Burkhard Pfister

Burkhard Pfister (* 1949 in Meiningen ) is a German painter , cabinet maker and sculptor .

Life

Burkhard Pfister was born in Meiningen in 1949, he spent childhood and school in Baden-Württemberg and studied painting in Karlsruhe and at the Berlin University of the Arts. In 1978 he spent a year traveling in the world of the Orient. He crossed the Balkans by bike and spent months in Greece and Turkey, where he was fascinated by the oriental imagery of cities, streets and museums. Since 1979 he has been working as a painter, graphic artist and in collaboration with Claudia Hentrich as a cabinet maker in his own workshop in Bremen and in Rentwertshausen (Thuringia).

Services

In 2005 the project around the Gilgamesh epic began , from which a contemporary comic , inspired by ancient oriental art, was to emerge. In 2008 the first “panel” ( panel 0. Gilgamesh's fame ) of the epic appeared in the style of a graphic novel , whereby individual elements of the original clay tablets were incorporated as ornaments. In cooperation with Claudia Hentrich and Kerstin Heymach, Pfister selected from a total of over 400 drawings and assigned them to the twelve panels. The text was developed by Ursula Broicher based on a current translation. All 12 panels have now been published and are also available as a complete volume.

Works

• Gilgamesh . Plates 0 to 11. Based on motifs from the GILGAMESCH-EPOS from the 2nd millennium BC. Projects Verlag Cornelius. Hall 2008–2009
  • Plate 0. Gilgamesh's Glory; ISBN 978-3-86634-442-6
  • Plate 1. Gilgamesh and Enkidu; ISBN 978-3-86634-443-3
  • Plate 2. duel and friendship; ISBN 978-3-86634-519-5
  • Plate 3. The evocation of the journey to the cedar forest; ISBN 978-3-86634-574-4
  • Panel 4. Path and dream faces; ISBN 978-3-86634-575-1
  • Plate 5. Fight with the demon; ISBN 978-3-86634-616-1
  • Plate 6. Wrath of Ishtar - the heavenly bull; ISBN 978-3-86634-616-1
  • Plate 7. Enkidus death; ISBN 978-3-86634-760-1
  • Plate 8. Despair and Lament; ISBN 978-3-86634-761-8
  • Plate 9. The way to the end of the world; ISBN 978-3-86634-825-7
  • Plate 10. The waters of death; ISBN 978-3-86634-922-3
  • Plate 11. The Great Flood - Gilgamesh's Return; ISBN 978-3-86634-923-0
• Gilgamesh Graphic Novel . Projects Verlag Cornelius, 2010, hardcover, 358 pages, b / w incl. 6 color pages; ISBN 978-3-86237-230-0

Web links

• Literature by and about Burkhard Pfister in the catalog of the German National Library
• Website by Burkhard Pfister and Claudia Hentrich
• Everything about the Gilgamesh epic by Burkhard Pfister
• Interview with Burkhard Pfister on the Gilgamesh epic

Individual evidence

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