Gerrit Bekker

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Gerrit Michalis Bekker (born October 23, 1943 in Hamburg ) is a German painter and writer.

Life

Gerrit Bekker is the son of a Greek mother and a German father. He spent part of his youth in Greece with his mother. In 1960 he returned to Hamburg alone and began a commercial apprenticeship. In 1962 he moved to Rendsburg. From 1965 to 1968 he studied at the Muthesius University of Applied Sciences in Kiel with Gottfried Brockmann and Martin Domke. He married in 1966. His daughter was born in the same year. In 1970 he went hiking. From 1971 to 1975 he made extensive sailing trips in Schleswig-Holstein and Scandinavian waters. His work as a writer began in 1982 with the volume of poetry "Wax Wing's Fear". The poem "Dichter" contained in this volume was included in the 25th year book of poetry with the most beautiful poems from 25 years.

In the same year Gerrit Bekker received the Hebbel Prize from the Friedrich Hebbel Foundation . In 1984 he was awarded the advancement award of the Schleswig-Holstein State Art Prize. He was recognized for his artistic work in the 1980s and 1990s through working grants from the German Literature Fund and from the states of Berlin and Schleswig-Holstein. From 1985 to 1986 Gerrit Bekker was writer in residence in New York. In 1994 he received the Mara Cassens Prize for his novel “Color of Shadows” , the most highly endowed literary prize for a German first novel. He has had a studio in Berlin since 1995. In 1996 he moved from Rendsburg to Lindewitt. Today he lives alternately in Lindewitt and Berlin. In 2014, friends and collectors of Gerrit Bekkers founded the Gerrit Bekker Society to make his work permanently accessible to the public and research.

Publications

  • Waxwing's Fear. Poems. - Düsseldorf: Claassen Verlag 1982.
  • Petersen's sea voyage. Narrative. - Düsseldorf: claasen Verlag 1982, Frankfurt a. M .: Fischer Taschenbuch Verlag 1985 and Hamburg: Die Hanse, 2002.
  • The night after Betti Hagen. Stories. - Frankfurt a. M .: S. Fischer Verlag 1985.
  • Color of shadows. Novel. - Frankfurt a. M .: S. Fischer Verlag 1992.
  • Easy confession. Poems and pictures. - Hamburg: Christians Verlag 1992.
  • Edition 22 Galerie Lüth. Poems and pictures. Writings of the North Frisian Museum Ludwig-Nissen-Haus No. 58. - Hallebül- Schobul: Pictus-Verlag 2001.
  • Κατάλογοσ, ed. v. Gerrit M. Bekker, Art and Culture Circle Rastede e. V., Gerd W. Ahrens. 2004.
  • Various essays, stories and poems in magazines and anthologies

Sound recordings and TV work

  • Tulismore Jeden, Lyric LP, Marleypress.
  • Text contributions for the "Kanaloper", television game, NDR 3, 1996.
  • Text contributions for "Fifty Years Schleswig-Holstein" NDR 3, 1997.

Exhibitions (selection)

  • 1962–1984 Despina Marnini Gallery, Athens
  • 1982–1994 art dealer Friedrich Könning
  • 1983/99 Landesmuseum Schleswig-Holstein (acquisitions)
  • 1985 New York University, New York
  • 1986 from Leesten Gallery, Long Island
  • 1987 Museum of Hamburg History
  • 1988 Mbabane University, Mbabane Swaziland
  • 1993 Soljanka Gallery Moscow
  • 1996 Mizner Park Gallery, Berlin
  • 1997 Frebel Gallery, Westerland, Sylt
  • 1998 Schwarzbrot Gallery, Hamburg
  • 1999 Aabenraa Central Library, Denmark
  • 1999 Kyra Maralt Gallery, Berlin
  • 2001 Gallery Lüth, Husum
  • 2004 Reinbek Castle
  • 2004 Palais Rastede
  • 2009 KiC Remise, Rendsburg
  • 2009 Elbchaussee Gallery, Hamburg
  • 2012 Museum Fluxus +, Potsdam
  • 2013 KiC, Rendsburg
  • 2016 Gallery Hartwig, Berlin

