Bernd Lohaus

Bernd Lohaus (* 1940 in Düsseldorf ; † November 5, 2010 in Antwerp ) was a contemporary German sculptor , painter and draftsman living in Belgium .

Life and work areas

After an apprenticeship with Hermann Isenmann , Lohaus studied from 1963 to 1966 at the Düsseldorf Art Academy with Joseph Beuys . Together with Panamarenko , Hugo Heyman and Wout Vercammen, he published the magazine Happening New from 1964 to 1965 . During a stay in Spain he met the art historian Anny de Decker. They married in 1966 and moved to Antwerp , where they set up the avant-garde gallery Wide White Space in their house, where Marcel Broodthaers exhibited in 1966 and Joseph Beuys in 1967; the latter led there in 1968 and the action Eurasienstab together with the Danish artist and Fluxus -Komponisten Henning Christiansen by. The gallery existed until 1976.

Bernd Lohaus mainly worked with wood, stone and paper. The sculptural works mostly consist of ensembles and individual pieces made of heavy beams, boards, blocks and cubes made of azobe, the hardest wood from West Africa. The relationship between the objects and the space was often important. Lohaus included the language as a component in many of his works. The artistic intervention is reduced to simple, sensitive actions. Bernd Lohaus' works were created against the background of Fluxus, Social Sculpture, Arte Povera, Minimal Art and Material Art and form a very unique position within them.

Exhibitions (selection)

1973: Städtisches Museum Mönchengladbach , Mönchengladbach, "A painting exhibition with painters who could question painting"
1974: Museum of Modern Art Oxford , Oxford, "group exhibition"
1975: Paris Biennale , Paris
1975: New Gallery - Ludwig Collection , Aachen, "Belgium: Young Artists I"
1977: Galerie Alber Baronian , Brussels, "Bernd Lohaus"
1978: Galerie Haus Nieting , Geldern, "Bernd Lohaus"
1979: Museum van Hedendaags Kunst , Gent, "Inzicht / Overzicht, Current Art in Belgie"
1979: Palais des Beaux-Arts de Bruxelles , Bruxelles, "JP2"
1979: Van Abbemuseum , Eindhoven, "Bernd Lohaus"
1980: Museum Kunstpalast , Düsseldorf, "Wall"
1981: Internationaal Cultureel Centrum , Antwerp, "Bernd Lohaus"
1981: 16th Middelheim Biennale, Antwerp
1982: Kunstmuseum Düsseldorf , Düsseldorf
1983: Internationaal Cultureel Centrum , Antwerp, "de structuur voorbij"
1984: Galerie Haus Nieting , Geldern, "Bernd Lohaus"
1985: Palais des Beaux-Arts de Bruxelles , Bruxelles, "Bernd Lohaus, 1973–1985"
1987: Museum van Hedendaagse Kunst , Gent, "Wood, Stone, Paper - Bernd Lohaus"
1987: Couvent des Minimes , Lille, "Jef Geys, Bernd Lohaus, Guy Mees, Philippe van Snick"
1987: Espace lyonnais d'art contemporain (elac), group exhibition, Lyon
1987: Museum van Hedendaagse Kunst Antwerp , Antwerp "Inside Outside"
1987: Museum Kunstpalast , Düsseldorf, "Focal Point Düsseldorf - 1962/1987"
1988: Chapelles des Carmélites , Toulouse, "Bernd Lohaus: 1981–1988"
1988: Musée d'Art Modernes , Villeneuve-d'Ascq , "Bernd Lohaus: 1981–1988"
1990: Centrum voor Ruimtelijke Kunst , Lokeren, "Bernd Lohaus, Sculpturen in steen"
1990: Museum van Hedendaagse Kunst , Ghent, "Ponton Tmse"
1990: Frans Halsmuseum , Haarlem, "Antwerp - Haarlem"
1990: Kunsthalle Bielefeld , Bielefeld
1991: City Gallery Nordhorn , Nordhorn, "Bernd Lohaus"
1991: Museum Dhondt-Dhaenens , Deurle, "Betekende Ruimte"
1991: Witte de With , Rotterdam, "Facts and Rumors" (group exhibition)
1991: Galerie Gritta Insam , Vienna, "From the repetition of dreams to reality - contemporary art from Belgium"
1991: Exhibition hall at Hawerkamp , Münster, "Preparing a picture with words" (group exhibition)
1992: Cyprus House , Athens, "Bernd Lohaus"
1992: Documenta-Halle , Kassel, "documenta IX"
1993: Open Air Museum of Sculpture Middelheim , Antwerp, "New Sculptures"
1993: Koningklijke Musea voor Schone Kunsten van Belgie , Brussels, "Art in Belgie - na 1980"
1993: Micheline Szwajcer Gallery , Antwerp, "Un Accrochage" (group exhibition)
1994: Parc Tournay , Boitsfort-Bruxelles, "Bernd Lohaus"
1995: Ecole Régionale Supérieure d'Expression Plastique , Tourcoing, "Bernd Lohaus"
1995: Palais des Beaux-Arts de Bruxelles , Bruxelles, "Wide White Space - 1966 1976"
1995: Museum van Hedendaagse Kunst Antwerp , Antwerp, "Bernd Lohaus"
1996: House Bill , Zumikon / Zurich, "bernd lohaus, laurence wiener"
1997: Museu d'Art Contemporani de Barcelona , Barcelona, "Seven artists presented by the Museum van Hedendaagse Kunst Gent"
2000: Lippischer Kunstverein , Lemgo, "Bernd Lohaus"
2003: Stedelijk Museum voor Actuele Kunst , Ghent, "Gelijk het leven is - Belgian art uit de collectie"
2005: Stedelijk Museum voor Actuele Kunst (SMAK), Gent, "Bernd Lohaus 1998–2005"
2005: Schatkamer van Sint-Pieter , Leuven, "Bernd Lohaus - Sculpturen"
2006: Speelhoven , Aarschot, "One * More * Time - Speelhoven '06" (group exhibition)
2010: Parkeerterrein Beyerd / Vlaszak , Breda, "Parking Lot" (group exhibition)
2012: Ruimte voor actuele kunst , Antwerp, "Flowers"
2013: Musée des Arts Contemporains , Grand-Hornu, "Bernd Lohaus"
2015: Museum van Hedendaagse Kunst Antwerp , Antwerp, "Fremdkörper- works from the studio of Bernd Lohaus"
2016: Abbaye de Montmajour , Arles, "La Régle et L'Intuition" (group exhibition)
2017: Kunsthalle Düsseldorf , Düsseldorf, "Economic values / museum values" (group exhibition)
2019: Sculpture Hall , Düsseldorf, "Bernd Lohaus"

