Richard Hartwell

Richard Hartwell (born 1946 in March , Cambridgeshire , England ) is a British artist .

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Hartwell studied art in Cambridge , London ( Royal College of Art ) and Hamburg ( State University of Fine Arts ). In 1968 he received a fellowship from the King Edward VII Foundation . In 1974 he was awarded the 1st prize of the Mostra D`Art Multiple Barcelona . In 1978 he worked with Ingrid Webendoerfer on a mural project in New York. In 1979/80 he had a teaching position at the University of the Arts in Bremen . In 1987 he worked in Paris. In 1989 he received a scholarship for the Casa Baldiä in Olevano Romano , Italy, as well as a scholarship in the Schleswig-Holstein artist house Selk. Since 1968 he has had numerous solo, group and themed exhibitions. The main focus of his work is painting, drawing, object, photography, word and sound.

“... Perception and visual representation have occupied (Richard Hartwell) since the early 1970s. Even then, he was critical of the visual language, the encryption methods and the social influences of the mass media. The work "Newspaper" represents this examination of the links between word and image ... "

Hartwell lives and works in Zurich .

Collections

• Victoria and Albert Museum , London
• Van Gogh Museum , Amsterdam

Publications

• "Notice Boards", Richard Hartwell, Galerie Kammer Hamburg 1976
• "Images create their own worlds", Richard Hartwell, self-published Hamburg 1984
• "The white snake and other picture stories", Richard Hartwell, self-published Hamburg 1988
• "The Empty Sace Between", Richard Hartwell, Studio Galerie Hamburg 1992
• "Hartwell - Odysseus", Richard Hartwell, Osterwalder`s Art Office Hamburg 1997

literature

• Scenes of folk art, Württembergischer Kunstverein Stuttgart 1981
• Artist talks, Galerie Apex 1984
• 5 lectures, Darmstadt University of Applied Sciences, Design Department 1999
• Scipturale, BBK Hamburg 1999
• Visual poetry, Stadtsparkasse Köthen 2000