Jorge Stever

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Jorge Stever

Jorge Stever (born August 9, 1940 in Templin near Neubrandenburg ; † October 24, 2019 in Caracas , Venezuela ) was a German-South American contemporary painter and object artist , also known for his minimalist and constructivist compositions.

life and work

Jorge B. Stever began with the first constructivist work under the direct influence of Mathias Goeritz . From 1955 he lived in Mexico , among other places , and from 1955 to 1966 undertook extensive study trips to England , Germany , France , Spain , Italy and Turkey . From 1966 to 1969 he lived first in Malta , then in Cologne , until he finally emigrated to Caracas in 1973 .

Stever had his first solo exhibition in 1963 at the Ibero Club in Bonn . In 1966 he created an environment for the Scheidt company in Kettwig .

Jorge Stever, as a representative of abstract hyperrealism with some objects made of oil paint and wood, took part in Documenta 5 in Kassel in 1972 in the Realism department . To this day he is represented at numerous exhibitions worldwide, especially in South America, with various works: paintings, objects, installations and reliefs .

Awards

Literature and Sources

  • Exhibition catalog: documenta 5. Survey of Reality - Imagery Today ; Catalog (as a file folder) Volume 1: (Material); Volume 2: (list of exhibits); Kassel 1972
  • documenta archive (ed.); Resubmission d5 - A survey of the archive on documenta 1972 ; Kassel / Ostfildern 2001, ISBN 3-7757-1121-X
  • Museum Folkwang Essen (ed.): Scene Rhein-Ruhr '72 (catalog); Essen 1972

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Jorge Stever, pintor del espacio. October 29, 2019, accessed October 31, 2019 (Spanish).
personal data
SURNAME Stever, Jorge
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Stever, Jorge B.
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German painter and object artist
DATE OF BIRTH August 9, 1940
PLACE OF BIRTH Templin near Neubrandenburg
DATE OF DEATH October 24, 2019
Place of death Caracas