Gerhard Theewen

Gerhard Theewen (* 1955 in Cologne ) is a German artist, author and publicist. Theewen lives and works in Cologne.

Life

During his studies at the Düsseldorf Art Academy with Klaus Rinke from 1977 to 1980, Theewen founded the art magazine Salon, a magazine with original articles (series of drawings, photographs, watercolors) by contemporary artists.

Even during his studies, he developed his own artistic work under the concept of "original reproduction". This expanded concept of art understands the reproduction of masterpieces of the 20th century (painting, photography and drawing) as a separate artistic process of creation. These original reproductions were the subject of several of his exhibitions.

Since that time, stimulated not least by Joseph Beuys ' idea of ​​the expanded concept of art and social sculpture, he has expanded his spectrum to include lectures in art museums, lectures and teaching assignments at art colleges, writing essays on topics in the visual arts and editing publications on contemporary art. As a publishing artist, it is his intention that the design and content of the books he publishes are perceived as a portrait of the “artist as a disseminator of art”.

Exhibitions (selection)

• 1977: Artothek Cologne
• 1978: Arte Fiera, Bologna
• 1979: Anneli Brusten Gallery, Wuppertal
• 1982: Galerie Pol, Munich
• 1984: Anneli Brusten Gallery, Wuppertal
• 1996: Atatürk Kültür Merkezi, Istanbul
• 1996: Kunstpalast in the Ehrenhof, Düsseldorf

Performances / Lectures (selection)

• 1978: Arte Fiera, Bologna
• 1978: Performance Festival, Aachen
• 1985: Gallery Annelie Brusten, Wuppertal
• 1994: Art Academy Düsseldorf
• 1994: HfBK Berlin
• 1996: Art Academy Münster
• 1996: Städelschule Frankfurt
• 1997: Art Academy Münster
• 1997: HbK Braunschweig
• 1998: Art Academy Münster

Publications (selection)

• A world of its own. Cologne 1976
• The Rosenkavalier of Cologne. Cologne 1977
• Windsor. Cologne 1976
• The Complete Collection of Pin-Ups. Cologne 1980
• The Complete Collection of Nudists. Cologne 1982
• Album. With an essay by Walther Grasskamp. Düsseldorf 1986
• Archetypes of art. Cologne 1993
• Joseph Beuys. The showcases. A directory. Cologne 1993. ISBN 978-3-88375-168-9

As editor

• Rosemarie Trockel. Herd. Catalog raisonné. Cologne 1996. ISBN 978-3-932189-00-5
• Obsession Collection. Cologne 1994. ISBN 978-3-9804812-3-6
• Confusion selection. Cologne 1995. ISBN 978-3-9804812-0-5
• Information Education. Cologne 1999. ISBN 978-3-9804812-5-0
• Exhibition presentation. Cologne 1996. ISBN 978-3-9804812-6-7
• Cover girls! The strategies of the artists. A symposium. Cologne 2000. ISBN 978-3-932189-83-8
• I'll make a box of it now. The first showcases by Joseph Beuys. Cologne 2006. ISBN 978-3-89770-263-9

literature

• Eric Otto Frihd (Ed.): Production Reproduction. Gerhard Theewen on the 60th anniversary publication. Cologne 2015. ISBN 978-3-86335-668-2
• Stefanie Klingemann (Ed.) "Moff 16" 2018, ISSN 2191-9844