Peter Weber (artist)

Peter Weber (* 1944 in Kollmar an der Elbe , lives and works near Munich ) is a visual artist and jazz musician. His work deals with the phenomenon of folding .

Peter Weber, Networking II FBLC 6, 2010, 53 × 54 cm

Biographical

After an apprenticeship as a typesetter, Weber studied design and graphic design at the Hamburg University of Applied Sciences with Max H. Mahlmann . He has been dealing with concrete art since 1969 and works as a freelance painter and graphic artist. Teaching assignments and a. at the grammar school and at the Hamburg University of Applied Sciences in the design department.

Since the late 1960s he has devoted himself to Op Art and concentrates on three variants of the intersection of lines and explores imaginary space with the help of chromatics.

The first paper folds have been made since 1975, and from the 1990s onwards Peter Weber developed complex folding techniques and folding systems using the canvas as a medium. The materials plastic (HDPE), cotton and stainless steel will soon be added; from 2001, folds in felt were created for the first time. Peter Weber's works are shown in national and international exhibitions and are represented in well-known collections.

The entire range of Peter Weber's oeuvre, which has now spanned 50 years, was first opened up and recognized in a two-volume catalog raisonné in 2019.

The folds

Peter Weber's folds are always made from one piece and do not require a single cut through the surface. With the help of a highly complex folding technique, geometric-looking works are created, which Weber has devoted particular attention to the material felt in recent years . He is currently working through the mathematical variety of his folds in serial works. The special feature of the “System + Zufall” series made of cotton is the partial “dissolution” of the folds, which illustrates the basic principle of “production from one piece”. In the works made from the translucent HDPE plastic, the front and back of the fold are visible at the same time, thus illustrating its highly complex construction. Peter Weber's folds then experience sculptural expansion in their most recent implementation in centimeter-thick felt, which can now also have strong colors for the first time.

The jazz musician

Since 1969 Peter Weber has been the double bass player in several Hamburg jazz formations. Between 1979 and 1989 he took part in numerous tours and jazz festivals in Europe, including with the “Bob Cats” , Knut Kiesewetter's “Jazzagain” and “Blackbirds of Paradise”. In 1997, after a guest performance with “Jazzbreeze” in New Orleans, USA, he was awarded the honorary citizenship of the city of New Orleans. In 2004 further guest appearances followed in the USA in New Orleans and Dallas. Peter Weber played until today a. a. with Herb Geller , Wolfgang Lackerschmid , Nando de Luca , Hendrik Meurkens , Peter O'Mara , Alex Riel and Wolfgang Schlüter .

Works in collections (selection)

• Forum Concrete Art, Erfurt
• Helms Museum, Hamburg
• Kunsthaus Rehau, Institute for Constructive Art and Concrete Poetry
• Landesbank Schleswig-Holstein / Stockholm (S)
• State Gallery at the Upper Austrian State Museum], Linz (A)
• Museum Dr. Bamberg House, Rendsburg
• Museum for Concrete Art, Ingolstadt
• Museum Modern Art, Hünfeld / Fulda
• Museum Ritter , Marli Hoppe-Ritter Collection, Waldenbuch
• Collection E. Gomringer , Rehau
• Collection Frederick R. Weisman Art Foundation, Los Angeles (USA)
• Municipal Gallery Karlsruhe
• Collection Hoffmann-LaRoche, Basel (CH)
• Collection Peter C. Ruppert - Concrete Art from Europe after 1945, Würzburg
• Collection Lloyd Cotsen - Textile Traces Collection, Los Angeles (USA)
• Collection Kunststiftung Annelies and Gerhard Derriks, Fürstenfeldbruck
• Nickle Galleries, University of Calgary, Calgary, Alberta (CA)
• Collection of the Kreditanstalt für Wiederaufbau, Frankfurt a. Main
• Collection S. Braunfels, Munich
• Collection Apostolatos, Caracas (VE)
• Collection Maximilian and Agathe Weishaupt, Munich

Publications (selection)

