Lenz Geerk (QuarARTine special episode)

Talk Art

Russell Tovey and Robert Diament c/o Independent Talent

Sculpture, Unknown, Russell Tovey, Painting, Drawing, Art, Artist Interview, Arts, Studio Visit, Visual Arts, Art Talk, Contemporary Art, Entertainment, Celebrity, Modern Art, Artwork, Talk Art, Robert Diament

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🗓️ 25 May 2020

⏱️ 65 minutes

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Summary

Russell & Robert chat to critically acclaimed German artist Lenz Geerk. Recorded at the start of lockdown, we discuss his psychologically charged paintings that are seemingly removed from any specific time or place. Emphasizing his subjects in such a way as to draw out the hidden emotions of the human psyche, Geerk depicts people at the threshold of excitation and in the throes of exploration or emotional tension.

We discuss his daily journey to the studio, links in his work to art history icons Morandi, Hopper & Modigliani, growing up painting Knights and football players, 1920s style & the film Call Me By Your Name, the popular computer game The Sims, his decision to fly less to help tackle climate change, the theme of food in his paintings including a painting of an apple (that Russell recently acquired), plus we discover artworks he lives with by artists like Louis Fratino and Jenna Gribbon. We learn how he gave up painting for one year after seeing Vermeer's paintings in real life, his love of Manga and comic books such as Tintin, listening to audio books of classics including Cervantes' Don Quixote and Marcel Proust, why he enjoys painting in hotel rooms, and his aim for the people in his works not to be objects and to be active and powerful and readdressing art history.

Follow @LenzGeerk https://lenzgeerk.com/ and Lenz’s gallery @RobertsProjects https://www.robertsprojectsla.com/. For images of all artworks discussed in this episode visit @TalkArt. We've just joined Twitter too @TalkArtPodcast. If you've enjoyed this episode PLEASE leave us your feedback and maybe 5 stars if we're worthy in the Apple Podcast store. Thank you for listening to Talk Art, we will be back very soon.

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0:57.0	Good afternoon, good morning, good evening, wherever you are in the world. I am Russell Tovey.
1:06.2	And I'm Robert Diamant. And this is Torquhart. Welcome to Torquhart. How are you, Robert Diamond? I'm feeling incredibly still. Are you? That's unlike you,
1:19.3	because you're normally like moving all over the place, flapping everywhere. Well, you know what, babe, we are in this quarantine series.
1:27.0	Yeah.
1:28.0	And I've been thinking a lot about interiors.
1:32.0	And... Of the psychological interior of the human mind or interiors of a house.
1:37.0	I think both actually because I think they're incredibly linked and I think often inseparable.
1:44.0	Right, okay, interesting.
1:46.0	Do you think they linked to the artist that we're about to talk to?
1:49.0	Well, yes, and actually, there's one particular painting by our guest today,
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