Picture "You Won't Catch Him" (2003) (Unique piece)

Watercolour on paper, 2003. Monogrammed, dated (14.3.03) and titled. Motif size/sheet size 49.5 x 63.5 cm. Size in frame 53 x 67 cm as shown.

The picture is titled in German "den kriegst du nicht".

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About Norbert Bisky

Dreams and nightmares captured on canvas

“On the international art market, his bad boys in oil are snatched out of the painter's hand, in Germany he is met with more restraint and criticism,” wrote Focus magazine in 2007 about Norbert Bisky. Bisky became internationally renowned for his paintings of blond, athletic youths, whose harmonious manner of depiction contrasts with the pictorial action, and is considered one of the most influential painters of the new figuration. Initially, however, his works were often misinterpreted. The New York Museum of Modern Art collects Bisky's works, as do the Museum Ludwig in Cologne and the Korean National Museum in Seoul. Anyone interested in buying Norbert Bisky's work will find it a fascinating exploration of beauty and transience.

Bisky (*1970), who grew up in the GDR, was influenced by the flood of images of socialism and was encouraged by Georg Baselitz, whose student and master student he was, to engage with the images of his childhood. Other influences include the Spanish masters Francisco de Goya, Francisco de Zurbarán and Jusepe de Ribera, whom he studied intensively during his time in Spain at the Prado in Madrid. Their impact on Bisky's art is particularly visible in the works that the artist has painted since 2010 during his “black phase”. Anyone wishing to buy a Norbert Bisky painting will discover a new, deeper dimension to his art in these works.

Through personal experiences of death and terror, the content of the paintings and their depiction converge, so that the colorful, radiant tonality of his works gives way to a black palette. Art collectors who want to buy a Norbert Bisky print will also find an expressive visual language in his works that oscillates between beauty and menace.Bisky's artistic work now goes beyond painting, and he is increasingly integrating his painterly works into elaborate, site-specific installations. In 2013, Bisky designed the stage set for a production of the Staatsballett Berlin. From 2008 to 2010, he was a visiting professor at the Geneva Academy of Art. In 2015, Norbert Bisky swapped his Berlin studio for three months with the Israeli artist Erez Israeli to gather inspiring new impressions and make a personal contribution to the show “Twilight over Berlin”, which honored the establishment of diplomatic relations between Israel and Germany 50 years ago. Anyone looking to buy a Norbert Bisky painting will find works in his multifaceted oeuvre that impressively reflect the spirit of the times.

The artist lives and works in Berlin.

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Painting with glazing watercolours, that are characterised by their transparency, which let deeper layers and painting surfaces shine through.

Often the paper surface is omitted. This contributes significantly to the effect of the work. The aquarelle or watercolour painting requires skilful use of colour, as it dries quickly and corrections are almost impossible.

A one-of-a-kind or unique piece is a work of art personally created by the artist. It exists only once due to the type of production (oil painting, watercolour, drawing, lost-wax sculpture etc.).

In addition to the classic unique pieces, there are also the so-called "serial unique pieces". They present a series of works with the same colour, motif and technique, manually prepared by the same artist. The serial unique pieces are rooted in "serial art", a genre of modern art that aims to create an aesthetic effect through series, repetitions, and variations of the same objects or themes or a system of constant and variable elements or principles.

The historical starting point is considered to be Claude Monet's "Les Meules" (1890/1891), where, for the first time, a series was created that went beyond a mere group of works. The other artists, who addressed to the serial art, include Claude Monet, Piet Mondrian and above all Gerhard Richter.