Arvid Boecker

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Title "# 512", 2007, 250 × 500 cm,
in the foyer of a law firm in Mannheim

Arvid Boecker (* 1964 in Wuppertal ) is a German painter and curator . He is a representative of Concrete Art and deals with color field painting .

Life

Arvid Boecker studied art history at the University of Trier from 1987 to 1989 and then moved to the Saar College of Fine Arts in Saarbrücken. There he studied with professors Jochen Gerz , Bodo Baumgarten and Ulrike Rosenbach until 1994 . In the following years he repeatedly went on long work trips and a to London (ACME Studios, 1994–1995), to Katwijk aan Zee in the Netherlands (1995–1996), to the Isle of Skye in 2005, to La Ciotat in southern France in 2006, and in 2018 he was in Paris for a longer period of work.

Boecker has been a member of the Saarland Artists Association since 1996 and lives and works in Heidelberg. In the local elections in Heidelberg on May 26, 2019, he will run for the independent list Heidelberg on the move (HiB) in 35th place.

Large exhibition space Heidelberger Kunstverein
Arvid Boecker Milch & Honig , 2005 (blue picture on the left, title "# 313", 2004, oil on canvas, 240 × 170 cm; red picture in the background, title "# 314", 2004, oil on canvas, 240 × 170 cm)

To the artistic work

Arvid Boecker's theme as an artist is color itself. He uses oil paints , which he makes himself from pigments and applies to canvases. Since priming the canvases requires longer and longer drying times, Boecker always creates entire rows with the same dimensions, on which he then works alternately. He numbers the pictures and gives them a hashtag , for example like this: "# 1103". He describes these series as "picture families". Arvid Boecker determines right from the start how he handles the surface, divides it up for certain paint jobs. His works are always either rectangular or square . Since 2014, Boecker has been concentrating on the 50 × 40 centimeter format, which he divides into two fields with a vertical line, which he gives different colors. It is applied in up to 40 layers, partly glazed , partly pasty . Arvid Boecker uses squeegees to remove older layers of paint or applies new layers of paint with a painting knife . This process can take up to a year to complete.

Exhibition view 2018 in the Association for Current Art Ruhrgebiet eV
(The photo shows the works with the titles "# 1156", "# 1167", "# 1173", "# 1176", all oil on canvas, 2018, 50 × 40 × 5.5 cm)

During this long period of time his images mature . Boecker often interrupts work on a picture to allow him to dry off. Working on a work is therefore a process in which the aim is to ascertain one's own awareness of color and its effects. The question behind this is always how what effect occurs to the viewer, how do the colors interact with each other to what result: “So the painter sometimes becomes a researcher in his own work, looking for old layers and conditions like an archaeologist and then reviving them brings. He is creator and destroyer in one, lets arise and extinguishes again, creates and discards. But not on a whim, but always with a view to the success of the picture as a whole. ”The work, which was created in long work processes, clearly shows the traces of its creation. B. through shading - darker layers of paint were painted over with light ones - or through scratches that allow a view of the older layers of paint.

Boecker also designs entire room concepts, such as B. 2012 for the Städtische Galerie Neunkirchen . For this exhibition he created 40 square works, which were themselves divided into smaller squares and painted with different colors. In addition, he structured the exhibition space with specially made colored stools and wall markings with colored adhesive tape that stretch from the wall to the floor and form a rectangle. This overall spatial installation should enable the viewer to reflect on how he perceives the works of art in the room.

In 2016 Boecker created a triptych for the Sunnisheim Collegiate Church in Sinsheim , consisting of three images of the same format that were specially created for this room.

