Fred Friedrich
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Alfred Erwin Günter Friedrich (born 25 January 1943, in Kreuzberg, Berlin) is a painter, sculptor and multidisciplinary artist. His works incorporates materials such as wood, paper, steal, puppets, glass, bronze, cloth, acrylic glass, and photography. He studied with Marcus Lüpertz at the end of the 1960s. His works incorporate materials such as wood, paper, glass, puppets, and bronze. Attracted to the technology of QR code, he used it as an artistic element. Friedrich grounded QR Matrix Movement.[1] The operas of Richard Wagner have played a role in developing Fred's theme of faith in his work.
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Born | Alfred Erwin Günter Friedrich (1943-01-24) January 24, 1943 (age 81) Kreuzberg, Berlin |
Nationality | German |
His works are often done on a large, confrontational scale and characterised by an unflinching willingness to confront God and believe in the human-beings and their unrealised potential. It is also characteristic of his work to have symbols and legendary figures or historical places. All of these are encoded which Friedrich seeks to process the past; this has resulted in his work being linked with the New Symbolism and Neo-Expressionism movements. [2]
Friedrich has lived and worked in Spain since 1997.