Gerhard Mevissen

Mevissen at work (2008)

Gerhard Mevissen (born August 27, 1956 ) is a German artist from Monschau . His artistic work is mainly expressed in abstract watercolor painting, but in the last few years also in the production of concrete reliefs.

Career

After studying theology in Bonn and training in social pedagogy and art therapy, Mevissen began working intensively on drawing and watercolor painting in 1976; In 1978/79, during a six-month stay in Madrid, he made drawing studies that further intensified his exploration of art. In 1999 he started his own business and became a freelance artist.

Clearing Silent Field

Opening of the Stillefeld clearing in September 2009

The Stillefeld clearing is a park made of concrete relief pillars. The park was created on a clearing of an old oak tree that was already cleared by the storm. Designed as a square field of 20 m × 20 m, it is formed by a lawn area of ​​16 m × 16 m square, which is surrounded by a two-meter-wide system of paths. 8 concrete steles (measuring 80 cm × 80 cm × 215 cm) are set up on the lawn: seven standing and one lying. Relief images made of clay-colored concrete are attached to all four sides of the steles, which are intended to thematize silence in an abstract visual language. Eight different symbols are used, each of which has been cast four times. The artist's intention was to create a place that is open to the public and represents a retreat from the hectic everyday life.

Exhibitions

• 2009 clearing of Stillefeld
• 2002 "Bildraum Blindgang", installation in the Lehmbruck Museum, Duisburg

literature

• Stillespeicher (watercolor painting cycle "Stillespeicher"), 2007, ISBN 2-9599867-9-2
• Winfried Heidrich: Gerhard Mevissen , artist portrait, in: Volume II of the series Visites'd Atelier - Atelier visits, 2007, ISBN 2-95998676-8
• Stillefeld clearing , 2009, ISBN 978-99959-535-0-7 . This deals with the park "Lichtung Stillefeld" in Selfkant- Höngen.
• Newspapers - book locations. In: Heinz Finger (Ed.): Publications of the Archbishop's Diocesan and Cathedral Library. Cologne, 2010, ISBN 978-3-939160-27-4 .
• Shouts , Editions mediArt, Luxembourg, 2012, ISBN 978-99959-635-7-6

Web links

• Literature by and about Gerhard Mevissen in the catalog of the German National Library
• Website of the artist
• Picture gallery of various works by Gerhard Mevissen
• Kölner Stadtanzeiger: Pictures full of pain and grief
• Information and works by Gerhard Mevissen (Krautgarten)
• Article on the clearing of Stillefeld