Frank Nitsche – Nek-31, 2005 – Oil on canvas

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Frank Nitsche's Nek-31 is an oil painting on canvas created in 2005. This work exemplifies Nitsche’s signature style, blending geometric abstraction with a sense of architectural layering. Dominated by bold pink and red tones, the composition is structured around angular forms and sharp lines, creating an interplay of depth and surface. The dynamic, overlapping shapes evoke an abstract form that suggests both mechanical and organic influences, typical of Nitsche's explorations of modern visual culture. The painting’s flat planes and precise line work generate a sense of movement, guiding the viewer’s eye across the structured yet vibrant canvas.

Frank Nitsche (Germany, 1964) is a contemporary painter known for his geometric abstractions. His works feature overlapping layers, intersecting lines, and specific forms reminiscent of construction plans, technical models, and computer programs. Nitsche draws inspiration from a vast visual archive of media, pop, and consumer culture, which he arranges and condenses into his unique pictorial idiom.

Frank Nitsche

Nek-31, 2005

Name: Nek-31, 2005
Brand: Frank Nitsche
SKU: 5513
Price: 6000.00 EUR
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Form

Painting

PaintingPainting is the process of applying media to a surface, using a tool such as a brush. The term refers to both the action and the resulting object. Artists use many tools to paint, such as brushes, airbrushes, palette knives, sponges or fingers and hands.

Medium

Oil on canvas

Oil on canvasOil paint is a slow-drying type of paint made from pigment particles suspended in a drying oil, typically linseed oil. The viscosity of the paint can be adjusted by adding a solvent like turpentine, and varnish can be added to increase the glossiness of the dried paint film. Oil painting has been used since the 12th century in Europe, initially for decoration, but it was not widely adopted as a primary painting medium until the 15th century.

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Frank Nitsche

Nek-31, 2005

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Oil on canvas

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Sleeping is no mean art: for its sake, one must stay awake all day.
- Frank Nitsche

With strong roots in Constructivism, Frank Nitsche is renowned for his geometric, abstract paintings that employ the use of overlapping angles, vectors, and shapes; paintings that elicit notions of three-dimensional programming software or urban architecture. Nek-31 is one of his most notable works that perfectly exemplifies the complexity of his art: upon first glance, the work appears to be a mechanical-looking structure, crafted purely on angle and shape, almost as though it has been built on a computer - but when inspected closer, the viewer can see that certain patches of the canvas have been amended, edited as he has worked, sanded down to create sporadic lines, and the oil-paint that he uses often gives the colour a softer, saturated look.

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What is geometric abstract art?

Geometric abstraction is a form of abstract art that uses geometric shapes arranged in a non-illusionistic space (though not always) and combined into non-representational (non-objective) compositions. Based on years of artistic research, some artists have proposed that geometric abstraction offers a solution to modern challenges by rejecting traditional illusionistic practices in favor of clarity and simplicity.

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Frank Nitsche

Nek-31, 2005

65 x 45.5 cm

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