Marc Gumpinger
Space 2, 2017
CNCed Styrofoam, laquer sculpture
99h in
251.46h cm
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Marc Gumpinger
Space 4, 2017
Oil on Canvas
78.74h x 62.99w in
200h x 160w cm
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Marc Gumpinger
Space 6, 2017
Oil on Canvas
92.52h x 78.74w in
235h x 200w cm
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Marc Gumpinger
Space 7, 2017
Oil on Canvas
59.06h x 62.99w in
150h x 160w cm
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Marc Gumpinger
Space 1, 2017
Oil on canvas
66.93h x 118.11w in
170h x 300w cm
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Marc Gumpinger
Space 9, 2017
Oil on canvas
39.37h x 55.12w in
100h x 140w cm
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Marc Gumpinger
Space 5, 2016
Oil on Canvas
110.24h x 212.60w in
280h x 540w cm
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Marc Gumpinger is an accomplished technology entrepreneur who built one of the world's most influential mobile social gaming networks, eventually acquired by Blackberry®. Prior to founding the gaming network, Marc earned a PhD in Human Biology. His visionary capacity and deep knowledge of the future, innovation led to his journey as an art maker. Marc leverages 3D software and associated algorithms also used by movie production companies to create utterly un-real worlds that he paints in large format oil on canvas.
Reflecting on his work, Gumpimger said, "My works question our perception of reality in times where a significant part of our life happens digitally. The paintings figuratively depict a reality that was entirely created on the computer. Now, what is more real: the computer reality or the oil painting? This is the transformation of surrealist Rene' Magritte's 'Ceci n'est pas une pipe' into the digital age."
Marc Gumpinger is the Artist of the Moment who will transcend his craft well into the Future by connecting the emotionally charged dots of the human soul with a scientifically enhanced laser-cut alike art technique that is both hypnotizing and besotting. Current and relevant, his art is the entrancing result of mixing the oxymoronic elements of human existence by bridging two worlds: tradition and digital innovation on the brink of the Fourth Industrial Revolution. His art is thought-provoking, forcing us to surpass the limitations of our comfort zone, stimulating our imagination, inspiring us to see beyond the Unseen and tap into a territory where fantasies and dreams are perfectly aligned with the latest discoveries in technology.
A few years ago, Marc Gumpinger described himself as "CEO of Scoreloop and Senior Director at Research In Motions", prior to that he was an associate at venture capital firm Target Partners. Today, the Munich-based developer of software, algorithms and server systems, is in a gallery in New York's Chelsea art district. On the walls hang dark, large-scale oil paintings of astronauts in space.
Artist Marc Gumpinger and Artsy CTO Daniel Doubrovkine, moderated by HG Contemporary gallerist Philippe Hoerle-Guggenheim, discuss the past, present, and future of art and technology during the “Contemporary Art in a Technology Driven World” panel.
Breakthrough gallery, HG Contemporary, founded by Philippe Hoerle-Guggenheim is building a reputation in introducing unique artists and developing gallery shows that embrace utterly original concepts and aesthetics announced Marc Gumpinger’s International Exhibition entitled, “SPACE.” Gumpinger's solo show with HG Contemporary follows on a long successful career as a technology entrepreneur and a PhD in Human Biology.
