Harald grace

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Harald Gnade (born May 23, 1958 in Prisser , Lower Saxony ) is a German painter , draftsman and graphic artist .

Life

Harald Gnade received early art lessons from his grandfather, the expressionist painter Curt Ehrhardt 1895–1972. After training as an optician, Gnade studied painting and experimental film from 1978 to 1982 at the Staatliche Hochschule für Bildende Künste - Städelschule in Frankfurt a. Main. He attended lectures by Hermann Nitsch, who had a lasting influence on him, and was a student of Thomas Bayrle and Peter Kubelka . From 1982 to 1986 he studied film and applied arts in the visual communication department at the Berlin University of the Arts, today Berlin University of the Arts , with Wolfgang Ramsbott , Hans Förtsch and Hermann Wiesler . During his studies in Berlin, Gnade distanced himself from his cinematic interests and turned back to painting. He lived in Le Corbusierhaus and had his first studio in Moabit on Perleberger Strasse. Since his diploma in fine arts in 1986, he has been working as a freelancer. In 1992 he took part in Documenta IX in Kassel. From 2008 to 2014 he was a lecturer at the Academy for Painting Berlin, from 2012 to 2014 he led a class for painting there. Harald Gnade is a member of the German Association of Artists . He lives and works in Berlin and Sicily .

plant

“Grace's artistic work begins with a search for form and space determined by plasticity. One focus of his work is to be found first in the formal textures that he chooses to provoke themes and terms (“Frucht, weak”, 1990, screen printing ). By experimenting with different painting surfaces and a sediment-like use of stone flour from travertine and carrara marble, sand, cement and pigments, the artist first searches for a crystalline materiality of color, for body and volume, light and space (1990–1996, “Cloth "," Tissue "," metaphysical landscape " landscape painting ). As a result, he creates a highly abstracted, gestural-structured painting based on landscape or figurative basic forms, consisting of many overlapping layers of color, initially following the Informel and color field painting . […] The relationship between the figure and the ground of his material-determined painting is so complex in its informal coding, as if the pictures were inspired by a look through the microscope , which tries to track down the whole thing in detail. ”Quote: Phillip John: Pictures about pictures - Discourses in Art. Daimler Art Collection 2011 Daimler Art Collection .

In 1990 works on paper were made on Japanese hand-made cardboard and in 1997 the first woodcuts . Grace pays his attention here, using the medium density fiberboard, line, and amorphous texture. During these years the artist worked on some sculptures in addition to painting. In 1992 he showed pictures in a solo exhibition at Dresdner Bank , Kassel, in the city program of documenta IX.

Harald Gnade, “visit me time”
(tableau of 72 ink drawings)

More and more reminiscent of geological processes, from 1996 to 2005 Gnade worked on groups of works of different, three-dimensional form and light-absorbing color variations, whereby the pictures already refer to topics of metamorphosis and mimetics . Themes of metamorphosis and imitation mimesis (The sensitive dress VII-IX, 2002, exhibition of the St. Matthäus Foundation, 2006 St. Matthäuskirche ), as well as a poetic evolutionary history of nature (tableau of 72 ink drawings ... visit me time ...) groups of works created between 1996 and 2005 (2002, Kunsthalle Vierseithof and 2007, Villa Oppenheim ). In the tableau created in 2001/2, Gnade deals with a kind of genesis in the form of a picture.

Ursula Prinz writes about this:

"[...] So the human individual is never represented as such, but is treated exactly like the leaves, stones, trees that one thinks to recognize in some of his pictures. And if the pictorial object is also the body, it is almost only as its appendix or aura and not as a solid object or - in the drawing - as a flowing and dissolving line that could just as easily describe a blossom. The flowing, constantly changing is the actual element of this artist, whose development is presented as a single continuum. "