architectural art

  • 1965–99 Various projects in landscape design, wall and ceiling painting, sculpture, mosaics and glass windows, including: Institute of Oceanography, Kiel: Technology Center, Flensburg; Comprehensive school, Melsdorf; Handerau-Hademarschen comprehensive school; Youth center, Rensburg; Indoor swimming pool Rensburg; Bathing establishment, Elsdorf; School, Kirchbarkau; Bovenauer community center; Osdorfer Church Youth Center, Hamburg; Rendsburg Hospital; Niebüll Hospital; Comprehensive School Hamburg-Norderstedt.

Exhibition catalogs

  • Christian Rathke: Cat. Gerrit M. Bekker, ed. from the Rendsburger Kultur-Kreis e. V., Rendsburg 1980.
  • Federal Association of Visual Artists, State Association Schleswig-Holstein (Ed.): Cat. 29th State Show November 7, 1982 - January 2, 1983, No. 19–21.
  • Christian Rathke: Kat. Gerrit M. Bekker, paintings and drawings, ed. from the German Central Library Aabenraa, 1986.
  • Jörgen Bracker (editor for the Museum of Hamburg History): Gerrit M. Bekker, painting. Catalog for an exhibition in the Museum of Hamburg History from April 29 to August 2, 1987. Hamburg 1987.
  • Gerrit M. Bekker and Galerie Kyra Maralt (eds.): Gerrit M. Bekker. Painting and writing in Berlin. - Berlin 1999.

Literature about Gerrit Bekker

  • Klaus Bernhard, Christian Rathke, Paul Zubek: Schleswig-Holstein artist portraits from the holdings of the Schleswig-Holstein State Museum. In: Art in Schleswig-Holstein, ed. by Gerhard Wietek , Volume 22 (1981), No. 12, p. 6.
  • Swantje Petersen: Correspondences between literature and fine arts in the 20th century: Studies using the example of S. Lenz -A. Andersch - E. Barlach - P. Klee, H. Janssen - E. Jünger and G. Bekker. European university publications: series 28, art history, vol. 227 - Frankfurt am Main: Lang 1995.
  • Sparkassenstiftung Schleswig-Holstein: Gerrit M. Bekker. Ars Borealis, Edition on Contemporary Art in the North, No. 4, 2004.

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Jörgen Bracker (editor for the Museum of Hamburg History): Gerrit M. Bekker, painting. Catalog for an exhibition at the Museum für Hamburgische Geschichte from April 29 to August 2, 1987. Hamburg 1987, p. 57.
  2. ↑ Christoph Buchwald (Ed.): 25th year book of poetry: The most beautiful poems from 25 years. - Frankfurt a. M .: S. Fischer-Verlag 2007
  3. ↑ http://www.hebbelmuseum.de/stiftung/preistraeger/index.html
  4. ↑ Bracker: Gerrit M. Bekker, p. 57; Sparkassenstiftung Schleswig-Holstein: Gerrit M. Bekker. Ars Borealis, Edition on Contemporary Art in the North, Issue 4, 2004, p. 34
  5. ↑ http://www.literaturhaus-hamburg.de/content/mara-cassens-preis
  6. ↑ Bracker: Gerrit M. Bekker, p. 57; Sparkassenstiftung Schleswig-Holstein: Gerrit M. Bekker, p. 34
  7. ↑ http://www.gerrit-bekker-gesellschaft.de
  8. ↑ Sparkassenstiftung Schleswig-Holstein: Gerrit M. Bekker, p. 34
personal data
SURNAME Bekker, Gerrit
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Bekker, Gerrit Michalis (full name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German painter and writer
DATE OF BIRTH October 23, 1943
PLACE OF BIRTH Hamburg