Boecker sees himself as a "traveling observer". His stays abroad, such as B. 1995 to Katwijk aan Zee in the Netherlands, 2005 to the Isle of Skye and 2006 to La Ciotat are research trips for him in matters of light and colors. An international artist colony existed in Katwijk as early as the 19th century . La Ciotat in the south of France has also always attracted artists. It is the sharply delimited contrasts created by the southern light conditions by the sea and the harbor atmosphere that fascinated the artists at the beginning of the 20th century. The Isle of Skye is famous for its foggy coastline, which often makes the light diffuse and shimmering. Boecker processes all these impulses and experiences on site in his works, so that he says of himself: “What I paint in my pictures are memories.” However, not memories in the sense of landscape pictures, but memories that every artist unconsciously or consciously with and that influence his art. The long duration of the creation of his works allows Arvid Boecker a kind of meditative work. In the months up to the completion of a work, he can reflect in detail on the effects of the application of paint, he can put his work aside for a while and continue working on another, he can keep looking and working on the canvases with the help of squeegees and spatulas for so long work on it until it reproduces the exact expression he wants. When viewed from a distance, they are sometimes almost monochrome works and only when you look closer do you recognize the multitude of different layers that the artist implemented in the work. Not only does the production of his art take a lot of time, but the viewer is also required to take his time to perceive all aspects of the work: "Boecker's works radiate calm and strength - and even if he consciously avoids any appearance of anything pictorial, they nevertheless offer a projection surface for a multitude of associations. "

Solo exhibitions (selection)

  • 1996: incessantly , Forum Kunst Rottweil, Rottweil
  • 2005: Milk and honey , Heidelberger Kunstverein , Heidelberg
  • 2006: Kilmuir Walk , Villa Goecke, Krefeld
  • 2007: Studio La Ciotat , Galerie Robert Drees, Hanover
  • 2012: Take your time , Städtische Galerie Neunkirchen
  • 2015: Surfaced from his dive , Galerie Ursula Grashey, Konstanz
  • 2016: Insomnia , Stout Projects, New York, USA
  • 2016: On a clear Day , Factory 49, Sydney, Australia
  • 2018: Watching paint dry , Kunstverein Brackenheim, Brackenheim
  • 2019: Free , This exhibition was divided into two parts, on the one hand a solo exhibition by the artist ( Free ) and on the other hand a group exhibition curated by the artist as part of his boeckercontemporary project ( Breathe )

Participation in exhibitions (selection)

  • 1990: Young Artist Prize , Wilhelm Hack Museum , Ludwigshafen am Rhein
  • 1995: Work Art , Gallery of the City of Stuttgart , Stuttgart
  • 1996 Artificial Nature , Municipal Gallery, Böblingen
  • 1998: Drawing , Dominican Museum Rottweil , Rottweil
  • 2000: Expo 2000: World Exhibition , Von der Heydt Museum , Wuppertal
  • 2003: shape and structure. Paths to Abstraction II , Kunstverein Schloss Plön, Plön
  • 2005: Tangenten , Stadtgalerie Saarbrücken , Saarbrücken
  • 2005: Amber Room Society , (The Amber Room Society consisted of Arvid Boecker, Jürgen Jansen and Uwe Esser), Augsburg
  • 2007: Tysk Samtids Kunst , Galleri Tonne, Oslo
  • 2008: Your country makes art , Saarland Museum , Saarbrücken
  • 2010: Mysterious in-between worlds , Museum Pfalzgalerie Kaiserslautern , Kaiserslautern
  • 2015: Abstract Strategies , Galerie Mirta Demare, Rotterdam, Netherlands
  • 2016: At one table - contemporary positions of geometric abstraction , Galerie Robert Drees, Hanover
  • 2016: sandwiches. Presented by the Talent Agency , Cartel Artspace, Bangkok, Thailand
  • 2017: Trans , Raygun Projects, Toowoomba, Australia
  • 2018: Arvid Boecker - painting; Boris Doempke - installation; Christiane Gruber - Painting , Association for Current Art / Ruhr Area eV, Oberhausen
  • 2018: 4ABSTRACT2NOT , Quadrart Dornbirn , Dornbirn, Austria
  • 2018: Sydney Paris Sunrise , Gallery Abstract Project, Paris, France

Prices

  • 2nd prize, Young Artist Prize, Saar Ferngas, Saarbrücken, 1990
  • Art Prize of the City of Landau, 1994
  • Advancement award of the city of Groß-Gerau GG-Perspektiv , 1994

His project room in Heidelberg

Arvid Boecker has been running a project space in Heidelberg since 2015 - boeckercontemporary . Boecker's intention was to establish a “place of encounter with contemporary art” in Heidelberg. Four to six exhibitions of "internationally established positions in non-representational painting" should be organized per year. To this end, he worked with independent curators around the world, but also curated some exhibitions himself. The idea behind the project space was also to ensure more networking in the region and thus to contribute to an active exhibition life. Since 2017 he has been realizing exhibitions curated by him in different locations, e.g. B. in the gallery Oqbo in Berlin (2017, Better late than ugly ) and in the Museum St. Wendel (2019, Breathe ).

