Horst Dieter Gölzenleuchter
Horst Dieter (Oskar) Gölzenleuchter (born April 15, 1944 in Freiburg im Breisgau ) is a German painter , graphic artist and author . He lives and works in Bochum .
Life
HD Gölzenleuchter was one of the founding members of the "Werkstatt Dortmund" in the work group Literature of the Working World , which was created in 1970. A year later, in 1971, Gölzenleuchter established himself as a freelance visual artist. With his first literary steps, the small publishing house "Edition Wort und Bild" was born in 1979, in which bibliophile books and graphics are published. In 1980 he was involved in founding the Federal Association of Visual Artists Westphalia / South (BBK).
In 1982 Gölzenleuchter opened the “Werkstatt Wort und Bild” as a place for author readings and regular exhibitions on critical and realistic art. In 1989, together with various visual artists, he put together the traveling exhibition Der aufrechte Gang zu Carl von Ossietzky . In the course of this project, a steel sculpture was erected in the public space, namely in Bochum-Langendreer on the "Stern". Since 1993 Gölzenleuchter has been working on museum educational concepts in the field of linoleum / woodcuts and until 1997 he was the first chairman of the specialist group for the visual arts of Western Westphalia in the IG Medien .
Gölzenleuchter wrote, published and illustrated numerous books. From 1989 to 2006 worked on the annual for literature and graphics Muschelhaufen . In 2001 the magazine Die Brücke presented him with the first prize for graphics in the “Weltbilder Kosmopolitania” competition.
Works
Horst Dieter Gölzenleuchter is known for his woodcuts. He often uses found wooden objects, the basis for his art, to dig his pictures into with a knife. His motives are mostly political and social, he appeals to society, addresses social injustice and promotes a peaceful coexistence of cultures. His works also include steel sculptures. The news portal of the WAZ media group Der Westen described Gölzenleuchter as worthy descendants of Kirchner and Heckel .
Solo exhibitions
- 1988: Woodcuts, Museum Mülheim
- 1991: Woodcut - HD Gölzenleuchter, Kunsthalle Bielefeld
- 1992: Woodcuts / watercolors, City Gallery Dorsten
- 1993: Woodcut - printing campaign - exhibition, Art Museum Gelsenkirchen
- 1994: Painting - woodcuts, gallery bo7, Bochum; Poetic moments, the gallery, food
- 1995: Woodcuts, painting, Werl City Museum; Boomvrouw, de kleine galerie an de dijk, St. Jacobiparochie, Netherlands
- 1996: Wood cut prints, THE EASEL - Art Gallery, Madras (India)
- 1997: Galerie Tòth-van Rooij, Oudkerk / Netherlands
- 1999: The technique of the woodcut, Museum Bochum
- 2003: Contemporary witnesses - etchings, steel sculptures, Iserlohn City Museum
- 2004: B-gripping, Alte Post art museum, Mülheim; Evidence of the times II - painting, Iserlohn City Museum
- 2007: Color that will not be silent, hogeDRUKgebied, Rotterdam (NL)
- 2009: Boesner catalog
Books (selection)
- and sometimes the sun is colorful. Verses and linocuts for children . Edition Wort und Bild Bochum 1998
- HD Gölzenleuchter, evidence of the times. Etchings from 30 years . Bochum 2003, ISBN 3-927430-39-0
- Woodcut stories . Bochum 2008, ISBN 978-3-927430-60-0
Quotes
- "Wood cutting is an honest art, wood an honest material. It has a bitter poetry."
- "Anyone who can only understand something undifferentiated by 'woodcut-like' is on the wrong track, 'but on a rotten one."
literature
- Hugo Ernst Buyer and Friedrich Grotjahn : Homage to Horst-Dieter Gölzenleuchter on his 65th birthday on April 15, 2009 . Brockmeyer, Bochum 2009, ISBN 978-3-8196-0729-5
- Reinhard Finke: The Edition Bild und Wort. Horst-Dieter Gölzenleuchter - artist and publisher . In: Musselhaufen No. 41, Viersen 2001, ISSN 0085-3593
Web links
- Internet presence of HD Gölzenleuchter
- Literature by and about Horst Dieter Gölzenleuchter in the catalog of the German National Library
- Horst Dieter Gölzenleuchter in the Lexicon of Westphalian Authors
- Report on Grieshaber and Gölzenleuchter - an honest art
Individual evidence
- ↑ HD Gölzenleuchter, category steel: steel sculptures in public space.Retrieved on November 28, 2018.
- ↑ Westdeutsche Allgemeine Zeitung: Grieshaber and Gölzenleuchter - An honest art.Retrieved on November 28, 2018.
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Gölzenleuchter, Horst Dieter |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Gölzenleuchter, Oskar (nickname) |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German painter, graphic artist and author |
| DATE OF BIRTH | April 15, 1944 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Freiburg in Breisgau |