Peter Stöger (artist)

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Peter Stöger, 1997

Peter Stöger (born October 24, 1939 in Linz , † April 25, 1997 in Vienna ) was an Austrian artist and writer.

Life

Born shortly after the outbreak of the Second World War , he escaped the hunger of the post-war period as a child because he found a place with the Swiss border aid organization. Then - back at home - he attended the humanistic grammar school and from 1955 the art school of the city of Linz (today: Art University ), where he completed the master class for graphics under Alfons Ortner in 1958.

The lasting friendship with Klaus Pinter (one of the later founding members of the Haus-Rucker ), with whom he shared his studio at the time, also originated from this time . In addition to successful exhibitions of his works in galleries in Linz and Venice, he initially worked as a set designer; among others at the Linz State Theater , in Bayreuth and - after his marriage and relocation to Vienna - at the Chamber Opera and in the Volkstheater .

In 1969, due to economic constraints, he largely stopped his artistic activity (apart from sporadic work for colleagues such as Wolfgang Hutter , Anton Lehmden or Christian Ludwig Attersee ) and earned his living as a screen printer. It was not until 1982 that he started working on new projects again - at the side of his second partner. Various exhibitions in Austria and the USA followed. He was no longer able to finish the magnum opus he had designed , a multi-volume text / image bundle.

Peter Stöger died in Vienna at the age of 57.

Artistic development

In the studio while working on projekt diaphanion (1989)

Originally close to surrealism , he soon found his own formal language. Subsequently, he exceeded the limitation of the flat image in the direction of three-dimensionality. Plastic parts were gradually added to the physical structure of the applied paint. In Fumages he presented in 1968 a. a. painted objects melted from styrofoam; camouflaged with plastic sheeting that was burned down on the occasion of the vernissage.

During the staged reading of
Die Wetteraussichten vom Tage (1988)

His second creative period - from 1982 - also implied the planned reception in the visual work; For example, in the project diaphanion (Greek diaphaneia , transparency ') the visitor's path along the arrangement of partially painted glass plates, based on the peripatos . In 1983, in the project graphikon , a leporello , unfolded over six meters long, he realized a previously new synthesis of image and text by assembling graphic representations and literary passages optically and in terms of content to form an overall composition.

Always associated with classical antiquity , philosophy and the written word, he also worked on the monocle des polyphem : a work laid out in four extensive volumes in the spirit of James Joyce's Ulysses or Arno Schmidt’s Zettel’s dream , with graphics and text on an equal footing with the narrative Should follow style. Under the title das monokel des polyphem - notes , six writings with preliminary literary work were published by 1987. The first volume of the planned work, peregrinus - an introduction , was published in 1998 from the estate.

Exhibitions (selection)

Literary work

  • 1982–1987: the monocle of polyphem - notes , 6 volumes; 2007 reissued as a complete edition

Issued posthumously:

  • 1998: peregrinus - an introduction
  • 2005: Roman Zweier Trio (with Helga Schicktanz)

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personal data
SURNAME Stoeger, Peter
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Austrian artist and writer
DATE OF BIRTH October 24, 1939
PLACE OF BIRTH Linz
DATE OF DEATH April 25, 1997
Place of death Vienna