Detlef Günther (artist)

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Detlef Günther (born June 1, 1958 in Wolfsburg ) is a German artist and inventor.

Detlef Günther 2017 - work on the project "Human Image"

Life

Detlef Günther studied humanities and communication sciences at the Ludwig Maximilian University in Munich and the Free University of Berlin and graduated in 1982 with a scientific thesis on "The Art of Critical Theory ". From 1984 to 1990 he studied fine art at the HdK Berlin, later at the UdK, with a degree as a master class student with Professor Hans-Jürgen Diehl . At the same time he founded the artist group BOR with Martin Assig , Klaus Hoefs, Oliver Öfelein and Jochen Stenschke. a. an exhibition took place in the Gemeente Museum Helmond (Netherlands), for which the art historian Eugen Blume wrote the introductory text. As a freelance artist, Günther worked on the research project “Technical Vision” at the Berlin Media Institute in the 1990s (head: Arthur Engelbert ). In 1990 Günther also took part in the larger group exhibitions “Visum” in Warsaw and Berlin. In 1997 he founded “Twosuns Media Development GmbH” and developed the interactive environment system “Enclued” in connection with a new type of camera process that records the movement of people in three dimensions . Both inventions have been patented by the German and European patent offices. On behalf of companies and institutions such as Sony Germany, the Festspielhaus Hellerau , the House of World Cultures , the artist Carsten Nicolai and the Canon ArtLab in Tokyo, Detlef Günther realized various media projects between 1992 and 2002. Detlef Günther has been giving lectures and seminars on the genealogy of the image and the imaging formats in art and science at technical colleges and universities since 2008. Günther is a member of the movement Democracy in Europe 2025 (DiEM25) founded in 2016.

Artistic creation and spectrum

"I am concerned with the questions why seeing is directed more and more" inward ", why the imagery that surrounds us prevents" free seeing "and is preparing to kill" the invisible "."

- Detlef Günther

Detlef Günther's topics, which mainly deal with humanistic issues, as well as the theses and current effects of transhumanism , are guided through various artistic media from multiple perspectives. Günther often summarizes his work in groups and cycles. Depending on the exhibition situation, he also relates individual works and media to one another in varying ways. His works ask questions about a current determination of the position of humans and their vitality . The German media scientist Arthur Engelbert wrote in this context: “In relation to the works of Detlef Günther, which move between technology and intellectual contexts, I recognize a general principle: That would be the reappropriation of the“ we ”by the“ artistic individual ”. The venue for this is, on the one hand, very specific in the transfer of useful and necessary work to technologies (social sustainability) and, on the other hand, very abstract in the generation of ecologically non-functional spaces (political imagination) ”. Works by Detlef Günther include a. represented in the Karl Kremer Collection, in the Deutsche Bank art collection (Frankfurt) and in the Gelsenkirchen Art Museum .

Solo exhibitions (selection)

  • 2017 The Human Image , Andreas Reinsch Project, Berlin
  • 2016 Grund - Transnaissance no.2 , art in the church, Berlin
  • 2015 Transnaissance no.1 , Andreas Reinsch Project, Berlin
  • 2012 The Manifestation of Volumes , Church on Tempelhofer Feld, Berlin
  • 2007 Heaven Opens , KunstBüroBerlin, Berlin
  • 2006 Dignity of Man - Civilized Meditation , Tieranatomisches Theater of the Humboldt University, Berlin
  • 1993 Zone Reality - Violence and Reality , Volksbühne, NGBK showroom, Tempelhof Airport, Berlin
  • 1992 Project Yellow 92. Redesign - The Earth is Yellow , Berlin
  • 1992 Capacity , Gallery Staircase, Berlin
  • 1991 Detlef Günther, Kremer Gallery, Gelsenkirchen
  • 1990 The day before and after and in the middle , Galerie Tengelmann, Cologne
  • 1990 Playing with the stones on the water , Eisenhalle, Berlin
  • 1989 Walls-Soul-Snow , Eisenhalle, Berlin
  • 1988 D. Günther , Galerie Kremer-Tengelmann

Participation in exhibitions (selection)

  • 2010 Imaginarium , Galerie Wedding, Berlin
  • 2006 Inspiration , KunstBüroBerlin, Berlin
  • 2004/05 Slow the Eye , Chelsea Hotel, New York; Arena Berlin
  • 1995 prayer silver , St. Petri Chapel, Brandenburg
  • 1992 Vanguardia Gallery, Bilbao / Spain
  • 1992 Galeria Indice, Torre la Vega / Spain
  • 1992 Casa de Cultura, Eivar / Spain
  • 1992 BOR group , Gemeente Museum, Helmond / Holland
  • 1992 Sephira Gallery, Madrid / Spain
  • 1991 Casa de Cultura, Basauri / Spain
  • 1990 Plener Warszawa , Biuro Wystaw Atystycznych, Berlin, Warsaw
  • 1990 Visa project , Guardini Foundation, Berlin and BWA - State Art Hall, Olsztyn, Poland
  • 1990 BOR group , Westernhagen Gallery, Cologne
  • 1989 BOR group , Eisenhalle, Berlin
  • 1989 Great Munich Art Exhibition '89 , House of Art, Munich
  • 1988 BOR group , Westernhagen Gallery, Cologne
  • 1988 Great Munich Art Exhibition, '88 , Haus der Kunst, Munich

Publications by Detlef Günther

Literature about Detlef Günther

  • Arthur Engelbert: The day before and after and in the middle of it today . In: Politik und Bild, pp. 177ff., Berlin 2017, ISBN 9783828837416
  • Arthur Engelbert: Cultural Spaces . In the catalog Detlef Günther, Heaven Opens , Tübingen, Berlin 2009; ISBN 978-3-8030-3340-6
  • Angelika Sommer: Meaning is contextual - On the work of Detlef Günther . In the catalog Detlef Günther, Heaven Opens, Tübingen, Berlin 2009; ISBN 978-3-8030-3340-6
  • Thomas Wulffen : The view . In: Foreword to the catalog “D. Günther ”from the exhibition of the same name at Galerie Kremer-Tengelmann, Cologne, 1988.

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ cf. on this: Eugen Blume, foreword in the catalog for the exhibition of the BOR group, Jan Bongaarts (ed.), Gemeente Museum Helmond, Netherlands, 1992
  2. ↑ cf. on this Wolfgang Lahr, Heike Willingham, Hatto Fischer in: Project Visum, catalog for the exhibition of the same name, Künstlerwerkstatt Berlin (ed.): Berlin, 1990. ISBN 9783928221016
  3. ↑ cf. on this: Claus Böhm and Claus Dick: Mäuse und Menschen, in: brand eins 03/1999
  4. ↑ cf. for this: Multimedia without monitor, mouse and menu bars. In: Handelsblatt of May 26, 2000
  5. ↑ Patent for room control with multimedia content (sound, image, video)
  6. ↑ Patent for controlling multimedia content in computer systems
  7. ^ Arthur Engelbert: Cultural spaces . In the catalog Detlef Günther, Heaven Opens , p. 15. Tübingen, Berlin 2009
personal data
SURNAME Günther, Detlef
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German artist and inventor
DATE OF BIRTH June 1, 1958
PLACE OF BIRTH Wolfsburg