Hans Huwer
Hans Huwer (born May 29, 1953 in Oberthal / Saar ) is a German visual artist , painter and graphic artist .
life and work
Hans Huwer was born in Oberthal in Saarland, the second of five children to miner Herbert Huwer and his wife Maria (née Schmidt). After an apprenticeship as a book printer from 1968 to 1971, he studied from 1972 to 1976 at the Saarland University of Applied Sciences in Saarbrücken, design department under Professors Oskar Holweck (basic apprenticeship) and Robert Sessler ( graphics ). He has been working as a freelance artist since 1983. Hans Huwer lives and works in Spiesen-Elversberg .
The basics of graphic design and systematic image organization imparted in his training characterize his artistic work. The starting point of the painterly and graphic actions is always a grid of orthogonal lines cut into the cardboard. The sharp burrs offer the color and ink solutions dripped on in a fixed order using a pipette and, in other examples, the multiple overlapping chalk hatchings that are not exactly calculable. Under laboratory conditions, Huwer produces small-scale test series every day in which he researches the interaction of the materials used in different consistencies and variations. Detailed documentation of the work steps and material combinations creates an archive of templates that the artist can use when composing his works later. When designing the picture, he consciously uses chance as a design factor. Using lots, dice or computer-generated random numbers, he determines the places in the grid where he applies certain colors. As a result, he repeatedly creates new and surprising color events in his strictly calculated work processes.
Awards and honors
- 1995: Scholarship from the Saarland in the Künstlerhaus Schloss Wiepersdorf
- 2006: Sickingen Art Prize for Painting, Kaiserslautern district
Working in public collections
- German workshops Hellerau , Dresden
- Museum Pfalzgalerie Kaiserslautern
- Vera Röhm Foundation, Lausanne, Switzerland
- Deutsche Bundesbank , branches in Mainz and Saarbrücken
- Ministry for Education and Culture of the Saarland, Saarbrücken
Working in public space
- Station forecourt, Neunkirchen
- State Parliament of the Saarland , Saarbrücken
- Saarland University , Building C6 3, Saarbrücken
- Maria Grünewald School, Wittlich
Exhibitions
Solo exhibitions (selection)
- 2018 "Exactly unequal", Kunstverein "Das Damianstor" Bruchsal e. V., Bruchsal
- 2017 "Calculus and Freedom", Dillingen Art Association in the Old Castle, Dillingen
- 2016 “Contexts”, Uni-Galerie KleppArt, Paderborn
- 2013 Bruno-Paul-Haus, building ensemble Deutsche Werkstätten Hellerau, Dresden
- 2010 "Konterkariert", Saarländisches Künstlerhaus , Saarbrücken
- 2008 "Orthogonal", Deutsche Werkstätten Hellerau, Dresden
- 2003 “Interfaces”, Städtische Galerie Neunkirchen
- 1999 Goethe-Institut Vízivárosi Galéria, Budapest, Hungary
- 1994 Friege Gallery, Remscheid
- 1992 State Museum Et cetera Gallery, Mainz
- 1992 Walzinger Gallery, Saarlouis
- 1991 Pfalzgalerie Kaiserslautern
Participation in exhibitions (selection)
- 2017 "SaarArt11", Saarländisches Künstlerhaus, Saarbrücken
- 2015 “The Klütsch Collection”, Museum Haus Ludwig for art exhibitions Saarlouis
- 2014 Vordemberge-Gildewart-Haus, Osnabrück
- 2011 "Homage to a generation of founders" Institute for New Technical Form , Darmstadt
- 2009 “Art goes to town”, graphics campaign, Erfurt
- 2008 Galerie Op der Ka, Capellen, Luxembourg
- 2006 Sickingen Art Prize, Museum im Westrich, Ramstein
- 2006 20 years of the Friege workshop gallery, Städtische Galerie, Remscheid
- 2005 German workshops in Hellerau, Dresden
- 2004 "Saar Art Scene 2004 - Right Now", Saarland Museum , Saarbrücken
- 2002 "Trans-Form 3", gallery in C, Cologne
- 2001 "Trans-Form 2", Deutsche Werkstätten Hellerau, Dresden
- 2000 “Saar Art Scene - Visions 2000”, Saarland Museum, Saarbrücken
literature
- Hans Huwer. Drawings, small writings of the Pfalzgalerie Kaiserslautern, Vol. 17, Kaiserslautern 1991 (Text: Heinz Höfchen), ISBN 978-3-89422-049-5
- Hans Huwer. Intersections, Budapest 1999 (Text: Béla Bascó)
- Hans Huwer. Interfaces, gallery in the community center Neunkirchen 2003 (texts: Nicole Nix, Annelie Scherschel), ISBN 978-3-00-012844-8
- Hans Huwer. Counter-checked. Painting and drawing, Saarländisches Künstlerhaus, Saarbrücken 2010 (Text: Petra Wilhelmy), ISBN 978-3-940517-36-4
- Hans Huwer: Kosmos Volume 1, Spiesen-Elversberg 2018 (Text: Petra Wilhelmy), ISBN 978-3-00-059706-0
Web links
- official website of the artist
- Hans Huwer in the catalog of the German National Library
- Hans Huwer in the catalog of the Saarland Bibliography
- Hans Huwer in the artist lexicon of the Institute for Contemporary Art in Saarland
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Huwer, Hans |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German visual artist, painter and graphic artist |
| DATE OF BIRTH | May 29, 1953 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Oberthal / Saar |