Exhibitions (selection)

  • 2016: Group exhibition Systems of Compliance , September 19 to September 21, 2016 (with Christoph Borowiak, Jin-Kyoung Huh, Yoon Jung Kim and Line Krom) - curated by Aline von der Assen
  • 2016: Jürgen Knubben : Vertical Variation , April 23 to May 13 - Curated by Arvid Boecker
  • 2016: Michael Bause, Berlin: Untitled , September 22nd - October 14th - curated by Arvid Boecker
  • 2016: Douglas Witmer, Philadelphia: Naranja , July 22nd-August 19th - Curated by Arvid Boecker
  • 2016: Martina Geccelli, London: Zwischenraum , November 4 to November 13 - Curated by Arvid Boecker
  • 2017: Better late than ugly , January 28, 2017 to February 25, 2017 Galerie oqbo, Berlin
  • 2017: Black Box (es) , Metz, France. This exhibition was shown in April 2018 in the Künstlerhaus Saar and from April 12 to June 4, 2018 in the Casino Luxemburg Forum d'art contemporain . In 2019 the traveling exhibition was at La 'S' Grand Atelier, in Vielsalm in Belgium from May 5 to June 21, 2019
to see
  • 2017: Petra Höcker : Karma , September 8, 2017 to October 3, 2017 - Curated by Arvid Boecker
  • 2017: Group exhibition In Good Shape , March 4th - April 7th (with Michael Bause, Christian Bilger, Frank Eltner, Dirk Lebahn, Seraphina Lenz, Julia Ziegler) - curated by Arvid Boecker
  • 2017: Stan Van Steendam, Brussels: What does it matter , March 3 - March 31 - Curated by Arvid Boecker
  • 2017: Group exhibition Timelines Non Objective Art from Australia , April 21 - May 19 (with Emma Langridge, David Weir, Louise Blyton, Terri Brooks, Giles Ryder, Billy Gruner, Sarah Keighery, Richard van der Aa, Kyle Jenkins, Matthew Allen ) - Curated by Arvid Boecker
  • 2018: Group exhibition Absolute , (with Matthew Allan, Emma Langridge, Steven Baris, Stan Van Steendam, Nicholas Szymanski, Mary Bucci McCoy, Kenichi Fujiwara, Robert Dunne, John Tallman)
  • 2019: Minimal. New works from the Boecker Collection , July 14 to August 9, 2019, boeckercontemporary, Heidelberg

literature

  • Arvid Boecker: Tokyoumbra . Saarländisches Künstlerhaus, Saarbrücken 2003, ISBN 978-3-932294-89-1 .
  • Hans Gercke; Robert Drees (Ed.): Arvid Boecker: Milk and Honey . Wolfsbrunnen, Heidelberg 2005, ISBN 978-3-934322-03-5 .
  • Ralph Kleinsimlinghaus (Ed.): Arvid Boecker: Kilmuir Walk. Catalog on the occasion of the exhibition in the Villa Goecke . Artax Kunsthandel, Düsseldorf 2006.
  • Arvid Boecker: All the time in the world. Exhibition catalog . Artax Kunsthandel, Düsseldorf 2010.
  • Harald Krämer (Ed.): Arvid Boecker: Take your time . Kehrer, Heidelberg 2012, ISBN 978-3-86828-283-2 .
  • Association for Current Art Ruhr Area eV (Ed.): Arvid Boecker: Watching Paint Dry. Exhibition catalog . Das Wunderhorn, Heidelberg 2018, ISBN 978-3-88423-604-8 .

