ABOUT
Conrad Hübbe explores the tradition of painting from
a sculptural perspective. In his monochrome paintings and installations, processes of translation are elementary to his approach to memory. His artistic practice reflects on how echoes of the past can be reconfigured under the conditions of the present. Drawing on procedures of copying and sampling to open an associative field, his artistic practice is linked to formalist tendencies to reduce the narrative in favour of a sensual experience. Hübbe’s multi-layered, yet highly reduced works are often part of installations including paintings and sculptural objects. Expanded in scale, the figurative leans into the abstract and is juxtaposed with the painterly fetish of the gesture, as airbrushed lines are layered with thick oil paint on a white-primed canvas.
a sculptural perspective. In his monochrome paintings and installations, processes of translation are elementary to his approach to memory. His artistic practice reflects on how echoes of the past can be reconfigured under the conditions of the present. Drawing on procedures of copying and sampling to open an associative field, his artistic practice is linked to formalist tendencies to reduce the narrative in favour of a sensual experience. Hübbe’s multi-layered, yet highly reduced works are often part of installations including paintings and sculptural objects. Expanded in scale, the figurative leans into the abstract and is juxtaposed with the painterly fetish of the gesture, as airbrushed lines are layered with thick oil paint on a white-primed canvas.
Conrad Hübbe (b. 1989) lives and works in Hamburg, Berlin, and Warsaw. He graduated from his Master’s Studies in the class of Andreas Slominski at the University of Fine Arts (HFBK) in Hamburg in 2022. He studied in the studio of Mirosław Bałka at the Academy of Fine Arts (ASP) in Warsaw. Recent exhibitions include the solo exhibitions Love Spells at Galerie Oel-Früh Hamburg (2024), Invocation at Galerie Wassermühle Trittau (2025), and the duo show Struck together with Agnieszka Mastalerz at Krupa Art Foundation (2025) in Wrocław. His works are part of public and private collections, including Sparkassen-Kulturstiftung Stormarn and Krupa Art Foundation.
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