Since 2004, Florian Baudrexel has been creating large-format reliefs made of cardboard, works which he understands as rhetorically-charged figures that confront viewers in their own language. The dimensions of these large-format pieces always refer back to that of the human; the reliefs are equal, or sometimes even oversized, counterparts to the viewer. The reduced color scheme of these beige, black, and white works emphasizes their concentration on line and form. Cardboard, as a material that is available everywhere, ecologically sound, and perishable, facilitates an intuitive and direct work process.
The artist is always simultaneously at work on models, medium- and large-format works, as well as polygonal and rectangular pieces. While the small- format Cardbirds begin with color and from there find their form, this process is reversed in the larger works. Here, the artist begins with the form, assembling both prefabricated and new parts into an expressive ensemble, to which he gives color in a final step.
Florian Baudrexel (*1968 Munich, Germany) lives and works in Berlin. Studied at the Academy of Arts in Düsseldorf (Gerhard Merz).
Florian Baudrexel´s work has been shown in numerous exhibitions at international institutions, such as Musée d ́Art Moderne de la Ville de Paris, France, Leopold-Hoesch-Museum, Düren, Germany, Kunstverein Hamburg, Germany, Museum Abteiberg, Mönchengladbach, Germany. The artist is represented in several international institutional collections, such as The Margulies Collection, Miami, FL, Collection of Contemporary Art of the Federal Republic of Germany, Collection of Jill and Peter Krauss, New York, NY, Philara Collection, Düsseldorf, Germany, and Hessische Landesbank, Frankfurt, Germany.
His solo exhibitions at Kunstverein Hamburg, Kunstverein Oldenburg, and Kunstverein Reutlingen were accompanied by comprehensive publications.