Experimenting with gesture and imperfection, the work of the Cologne-based artist David Ostrowski is characterized by the use of a reduced color palette on vast, nearly empty fields covered with occasional gestures and marks. In a minimalist and seemingly nonchalant style, the artist applies lacquer, spray paint and found materials - which he uses also for his collages. His compositions are imbued with contingency and the impossibility to revise or correct an action. The rough canvas resulting from these coincidences and mistakes invite the viewer to an haptic experience in which each of Ostrowski's elements seems to appear simultaneously by chance and beauty.
David Ostrowski
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David Ostrowski, F (Schöne Frauen bekommen), 2014
Acrylic, lacquer and paper on canvas
191 x 241 cm (framed) -
David Ostrowski, F (The Receptionist), 2014
Acrylic on canvas, wood
241 x 191 cm -
David Ostrowski, F (Musik ist Scheisse), 2014
Lacquer on canvas, wood
241 x 191 cm -
David Ostrowski, F (A thing is a thing in a whole which it’s not), 2014
Acrylic and lacquer on canvas
241 x 191 cm -
David Ostrowski, F (Gee Vaucher), 2014
Acrylic and lacquer on canvas, wood
241 x 191 cm -
David Ostrowski, F (The Receptionist), 2014
Acrylic on burlap, wood
241 x 191 cm -
David Ostrowski, F (I would prefer not to), 2014
Acrylic and lacquer on canvas, wood
241 x 191 cm -
David Ostrowski, F (The Receptionist), 2014
Acrylic on burlap, wood
241 x 191 cm -
David Ostrowski, F (Between Two Ferns), 2014
Acrylic and lacquer on canvas, wood
241 x 191 cm -
David Ostrowski, F (The Receptionist), 2014
Acrylic on canvas, wood
241 x 191 cm -
David Ostrowski, F (Es gibt zu viel Ausland), 2014
Acrylic and lacquer on canvas, wood
241 x 191 cm -
David Ostrowski, F (Julio Iglesias), 2014
Acrylic and lacquer on canvas, wood
241 x 191 cm -
David Ostrowski, F (H), 2014
Acrylic, lacquer and paper on canvas, wood
241 x 191 cm -
David Ostrowski, F (Dann lieber nein), 2014
acrylic on linen, wood
241 x 191 cm -
David Ostrowski, F (Imagine if), 2014
Acrylic on burlap, wood
241 x 191 cm -
David Ostrowski, F (Auch die schönste Frau ist an den Füssen zu Ende, Nana’s feet), 2014
Dirt on canvas, wood
401 x 351 cm -
David Ostrowski, F (The Receptionist), 2014
Acrylic on canvas, wood
241 x 191 cm -
David Ostrowski, F (Dann lieber nein), 2014
Acrylic, lacquer and paper on canvas, wood
241 x 191 cm -
David Ostrowski, F (Still in Love), 2014
Primer and paper on linen, wood
241 x 191 cm -
David Ostrowski, F (Musik ist Scheisse), 2014
Lacquer on burlap, wood
241 x 191 cm -
David Ostrowski, F (Auch die schönste Frau ist an den Füssen zu Ende, Jeanne’s foot), 2014
Lacquer and dirt on canvas, wood
241 x 191 cm -
David Ostrowski, F (I will die forever), 2014
Acrylic, lacquer and paper on canvas, wood
241 x 191 cm -
David Ostrowski, Installation view, 2013
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David Ostrowski, Installation view, 2013
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David Ostrowski, Installation view, 2013
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David Ostrowski, F (Dann lieber nein), F (Dann lieber nein), 2011
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David Ostrowski, From bad to worse, 2013
Los Angeles -
David Ostrowski, F (Don't Honk), 2012
Lacquer and cotton on canvas, wood
201 x 151 cm -
David Ostrowski, F (Between Two Ferns), 2013
Oil, lacquer and paper on canvas, wood
231 x 181 cm -
David Ostrowski, F (Auch die schoenste Frau ist an den Fuessen zu Ende, Allison's feet), 2012
Acrylic, lacquer, cotton and paper on canvas, wood
221 x 171 cm -
David Ostrowski, F (Dann lieber nein), 2011
Oil and lacquer on cotton, glass frame
53 x 42 cm -
David Ostrowski, F, Artothek, 2013
