Gerd Hölscher
Gerd Hölscher (born May 3, 1936 in Bederkesa ; † January 17, 2004 in Bielefeld ) was a German graphic artist , draftsman and representative for artistic practice at the Oberstufenkolleg Bielefeld .
life and work
Gerd Hölscher was born in Bederkesa in what is now the Lower Saxony district of Cuxhaven . He was married to the artist Annelies Hölscher , who lives in Niendorf .
From 1974 to 1998 Hölscher was an academic senior counselor at Bielefeld University as well as a lecturer at the Bielefeld Oberstufenkolleg, since the laboratory school and upper level college began their work in the dual function of experimental schools in the state of North Rhine-Westphalia and as a scientific institution at Bielefeld University. He was instrumental in setting up the artistic practice department .
"For me, listening is the most important quality a teacher must have."
The caricaturist Til Mette , the artists Marisa Rosato , Felizitas Schäfer, Judith Walgenbach and many others were tutored by him.
From 1999 to 2004, Hölscher was a member of the board of directors of the BBK -OWL (district association Ostwestfalen-Lippe) and was involved in the Bielefelder Kunstverein .
At the end of the 60s and beginning of the 70s, Hölscher produced graphic works in offset printing that can be put together to form serial combinations. In the 80s, Hölscher devoted himself to applied graphic work, primarily posters.
During a sabbatical year in the mid-1980s, Hölscher often stayed in Pavel Liška's house near Volterra and in Florence (where his keen interest in the Italian Renaissance originally led him). Large-format landscapes and nudes in oil pastel chalk on hard fiberboard and paper had their origins at this time. Hölscher published ink drawings combined with text as travel diaries. Hölscher created portraits in a kind of performance during the act of drawing. Lines condense into a concrete image. The viewer involuntarily squints his eyes to control the brightness and, indirectly, the depth of field of the image.
His densest work is 300 days in 2001 . They are written down with the ink pen . 100 pieces. 3 each on a sheet of 30 × 30 cm format. A testimonial from Gerd Hölscher in the form of written daily logs . An inspection of your own surface that takes place over time. The closely written sheets are easy to read at a short distance with enormous effort, willpower, time and patience. However, when viewed from a greater distance, the white areas with the lettering are transformed into gray values of different intensity and density.
“Describing the surface of things saves things from being accessed by those who question and see through. It reacts to a general excess of meaning and relevance. (...) Inspection of the surfaces wants to demonstrate an attitude of letting things show oneself. "
The thesis of his friend Bodenheimer : Understanding means answering is supplemented by Hölscher with the thesis: Being close is more important than understanding .
“The prerequisite for understanding to happen is that we do not turn away from the unreasonable demands that art and which we are as an open question for one another, that is, from our lack of transparency. Being close is more important than understanding. "
Exhibitions (selection)
- 2006 Gerd Hölscher: Zugewandt: Drawings and Graphics ZIF Posthumously on his 70th birthday.
- 2005 Art is beautiful, but it is a lot of work ( Valentin ) 50 years of BBK OWL, WDR Landesstudios Bielefeld
- 1984 Gerd Hölscher: Surface inspection , ZIF, Bielefeld
literature
- Space for Art, Petra Aring, Hubertus Backhaus, Gerd Hölscher, Werner Schlegel , 1997, ISBN 978-3-14-018180-8
- Sketches from Volterra or a spring in Tuscany - Schizzi di Volterra o una primavera in Toscana by Gerd Hölscher translated by Valeria Röllecke-Maraghini with an afterword by Jürgen Frese, German - Italian, 1988, ISBN 3-923306-53-9
- Gerd Hölscher, Beginners course in drawing , in: ein fachreal, exhibition catalog Kunsthalle Bielefeld , 1987, page 19
- With different eyes. A journey by bike , Gerd Hölscher, 1986
- Florentine day and night book. Notes from the edge of a journey Gerd Hölscher, 1985, ISBN 3-923306-38-5
Individual evidence
- ↑ zugewandt, drawings and graphics ZIF, page 3 , accessed on December 28, 2013.
- ↑ Art Magazin: Art Magazin Felizitas Schäfer ( Memento of the original from December 30, 2013 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was automatically inserted and not yet checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. , accessed December 28, 2013.
- ↑ Website: OWL ( page no longer available , search in web archives ) Info: The link was automatically marked as defective. Please check the link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. Retrieved December 24, 2013
- ↑ Sketches from Volterra or a Spring in Tuscany by Gerd Hölscher, 1988, page 44
- ↑ Florentine day and night book. Notes from the edge of a journey by Gerd Hölscher, 1985
- ^ Sketches from Volterra by Gerd Hölscher with an afterword by Jürgen Frese, 1988, page 155
- ^ Sketches from Volterra or a Spring in Tuscany with an afterword by Jürgen Frese, 1988, page 160
- ↑ Stefan Hölscher, research assistant at the Art Academy Münster , nephew of the artist: Uni Bielefeld ZIF, page 7
- ↑ zugewandt, drawings and graphics ZIF , accessed on December 28, 2013.
- ↑ BBK board members from 1986 - 2005: Gerd Hölscher ( memento from December 31, 2013 in the Internet Archive ) accessed on February 12, 2016
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Hölscher, Gerd |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Hölscher, Gerhard |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German graphic artist, draftsman and lecturer |
| DATE OF BIRTH | May 3, 1936 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Bederkesa |
| DATE OF DEATH | January 17, 2004 |
| Place of death | Bielefeld |