Johannes Gramm

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Johannes Gramm at a lecture. Food (2012)

Johannes Dieter Gramm (* 1964 in Essen ) is a German photo artist , painter , set designer and video artist .

Life

Gramm was born in 1964 as the second child of Mechthild and the chemistry didactic Altfrid Gramm in Essen. After school and community service, he studied philosophy, German and mathematics at the University of Essen from 1987 to 1997. In Faculty 4 - from which the current Faculty of Design at the Folkwang University of the Arts emerged - he completed his art studies in László Lakner's class in 1997 in the subjects of painting, graphics and photography. Since then he has been working as a freelance visual artist in Berlin, Essen and the neighboring Netherlands.

job

In addition to exhibitions of his pictures and installations, Gramms work also includes stage sets for various houses and productions across Europe, exhibition architecture as well as performative events and illustrations. From 2004 to 2009 Gramm worked as a lecturer for drawing at the University of Duisburg-Essen , from 2005 to 2007 as a lecturer for stage design at the FH Dortmund and since 2016 for portrait photography at the TU Dortmund . Thematically, his work is not limited to one genre. Gramm combines a wide variety of techniques and areas in order to process and present the topics relevant to him, comparable to a musical remix. Due to his experience in theater and ballet , he often resorts to different techniques and genres or the collaboration of other artists.

The pictorial spectrum ranges from classic portraits or photographic self-portraits, e.g. B. with references to gender issues , topics in connection with cultural appropriation to dealing with the works of other artists. Mention is here z. B. his book "No", published together with Laas Abendroth, with the answers to the questions of Peter Fischli and David Weiss, as well as a series directly related to Bas Jan Ader's work "Broken fall (Geometric)" from 1971, the gram varies 35 times falling in front of the Westkapelle lighthouse, which is also visible in the background of Ader .

In 2013 he is also running an artistic campaign as a non-party direct candidate in the Essen III constituency for the 18th German Bundestag . The constituency was won by the candidate of the CDU by only 3 votes . Furthermore, one of the polling stations in the constituency opened half an hour late, so that citizens could not vote. With his artistic poster campaign - various motifs from a self-portrait series - Gramm sparked discussions as to whether the votes cast for him were the decisive factor.

Exhibitions, sets and performances (selection)

  • 2018: Salzburg, Space & Photography, Museum der Moderne Salzburg a . a. with Wolfgang Tillmans , Isa Genzken and Hito Steyerl
  • 2017 Amsterdam, "vdhp video biënnale", Aire Espacio Cultural, Rosario (Argentina), "Plataforma de Acción 3 Suiseki Invisible Sutil"
  • 2016: Dortmund, "No Time", Künstlerhaus Dortmund , Rheda, "Silence", Orangery Schloss Rheda, Backnang, "Head and Collar", Gallery of the City of Backnang
  • 2015: Berlin, Staatsoper Unter den Linden , stage and costume for Ernst Krenek "Tarquin", staged by Mascha Poerzgen , premiere April 19, 2015
  • 2014: Scheveningen (NL), Badgast; Mülheim, "The subversive spirit" u. a. with Martin Kippenberger , Christoph Schlingensief , Laas Abendroth, Dore O. and Matthias Schamp Art Museum Mülheim an der Ruhr in the old post office, curated by Beate Reese
  • 2013: Oberhausen, Blowin 'free as part of the Emscherkunst ; Düsseldorf, "Visual Antifoto Manifesto" on Photoweekend; Simultaneous Festival, Timișoara, Romania
  • 2012: Schauspielhaus Bochum , stage design for Carole King Queen of the Beach; Westkapelle (NL), Polderhuis Museum
  • 2011: Wasserburg a. Inn, "J'ai débuté", gallery in the Ganserhaus; Biberach, Art Association; London, The Forum, PS / PS-Exhibition7 / 10, Bethnal Green
  • 2010: Duisburg, Mercatorhalle , set home game; Food, tracks, powerhouse, Zeche Carl ; Checkpoint, border areas Ruhr2010, European Capital of Culture; Hamburg, Kunstverein Sankt Pauli, the world's first 3D tattoo, Kunsthaus Essen in collaboration with Franziska Nast; Essen, Eveningsonx "An Andalusian dog howls very differently" with C. Kammer and J. Kinzius; Lübeck, PS / PS-Exhibition4 / 10, Koberg
  • 2009: Duisburg, Mercatorhalle, stage for "home game"; Essen, Galerie Obrist; Contemporary Art Ruhr; Rotterdam, PS / PS-Exhibition2 / 10, veranda; Dortmund, Bürgersaal award winners exhibition; London, PS / PS-Exhibition3 / 10, Angel
  • 2008: Dortmund, Künstlerhaus / Domizil Pecha Cucha Night; Dortmund, Citizens' Hall "Generation Future"; Wuppertal, REX-Theater, The art of listening
  • 2007: Kunsthaus Essen "Grugapark Suicide"; Gasometer Oberhausen stage design and evening performance "Mono" an event by DEGEM u. a. with Jobina Tinnemans; Munich, Tube, concert with Raoul Haarmann ; Luxembourg, Long Distance Breath by Bernd Uwe Marszan (former dancer with Pina Bausch ), Grand Theater; Essen, TIZ project, Kröcks capital criticism, grill theater
  • 2006: Essen, video performance with Haarmann, Kunsthaus Salon; Rome, stage design and video technology for "Long Distance Breath" by BU Marszan (formerly dancer Tanztheater Wuppertal ), Teatro Vascello; Cologne stage for "The End of the Night" To Kuohn and Haarmann; Linz, video log book Essen 2006, FABRIKANTEN film project Linz (Austria), premiere 2007 in Novi Sad
  • 2005: Wuppertal / Leichlingen Third type "Tango Weatfalica"
  • 2004: Essen Kunsthaus "18? Now I want to see EVERYTHING!"; Dortmund Opera House (Opera Ball equipment), "Soiree at the Rosenkavalier"
  • 2003: Wuppertal Rex, "Zweiheit"