In 2007, his way of working evolves away from the material image towards pure and transparent painting. There are groups of works with the title Metamorphosis , Black Flowers, Heart and works on Arcadia under a natural-philosophical theme . Biomorphic, materially emphasized, often monochrome color bodies or landscape fragments are symbolically, minimalistically reminiscent of moss, sponge, vegetation or swarms, of ephemeral clusters in an algorithmic style. Topographies of a weightless garden, which also functions independently of gravity, extends vertically, diagonally, horizontally or 180 ° upside down. The picture elements do not always follow the usual physical laws, change their colors and shapes, change their position, in a changing picture space, which is sometimes open, sometimes displaced by surface. Nature, partially detached from its original context, encounters “foreign” states of color, encounters writing, which metaphorically function as a kind of parallel nature as a cultural artifact in the midst of predominantly abstract pictorial spaces. Grace deals with the question of the generally prevailing concept of nature: Is nature usually that which was not created by man? Hundreds of notes with notes, text fragments, color samples and sketches form the framework for a continuously developing, narrative work.

music

Harald Gnade, keyboards / drums, founded the NDW band Grabhund in 1973 with the musicians Ottmar Seum , guitar / vocals, Hannes Riffer, bass, Rainer Theobald, clarinet / saxophone. In 1977 the drummer Dieter Steinmann was included. The artist Manfred Stumpf was part of the band as a singer. After appearances in Hesse, he signed a record deal with the Zweausendeins- Verlag, Frankfurt / Main, and regular concerts in the sink box . Further appearances with the music groups The Wirtschaftswunder (Tom Dokupil) in the Frankfurt Städelschule , the band Ideal (Inga Humpe) and the American group Defunkt in the Ballhaus Tiergarten and in the Metropol . The group separated in 1983 for personal reasons.

Exhibitions

Harald Gnade, “Trash Paradise, 2016-18”
(8-part acrylic, high-gloss polymer water-based paint , acrylic on canvas, 130 × 300 cm)
  • 1982: Mannheim, Mannheimer Kurzfilmtage — Frankfurt / Main, Fluxus concert with Ben Vautier (E)
  • 1983: Berlin, Kurzfilmtage, Arsenal and Klick cinemas
  • 1984: Berlin, house on Lützowplatz , (K)
  • 1985: Berlin, Free Berlin Art Exhibition , Exhibition Grounds, (participation until 1991) (K)
  • 1986: Berlin, Artificial Light Gallery (E)
  • 1987: Berlin, Künstlerhaus Bethanien , (K) - Galerie Westpahl Bethmann / Hollweg (E),
  • 1988: Berlin, Galerie ROHO, painting (E), Seoul, Hanaro Art Center
