Irina und Marina Fabrizius
She is me, and I am her.
The works of the two artists Irina and Marina Fabrizius are in great demand by collectors. The exhibitions are always sold out, and the waiting times for one of their pictures are long.
"Unzer_trennlich" (the German adjective "unzertrennlich" means "inseparable") was the title of an article in the German magazine Der Spiegel about the two twin artists Irina and Marina Fabrizius (born in 1981), who always create their art together, complementing each other. The two master students of Herbert Brandl already held their final presentation at the Düsseldorf Art Academy together, an absolute novelty in the history of the academy.
Their pictures deal with the theme of lines of light and circles of light. They want to paint light. Their pictures are supposed to glow. For years they have been working on how to achieve this with oil paints and have perfected the glazing technique. Layer by layer they repeatedly apply a thin semi-transparent layer of paint, sometimes more than 20 times.
Their model is the colour field painter Mark Rothko. Their technique is demanding and elaborate. One person alone would not be able to realise the large sizes. Nevertheless, the two artists need up to half a year to complete a picture.
Today, the Fabrizius twins are among the most successful newcomers in the art market. The German broadcaster WDR, ARD and the BBC recently reported on the unusual painters. Their abstract glaze paintings are now in demand worldwide. Often the pictures are sold long before the last brushstroke is done.