Works in public collections (selection)

Fonds National d'Art Contemporain, Paris
FRAC - Nord-Pas-de-Calais , Dunkerque
MARTa Herford , Herford
Museum van Hedendaagse Kunst, Antwerp
Musée d'Art Moderne, Brussels
Stedelijk Museum voor Actuele Kunst , Ghent
Stedelijk Van Abbemuseum , Eindhoven

Literature and exhibition catalogs

Mönchengladbach Municipal Museum, 1973 catalog
City of Aachen, "Belgium - Young Artists" Aachen 1975
Stad Gent (Jan Hoet), "Current Art in Belgie", Gent 1979
Muriel Wilson, Monique Verken, "JP2", Bruxelles 1079
Bernd Lohaus, RH Fuchs: Bernd Lohaus . Van Abbemuseum. Eindhoven 1979
Stephan von Wiese: Wall . Art Museum Düsseldorf 1980
Internationaal Cultureel Centrum: "Bernd Lohaus". Antwerp 1981
Internationaal Cultureel Centrum: "de structuur voorbij". Antwerp 1983
Bernd Lohaus 1973–1985 . Catalog for the exhibition in the Palais des Beaux-Arts des Bruxelles. Brussels 1985
Wim Van Mulders: "Bernd Lohaus" in: Arte Factum 12, Antwerp 1986
Museum van Hedendaagse Kunst: "Wood, Stone, Paper - Bernd Lohaus, Gent 1987
Philippe Robert: "Jef Geys, Bernd Lohaus, Guy Mees, Philippe van Snick" Lille 1987
elac Ville de Lyon: Catalog for the exhibition, Lyon 1987
Stephan von Wiese: Focus Düsseldorf 1962-1087 . Art Museum Düsseldorf 1987
René Denizot, Dialogue avec l'oeuvre de Bernd Lohaus ou le monde selon moi, Galerie Micheline Szwajcer, Antwerp 1987
G. Perlein, M. Buissart, Bernd Lohaus, H. Depotte: Bernd Lohaus . Musée d'Art Moderne Villeneuve d'Ascq. 1988
Stad Lokeren: "Bernd Lohaus, Sculpturen in steen". Lokeren 1990
Museum van Hedendaagse Kunst: "Ponton Temse". Ghent 1990
Frans Neck Museum: "Antwerp - Haarlem". Haarlem 1990
Stephan von Wiese: "Bernd Lohaus, Material becomes Language - Language becomes Material" in: Forum International No. 6, Antwerp 1991
City Gallery Nordhorn: "Bernd Lohaus". Nordhorn 1991
Museum Dhondt-Dhaenens: "Betekende Ruimte. Deurle 1991
Henk Visch: "Facts and Rumors". Rotterdam 1991
Lindmayr & Louis: "From the repetition of dreams to reality". Vienna 1991
City of Münster: "Prepare a picture with words". Munster 1991
Ilse Kuijken: "Bernd Lohaus" in: ARTI, ART TODAY, Vol. 8. Athens 1992
Bart Cassiman: "New Sculptures". Antwerp 1993
Alain Noirhomme: "Art in Belgie - after 1980". Brussels 1993
René Denizot: "Un Accrochage". Antwerp 1993
Fondation Européenne pour le Sculpture: "Bernd Lohaus". Bruxelles 1994
ERSEP: "Bernd Lohaus". Tourcoing 1995
Piet Coessens, Dieter Ronte, Anny de Decker, Bernd Lohaus: Wide White Space. Behind the museum 1966–1976 . Düsseldorf 1995, ISBN 3-928762-38-9
