Elvira Bach
Elvira Bach (born June 22, 1951 in Neuenhain ) is a German artist who was referred to as a representative of the Junge Wilde in the 1980s .
Life
Elvira Bach was born on June 22, 1951 in Neuenhain, Hessen. Together with her twin sister Ingrid, she had a wonderful childhood and youth in a rural setting. In an anthology in 1995, Elvira Bach describes her memories of childhood and youth.
The basketball player Maodo Lô is her son.
Act
From 1967 to 1970 she studied at the State Glass College in Hadamar . She then moved to Berlin and studied painting at the Berlin University of the Arts from 1972 to 1979 , most recently as a master student of the informal painter Hann Trier ; at the same time as Rainer Fetting , Salomé and Helmut Middendorf , who studied with Karl Horst Hödicke . During her studies she worked at the Berlin Schaubühne , at that time under the direction of Peter Stein , as a prop master, prompter and foyer lady. A scholarship took Elvira Bach to the Dominican Republic . In 1982 she was invited to documenta 7 in Kassel. This was her breakthrough, national and international exhibitions followed.
Feeling Hot by Elvira Bach (1983) from the holdings of the Staatsgalerie Stuttgart
Link to the picture
Her neo-expressionist portraits of women reflect the themes of her own life. The similarity of the pictures with her own person is unmistakable. The works of the early 1980s revolved largely around the theme of "I" ( night owl , sophisticated lady , always me ). After marriage, the birth of sons and retreat into private domestic life, her works increasingly reflect her family environment (children, kitchen, art). To this day she has remained true to her painting style. Her works are in public collections and museums. In addition to painting, Elvira Bach also works on bronze sculptures, ceramics and Murano glass sculptures.
Exhibitions
- 1979: Bathtub pictures, SO 36 , Berlin
- 1982: documenta 7 , Kassel
- 1988: Refigured Painting - The German Image 1969–1988, Guggenheim Museum , New York
- 1990/1991: Mannheimer Kunstverein , Mannheim and Kunsthalle Wilhelmshaven , Wilhelmshaven and Neue Galerie Graz
- 1999: House on Lützowplatz Berlin
- 2001: Bavarian State Museum in Asbach Abbey
- 2002: Kunsthalle Dominikanerkirche , Osnabrück
- 2004: Kunstverein Salzgitter
- 2006: Kronacher Kunstverein e. V., at Rosenberg Fortress
- 2006: House on Lützowplatz , Berlin
- 2007: Galerie Noah , Augsburg
- 2009: Stadtgalerie Bad Soden im Taunus; influences africaines , Frauenmuseum Bonn
- 2010: Museum of European Art (NRW), Nörvenich Castle , near Cologne
- 2011: Jaeschke Gallery, Braunschweig
- 2012: Gallery Anne Moerchen, Hamburg
- 2013: Art350 Gallery, Istanbul
- 2013: Historic town hall, Limburg an der Lahn
- 2015: Museum for Contemporary Art - Diether Kunerth , Ottobeuren
Public collections
Germany
- Art Museum Walter , Augsburg
- City Gallery Wolfsburg , Wolfsburg
- Collection Alison & Peter W. Klein , Eberdingen -Nussdorf
- Project "Column Painting" (1995): Painting the supporting pillars of the underground station Markthalle / Landtag of the Hanover city railway with female motifs.
- District court Fulda: cycle of pictures on the foyer wall in front of the conference rooms
Canada
Austria
United States of America
Individual evidence
- ↑ Self-portrait of childhood and youth in: Florian Langenscheidt (Hrsg.): At home with us: Celebrities talk about their childhood. Econ, Düsseldorf 1995, ISBN 3-430-15945-8 .
- ↑ Lukas Hermsmeier: Berlin basketball player in the USA: Maodo Lo, the popular kleptomaniac. Der Tagesspiegel , March 16, 2015, accessed on July 6, 2016 .
- ↑ Katja Engler: Women among themselves . Welt am Sonntag , February 26, 2012, accessed July 6, 2016.
Web links
- Literature by and about Elvira Bach in the catalog of the German National Library
- Elvira Bach on kunstaspekte.de
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Bach, Elvira |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German painter of the Neue Wilden and sculptor |
| DATE OF BIRTH | June 22, 1951 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Neuenhain |