Cologne -
David Ostrowski, F (Dann lieber nein), 2013
Acrylic, lacquer and paper on canvas, wood
241 x 191 cm -
David Ostrowski, F (Auch die schoenste Frau ist an den Fuessen zu Ende), 2011
Oil, lacquer and paper on canvas
165 x 120 cm -
David Ostrowski, F (Even the most beautiful woman ends at her feet), 2012
Oil and lacquer on canvas
200 x 150 cm -
David Ostrowski, F (Capture the dream), 2012
Oil, lacquer, paper, cardboard and cotton on canvas, wood
241 x 181 cm -
David Ostrowski, Relax/Outline Paintings, 2013
Cologne -
David Ostrowski, F (Dann lieber nein), 2012
Oil, lacquer and dirt on canvas, wood
221 x 171 cm -
David Ostrowski, F (From bad two worse), 2013
Oil, lacquer, paper and cardboard on canvas
241 x 181 cm -
David Ostrowski, Tried and Failed, 2013
BolteLang, Zuerich -
David Ostrowski, F (Dann lieber nein), 2012
Lacquer and dirt on canvas, wood
221 x 171 cm -
David Ostrowski, F (Dann lieber nein), 2012
Oil, lacquer and wood on canvas
200 x 150 cm -
David Ostrowski, F (Deutschland Deine Promis), 2013
Oil, lacquer paper and cotton on canvas
221 x 171cm -
David Ostrowski, F (Jet Grill), 2013
Oil, lacquer and paper on canvas, wood
241 x 181 cm -
David Ostrowski, F (Beauty Mantra), 2012
Oil, lacquer, paper and adhesive foil on canvas, wood
101 x 81 cm -
David Ostrowski, From bad to worse, 2013
Los Angeles -
David Ostrowski, F (Dann lieber nein), 2012
Lacquer and dirt on canvas, wood
201 x 151 cm -
David Ostrowski, F (Dann lieber nein), 2012
Lacquer and cotton on canvas, wood
52 x 42 cm -
David Ostrowski, F (Auch die schoenste Frau ist an den Fuessen zu Ende), 2012
Oil, lacquer and paper on canvas
180 x 130 cm -
David Ostrowski, F (Between Two Ferns), 2012
Oil, lacquer and adhesive foil on canvas
200 x 150 cm -
David Ostrowski, F (Dann Lieber nein), 2012
Oil, lacquer and adhesive foil on canvas
221 x 171 cm -
David Ostrowski, F (Don't Honk), 2013
Lacquer and dirt on canvas, wood
241 x 171 cm
Exhibitions
Selected press
- ' "The Shell" by Antoine Espinasseau', Frog, Fall-Winter 2015 - 2016 — 0.0
- Olivier Zahm, The Shell, Purple Fashion, Fall/Winter 2015 — 0.0
- Sophie Pinet, '8 (très) jeunes artistes qui montent, qui montent ...' AD, October, 2014 — 0.0
- Fabrizio Meris, 'David Ostrowski, il golden boy dell'arte contemporanea', i-D, September 29th, 2014 — 0.0
- Timothée Magot, 'David Ostrowski at Almine Rech: kein (goldene) scheiss !', WAD, Mar-Apr-May, 2014 — 0.0
- Eugenio Re Rebaudengo, 'An interview with the artist David Ostrowski', ART TURNER December 2013 — 0.0
- 'David Ostrowski, Das Goldene Scheiss', NUMERO, March 2013 — 0.0
- Flora Yin-Wong, 'Driven to Abstraction Day 2', DAZED DIGITAL, March, 14, 2013. p. 12 - 13 — 0.0
- James Shaeffer, 'David Ostrowski', KALEDIOSCOPE, April 04, 2013, p.10. — 0.0
- Steven Cox, 'David Ostrowski Interview', HUNTED PROJECTS, June 2013. — 0.0
- Jérôme Lefèvre, ‘David Ostrowski, from bad to worse’, DUST-DISTILLER, April 18th, 2013 — 0.0
- Jens Asthoff, ‘David Ostrowski’, KUNSTFORUM INTERNATIONAL, April 2013 — 0.0
- Marcus Woeller, ‘Er steht vor dem Nichts’, WELT AM SONNTAG, March 24th, 2013 — 0.0
- Suzanne Hudson, 'Openings : David Ostrowski', ARTFORUM, March 2013. — 0.0
- Bret Randall, ‘David Ostrowski’, HUSK MAGAZINE, February 2013 — 0.0
- Jonathan Griffin, ‘David Ostrowski’, ART REVIEW, January/February 2013 — 0.0
- Elisa Carmichael, "25 Artists to Watch in 2013 - David Ostrowski", COMPLEX, January 2013, p. 26 — 0.0
- Bettina Haiss, "Einer kritzelt, einer läuft vor die Wand, Kölner Stadtanzeiger", April 16 2012, p. 27 — 0.0
- ‘David Ostrowski’, MOFF MAGAZINE, 2011 — 0.0
- Anna-Lena Werner, ‘Cologne : Interview with David Ostrowski’, ARTFRIDGE, January 2011 — 0.0
- Nancy Lupo, 'Interwiew with David Ostrowski', ARTSLANT NEW YORK, 2007. — 0.0