Ulrich T. Grabowski | Agora Gallery Represented Artist

ULRICH

T. GRABOWSKI

A successful entrepreneur for most of his life, Bavarian artist Ulrich Grabowski discovered painting as a way to process the emotional ups and downs of his career. In the cathartic experience of art-making, Grabowski finds a sense of freedom and deep satisfaction. His paintings are a journey into his psyche, the raw expression of his emotions conveyed through highly-textured surfaces of bold juxtaposed colors. Seemingly harmonious, Grabowski’s oeuvre is an alternation of light and darkness, joy and sadness, exuberance and sorrow. Like wounds on flesh, his brightly-painted canvases are traversed by a network of cracks, sutured by threads of gold paint, desecrated by stains of sanguineous red. This dynamic power play strikes the viewer with bursts of invigorating energy, while luring them into a world of deep emotional intensity.

Grabowski splits his time between his studio in Switzerland, near St. Gallen, and Leipzig, Germany, home to a thriving contemporary art scene. He exhibits his work regularly in both countries and boasts a wide roster of corporate and private clients.

ULRICH T. GRABOWSKI ON

Golden Veins, 2019

Acrylic on canvas

27.5” x 19.5”

$2700

Heat, 2019

Acrylic on canvas

19.5” x 27.5”

$2700

19.5” x 59” $4550

Poles, 2020

Acrylic on canvas

31.5” x 31.5”

$3650

I discovered abstract art autodidactically, as a means of expressing the emotional ups and downs of my career as an entrepreneur. I create paintings in acrylic, oil, and gouache, mostly on canvas, in the tradition of Abstract Expressionism. I consider myself a purist and only use the simplest materials, avoiding any technological frill. Although my work appears to be harmonious, there is often a dichotomy between positive and negative. By applying colors of opposing hues and shades and heightening the contrast between light and shadow, I can see how pain and joy, misfortune and success, sadness and happiness alternate and enable the creation of a positive field of tension. My emotional experience is conveyed through the vibration of bold, highly saturated pigments, which transmit positive energy to the viewer.

ORIGINAL ULRICH T. GRABOWSKI ARTWORKS ON

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