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Arvid Boecker. factory49.blogspot.com, accessed November 5, 2018 .
  2. ↑ Saarland Artists Association. Arvid Boecker. Saarländischer Künstlerbund, accessed on October 27, 2018 .
  3. ^ Institute for Current Art. Arvid Boecker. Institute for Current Art, accessed on October 27, 2018 .
  4. ↑ Heidelberg in motion. List 11: Our candidates. Retrieved April 22, 2019 .
  5. ↑ Reinhard Ermen: Borderline experiences. Notes on the current pictures by Arvid Boecker . In: Association for Current Art Ruhr Area eV (Ed.): Arvid Boecker. Watching Paint Dry . Das Wunderhorn, Heidelberg 2018, ISBN 978-3-88423-604-8 , p. 4-7 , p. 6 .
  6. ^ Exhibition in Heidelberg. Arvid Boecker: painting. In: www.artipool.de. Retrieved November 5, 2018 .
  7. ↑ Ulrike Spiegelhalter: Layers of paint tell of the creation of the works. In: Badische Zeitung . October 25, 2017. Retrieved November 5, 2018 .
  8. ↑ Sarah debatin: self-forgetfulness . In: Ralph Kleinsimlinghaus (Ed.): Arvid Boecker: Kilmuir Walk. Catalog for the artist's exhibition at Villa Goecke . Artax Kunsthandel, Düsseldorf 2006, p. 5-16 , 7/8 .
  9. ↑ Arvid Boecker. Take your time. In: Städtische Galerie Neunkirchen. Retrieved November 5, 2018 .
  10. ↑ Time for Heidelberg color fields. Arvid Boecker exhibits in the municipal gallery. In: Saarbrücker Zeitung . January 23, 2012, accessed November 5, 2018 .
  11. ^ Exhibition studio and artist in the collegiate church Sunnisheim, Sinsheim: Arvid Boecker, Vanessa May, Silvia Szabó. In: www.sinsheim.de. Retrieved November 5, 2018 .
  12. ↑ a b Helga Köbler-Stählin: Colorful layers with a life of their own. Visit to Arvid Boecker's studio . In: Mannheimer Morgen from April 4, 2012
  13. ↑ Manfred Lachniet: Katwijks Strand bewitched the Impressionists. In: www.nrz.de. September 18, 2016, accessed November 5, 2018 .
  14. ↑ Arvid Boecker. (No longer available online.) In: www.kunsthaus-artes.de. Archived from the original on November 12, 2018 ; accessed on November 5, 2018 . Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / www.kunsthaus-artes.de
  15. ↑ Harald Krämer: Arvid Boecker: Unentwegen . Ed .: Forum Kunst Rottweil. Rottweil 1996.
  16. ↑ Hans Gercke; Robert Drees (Ed.): Arvid Boecker: Milk and Honey . Wolfsbrunnen, Heidelberg 2005, ISBN 978-3-934322-03-5 .
  17. ↑ Ralph Kleinsimlinghaus (Ed.): Arvid Boecker: Kilmuir Walk. Catalog on the occasion of the exhibition in the Villa Goecke . Artax Kunsthandel, Düsseldorf 2006.
  18. ↑ Exhibition history. Galerie Robert Drees, accessed October 18, 2018 .
  19. ^ Arvid Boecker: Take your time. Städtische Galerie Neunkirchen, accessed on October 18, 2018 .
  20. ↑ Previous exhibitions. Arvid Boecker, March 17th. - May 09, 2015. Galerie Grashey, accessed October 18, 2018 .
  21. ^ Arvid Boecker: Insomnia. In: www.nyartbeat.com. Retrieved October 18, 2018 .
  22. ^ Arvid Boecker: On a Clear Day. In: Allevents.in | Events in Marrickville. Retrieved October 18, 2018 .
  23. ^ Association for Current Art Ruhr Area eV (Ed.): Arvid Boecker: Watching Paint Dry. Exhibition catalog . Das Wunderhorn, Heidelberg 2018, ISBN 978-3-88423-604-8 .
  24. ^ Arvid Boecker - Free; Breathe. In: www.museum-wnd.de. Retrieved August 22, 2019 .
