Birger Jesch
Birger Jesch (* 1953 in Dresden ) is a contemporary German artist who specializes in concrete poetry , action art and conceptual art ( Mail Art ). He also works with historical pattern rollers in the field of monument preservation .
Life and work
From 1962 to 65 he attended the university children's home of the Moravian Brethren . He initially trained as a decorative painter.
Since the early 1970s, he made experiences in various subculture scenes in the GDR . Since 1979 , Birger Jesch has been an actor in the Mail Art Network, together with the Dresden mail artists Jürgen Gottschalk , Martina and Steffen Giersch and Joachim Stange from the State Security Service of the GDR ( MfS ) in the operational process (OV) " enemy " and. a. because of the cooperation in the project " Social Peace Service " observed and fought. Since 1982, Jesch has also been involved in autonomous original graphic editions such as “and”, “spinne” and “Entwerter / oder”. On the occasion of the first free elections in the GDR (March 1990), he realized the person ad project “Anna Blume Collection”. His project "Gazetta (1995) is documented (no longer linked) in the archive of the research department of the State Museum Schwerin.
Since 2003, Jesch has been working on the subject of portraits using silhouette and pochoir . Furthermore, he deals with historical pattern rollers and their contexts, has compiled an extensive collection and publishes on this topic.
Mail Art Projects
| Shooting targets | 1980 | |
| Please stamp for me | 1980-90 | |
| Collective collages | 1981-92 | |
| Is everything still the same? | 1982 | |
| Open letters | 1982 | |
| Homage to Wilhelm Reich | 1982 | |
| The dark side of your moon faces | 1984-87 | |
| Collective linolcut | 1989 | |
| Your favorite pornography ( Commonpress 100) | 1989 | |
| Partisan d'Amour | 1995-2000 | |
| The Blue Room | 1997-2000 | |
| Springfullmoon | 1998 |
Post Mail Art Projects
| Communication breakdown | since 1997 | |
| Tricolors | since 1999 |
Publications
- Birger Jesch: The roller stamp printing in the room decoration of the 20th century , in: Restaurator im Handwerk, 3/2014.
- Birger Jesch: With peacock eyes and bear paws - regional history from the painting trade , in: Blankenhain-Jahrbuch, 2014.
- Birger Jesch: Roller stamp technology in a modern context , in: Coviss, 5/2012.
Web links
- Mail Artists Index (German)
- German Historical Museum_Boheme and dictatorship (German)
- Mail Art Protests in the GDR
- Interview_Mail Art (Engl.)
- Thuringian Artists Association_VBK (German)
- PING-PONG (2007, in ACC Gallery Weimar): Birger Jesch and Jürgen O. Olbrich - The balance of a 25-year friendship with artists (German) (Video)
Individual evidence
- ^ Entry "Birger Jesch" on the website of the Association of Visual Artists Thuringia eV
- ↑ Birger Jesch's website, subpage "Workshop"
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Jesch, Birger |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German action artist |
| DATE OF BIRTH | 1953 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Dresden |