Prices

  • 2008 Generation future
  • 1999 Agnes Gätz Prize
  • 1999 Break 21 (Slovenia)
  • 1991 German Academy for Children's and Youth Literature (illustrations, author Hubert Göbels )

Nominations:

  • 2011 Blooom Award, Cologne
  • 2009 and 2010 Nassauischer Kunstverein Wiesbaden "Follow Fluxus - Fluxus and the consequences"

literature

  • No. 315 overdue replies and 17 drawings; edited by Johannes Gramm and Laas Abendroth; 2019; Self-published
  • Johannes Gramm - Into the dark; with a text by Sabin Bors, Milton Keynes UK, ISBN 978-1-36-663623-2
  • Ruhr art scene - 50 positions, 10 museums one exhibition; edited by F. Ullrich, S. Hiekisch-Picard, H.-J. Schwalm, S. Reichart, M. Kalayci, ISBN 978-3-939753-51-3
  • If I dig my ears, it still smells a little like a party; with texts by Dr. Christiane Kuhlmann (eds.) And Julia Heer, Essen 2009, ISBN 978-3-931201-31-9
  • Kunsthaus Essen, exhibitions and projects 2001–2007; Essen 2007, ISBN 978-3-931201-28-9
  • Twenty-five years at the Kunsthaus Essen; Essen 2003, ISBN 3-931201-18-X
  • GrenzgebietRuhr, a project of the European Capital of Culture Ruhr2010 for the project group KunstvereineRuhr; edited by Reinhard Buskies, Bernd Finkeldey, Peter Schmieder and Uwe Schramm, Ruhr2010
  • Checkpoint, catalog published as part of the exhibition of the same name; Food 2010

Web links

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  1. ↑ http://engelsysteme.de/seiten/leben.html Vita J. Gramm
  2. ↑ Archive link ( Memento from March 10, 2016 in the Internet Archive )
  3. ↑ https://www.uni-due.de/chemiedidaktik/nachruf_altfrid_gramm
  4. ↑ http://www.labkultur.tv/blog/kompieren-mit-pritt-stift-und-schere-johannes-gramm Article on Johannes Gramm in Labkultur
  5. ^ Archived copy ( Memento from September 28, 2013 in the Internet Archive ) Stage for Carole King, Schauspielhaus Bochum
  6. ↑ http://www.uni-due.de/imperia/md/content/kunstpaedagogik/kvv_ws2007_08.pdf Events j. Gramms on pages 13 and 14
  7. ↑ http://www.anti-utopias.com/standing-on-the-doorstep-a-conversation-with-johannes-gramm/ English-language interview on the working method of J. Gramms with the art scholar and curator Sabin Bors
  8. ↑ http://engelsysteme.de/seiten/galerie/bilder/betteri/betteri_05.html Self-portrait series BetterI
  9. ↑ http://engelsysteme.de/seiten/galerie/bilder/kleindusche.html Illustration of the work eight-bitch daughter / When you grow up, I want to be like me!
  10. ↑ http://engelsysteme.de/seiten/galerie/bilder/objekte/nein.html Answer book no.
  11. ↑ http://engelsysteme.de/seiten/galerie/bilder/epic_fall.html Series of images on the work of Bas Jan Aders
  12. ↑ Article in the NRZ from September 24, 2013, NES_3 | NR.223
  13. ↑ http://engelsysteme.de/seiten/leben.html List of exhibitions
  14. ↑ Archive link ( Memento from March 14, 2016 in the Internet Archive )
personal data
SURNAME Gram, Johannes
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Gramm, Johannes Dieter (full name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German photo artist, painter, set designer and video artist
DATE OF BIRTH 1964
PLACE OF BIRTH eat