  25. ↑ Work Art 23 May 1995 - 17 Jun 1995. In: kunstaspekte.art. Retrieved October 20, 2018 .
  26. ↑ Eva-Marina Froitzheim (ed.): Artificial Nature: Views of Nature by Arvid Boecker, Ulrike Flaig, Rémy Markowitsch, Susanna Messerschmidt, Alice Stepanek and Steven Maslin . City of Böblingen, Böblingen 1996, ISBN 978-3-928754-15-6 .
  27. ↑ Form and structure, ways to abstraction II. In: kunstaspekte.art. Retrieved October 20, 2018 .
  28. ↑ Tangents. Saarland Artists Association. Exhibition catalog. (PDF, 3.73 MB) In: Saarländischer Künstlerbund. October 17, 2005, accessed October 20, 2018 .
  29. ↑ Review. Amber Room Society: We're not going to pounce on each other in a moment. Kunstverein Augsburg, November 9, 2013, accessed on October 20, 2018 .
  30. ↑ Sabine Graf: Look, your country makes art! In: Saarbrücker Zeitung. May 1, 2008, accessed October 20, 2018 .
  31. ↑ Mysterious intermediate worlds . Arvid Boecker, Leiko Ikemura, Martin Streit, Luis Vidal and other contemporary positions. Museum Pfalzgalerie Kaiserslautern, accessed on October 21, 2018 .
  32. ^ Robert Drees Gallery. History of the solo and group exhibitions. In: Galerie Robert Drees. Retrieved October 21, 2018 .
  33. ↑ sandwiches. In: http://art4d.com . Retrieved October 21, 2018 .
  34. ^ Trans Group Show. July 17, 2017, accessed October 21, 2018 .
  35. ↑ Archive. Exhibitions 2018. In: Association for Current Art / Ruhr Area eV. Accessed on October 21, 2018 .
  36. ↑ Views XXXI. "4ABSTRACTs2NOT. In: www.quadrart-dornbirn.com. Accessed October 21, 2018 .
  37. ^ Abstract Project. Avant. In: www.abstract-project.com. Retrieved October 21, 2018 .
  38. ↑ Giesela Fiedler-Bender: Young Artists Award 1990 . Saar-Ferngas-Aktiengesellschaft, Saarbrücken 1990.
  39. ↑ Systems of Compliance at boeckercontemporary. In: Blog of the freelance curator Aline von der Assen. January 30, 2016, accessed October 30, 2018 .
  40. ↑ Vernissage - boeckercontemporary: Jürgen Knubben. In: Allevents.in | Events in Heidelberg. Retrieved October 30, 2018 .
  41. ↑ Michael Bause exhibition opening at boeckercontemporary in Heidelberg. In: Berlin graphic calendar. Retrieved October 30, 2018 .
  42. ↑ Martina Geccelli at boeckercontemporary. In: www.whereevent.com. Retrieved October 30, 2018 .
  43. ^ Arvid Boecker Better Late Than Ugly. In: www.oqbo.de. Retrieved October 18, 2018 .
  44. ^ Black Box (es). Galerie Faux Mouvement, Metz; Center d'art contemporain, Metz. In: http://metz.curieux.net . Retrieved October 21, 2018 .
  45. ^ Exhibition Black boxes in the Künstlerhaus. In: Saarbrücker Zeitung. April 4, 2018, accessed October 27, 2018 .
  46. ^ Black Box (es). Casino Luxembourg Forum d'art contemporain, accessed on October 27, 2018 .
  47. ↑ 34. After work. A guest at boeckercontemporary. In: formad.de. Retrieved October 30, 2018 .
  48. ^ Exhibition In Good Shape. In: www.oqbo.de (gallery). Retrieved October 30, 2018 .
  49. ↑ Stan Van Steendam at Boeckercontemporary. In: Allevents.in | Events in Heidelberg. Retrieved October 30, 2018 .
  50. ↑ Steven Baris: Boeckercontemporary. Pentimenti gallery, accessed October 30, 2018 .
personal data
SURNAME Boecker, Arvid
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German painter
DATE OF BIRTH 1964
PLACE OF BIRTH Wuppertal