Quentin Lefranc, Rainer Splitt
Embodying space
Press Release
/Galerie Gilla Loercher | Contemporary Art is delighted to present a joint exhibition featuring French sculptor Quentin Lefranc and German painter Rainer Splitt, both of whom have intensively explored concrete and minimal art concepts throughout their artistic careers.
The opening is on 10 September 2026 from 19:00
10-14 September | Berlin Art Week | We are open Thu 18:00-22:00, Fri 12:00-20:00, Sat 12:00-18:00, Sun 12:00-18:00
“The works of Rainer Splitt follow their own set of principles. Radical clarity, material presence, and substantial openness characterize his powerful yet poetic floor and wall installations. Since the 1990s, the artist has consistently developed series of works that reveal him as a bridge-builder between concrete concepts and minimalist tendencies, leading with the utmost naturalness and fascinating logic to pictorial and spatial events, and surprising the viewer with gently flowing transitions between color and form.” (Text by art historian Birgit Möckel, published in 2026 in the catalog Rainer Splitt “pouring on boards.”)
Designed as a “place of study,” the architecture serves as a framework, territory, and playground for the works of
Quentin Lefranc. He always creates a dialogue between the place and what he shows there. His works, which are located at the intersection of various practices, function like open brackets in space. By bringing them together or juxtaposing them, he questions what this space consists of. He experiments with its permeability, hierarchies, and history. Even though a sculptural dimension dominates, his proposals favor a field of action rather than a practice, inviting us to reflect on our existence and the act of creating a place.
Short Biography Rainer Splitt
Rainer Splitt (born in 1963) lives and works in Berlin. He studied painting at the Braunschweig University of the Arts, the École des Beaux-Arts in Nîmes, and the School of Visual Arts in New York. He received the title of “Meisterschüler” under Christiane Möbus. Rainer Splitt’s works have been exhibited in numerous art institutions and galleries: Schwerin State Museum; Celle Art Museum; Braunschweig State Museum; Museum gegenstandsfreier Kunst, Ottensen; Museum für konkrete Kunst, Ingolstadt; Kunstverein Ruhr, Essen; Rizzuto Gallery, Palermo (IT); Galería Artnueve, Murcia (ES); Galería Pilar Serra, Madrid (ES); Galería Daniel Cuevas, Madrid (ES); Galerie Max Weber/Six Friedrich, Munich; Galerie Brandstetter & Wyss, Zurich (CH); Stark Gallery, New York (USA); Galerie Gilla Loercher, Berlin a.o.
His work has received numerous awards (Villa Massimo, Rome; DAAD Fellowship in New York, among others) and is represented in numerous private and museum collections (such as Art Collection of the Federal Republic of Germany; State Museums of Berlin, Kupferstichkabinett; State of Lower Saxony; Museum of Concrete Art, Ingolstadt; Sprengel Museum, Hanover / Lower Saxony Savings Bank Foundation; State Museum of Schwerin; City of Dresden; Fondation Frank Popper, Marcigny, France.)
Short Biography Quentin Lefranc
Quentin Lefranc (born in 1987) lives and works in Paris (France). He graduated from the Art School in Rueil-Malmaison (2011) and the School of Arts Décoratifs in Paris (2013). His works have been exhibited in numerous art institutions and galleries: Palais de Tokyo, Paris (F); Centre d'Art Contemporain, Nîmes (F), Centre d'Art Chateauvert (F); Académie Royale des Beaux-Arts, Brussels (B), Château de la Reuil-Malmaison, Reuil-Malmaison (F); CNAP Centre National des Arts Plastiques, Paris (F); Collection Lambert, Avignon (F); Librairie Yvon Lambert, Paris (F); Galerie Thaddaeus Ropac, Pantin (F); Galerie Jérôme Pauchant, Paris (F); Galerie Joy de Rouvre, Geneva (CH), Rabouan Moussion Galerie, Paris (F), QG Gallery, Knokke (B), Galerie Gilla Loercher, Berlin (D) a.o.
The opening is on 10 September 2026 from 19:00
10-14 September | Berlin Art Week | We are open Thu 18:00-22:00, Fri 12:00-20:00, Sat 12:00-18:00, Sun 12:00-18:00
“The works of Rainer Splitt follow their own set of principles. Radical clarity, material presence, and substantial openness characterize his powerful yet poetic floor and wall installations. Since the 1990s, the artist has consistently developed series of works that reveal him as a bridge-builder between concrete concepts and minimalist tendencies, leading with the utmost naturalness and fascinating logic to pictorial and spatial events, and surprising the viewer with gently flowing transitions between color and form.” (Text by art historian Birgit Möckel, published in 2026 in the catalog Rainer Splitt “pouring on boards.”)
Designed as a “place of study,” the architecture serves as a framework, territory, and playground for the works of
Quentin Lefranc. He always creates a dialogue between the place and what he shows there. His works, which are located at the intersection of various practices, function like open brackets in space. By bringing them together or juxtaposing them, he questions what this space consists of. He experiments with its permeability, hierarchies, and history. Even though a sculptural dimension dominates, his proposals favor a field of action rather than a practice, inviting us to reflect on our existence and the act of creating a place.
Short Biography Rainer Splitt
Rainer Splitt (born in 1963) lives and works in Berlin. He studied painting at the Braunschweig University of the Arts, the École des Beaux-Arts in Nîmes, and the School of Visual Arts in New York. He received the title of “Meisterschüler” under Christiane Möbus. Rainer Splitt’s works have been exhibited in numerous art institutions and galleries: Schwerin State Museum; Celle Art Museum; Braunschweig State Museum; Museum gegenstandsfreier Kunst, Ottensen; Museum für konkrete Kunst, Ingolstadt; Kunstverein Ruhr, Essen; Rizzuto Gallery, Palermo (IT); Galería Artnueve, Murcia (ES); Galería Pilar Serra, Madrid (ES); Galería Daniel Cuevas, Madrid (ES); Galerie Max Weber/Six Friedrich, Munich; Galerie Brandstetter & Wyss, Zurich (CH); Stark Gallery, New York (USA); Galerie Gilla Loercher, Berlin a.o.
His work has received numerous awards (Villa Massimo, Rome; DAAD Fellowship in New York, among others) and is represented in numerous private and museum collections (such as Art Collection of the Federal Republic of Germany; State Museums of Berlin, Kupferstichkabinett; State of Lower Saxony; Museum of Concrete Art, Ingolstadt; Sprengel Museum, Hanover / Lower Saxony Savings Bank Foundation; State Museum of Schwerin; City of Dresden; Fondation Frank Popper, Marcigny, France.)
Short Biography Quentin Lefranc
Quentin Lefranc (born in 1987) lives and works in Paris (France). He graduated from the Art School in Rueil-Malmaison (2011) and the School of Arts Décoratifs in Paris (2013). His works have been exhibited in numerous art institutions and galleries: Palais de Tokyo, Paris (F); Centre d'Art Contemporain, Nîmes (F), Centre d'Art Chateauvert (F); Académie Royale des Beaux-Arts, Brussels (B), Château de la Reuil-Malmaison, Reuil-Malmaison (F); CNAP Centre National des Arts Plastiques, Paris (F); Collection Lambert, Avignon (F); Librairie Yvon Lambert, Paris (F); Galerie Thaddaeus Ropac, Pantin (F); Galerie Jérôme Pauchant, Paris (F); Galerie Joy de Rouvre, Geneva (CH), Rabouan Moussion Galerie, Paris (F), QG Gallery, Knokke (B), Galerie Gilla Loercher, Berlin (D) a.o.
