Burchhard Garlichs

Burchhard Garlichs (* 1969 in Oldenburg ) is a German artist who specializes in installations , media , object and conceptual art in urban areas .

Origin and education

Garlichs comes from a family that is mainly based in Oldenburg and Jeverland . Even as a schoolboy he showed an interest in the performing arts. In 1997 he enrolled to study fine art at the University of the Arts in Bremen . There he was a student of Wolfgang Schmitz , Paco Knöller and Yuji Takeoka , the latter in particular introducing him to the performing arts with objects and installations. In 2000, on the recommendation of Takeoka, he switched to studying sculpture at the Art Academy in Düsseldorf , where he was influenced by Daniel Buren's conceptual art as a master student . In February 2004 he received the academy letter from the Düsseldorf Art Academy.

Awards and grants

• 1998 Prize for young art from the OAS Foundation
• 2004 Promotion of talented students by the Düsseldorf Student Union
• 2005 Working grant from the Bilbao Arte Foundation

Exhibitions and projects (selection)

• 1998 “ All around the drop tower ”: graphic positions, University of the Arts and OAS Foundation, Bremen
• 1999 “ made in ”: art in the shop, Lindenhofstrasse , Bremen
• 2000 “ boomerang-art-project ”: Exchange project University of the Arts, Künstlerhaus and Society for Contemporary Art, Bremen / Kyoto City University of Arts
• 2001 " saw you ": an exchange project between Bremen and Kyoto in cooperation with the University of the Arts with a symposium on Japanese contemporary art.
• 2003 " added ": temporary exhibition space Hoffeldstrasse, Düsseldorf
• 2003 " four spatial positions ": workroom Aldenhoff Jewelers, Düsseldorf
• 2005 “ artist in residence ”: final exhibition at the Bilbao Arte Foundation
• 2005 “ in terms of volume I believe in counterbalance ”: Kunstraum Düsseldorf
• 2007 lecturer exhibition at the Free Academy for Painting
• 2007 LADEN-GEDAN in the rotunda of the artists' association Malkasten , Düsseldorf
• 2007 Opening exhibition in the own establishment Speicher U75 , Düsseldorf
• 2008 “ moving architecture ”: light installation in the public space of Düsseldorf
• 2009 “ Sketch Matinée ”: Drawings by sculptors from Düsseldorf and Rotterdam
• 2010 Artists Unlimited, Bielefeld
• 2010 “ briller ”: light installation in the localization project , niche, space in the public urban space of Düsseldorf-Eller and in Speicher U75, Düsseldorf
• 2012 " strong through diversity - focus on sculpture " in the municipal gallery in the Buntentor, Bremen
• 2012 “ push ” at the Institute for Sculptural Periphery
• 2012 “ Estaciones - Collectión Fundacion BilbaoArte Fundazioa ” BilbaoArte, curated by Petra Joos, Guggenheim Bilbao
• 2013 “ Burchhard Garlichs for adhoc ” adhocraum, Bochum
• 2013 Regard Benin Biennial "PAVILLON VISIONNAIR / LES CASSES DE VOIX", Porte-Novo, Benin, at the invitation of Benno Hinkes, René Kanzler and Regina Weiss [14]
• 2014 "Jason 2, swim to the shore (it doesn't matter)", Kunstverein 2025.ev Hamburg [15]
• 2014 "Burchhard Garlichs for Galerie Herold", producer gallery Künstlerhaus am Güterbahnhof, Bremen [16]
• 2014 "Burchhard Garlichs in the Pavilion", Gerhard-Marcks-Haus Bremen [17]
• 2015 "powered, art machines - moving objects, poetic automata", Detmold town hall [18]
• 2016 "DYADE", Burchhard Garlichs in the Kunsfoyer Oldenburg, Treuhand Oldenburg [19]
• 2019 "Pictorial languages", Syker Vorwerk, Center for Contemporary Art, Syke [20]

Foundations

In 2007 Garlichs was the initiator of the project Speicher U75, space for sculptural positions in Düsseldorf, together with the artist Sonja Meyer , and has since organized numerous exhibitions there.