Jan Foncé: Bernd Lohaus . Museum van Hedenaagse Kunst. Antwerp 1996
Daniel Marcona: "bernd lohaus, laurence wiener". Zumikon 1996
SET / Hans Martens: "Seven artists presented by the Museum van Hedendaagse Kunst Gent". Barcelona 1997, ISBN 84-89771-83-9
SMAK: "Gelijk het leven is". Gent 2003, ISBN 90-75679-08-4
Denis Gielen: "am b. - Conversation avec Bernd Lohaus", Bruxelles 2004
H. Martens, Bernd Lohaus, R. Balau: Bernd Lohaus 1998–2005. Stedelijk Museum voor Actuele Kunst. Ghent 2005
SMAK: "Bernd Lohaus 1998-2005". Gent 2005, ISBN 90-75679-19-X
College van burgemester en schepenen: "Bernd Lohaus" (Reflecties 3), Leuven 2005
Luc Coeckelberghs: "One * More * Time - Speelhoven'06". Aarschot 2006
Thomas Bakker: "Parking Lot". Breda 2010
Musée des Arts Contemporains au Grand-Hornu: "Bernd Lohaus". Hornu 2013, ISBN 978-2-930368-57-3
Center des monuments nationaux: "La Régle et L'Intuition". Paris 2016
Thomas Desmet, position Lohaus: "Bernd Lohaus, flowers". Antwerp 2017
Thomas Schütte Foundation (Ed.), "Bernd Lohaus", Düsseldorf 2019, ISBN 978-3-9818083-7-7
Thomas Desmet, Stella Lohaus: "Bernd Lohaus, IN BEING WITH". Antwerp 2019, ISBN 978-0-9954730-6-5

Web links

Literature by and about Bernd Lohaus in the catalog of the German National Library
Materials by and about Bernd Lohaus in the documenta archive
Bernd Lohaus on kunstaspekte.de
Works by Lohaus from the website of the SMAK Stedelijk Museum voor Actuele Kunst, Gent (English)
Information about the artist on the Daniel Marzona gallery

Individual evidence

^ Stephan von Wiese: Bernd Lohaus, in: Bernd Lohaus, catalog for the exhibition in the Musée des arts Contemporain in Grand-Horn, 2013
↑ 1981 - 1967 OVERVIEW. Museum Abteiberg, archived from the original on August 26, 2019 ; accessed on August 26, 2019 .
^ Documenta IX - June 13 to September 20, 1992 - participating artists. In: documenta.de. documenta and Museum Fridericianum gGmbH, accessed on August 26, 2019 .

personal data
SURNAME	Lohaus, Bernd
BRIEF DESCRIPTION	German contemporary sculptor, painter and draftsman
DATE OF BIRTH	1940
PLACE OF BIRTH	Dusseldorf
DATE OF DEATH	5th November 2010
Place of death	Antwerp

[1] Stephan von Wiese: Bernd Lohaus, in: Bernd Lohaus, catalog for the exhibition in the Musée des arts Contemporain in Grand-Horn, 2013

[2] 1981 - 1967 OVERVIEW. Museum Abteiberg, archived from the original on August 26, 2019 ; accessed on August 26, 2019 .

[3] Documenta IX - June 13 to September 20, 1992 - participating artists. In: documenta.de. documenta and Museum Fridericianum gGmbH, accessed on August 26, 2019 .