Thomas Scheibitz - Masterplan, Fünffarbdruck mit partieller Lackierung,

Thomas Scheibitz works in the media of painting and sculpture, collage and photography. The Berlin-based artist studied at the Academy of Fine Arts in Dresden. With his sculptures and paintings, which are often based on simple, geometric figures, he quickly gained international attention; In 2005 he played in the German Pavilion at the Venice Biennale. In his painting, the artist explores the question of how the classic genres of still life, portrait and landscape can be updated. The vocabulary of his formal language is based on photographic research, which is reflected in the montage-like connection of individual painterly fragments on the picture carrier. When combined with everyday motifs, the result is a closed structure that oscillates between figuration and abstraction. Regarding his photographs, Scheibitz states: “The snapshots and the storage of the 'common objects' as well as the repeated viewing of the photographs expose the occasions that sketches and drawings as preliminary stages for pictures and sculptures cannot provide. It seems important to me that the photographs invite followers and less imitators.” Using this method, Thomas Scheibitz designed a five-color print for “Texte zur Kunst”, which goes back to one of his collages. In the picture entitled "Masterplan", methodical exploration and free imagination penetrate each other, because the color combination of the photographs and prints is reminiscent of the artist's concise painterly palette. "Masterplan" unites diverging motifs, which apparently revolve around formal criteria such as structure and surface, into a heterogeneous image, which was recorded like a spontaneous mental sketch on the lined page of a writing pad. In this way, the edition by Thomas Scheibitz becomes a symbol for the artistic-creative process itself.

For Texts on Art, Thomas Scheibitz designed a five-color print with partial varnishing, based on a collage. The edition entitled "Masterplan" has the dimensions 70 × 50 cm and is available in an edition of 100 + 20 artist's proofs. It is signed and numbered on the front.