Margit Grüger

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Margit Grüger (2016)

Margit Grüger (born September 30, 1946 in Cainsdorf ) is a German painter , draftsman , graphic artist , sculptor and poet . She lives and works in Berlin.

Life and career

Margit Grüger graduated from 1963 to 1965 trained as a font and advertising painter in Zwickau and besides attended the evening at the Academy of painting and drawing school in Zwickau at Carl Michel. From 1968 to 1971 she studied at the Berlin School of Advertising and Design . Evening studies at the Berlin-Weißensee School of Art , Department of Graphics, were followed by studies at the Berlin-Weißensee School of Art from 1976 to 1981 (diploma in free graphics). Margit Grüger has been working as a freelancer since 1981. From 1983 to 1986 she was a master student at the Berlin Academy of the Arts with Werner Stötzer .

Artistic work

Margit Grüger was already represented in numerous exhibitions at the beginning of her artistic career (1981) and successfully took part in competitions (including district art exhibitions, Berlin 1983 and 1986, art and sport, Leipzig, 1983, 1987, 100 selected graphics, 1987, Max needs art , Maxhütte Unterwellenborn, 1988, sculpture in the Franziskaner-Klosterkirche (Berlin) , 1988, Werner Stötzer - His teachers, his students. Berlin 1989, homage to Hermann Glöckner . Leipzig 1989, Konica photo competition, 1993).

“Margit Grüger quickly became known in the 1980s for her figure-urban space relationships. From a distant, observing position, she succeeded in analyzing a deadlocked society, a parody of those who were led and seduced, and ultimately a description of the alienation of people in an anonymized world. The strength of the work lies in its reduction to the essentials. "

From 1983 to 1986 she was a master student at the Akademie der Künste (Berlin) with Werner Stötzer . Nude and portrait drawings were created. In personal encounters, she drew portraits of, among others, Kurt Sanderling , Kurt Masur , Christa Wolf , Ellen Auerbach and Wieland Herzfelde . It was during this time that Grüger began to work with sculptures, including portraits of Katja , Torso, the large sculptures Schreitende and “Romeo” in bronze and Juliet in paper mache. The series of works King-Queen-Princes in sandstone followed. In the following years she experimented with different materials (wood, plaster of paris, brass and zinc). Emblematic sculptures, alienated with found objects, were created. Including the Odalisque , Amazon , Lady Sunshine & Mister Moon , in bronze, patinated by the artist.

In thematic series (including punkers , dance / artists / acrobats , Undine , street scene / meeting in the city , Amy Winehouse ) as well as in portfolios (including Berlin street scenes , journey through Uzbekistan , devilish seduction ) in which the artistic forms of expression as well as the techniques and the materials used (including color woodcut, aquatint / etching, collage, pen drawing, mixed media) vary, a conceptual approach can be identified.

“Their figures are thoughtful, sad and lonely, graceful and humble, delicately fragile and vulnerable. At the same time, they exude strength and self-confidence. But doubts remain. The secret, the unfathomable and the mystical cannot be overlooked. ”One focus of her oeuvre is the graphic work: woodcut, aquatint etching, drypoint, combination printing, lithography and screen printing. Prints from the period 1983 to 1989 can be found in the art collection of the Akademie der Künste (Berlin).

Encouraged by the social upheaval, Grüger started working on the large group of works Floating Between Time and Eternity from 1991 . In addition to acrylic paintings, the drypoint series Memento mori and Memento mei were created. Margit Grüger expressed her enthusiasm for the ballet dancer and choreographer Vaslav Nijinsky in the color woodcuts Homage to Nijinsky , which were presented in numerous exhibitions. The commemoration of the 70th anniversary of the death (April 8, 2020) of the "god of dance" Waslav Nijinsky inspired Margit Grüger to create new pictures and to present a selection of them in the 2020 wall calendars. The contact established in 2013 by Margit Grüger with Tamara Nijinsky, daughter of Vaslav Nijinsky, will be continued after her death (2017) between Grüger and Nijinsky’s granddaughter, Kinga Nijinsky Gaspers.

In painting, Grüger implements the themes of “man-city-environment” in various techniques in large-format picture series as well as in smaller picture formats. "This style, in which there is hardly any communication between the actors portrayed, runs like a red thread through the artist's work."

In 1996 she met the painter, graphic artist and sculptor Georg McCullough, with whom she was friends until his death in 2005. She gave him the graphic and poetry volume Who knows where we're going? dedicated.

