Gerard Kever
Gerard Kever (* 1956 in Kohlscheid near Aachen ) is a German painter and graphic artist . He is one of the new savages .
After he was trained as an art glazier, Kever began studying fine art / film at the Cologne Werkschulen , which he continued with a postgraduate course in free graphics and new media / video at the Cooper Union in New York City .
In 1979 Kever joined the artist group Mülheimer Freiheit . It also included Hans Peter Adamski , Peter Bömmels , Walter Dahn , Jiří Georg Dokoupil and Gerhard Naschberger . He exhibited with them in 1980 and 1981 in the Paul Maenz gallery in Cologne and in 1981 in the Groninger Museum . In 1981 he exhibited his work in the Kunsthalle Wilhelmshaven and in 1982 in the Museum Folkwang in Essen in the collective exhibition 10 young artists from Germany .
The first sculptures were created in 1983 and were shown in the 1984 exhibition From Here - Two Months of New German Art in Düsseldorf . In 2003/2004 his work was presented in the Karlsruhe exhibition Obsessive Painting - A Review of the New Wild .
Public collections
- Centro Atlántico de Arte Moderno (CAAM), Las Palmas de Gran Canaria
- Museum Folkwang , Essen (Graphic Collection - The Artists of the 20th Century)
Exhibitions (selection)
- 2006 hot needle (graphic works of the 1980s) , City Gallery Prague
- 2004 Obsessive Painting - A Review of the New Wild , Center for Art and Media Technology, Karlsruhe
- 2000 Pigment Painting , Horsens Art Museum, Horsens, Denmark
- 1998 Karl Pfefferle Gallery , Munich
- 1996 pigment pictures , Gallery FM Schwarz, Cologne
- 1990 International printmaking of the 20th century , Städtische Galerie Wolfsburg
- 1984 From here - two months of new German art in Düsseldorf
literature
- Kunsthalle Wilhelmshaven (Ed.): Gerard Kever , Wilhelmshaven 1981
- Gerard Kever: The Decoding of the Sistine Madonna. Published by: Erich Kukies, Alsdorf 2019.
Individual evidence
- ^ Proof of the exhibition in the Kunsthalle Wilhelmshaven in the catalog of the German National Library
- ^ Exhibition Prague 2006
Web links
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Kever, Gerard |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German painter and graphic artist (Neue Wilde) |
| DATE OF BIRTH | 1956 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Kohlscheid near Aachen |