Bergeversetzen (Movingmountains)

"...The artist uses picture signs that have been consciously reduced in form and whose representationality often only becomes visible in their interaction with the picture´s ground. Because of the open structure, the wide spaces that enable individual interpretation, FRANEK manages to open up new systems of reference (from the archaic sign, the myth of antiquity, to the modern fairy tale). This also applies, without any embarassment, with regard to the ancient theme of sex and love."

Opening Speech: Wolfgang Zemter (exzerpt)