Misch Da Leiden

Misch Da Leiden (birth name Michel Daleiden , * 1948 in Luxemburg (city) ) is a Luxembourg painter and serigraphist who lives and works in Düsseldorf .

biography

In 1968 his first gallery exhibition was in the exception Galerie Horn in Luxembourg City. 1969–1970 he studied monumental painting in Brussels at the La cambre art academy with Delahaut.

In 1969 he received the “IV. Biennale des Jeunes "in Esch / Alzette (Luxembourg), 1971 the 2nd prize of the" V. Biennale des Jeunes ”. Also in 1969 he got to know the artist group "Arbeitsgruppe Kunst", namely the artists Marc Henri Reckinger, René Wiroth, Berthe Lutgen, with whom he contested the sensational exhibition and the event "Initiative 69". With the successor group "GRAP" (Groupe de Recherche d'Art Politique) he intervened in the public discussion in 1972 in Kassel and Düsseldorf in the context of documenta 5 with a critical brochure on the documentary topic realism.

From 1970 to 1974 he studied at the Düsseldorf Art Academy . As a final thesis, he painted the series of pictures “Polaroid Pictures”, which is now in the possession of the Düsseldorf City Museum.

In 1975, Misch Da Leiden was appointed Weber's master student. In 1979 he co-founded the Atelierhaus Postr., Where he set up a serigraphy workshop. In 1989 he moved into the studio on Konkordiastr. Dusseldorf.

His work can be divided into the following periods: an experimental phase began in 1980 with the painting “Operation II”, followed in 1986 by the new period of relief paintings, which began with the relief painting “Sportsman”. His personal style began in 1994 with the “Airport” plant. Since 2006 his engagement with electronic image processing has intensified.

Solo exhibitions (selection)

• 1987: "Bildwuchs" Stadtmuseum Düsseldorf
• 1987: "Prototype - Afterimage" Deltagal Düsseldorf
• 1989: "Distant Colleagues" reminder and memorial Düsseldorf
• 1989: "Schätze auf Halde" Kunstverein Hattingen
• 1992: "Relief pictures" at the Jülich Art Association
• 1993: "Piece of Works" educational institute H. Hansen, Lage-Hörste
• 1996: "Bruchstücke" Gallery Niepel , Düsseldorf
• 1999: "Fast cuts" Galerie Niepel, Düsseldorf
• 2006: "Insights Through Views" Gallery Friedmann-Hahn, Berlin
• 2007: "The good life? The good life!" Claudius Gallery, Hamburg
• 2012: "Pictures that were missing", Galerie Friedmann-Hahn, Berlin +
• 2013: "My E-Malkasten", artist association Malkasten , Düsseldorf; with catalog
• 2017 "Kuck Hei", Gallery Schlassgoart Esch-Alzette Luxembourg

Publications

• Works Notes. Texts for pictures 1976-2007, MDL 2007.
• Fragments to a Realism Aesthetic, MDL
• Materials for Bilder 72-07, MDL Künstlerbuch Eigenverlag, Düsseldorf 2007.
• Collected texts. MDL 2012.
• Selected car pictures, MDL artist book
• With camera & sketch pad. Selected travel pictures, artist book 2011.
• Inkjet unique pieces, MDL artist book, work in progress
• MasterPlan drawings. A sketchbook. MDL artist book 2010.

Illustrations

• Important poems, Ferdinand Scholz, Grupello Verlag Düsseldorf, illustrations by MDL, ISBN 3-928234-58-7 , 1990.
• W - attempt at liberation; Development section. A photo novel by Thomas Billerbeck, illustrations by MDL, unpublished Typoscript, 1973.
• 4S, music and CD production by music group 4S, booklet center illustration by MDL, 2013

literature

• A. Raven: MDL is a classic. In: Pictures that were missing. Gallery Friedmann-Hahn, Berlin 2012.
• W. Funken: MDL - montages. In: Wolfgang Funken: Art at schools in Düsseldorf. Verlag Droste, Düsseldorf 2007, ISBN 978-3-926490-14-8 .
• W. Funken: Montage "Distant Colleagues". In: Wolfgang Funken: Art at schools in Düsseldorf. Verlag Droste, Düsseldorf 2007, ISBN 978-3-926490-14-8 .
• K. Sebastian: On the right to a visual counter-speech. In: Insights, Views, Views. Grupello Verlag, Düsseldorf 2006.
• A. Siebeneicker: To "assembly line". In: The Second Creation. Published by the Deutsches Historisches Museum, Berlin 2002, ISBN 3-932353-62-5 .