Exhibitions (selection)

Personal exhibitions

  • 2020: Janusz Korcak Library, Pankow City Library
  • 2019: Book Guild Artclub and Book Guild Bookstore & Gallery, Frankfurt am Main
  • 2018: Büchergilde Buchhandlung at Wittenbergplatz, Berlin
  • 2017: Book Guild Artclub, Master of Printmaking, The Undine Project, II., III. and fourth quarter, Frankfurt am Main
Book guild bookstore & gallery, Frankfurter Grafikbrief, Frankfurt am Main
Janusz Korczak Library, Pankow City Library
Wolfdietrich Schnurre Library, Berlin-Pankow
  • 2015: Ratskeller gallery for contemporary art (with Niels discomfort), Berlin-Lichtenberg
  • 2014: Büchergilde Buchhandlung at Wittenbergplatz, Berlin
  • 2013: Gallery of Waldenburg, Waldenburg (Saxony)
  • 2012: Galerie Kunst am Meer, Zinnowitz - sculptures and pictures in the courtyard -
  • 2011: Book & Graphics Book Guild, Bonn
  • 2010: Book and Art Book Guild, Mainz
Book guild bookstore and gallery, Wiesbaden
Deutsche Bank Unter den Linden, Berlin
  • 2008: Society for Plant and Reactor Safety (GRS) gGmbH, Berlin-Charlottenburg
  • 2007: District Central Library at Luisenbad, Berlin
Book guild bookstore and gallery, Hamburg , catalog
  • 2005: Büchergilde Buchhandlung at Wittenbergplatz, Berlin
  • 2002: Kelly Gallery, Fort Wayne , USA (with Paula Sancheballero, Spain)
  • 2000: Leipzig City Library on Wilhelm-Leuschner-Platz
Society for Plant and Reactor Safety (GRS) gGmbH, Berlin-Charlottenburg
  • 1997: Forum-Hotel Berlin (with Wilfried Fitzenreiter ), Berlin
  • 1995: Inselgalerie (with Marika Voß), Berlin
  • 1994: Galerie am Markt, Gera
  • 1993: Werkstattgalerie Studio Bildende Kunst, Berlin
  • 1992: Gallery in the Dresdner Bank, Berlin
  • 1991: Berlin City Library , Berlin
Humboldt University of Berlin (with Serge Gladkich), Berlin
  • 1990: Galerie im Moor, Grasberg , Bremen
  • 1989: Galerie M, Berlin, catalog
Galerie im Stadthaus Jena , catalog Galerie am Dom, Schwerin, catalog
  • 1987: Academy of Sciences, Berlin
  • 1986: Gallery Sophienstrasse No. 8, Berlin
  • 1983: Galerie Junge Kunst (with Margot Schmidt), Berlin

Participation in exhibitions

  • 2019: Galerie Kunst am Gendarmenmarkt, Hilton Hotel Berlin, artist of the gallery, November-December: winter accrochage, July-August: summer accrochage
2. Exhibition Mail Art Project “Watermark”, main office of Sparkasse Uckermark
Last retrospective, KunstEtagenPankow
Mail Art Project “THATS MY MILIEU” on the 90th anniversary of H. ZILLE's death, KunstEtagenPankow
  • 2018: Galerie Kunst am Gendarmenmarkt, Hilton Hotel Berlin, artist of the gallery, July-September: summer accrochage, February-March: drawings and prints
artspring central, Museum Pankow
Mail Art Project "Watermark", Multicultural Center (MKC) Templin
Book guild bookstore on Wittenbergplatz, Berlin
Friendly Society, Berlin
  • 2011: Friendly Society, Berlin
  • 2010: Gallery Carlshorst, Berlin
Friendly Society, Berlin
  • 2007: Friendly Society, Berlin
  • 2006: Galerie Parterre, Berlin, catalog
Book guild bookstore on Wittenbergplatz, Berlin
Friendly Society, Berlin
  • 2005: Maxhütte art collection since 1945, Savings Banks and Giro Association Hessen-Thuringia, Erfurt , catalog
Gallery of Eichenau, Berlin
Aujourd´hui Gallery, Berlin
  • 2002: Saalfeld City Museum in the Franciscan Monastery, Saalfeld / Saale
  • 1998: Storkower Bogen, Berlin
Studio Gallery, Berkeley , California, USA,
Studio Fine Arts, Berlin, catalog
  • 1996: Galerie Schlassgoard, Esch / Alzette, Luxembourg, catalog
  • 1992: Art fair at the TV tower and in the Ephraim-Palais , Berlin
  • 1991: Art fair at the TV tower and in the Ephraim-Palais, Berlin
  • 1990: art + print, Vienna
  • 1989: Galerie im Körnerpark and sculpture gallery Messer-Ladwig, Berlin, catalog
Galerie am Sachsenplatz, Leipzig , catalog
Kulturpalast Maxhütte (Unterwellenborn) , catalog
Gallery Sophienstrasse No. 8, Berlin
Gallery in the ruins of the Franciscan monastery church , Berlin, catalog
Galerie M, Berlin, catalog
Studio Fine Arts, Berlin, catalog
  • 1987: 100 selected graphics. Berlin, Cottbus, Dresden, Karl-Marx-Stadt, Leipzig, Rostock, Suhl, catalog
11 master students, Academy of Arts of the GDR, Berlin, catalog
Art and Sport, Leipzig, catalog
  • 1986: District art exhibition at the TV tower, Berlin, catalog
  • 1983: Art and Sport, Leipzig, catalog
District art exhibition at the TV tower, Berlin, catalog