Viewpoints

The works of Garlichs have in common with the conceptual art of other artists that they are more accessible to the viewer if the artist's world of thought is known. Garlichs therefore tries to facilitate access to his works through texts in his own words on site and on his website:

Contemporary architecture, he criticizes, “is a homage to straight lines, a symbol of the laws of physics. It is proof of the technical possibilities that humans have created over time and it is the expression of a technoid worldview. It is an expression of the ability of humans to logically abstract at the lowest level. [...] The architecture is a hymn to the rectangle. [...] Without really noticing it, we are in right-angled parallel reality. The constant perception of straight lines, parallels and right angles leads to straight, parallel, right-angled thinking. [...] We live within mathematical principles. The human-made living environment is the stage set for mathematics. No other picture illustrates this better than Jesus, nailed to the cross. "

He attributes this peculiarity to social systems: “In order for these systems to function optimally, they must not be perceived as such. Where systems are used to make society work, they must be subtle. Subtlety is created by creeping, barely perceptible movement. ”He thinks:“ Art can expose subtle systems by ignoring or exaggerating them. ”But“ even subversive artistic actions take place within the framework of the law. The discussion about architecture with its symbolic dominance no longer takes place. The applied, the design, the mention of which in the context of an artistic work is considered the worst insult among artists, plays no role in the discussion about architecture. Art, playing with perception, largely ignores urban reality. [...] Progress is the visualization of utopias. Utopia control is in the hands of capital [...] Through state-sponsored institutions, politics and society are able to control cultural events. The rest of the work is done by the art market, in other words capital, which is the source of motivation for any democratic, capitalist society anyway. "

literature

• The Daniel Buren class. In: Kunstakademie Düsseldorf (ed.): Bouquet. February 2004 - No. 01, self-published.
• Estaciones exhibition catalog of the Collection Fundación BilbaoArte Fundazioa (also publisher) 2012
• Pictorial languages Rainer Beßling, speeches about art, non-profit foundation Kreissparkasse Syke / Syker Vorwerk - Center for contemporary art (publisher), 2018

media

• Video for the installation "briller" ( QuickTime format , 2.8 MB) [21] ( MOV ; 2.9 MB)

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Cultural Office of the State Capital Düsseldorf: Artist Life in Düsseldorf: Burchard Garlichs [1]
2. ↑ Fundacion BilbaoArte [2]
3. ^ Künstlerhaus Bremen 2001: Catalog for the boomerang-art-project - exchange project Kyoto and Bremen [3]
4. ↑ Society for Current Art 2001: saw you - exchange project Kyoto and Bremen Archive link ( Memento of the original from May 26, 2013 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link has been inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. 
5. ↑ Workroom Düsseldorf [4]
6. ↑ Art Aspects 2005: When it comes to volume, I believe in counterweight [5]
7. ↑ Free Academy for Painting, Bremen [6]
8. ↑ LADEN Düsseldorf Off-Space 2007: Burchhard Garlichs and Friederike Mainka Archive link ( Memento of the original from November 20, 2008 in the Internet Archive ) 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. 
9. ↑ Friederike Mainka 2009: Sketch Matinée - Burchhard Garlich's Archived Copy ( Memento of the original from March 5, 2016 in the Internet Archive ) 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. 
10. ^ Artists Unlimited, Bielefeld [7]
11. ↑ Burchhard Garlichs and Sonja Meyer 2010: Project localization, niche, room [8]
12. ↑ City Gallery Bremen in the Buntentor, Bremen [9]
13. ^ Institute for Sculptural Periphery, Düsseldorf [10] [11]
14. ↑ exhibition platform memory U75 [12]
15. ↑ Web representation "U75" by Sonja Meyer and Burchhard Garlichs [13]
16. ^ Burchhard Garlichs: Website of the artist . Retrieved April 6, 2012.