Martin Lersch

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Martin Lersch (born April 5, 1954 in Mönchengladbach ) is a German draftsman , illustrator , painter and musician .

Life

Martin Lersch: Seki , oil on nettle (2002)

Martin Lersch (a grandson of the working-class poet Heinrich Lersch ) studied design at the Niederrhein University of Applied Sciences in Krefeld from 1971 to 1973 and then studied illustration at the Folkwang School in Essen until 1976 . He has received several grants (for example, in 1980 from the Franco-German Youth Office , in 1986 a creativity grant from the Pays de la Loire regional council and in 2006 tower grant in Geldern). Lersch lived again and again for long periods of time in France and, in addition to his work as a draftsman, illustrator and painter, was also active in the areas of stage design, book production and music performance (clarinet, guitar, electronic instruments and children's toys). Lersch has long carried out art and music projects in libraries, museums, prisons and with French and German school classes, e. B. together with the mezzo-soprano Gesine van der Grinten at the Ensemblia 2007. From 1994 to 2007 he worked at the annual magazine for literature and graphics, Muschelhaufen, published by Erik Martin .

The married Martin Lersch lives and works in Goch .

Quote

“The overarching feature of Martin Lersch's exhibitions is his targeted recourse to the inexhaustible stock of images from art history, which he allows narrative to flow into his work. Either based on the originals or through reproductions of the works of art, as they are countless in the form of postcards, catalogs, calendar sheets, etc., the artist develops independent works in painting, drawing and occasionally collage that are not created as copies. Rather, Martin Lersch orients himself on the meaningful details of the templates, such as hands, houses, animals, figures of saints, musical instruments, etc., which he traces and colors with practiced strokes in order to then bundle them according to topic. "

- Christian Krausch

Works

Own books, exhibition catalogs

  • On the history of art in the 20th century . Kaiser Wilhelm Museum, Krefeld 1979
  • Pallets . Municipal Museum Abteiberg, Mönchengladbach 1982
  • To art history. Build and Fly . Krefeld Art Association 1987
  • in relation to ... Pfalzgalerie . Kaiserslautern 1989, ISBN 3-89422-000-7
  • La vie de Marie de Médicis d'après Rubens. The life of Maria Medici after Rubens . (Together with Helge Drafz; text in German and French) PACA, Angers 1989, ISBN 2-907334-04-2
  • à propos de Minna . une interpretation cynique du phénomène amoureux . Galerie de Prêt / Nouveau Théâtre d'Angers 1990
  • In love with cheek . ADELI. Seiches-Sur-Le-Loir 1990. ISBN 2-908-908-00-8
  • Where are the lovers? Women and men, drawn by Martin Lersch . Galerie Fochem, Krefeld 1991, ISBN 3-928668-13-7
  • From the swan castle to the duck island . Municipal Museum Haus Koekkoek , Kleve 1992
  • Martin Lersch. Consequential images . Institute for Art History at RWTH Aachen University , 1994, ISBN 3921955211
  • Le musée imaginaire de Martin Lersch. Une correspondance imaginaire entre Henri Matisse and Auguste Herbin . Musée Matisse, Le Cateau-Cambrésis 1996
  • Caminos . Images: Martin Lersch, texts: Anita Lebray. Angers 1997, ISBN 2-908908-04-2
  • Wilhelmshaven at the moment. A book about the city's history . Gallery M. Wilhelmshaven 2000
  • Sur les traces de Matisse . Martin Lersch designs . Musée Matisse, Le Cateau-Cambrésis 2001, ISBN 2-907545-31-0
  • Pour sortir de la crise politique . La Flèche (France) 2005
  • Le Tôkaidô de Hiroshige . Editions Expressions contemporaines. 2005, ISBN 2-909166-15-5

Book illustrations
Cover design by Martin Lersch for the annual publication Muschelhaufen

Book covers and CD covers

  • June. Magazine for Culture and Politics No. 2/1988 . (Book cover). Juni Verlag, Viersen 1988, ISSN  0931-2854
  • Albert Vigoleis Thelen : The Magical Edge. A rude story . (Book cover). June, Mönchengladbach 1989, ISBN 3-926738-06-5
  • Albert Vigoleis Thelen: Poetic March calves. Collected prose . (Book cover). June, Mönchengladbach 1990, ISBN 3-926738-15-4
  • Mussel pile No. 47/48 . Annual journal for literature and graphics. (Book cover). Viersen 2007, ISSN  0085-3593
  • matt or high gloss . (CD cover). Dormagen 2005
  • When the evening approaches . (CD cover). Wachtendonk 2006
  • Gustav Mahler. Symphony No. 4 . (CD cover). Ensemble Niederrhein 2007

Working in public collections or institutions (selection)

Solo exhibitions (selection)

Literature / sources

  • Uli Bohnen: Short story in pictures . In: June. Magazine for Culture & Politics on the Lower Rhine , Viersen 1988
  • Daniel Chabrissoux: Entretien avec Martin Lersch . In: Le Tôkaidô de Hiroshige . Angers 2005, ISBN 2-909166-15-5
  • Walter Delabar et al. a .: Texts on Martin Lersch . In: June. Magazine for culture and politics on the Lower Rhine . SS 61-73. No. 1-1988. ISSN  0931-2854
  • Helge Drafz: Art is serious. On the work of Martin Lersch . In: June. Magazine for culture & politics on the Lower Rhine . Viersen 1988, ISSN  0931-2854
  • Stefan Skowron: Martin Lersch goes down in art history . In: Wilhelmshaven at the moment . Wilhelmshaven 2000

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Christina Schwan: Improvising for Ensemblia . In: Rheinische Post from May 17, 2007
  2. ^ Christian Krausch: Marginalia recorded . In: The home. Krefeld yearbook . Year 69, Krefeld 1998, ISSN  0342-5185
personal data
SURNAME Lersch, Martin
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German draftsman, painter, illustrator and musician
DATE OF BIRTH April 5th 1954
PLACE OF BIRTH Mönchengladbach