Beaux-Arts in Nîmes, and the School of Visual Arts in New York. He earned the title of “Meisterschüler” under Christiane Möbus.
Rainer Splitt’s works have been exhibited in numerous art institutions and galleries: Schwerin State Museum; Celle Art Museum; Braunschweig State Museum; Museum of Non-Representational Art, Ottensen; Museum of Concrete Art, Ingolstadt; Kunstverein Ruhr, Essen; Rizzuto Gallery, Palermo (IT); Galería Artnueve, Murcia (ES); Galería Pilar Serra, Madrid (ES); Galería Daniel Cuevas, Madrid (ES); Galerie Max Weber/Six Friedrich, Munich; Galerie Brandstetter & Wyss, Zurich (CH); Stark Gallery, New York (USA); Galerie Gilla Lörcher, Berlin.
His work has received numerous awards (Villa Massimo, Rome; DAAD Fellowship in New York, among others) and is included in numerous private and museum collections (Art Collection of the Federal Republic of Germany; State Museums of Berlin, Kupferstichkabinett; State of Lower Saxony; Museum of Concrete Art, Ingolstadt; Sprengel Museum, Hanover / Lower Saxony Savings Bank Foundation; State Museum of Schwerin; City of Dresden; Fondation Frank Popper, Marcigny, France.
Short Biography of Quentin Lefranc:
Quentin Lefranc (born 1987) lives and works in Paris (France). He received degrees from the Art School in Rueil-Malmaison (2011) and the School of Arts Décoratifs in Paris (2013).
Quentin Lefranc’s works have been exhibited at numerous art institutions and galleries: Palais de Tokyo, Paris (France); Centre d’Art Contemporain, Nîmes (France); Centre d’Art Chateauvert (France); Académie Royale des Beaux-Arts, Brussels (Belgium); Château de la Reuil-Malmaison, Reuil-Malmaison (France); CNAP Centre National des Arts Plastiques, Paris (F); Collection Lambert, Avignon (F); Librairie Yvon Lambert, Paris (F); Galerie Thaddaeus Ropac, Pantin (F); Galerie Jérôme Pauchant, Paris (F); Galerie Joy de Rouvre, Geneva (CH), Rabouan Moussion Galerie, Paris (F), QG Gallery, Knokke (B), Galerie Gilla Lörcher, Berlin (D), and others.
His work has received numerous awards and is included in many private and museum collections (Centre Pompidou, Museum of Grenoble, and others).
