Hermann Pitz
Hermann Pitz (* 1956 in Oldenburg ) is a German conceptual artist , object artist and photographer .
Life
Hermann Pitz was born in Northern Germany in 1956 and studied painting with Raimund Girke at the Berlin University of the Arts from 1975 to 1981 . Together with Raimund Kummer and Fritz Rahmann , he founded the Berlin office in 1980 , an artistic self-organization. Hermann Pitz has been a member of the German Association of Artists since 1993 and of the Academy of the Arts (Berlin) since 1997 .
Hermann Pitz was a professor at the Rijksakademie van beeldende kunsten in Amsterdam and was appointed professor at the Academy of Fine Arts in Munich in 2003.
In 2007 the forced labor memorial “Transit” was inaugurated by Hermann Pitz am Plärrer in Nuremberg .
Quotes about the work
“One possible way to get started with Hermann Pitz's works is to track down the leitmotifs that crop up again and again and whose themes overlap or expand on each other: mirror objects, photographs, light sources that can be assigned to the field of optics or objects that, due to their shape or function can be associated with the process of seeing: convex or concave curved objects, a disco ball or water droplets. The motifs are familiar to the viewer from everyday life and at the same time stimulate him to reflect on the perception of reality: What is reality, what is fiction?
The curtain, easel and lighting are reminiscent of the theater and the stage or create a studio atmosphere. Here, too, it is about topics that revolve around appearance and reality, image and representation, staging and presentation. Everyday reality mutates into an artificial, artistic reality. For his complex concept, Hermann Pitz also uses other metaphors from the cultural and scientific tradition as formal “containers” that connect his works like a network: the archive, the world map, the family tree or the journey. [...] The artist cites himself again and again, creates a spatial and temporal continuity between works, develops his own iconography. His art thrives on the paradox of always advancing through references. "
“I've always had a way of working in which one comes from the other. I like to deal with fragments, with unfinished things and leave processes open. "
Exhibitions (selection)
Solo exhibitions
- 1979: Lützowstrasse, Situation 2 , Berlin
- 1987: De Appel , Amsterdam
- 1991: Panorama Hermann Pitz MCMXCI Witte de With , Westfälischer Kunstverein , Kunstverein Braunschweig
- 1992: Sprengel Prize , Sprengel Museum Hannover
- 1995: Places, events Württembergischer Kunstverein Stuttgart
- 1996: Instant Pictures 1981–1995 , Hamburger Kunsthalle
- 1998: Monument of the unknown artist , Museum Boijmans Van Beuningen , Rotterdam
- 2001: Projector 2000 , Museum Haus Lange , Krefeld
Group exhibitions
- 1980: Berlin office: redesign of the Gleisdreieck underground station , Berlin
- 1987: documenta 8 , Kassel
- 1987: Sculpture.Projects , LWL Museum for Art and Culture , Münster
- 1988: aperto 88 , 45th Biennale di Venezia , Venice
- 1989: Theatergarden Bestiary , MoMA PS1 , New York
- 1992: documenta IX , Kassel
- 1994: prima idea , 42nd annual exhibition of the German Association of Artists, Technoseum , Mannheim
- 1995: Culture instead of monument , Museum Kunstpalast , Düsseldorf
- 1997: Sculpture.Projects , LWL Museum for Art and Culture, Münster
- 1999: The 20th Century Art in Germany , Neue Nationalgalerie and Hamburger Bahnhof - Museum für Gegenwart , Berlin
- 2003: Wahnzimmer , Folkwang Museum , Essen
- 2006: Allan Kaprow Push and Pull: A furniture comedy for Hans Hofmann (1963-2006) ; 97th day session of the Pitz class, Haus der Kunst , Munich.
- 2008: Blickmaschinen , Museum of Contemporary Art , Siegen
Individual evidence
- ↑ documenta 8 catalog: Volume 1: Essays; Volume 2: Catalog page 192; Volume 3: artist book; Kassel 1987, ISBN 3-925272-13-5
- ↑ Galerie Thomas Schulte Hermann Pitz ( Memento of the original from September 24, 2015 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. , accessed September 4, 2015.
- ↑ kuenstlerbund.de: Exhibitions since 1951 | 1993 ( Memento of the original from March 4, 2016 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. Retrieved December 10, 2015
- ↑ a b Bonner Kunstverein, Artothek, Hermann Pitz ( Memento of the original from September 23, 2015 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link has been inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. Retrieved September 4, 2015
- ^ Artist-critical lexicon of contemporary art Thomas Wulffen Hermann Pitz ( page no longer available , search in web archives ) Info: The link was automatically marked as defective. Please check the link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. Retrieved September 4, 2015
- ↑ An interview with Prof. Hermann Pitz, creator of the TRANSIT memorial for forced laborers in Nuremberg , accessed on September 4, 2015.
- ^ Artist-critical lexicon of contemporary art Thomas Wulffen , Hermann Pitz ( page no longer available , search in web archives ) Info: The link was automatically marked as defective. Please check the link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. Retrieved September 4, 2015
| personal data | |
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| SURNAME | Pitz, Hermann |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German concept artist, object artist and photographer |
| DATE OF BIRTH | 1956 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Oldenburg |