Play with David! - Franziska von Aspern at Miami River Art Fair

A lifelong fascination with graphics, book editions, installations and photography shapes the work of Franziska von Aspern. The artworks of her series: “Play with David!” will be displayed at booth B1, Gallery Art History Consulting, at Miami River Art Fair. In reviewing her artistic concepts, the Hamburg (Germany) based artist explains the meaning behind “David”: “The Renaissance artist Michelangelo has created the sculpture David. He fixed the figure in movement and shows exactly that moment, just before David is going to throw the stone against the face of the giant Goliath. So, this is the start of my David Story. Everything is possible. Like in film stills, David has several roles, from the mega star of the High Renaissance to Pop and Contemporary - changing emotions and environments, acting in a Romanian agora or in a Wal Mart supermarket.”

Franziska von Aspern, born in Bonn (Germany), holds a diploma in Fine Arts and Design at the prestigous Art Academy Alsterdamm in Hamburg. Since many years she has been working in the field of advertising and book illustration and has received numerous awards as the prize for "Best Book" by the German Art Book Foundation. Franziska von Aspern is an emerging multi media artist. Throughout her career, she has presented a sustained, eloquent, and provocative exploration of the construction of male and female roles and identites drawn from the unlimited supply of images in movies, art history and science-medical literature.