literature

  • Painting-graphic-plastic - art exhibition. Published by the Berlin Magistrate, Culture Department, Association of Visual Artists of the GDR , Berlin District Association, Berlin 1983.
  • Art and sport. Edited by the German Gymnastics and Sports Association of the GDR, Ministry of Culture, Association of Visual Artists of the GDR, 1983 Society for Photography in the Kulturbund der DDR, Leipzig 1983.
  • Painting-graphic-plastic - art exhibition. Ed .: Magistrate of Berlin, Association of Visual Artists of the GDR, Berlin, 1986.
  • 100 Selected Graphics. Ed. State Art Trade of the GDR, Berlin, 1987 art calendar, illus. Berlin street scene . Ed. State Art Trade of the GDR, Berlin 1987.
  • 11 master students. Graphics - painting - plastic. Edited by the GDR Academy of Arts, Berlin 1987.
  • Plastic in the ruins of the Franciscan monastery church. Published by the Berlin Magistrate, Association of Visual Artists of the GDR, Berlin 1988.
  • Art and sport. Edited by the Museum of Fine Arts in Leipzig 1987.
  • Etching in Berlin after 1945. (Part II and III). Published by Kreiskulturhaus Berlin-Lichtenberg / Studio Fine Arts, 1988.
  • Screen printing in Berlin since 1945. Ed. Kreiskabinett für Kulturarbeit Berlin-Lichtenberg / Studio Bildende Kunst, 1989.
  • Max needs art. Edited by Kulturpalast Maxhütte Unterwellenborn , results of a competition, 1988.
  • Homage to Hermann Glöckner . Ed. State Art Trade of the GDR, Galerie am Sachsenplatz, Leipzig 1989, ISBN 3-910039-00-6 .
  • Werner Stötzer , his teachers - his students. Edited by the Messer-Ladwig sculpture gallery, Berlin 1989, ISBN 3-9802286-0-6 .
  • Man and city. Painting and graphics from Berlin artists. Published by Galerie M, Berlin 1989.
  • Margit Grüger, painting, drawing, gouache, sculpture. Edited by the GDR State Art Trade, Schwerin / Jena 1989.
  • Margit Grüger. Published by Galerie M, Berlin 1989/1990.
  • Margit Grüger - Moments / Labyrinths. Ed. Kulturamt Lichtenberg von Berlin, Studio Fine Arts / Workshop Gallery, 1993
  • Edition Berlinische Grüße - Views of Berlin artists on postcard. Obersee 1993.
  • Cover illustration without title . In: Waltraud Freese: Female sexuality in the context of life. Centaurus Verlagsgesellschaft, Pfaffenweiler 1996, ISBN 3-8255-0072-1 .
  • Torso. Published by Verein Berliner Künstlerinnen e. V. Verlag Verein Berliner Künstlerinnen 1867 e. V., Berlin 2003, ISBN 3-9807762-0-4 .
  • MAXHÜTTE art collection since 1945. Ed. Stahlwerk Thüringen, Unterwellenborn, Sparkassen-Kulturstiftung Hessen-Thüringen, Frankfurt am Main, 2004, ISBN 3-00-015262-8 .
  • Weekly market and bone money. Edited by the Pankow district office of Berlin, Office for Culture and Education, 2005, ISBN 3-936872-83-X .
  • Book Guild Gutenberg - Artclub Edition, 2005 Graphics of the quarter / master of printmaking.
  • Margit Grüger, graphics and sculptures. 2007.
  • Meißner Tageblatt, Chronicle 2008, on the 190th birthday of Louise Otto-Peters.
  • Six poems in: The poem lives! , Volume 4, anthology of selected contemporary poets of the 3rd millennium. RG Fischer Verlag Frankfurt am Main 2003, ISBN 3-8301-0563-0 .
  • Volkhard Böhm: From walking to dancing - Margit Grüger, who is eccentric in form, is not only a printmaker, she is also a painter, sculptor and poet. In: Um: Druck - Zeitschrift für Druckgraphik und Visual Kultur, number 18 December 2011, Ed. Philipp Maurer. Vienna, ISSN  1991-5365 , page 22.
  • Feminal - The woman in contemporary graphics. Edited by the Graphic Museum Foundation Schreiner Bad Steben 2015.
  • Volkhard Böhm: Anonymous or calm movement - The Berlin gallery Ratskeller shows prints by Margit Grüger and Nils Unbehagen. I: Um: Druck - magazine for printmaking and visual culture, number 28, July 2015, edited by Philipp Maurer. Vienna, ISSN  1991-5365 , page 8.
  • Loose-leaf collection on the topic of “Fragile Moments” or “Who knows where we're going?”, 7 poems and 7 woodcuts. Edition Lyrik & Originalgraphik, Berlin, 2015. (Total edition 10, 8 copies in special edition.)

