Since early childhood, the forest has been a place of longing for Frank Mädler, connecting the familiar with the uncanny, a place where one can get lost. However, how can the forest be artistically represented, especially in times when it is directly threatened by destruction, using formal means? Frank Mädler employs photographic techniques such as focus and blur, but also intervenes in the photographic material through methods like overlays, additions, and scratches. His ceramic sculptures titled 'Doppeltierhälften' expand the artistic exploration of the forest into the exhibition space.

Frank Mädler (b. 1963, Torgelow) studied at the Academy of Visual Arts in Leipzig, Germany, under the direction of Astrid Klein, at the Universidad Complutense de Madrid and Universidad Castilla-La Mancha, Cuenca. In 2004, he won a scholarship to the German Academy in Rome at the Villa Massimo, an esteemed German prize for a visual artist. In 2007, Mädler graduated with his Masters in Fine Art from the Academy of Visual Arts in Leipzig, Germany, where he lives and works today.

His work is part of various public and private collections, including the American Bank Collection, USA, the Art Gallery of Ontario, Toronto, the Antoine de Galbert Foundation in Paris, the Mulder Foundation in Lima, Peru, the Kunstforum Ostdeutsche Galerie in Regensburg, Germany, the DZ BANK Kunstsammlung, Frankfurt, Germany, Art Collection Telekom, Berlin, and the Staatliche Kunstsammlungen in Dresden, Germany.Frank Mädler has published various monographs and books and has been written about by several curators, scholars and critics, including Martina Padberg, Tanja Dückers, Charlotte Gutmann, Maximillian Keller, Lily Koshitavshvili, Christina Leber, Agnes Matthias, Katharina Menzel, and Insa Wilke.

Press release courtesy Galerie—Peter—Sillem.