Hans-Georg Ambrosius

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Hans-Georg Ambrosius (born August 19, 1965 in Wiesbaden ; † July 24, 2007 there , also called "George") was a German visual artist . His work is shaped by his longstanding HIV illness .

biography

After completing secondary school and graduating from the Leibnizschule, Wiesbaden in 1985, he completed his civil service in the Protestant youth parish office . In addition, he prepared for the upcoming art studies, designed posters and make-up designs for the independent theater group Lux Perpetua and was also on stage himself in the plays Lux perpetua and Pythia will not die by Honke Rambow and Madame by Alexander Katt. From 1985 he designed performances (FORMART) and his first own exhibitions in the Rhine-Main area. In 1988 he began studying fine art at the University of Mainz (until around 1992).

In 2004 the Schwules Museum in Berlin took over his entire oeuvre as a gift during his lifetime. He then began with extensive series of works and ventured into new artistic territory. In spring 2007 he completed an extensive series on the subject of “ The Night of Lead ” for the Schwules Museum .

illness

He had known about his HIV infection since the late 1980s. The partner's death occurred in 1992. However, different drug combinations made long-term survival possible despite the fully erupted clinical picture. Side effects and poorly healing surgical wounds, on the other hand, required strong pain medication.

Cancer developed on open wounds and was fought with chemotherapy. Even the placement in a hospice has already been organized, but canceled again after a few weeks. In the meantime, his state of health stabilized to such an extent that he began light running training. In the course of the 20 years of his illness, he continued to deteriorate physically, but developed enormous energies for artistic work within the scope of his physical and mental possibilities. In the spring of 2007 he agreed to a serious operation on his digestive tract, but this did not improve his health. Instead, there was massive bleeding. He died in the Josefshospital Wiesbaden. His grave can be found in the Wiesbaden Südfriedhof.

Awards and exhibitions

From 1990 he was represented by the Simulakrum gallery in Mainz. Some works were acquired by the city of Mainz.

  • In 1992 he had a solo exhibition in the rooms of the Aids-Hilfe Wiesbaden.
  • In 1993 he took part in the exhibition "INFEKTIÖS - Art and Everyday Life, Living with Aids" at the Schwules Museum Berlin.
  • In 1997 there was a large solo exhibition "Ge: s: w: ichtlös" in the Kunst.verladehalle Rüsselsheim, for which he also designed a performance for the vernissage.
  • A last exhibition of works “Wasserfarben” took place with great effort in 2005 in the Waggonfabrik Mainz in collaboration with his college friend Mario Hergueta .

He won a second prize at the Konrad Lutz Prize (competition on AIDS) in 2002, and in 2005 the (shared) first prize for a work called We held hands and cried, as stunned as children .

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Speech by Claudia Roth at the award ceremony ( Memento from November 8, 2007 in the Internet Archive )