Paintings and drawings
by Frank Zirbel
“Man Accused of Laughing (As Interrogated by the Residents)” 2023, oil painting with collage
“A.I.(da) -- She crawls where you cannot see” (2024),
India ink drawing
“Studio Z -- 3034 N. Milwaukee Ave” (2023), India Ink drawing with collage
“The Ubiquitous Eraser” (2018), India ink drawing with touch of collage
“Parallels” (2022), oil on wood with touch of collage
Frank Zirbel is a musician, composer, filmmaker, and self-taught artist. He graduated from University of Wisconsin-Madison with a B.A. in philosophy in 1970, became the bass player for the Chicago new wave band Bohemia in 1979, and has since had artwork featured in more than 70 group and one-man shows. Zirbel’s art uses representational imagery within stylistic modes of figurative expressionism and classical surrealism. He lives in Avondale, Chicago.