Working in collections

Works in private and public collections include:

  • Art collection of the Akademie der Künste (Berlin) : portrait “Patrizia”, charcoal drawing, 26 prints 1983–1989, 1 exhibition poster from the gallery in the Jena town hall, 1989.
  • District Office Pankow of Berlin / Department of Culture, Economy and Public Order Office for Culture and Education / Municipal Art Collection: Berlin graphic series between Fischerinsel and Leipziger Straße
  • MAXHÜTTE art collection, owned by the Free State of Thuringia since 1995 and in the administration of the Thuringian steelworks: Street scene I, mixed media on canvas; Street scene II, mixed media on canvas; Afternoon encounter, acrylic on canvas; Walkers, acrylic on canvas.
  • Brandenburg Memorials Foundation , Ravensbrück memorial and memorial : Portrait of Helen Ernst , mixed media on canvas.
  • Louise-Otto-Peters-Gesellschaft eV Leipzig: Portrait of Louise Otto-Peters , color woodcut.
  • City administration Leipzig: Portrait of Louise Otto-Peters, color woodcut.

Web links

Individual references, comments

  1. ^ Edwin Kratschmer : 100th exhibition KulturpalastMaxhütte Unterwellenborn, "Max needs art". In: Weltbühne, November 15, 1988.
  2. ↑ Catalog: Sculpture in the Franciscan monastery church ruins. Published by the Berlin Magistrate, Association of Visual Artists of the GDR, Berlin 1988.
  3. ↑ a b Werner Stötzer - his teachers - his students, painting, graphics. Exhibition at the gallery in Körnerpark, Berlin and sculpture gallery knife - Ladwig, 1989: Iris Billau dent "Right at the entrance invites the border of Margit Grüger with their grotesque and humorous demeanor to tour one." In: The Truth, August 23, 1989.
  4. ↑ a b Um: Druck - Zeitschrift für Druckgrafik und visual Kultur, number 18 December 2011, Ed. Philipp Maurer, Vienna, Austria, page 22: From stepping to dancing - Margit Grüger is not only a printmaker, she is also a painter, Sculptor and Poet - By Volkhard Böhm.
  5. ^ Margit Grüger, Graphics and Sculptures. With a foreword by Johanna Binger. 2007.
  6. ↑ a b c References List of artists Bildgießerei Hermann Noack Berlin.
  7. ↑ Laudation Heide Damaschun, exhibition “Melancholie in Stein und Holz”, Büchergilde am Wittenbergplatz, Berlin 2005.
  8. ^ Art collection of the Akademie der Künste (Berlin): Portrait of Patrizia , charcoal drawing, 26 prints 1983–1989, 1 exhibition poster from the gallery in the Jena town hall, 1989.
  9. ↑ Büchergilde Buchhandlung am Wittenbergplatz, exhibitions 2020.
  10. ↑ News, artist calendar 2020.
  11. ^ Jürgen Sorge: Exhibition with pictures and sculptures, Waldenburg Gallery. In: Freie Presse, Chemnitz, September 7, 2013.
  12. ^ Edition LYRICS & ORIGINAL GRAPHICS, Berlin 2015.
  13. ↑ GRAPHICS: DIET: Exhibition “ Imaginäre Welten”, Gallery Berger, Schwerin. In: Schweriner Express , No. 4/22, January 30, 2016.


personal data
SURNAME Grüger, Margit
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German painter, draftsman, graphic artist, sculptor and poet
DATE OF BIRTH September 30, 1946
PLACE OF BIRTH Cainsdorf