• 2019 "Peter Weber. Structure and folding. Catalog raisonné 1968-2018 ”, 2 vols. Eds. Maximilian and Agathe Weishaupt, Hirmer Verlag, Munich
• 2019 "Peter Weber. Surface - Space - Folding ”, Ed. Kulturstiftung Annelies and Gerhard Derriks, Fürstenfeldbruck
• 2018 Dr. Marlene Lauter, in: Cat. Exh. “Labyrinth specifically ... with side paths”, Museum im Kulturspeicher, Würzburg
• 2016 Prof. Klaus Honnef, “The Beauty of Evidence. On the artistic work of Peter Weber and Martin Willing ”, in: Cat. “Wholeness as a principle. Swinging sculptures and folding objects ”, with Martin Willing, Galerie Renate Bender, Munich
• 2016 Lyssa C. Stapleton, in: Cat. "THE BOX PROJECT", The Cotsen Occasional Press, Los Angeles
• 2014 Ralf Michael Seele, “Wholeness as Principle”, in: Cat. "Wholeness as a principle", with Martin Willing, Städtische Galerie ada Meiningen, Meiningen
• 2014 Dr. Gerda Ridler, “The whole is more than the sum of its parts. On the folded objects by Peter Weber ”, in: Cat. “Wholeness as a principle”, with Martin Willing, Städtische galerie ada Meiningen, Meiningen
• 2014 cat. "WHITE. Aspects of a Color in Modern and Present ”, Museum im Kulturspeicher, Würzburg
• 2012 “The Unmistakable in Folding” structure and networking, booklet for a lecture by Peter Weber at the Annelies and Gerhard Derriks Cultural Foundation, Fürstenfeldbruck
• 2010 Ralf Christofori, "Networking F6RT" in: Catalog on the occasion of the exhibition "Homage to the Square", works from the Marli Hoppe-Ritter Collection, Waldenbuch
• 2010 Sandra Kraemer, “Aspects of Constructive-Concrete Art in Germany” in: Catalog on the occasion of the exhibition “Reconnaître”, Paksi Képtár, Paks, Hungary
• 2010 Hans Joachim Müller “Color Space Structure”, catalog on the occasion of the exhibition in the gallery von Braunbehrens, Munich
• 2009 Rüdiger Heise “Experiences with the Edge”, catalog on the occasion of the exhibition “Peter Weber for his 65th birthday”, Galerie Renate Bender, Munich
• 2009 "Faltarchitekturen des Papiers" in: Catalog on the occasion of the exhibition "Peter Weber - Faltarchitekturen des Papiers", Austrian paper maker museum Laakirchen-Steyrermühl, Austria
• 2008 Peter Weber “How do I hear the light” in “The light and the dark in concrete art. 12th series of publications on the 15th Colloquium of the Forum Konkrete Kunst Erfurt "
• 2006 Juliane Bardt, "Art from Paper" - On the iconography of a plastic work material in contemporary art. Georg Olms Verlag, Hildesheim-Zurich-New York
• 2005 "Peter Weber - Embodied Surface" catalog on the occasion of the exhibition in the Museum for Concrete Art, Ingolstadt, in the Neuer Kunstverein Aschaffenburg, in the Museum Micus, Jesús, Ibiza and in the Richard Haizmann Museum (Niebüll)
• 2003 “Networks and Fragments” catalog on the occasion of the exhibition in the Renate Bender Gallery, Munich
• 2003 Uwe Haupenthal, "Northern Art Schleswig Holstein in the 20th Century"
• 2002/2003 Hans Jürgen Schwalm, "Geometrical - Concrete IV" in: Catalog Gallery Kunen, Dülmen and Mondriaanhus (Amersfoort, NL)
• 2001 Eugen Gomringer, catalog "papier-kunst 4", Neuer Kunstverein Aschaffenburg.
• 1998 Peter Assmann, "Material Concept Konstrukt" in: Catalog for the symposium of the same name (Landesgalerie Oberösterreich)
• 1998 Marina v. Assel, Klaus Peter Dencker, Bettina Textor, in: Catalog of the Stadtgalerie Brunsbüttel on the occasion of the exhibition "Faltwandlungen Rhythm according to the rules of art"
• 1993 Klaus Peter Dencker, "Wrinkles of the Body - Wrinkles of the Mind"
• 1993 Bettina Textor, Concrete Art and Music - "How do I hear the light?"
• 1998 Klaus Peter Dencker, catalog "Concrete Concept", 1st Biennale for Concrete Art (Bonn)

Web links

• Homepage Peter Weber