  • 1989: Berlin, Gallery Rudolf Schoen (E) - Berlin, Otto-Nagel Gallery (E)
  • 1990: Paris, FIAC- Grand Palais (K) - Berlin, German Resistance Memorial Center, GSD Gallery in the Bendlerblock (E) - Berlin, Guardini Foundation (E),
  • 1991: Paris, FIAC- Grand Palais (K) - Berlin, Galerie Rudolf Schoen (E) - Mallorca, Center D`art, Sineu (E, K)
  • 1992: Kassel, documenta IX , (K) - Bayreuth, gallery ad Stadtkirche (E) - Würzburg, gallery Ilka Klose (E)
  • 1993: Berlin, Galerie Hesselbach (E, K)
  • 1994: Mantova, Galleria Bedoli, Viadana (E) - Bonn, Konrad-Adenauer-Stiftung , 5th Maisalon (K) - Berlin, Neues Kunstquartier, Werkschau 1 (K)
  • 1995: Madrid, ARCO art fair, Galerie Schoen & Nalepa (K)
  • 1996: Milan, METROPOLI, Goethe-Institut (K) - Madrid, - Würzburg, Gallery Ilka Klose (E)
  • 1997: Bad Hersfeld, Museum Chapter House (E)
  • 1998: Berlin, Charlottenburg Palace - Small Orangery (K)
  • 1999: Palermo, Galleria Escaviva (E)
  • 2000: Berlin, Villa Oppenheim , Kulturforum (E, K) - Berlin, Schering Kunstverein (E)
  • 2001: Barcelona, ​​Galeria PuntoArte (E)
  • 2002: Luckenwalde, Kunsthalle Vierseithof, Guardini Foundation (E)
  • 2003: Berlin, ARAG Art Prize of the Association of Berlin Artists (E) - Barcelona, ​​Navarra Hotels Art Collection (C)
  • 2004: Berlin, Guardini Gallery (E) - Würzburg, Gallery Ilka Klose (E)
  • 2005: Ludwigsburg, Woodcut Today - Art Prize 2005 (K) - Potsdam, Gallery Ruhnke (E)
  • 2006: Berlin, Stiftung St. Matthew St. Matthew Church , Church at the Cultural Forum (E, K)
  • 2007: Berlin, Villa Oppenheim , Gallery for Contemporary Art (E, K) - Berlin, St. Matthäus Foundation (K),
  • 2008: Schwetzingen, Welde Art Prize, 10 Best - Berlin, KettererKunst (E, K)
  • 2009: Munich, House of Art , large art exhibition (K)
  • 2010: Berlin, Galerie ROOT at Savignyplatz (E)
  • 2011: Berlin, Galerie Tammen & Partner (K)
  • 2012: Würzburg, Gallery Ilka Klose (E) - Karlsruhe, Art Karlsruhe (K)
  • 2013: Berlin, Galerie Tammen & Partner - Mikromeere (E, K) - House of Representatives "Heart Flutter - Young Art of the 1990s in Berlin" (K)
  • 2014: Berlin, Kommunale Galerie - IMPLANT, earth - vertical - run off. - (E)
  • 2015: Potsdam, Kunstverein Kunsthaus Potsdam - "Copynature" with Herbert Mehler (E) - Art Karlsruhe, Galerie Tammen & Partner, Berlin (E, K)
  • 2016: Augsburg, Noah Gallery in the Glaspalast - "Copynature" (E)
  • 2017: Berlin, Galerie Tammen & Partner - "Romantic Outing" (E)
  • 2018: Pisa, University of Pisa - " NATURE PARALLELE - Astrazioni a confronto " (E)
  • 2019: Augsburg, Galerie Noah - " In the Studio " (E)
  • 2020: Berlin, Galerie Tammen - " still work on paradise " (E)

