Martin Noël

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Martin Noël (born November 6, 1956 in Berlin ; † November 18, 2010 in Bonn ) was a German painter , draftsman and graphic artist .

life and work

Martin Noël attended the Aloisius College in Bad Godesberg from 1969 to 1976 and studied painting and free graphics at the Cologne University of Applied Sciences from 1980 to 1987 . The FAZ wrote in an obituary that the artist's eye always found what was overlooked: “His drawings tell of a rare ability to empathize with the effects of lines, circles, surfaces and all forms of visibility. His attention was focused on the cracks in the walls and the bizarre pattern of a shattered window pane. "For example, the cracks in the floor slabs that were created by the bombing of the New York World Trade Center in 1993 inspired the delicate motifs of his series" New York Lines ".

Another focus of his work was the linoleum and woodcut , which he shaped with its unmistakable shape structure. In his woodcuts “the relationship between line and surface is of central importance. Different tension and composition relationships can be exhibited: Linear branches and ramifications stand in contrast to bundles and condensations. Network-like expansions over the entire surface contrast with partial centering. "

Noël was a versatile artist; His activities ranged from decorating the interior of the Bad Godesberg Church of St. Hildegardis to artistically designed bookmarks and, for example, the cover design for the CD Tarantella by the Swedish musician Lars Danielsson . He produced numerous artist books and portfolios, including the cassette Between the Ears with woodcuts to poems by Zsuzsanna Gahse . In particular, he dealt with the sculptor and painter Otto Freundlich , who died in the Majdanek concentration camp in 1943 , one of the first representatives of abstract art ; in 2006 this led to his exhibition “Hommage à Otto Freundlich” in the Mies van der Rohe house in Berlin .

He has received numerous prizes, including the Max Ernst Scholarship in 1987, the Young West Art Prize in 1991 and the City of Bonn Art Prize in 1993, as well as scholarships, for example in 1990/91 from the German Study Center in Venice , in 1998 from the Kunststiftung NRW and Letter Foundation , Cologne and in 2003 from the Art Fund Foundation , Bonn. Martin Noël was a member of the German Association of Artists .

His work is represented in many public collections, for example in the Bundeskunstsammlung , the Kunstsammlungen Chemnitz , the Museum Morsbroich , the Erhard Witzel Collection, Quadrart Dornbirn , and the Museum Pfalzgalerie Kaiserslautern .

Martin Noël was married, had four children and lived in Bonn-Bad Godesberg. He died of a brain tumor at the age of 54 .

Quote

“Characteristic of Martin Noël's works, which are often designed as series, are their simple complexity and their primeval, haunting structure of forms. In terms of their content, they evade intellectual attempts at explanation, which is entirely in keeping with the artist's intention, who wants to leave as many possible associations open as possible. Most of them are non-representational, poetic images that give rise to associations, often guided by the title. [... It is] not about the artist to portray reality, but rather to create an awareness of how to deal with reality. This attitude corresponds to his formal language, which moves between concretion and abstraction. "

- Annie Bardon

Exhibitions (selection)

Solo exhibitions

Participation in exhibitions

Book publications and catalogs (selection)

literature

  • Andreas Denk : Martin Noël: halftime . In: Kunstforum international . Volume 129. 1995. ISSN  0177-3674
  • Andreas Denk: Andreas Medve, Martin Noël, Georg Polke . In: Kunstforum international . Volume 115, 1991
  • Swantje Karich: Flaneur in spirit. On the death of the artist Martin Noël . In: Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung of November 23, 2010
  • Thomas Kliemann: Mourning for the Bonn artist Martin Noël . In: General-Anzeiger from November 19, 2010
  • Annie Bardon (2001): Taming fragility in stability - on the woodcuts and linocuts by Martin Noël . In: Martin Noël - on the go. Woodcuts and linocuts . Weidle, Bonn 2001

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ From the Aloisius College 2010 . Bad Godesberg 2011, p. 225
  2. ^ FAZ from November 23, 2010, page 34
  3. ^ Liane Heinz: Thomas Müller - Martin Noël - wood cuts
  4. ^ Norbert Schmalen, Klaus Flemming: (READ) CHARACTERS project . In: Clams . Annual journal for literature and graphics. Volume 38, 1999
  5. ^ Edition Salzau 1992
  6. ↑ kuenstlerbund.de: Full members of the Deutscher Künstlerbund since it was founded in 1903 / Noël, Martin ( Memento of the original from March 4, 2016 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. (accessed November 30, 2015) @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / www.kuenstlerbund.de
  7. ↑ Martina Köser-Rudolph (editor), Annie Bardon: Martin Noël - on the way. Woodcuts and linocuts . Municipal Art Museum, Spendhaus Reutlingen. Weidle, Bonn 2001, ISBN 3-931135-57-8
  8. ↑ Martin Noël ( Memento of the original from July 4, 2007 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. on the website of the Pfalzgalerie @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / www.pfalzgalerie.de
  9. ↑ Internet site of the Rittergallery
  10. ↑ Martin Noël in the Mies van der Rohe house
  11. ^ Exhibition in Bitburg on volksfreund.de
  12. ↑ Martin Noël ( Memento of the original of November 21, 2008 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was automatically inserted and not yet checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. in the Arp Museum, Rolandseck @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / www.arpmuseum.org
personal data
SURNAME Noël, Martin
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German painter, draftsman and graphic artist
DATE OF BIRTH November 6, 1956
PLACE OF BIRTH Berlin
DATE OF DEATH November 18, 2010
Place of death Bonn