KHWagner
KHWagner is a German artist group founded in 1985 by the married couple Silke and Reiner Nitzsche, which has been operating under the common name KHWagner since 1993 . She lives and works in Dresden .
Vita
Born in 1963 and 1964, the two artists have been united by art as their spiritual home since early childhood. Both grew up in the GDR and had an artistic education. He received early instruction from the painter and wood cutter Heinz Tetzner , a well-known expressionist. She grew up with larger reproductions of Van Gogh , Modigliani and Vermeer in her parents' house.
Over 600 drawings, prints and paintings were created during his youth. A work that KHWagner considered in 2009 with the idea of reframing and the accompanying exhibition Reframing // 82-85 and put it in a new context.
In 1985 both began to study painting / graphics at the Dresden University of Fine Arts with Professors Günther Horlbeck and Gerhard Kettner . In the following years they made numerous study trips, including a. to Russia, Hungary, France, Italy, Austria and the Netherlands. In 1990 they began to study painting at the State Academy of Fine Arts in Stuttgart, from 1992 with Professors Wolfgang Gäffgen and Rudolf Schoofs . KHWagner was also particularly influenced by the American concept artist Joseph Kosuth, who teaches in Stuttgart .
In 1993, during a one-year study visit to the School of Visual Arts in New York, the work began under the common artist name KHWagner.
Reiner Nitzsche has been a lecturer in media informatics since 2002 with a minor in "Art and Design" at the "New Evening School" of the Dresden University of Fine Arts.
Future research program
In 1999 the group formulated its work program, the future research program . KHWagner is engaged in artistic research and education with the fundamentals of the real future. The work takes place in structures that resemble those of a research laboratory. The focus of the activity is on artistic studies with social and cultural relevance. The results are presented on blue-screen blue surfaces in real rooms, on information leaflets and on the Internet. According to KHWagner, the development of society can be influenced by art, as it has a reflective effect on structures and processes and names them through imagery.
Exhibitions
Among others, KHWagner exhibited in the following galleries and museums:
- Rochsburg Castle Gallery (1990)
- Eislingen Art Association (1991)
- Hohenstein Ernstthal Gallery (1991)
- Paul Ernst Wilke Atelier, Bremerhaven (1992)
- Sächsischer Künstlerbund Galerie Rähnitzgasse, Dresden
- Galerie Göbel, Dresden (1994)
- Artland Gallery, New York, USA (1995)
- Gallery North, Dresden (1996)
- Pentacon Cultural Center, Dresden (1997)
- Kunsthaus Dresden , Municipal Gallery for Contemporary Art (1998)
- Albertinum , State Art Collections Dresden (1998)
- Environmental Center Dresden (1999)
- Viscaf Gallery, Sydney, Australia (2001)
- Studio at the Royal Academy of Arts , London, England (2001)
- Future ++ Research ++ Art , Kunsthaus Dresden (2002)
- Gallery M, Potsdam (2003)
- SAB, Dresden (2004)
- Luxembourg Honorary Consulate, Scenic Œvre, Dresden (2004–2005)
- Dresden City Hall (2009)
- Refraiming // 82-85 , Cultural City Hall Dresden (2009)
Publications
- Global future. 1999.
- Working days - the interface of art. Kunsthaus Dresden, Dresden 2004, OCLC 959223061 .
- with Anka Ziefer: frp. Self-published, Dresden 2004, ISBN 978-3-00-013642-9 .
- with Mandy Gnägi: Future research art. 5 new projects. Self-published, Dresden 2007, OCLC 697622703 .
literature
- Hans-Ulrich Lehmann, Nora Haubold (eds.): KHWagner. Reframing // 82-85. Publishing company, Dresden 2009, ISBN 978-3-940418-38-8 .
Web links
Individual evidence
- ↑ “Reframing 1982–85” - new exhibition in the Kulturrathaus on dresden.de
- ↑ KH Wagner on the website of the UNICEF art auction 2019
- ↑ Silvia Kapplusch: Analysis of surprise on tu-dresden.de