E = solo exhibition, K = catalog

Public collections / work locations

  • Collection Siemens / Cerner Corporation, Berlin
  • Senate of Berlin, Berlin
  • Schering Foundation Collection , Berlin
  • St. Matthäus Foundation Collection, Berlin
  • Deutsche Telekom-Berkom, Berlin
  • Berliner Bank, Berlin
  • Municipal Gallery Berlin - Artothek
  • Museum, Bad Hersfeld
  • Museum Walter, Augsburg
  • Daimler Art Collection , Stuttgart
  • Art collection Bausparkasse Schwäbisch Hall,
  • Collection NH HOTELES, Barcelona
  • Deutsche Telekom, Nuremberg
  • Headquarters of the Raiffeisen and Volksbanks, Frankfurt / Main
  • Heart Center, Bonn-Siegburg
  • Archive, Association of Berlin Artists , Berlin
  • Siegfried Grauwinkel Collection, Berlin

literature

  • Wolfgang Ludwig : On paper: Catalog, 1. Fig. P. 50, Professional Association of Visual Artists Berlin, Berlin 1987.
  • MA von Lüttichau, Lüttichau  : German places - on painting by Harald Gnade. In: The art. Magazinpresse Verlag, current exhibitions, 2 ills. P. 284, Munich 1987.
  • Dagmar Demming: Cosmography with sparse material. In: Trigon 2 ISBN 3-7867-1595-5 , Art, Science and Faith in Dialogue , (Ed.) Guardini Foundation, Matthias-Grünewald-Verlag, Mainz 1991.
  • Peter Hopf: Berlin material. Introduction to the exhibition, documenta IX, city program, catalog p. 129, Dresdner Bank, Kassel 1992.
  • Jörn Merkert : opening speech, Fritz Jacobi: friction against reality. In: Ausst./Katalog, 1 fig. P. 14, 5th Maisalon - Art in Berlin. 1994.
  • Wilhelm Gauger: Time and Time. Berlin 1999. Francesca Pensa: Preface, Milan 1997. Sergio Troisi: Introduction, Palermo 1998. In: ZeitZeit, ISBN 3-925608-89-3 , German / English. (Ed.) Druckverlag Kettler, Bönen / Westphalia 2000.
  • Ralf F. Hartmann: Opening speech for the exhibition, … visit me for a while…. Kunsthalle Vierseithof, greetings: Jörg Schönbohm and Hermann Josef Schuster Presidium of the Guardini Gallery, Luckenwalde 2002.
  • Ursula Prinz: New pictures . Opening speech for the exhibition Galerie Fine Arts Con.Tra., Berlin 2004.
  • Bärbel Wendt: On the importance of the formless. In: Märkische Allgemeine, Potsdam, Kultur, ill. P. 16, July 1, 2005 ( online, accessed June 22, 2012 ).
  • Claudia Marcy: Space for art - artist studios in Charlottenburg . Georg Kolbe Museum (Ed.), Pp. 77, 78, Berlin 2005.
  • Ursula Prinz: The silence of the pictures. Christhard-Georg Neubert: Insuring yourself against senselessness - comments on the altarpiece Mneme. Beatrice E. Stammer: Follow the impulses of life . In: Mimesis, ISBN 978-3-938193-27-3 , (Ed.) Ars momentum Kunstverlag, Witten 2006.
  • Petra Bahr , Christhard-Georg Neubert: First approach. In: A Guest on Earth - Approaching Paul Gerhardt. (Ed.) Chrismon Verlag, Hansisches Druck- & Verlagshaus, Frankfurt / Main, 2007, ISBN 978-3-938704-08-0 or ISBN 3-938704-08-X , (with numerous pictures by Harald Gnade).
  • Dietger Pforte : Introduction to Mimesis - Paintings and Drawings. Gallery for contemporary art, Villa Oppenheim, Berlin 2007.
  • General artist lexicon, (Ed.) KG SAUR-Verlag, Munich, Leipzig 2007, ISBN 978-3-598-22796-7 . In: Volume 56, p. 282.
  • Wieland Schmied : Art and Spirituality - Notes on the exhibitions. In: What happened, what succeeded, what is open - 20 years of the Guardini Foundation. Volume 2. ISBN 978-3-8305-1448-0 , ill. P. 65. Harald Gnade: Cover, Volumes 1,2 (Ed.) Guardini Foundation, BWV, Berlin 2007.
  • Bazon Brock : what drives us ... what drives us. In: Large art exhibition, (Ed.) Haus der Kunst, ill., P. 64, Munich 2009.
  • Harald Gnade: Concepts in teaching. In: Academy for Painting Berlin. Course program 1st semester, pp. 12–15. Berlin 2010.
  • Philipp John: Pictures about pictures - Discourses in Art. In: Renate Wiehager (Hrsg.) For Daimler Art Collection. Hatje Cantz Verlag, Ostfildern 2011, ISBN 978-3-7757-2730-3 .
  • Beatrice E. Stammer: emotions of the material . In: GRACE seas - emotions of the material. Atelier Gnade, Berlin 2011, ISBN 978-3-00-035811-1 , (Ed.) Galerie Ilka Klose, 54 p. 64 color illus. (German / English).
  • Christoph Tannert: Introduction, Harald Gnade: Romantic Outings - Painting / Herbert Mehler : Dedicato Brancusi. Corten steel sculptures. Gallery Tammen & Partner, Berlin 2017.

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ [1]
  2. ↑ kuenstlerbund.de: Members "G" / Harald Gnade (accessed on November 18, 2015)
  3. ↑ Harald Gnade in the St. Matthäus Foundation
  4. ↑ berlin.de
  5. ↑ Ursula Prinz: The silence of the pictures. In: Mimesis. (Ed.) Ars momentum Kunstverlag, Witten 2006, ISBN 978-3-938193-27-3 .
  6. ^ Gnade, Harald in the documenta archive (accessed December 29, 2015)
  7. ^ Announcement on the exhibition
  8. ↑ guardini.de
personal data
SURNAME Grace, Harald
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German painter, draftsman and graphic artist
DATE OF BIRTH May 23, 1958
PLACE OF BIRTH Prisser , Lower Saxony