Ter Hell

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ter Hell, 2013
ter Hell in the Free Museum Berlin, 2009

ter Hell (birth name: Horst-Günther Richter ; born September 16, 1954 in Norden ) is a German painter , action and video artist . He is a grandson of the painter Willy ter Hell .

Life

ter Hell studied at the Berlin University of the Arts from 1976 to 1981 with Fred Thieler , whose master class he became. In 1979, on his initiative, the artist group and gallery 1/61 Berlin was founded (after the postal delivery district of Kreuzberg ), to which Reinhard Pods , Gerd Rohling and Elke Lixfeld also belonged.

ter Hell comes from the abstract gestural painting of Art Informel and abstract expressionism . His early work Hi Jackson (1979) already shows the artist's strategy: In a provocatively self-confident, direct gesture, he paints and sprays “[b] anally appearing sayings, confessions or even just single words [...] which are at the same time elements of graffiti -Art included ”. Rune-like in shape, red letters he introduced in 1982 on a screen (172 × 177 cm), the word "Jump" is 1981/82 originated. The painting executed in two-line, red and orange cursive breathe learn (spray-paint on canvas, 150 x 470 cm). In 1983 he sprayed the words directly on the walls of the gallery under the title GraffitiIn for an exhibition at the Neuer Berliner Kunstverein on Kurfürstendamm .

Ter Hell received a PS1 scholarship in New York in 1982 . In 1983 he was awarded the “Glockengasse” art prize and the Philip Morris prize “Dimensions IV - New Painting in Germany”. The artist lives and works in Berlin .

Exhibitions (selection)

Literature (selection)

  • Jean Christophe Bailly, Carl Albrecht Haenlein, New Painting Berlin , Kestner Society, 1984.
  • Gerlinde Gabriel: Drawing Today , Kunsthalle Nürnberg, 1983.
  • Angelika Stepken: ter Hell: wall slogans and news from colleagues , in: art Das Kunstmagazin 6/1983, pp. 110, 111.
  • Marie-George Gervasoni, Simonetta Rasponi: Ambiente Berlin , XLIV Biennale di Venezia 1990, Fabbri Ed., 1990, p. 154, ISBN 8-820803623 .
  • Barbara Straka : Interferences: Art from West Berlin, 1960-1990 , New Society for Fine Art, Nishen, 1991.
  • Petra Kruse, Eva-Maria Amberger: 100 Years of Art on the Move , Berlinische Galerie, Wienand, 1998.
  • Guido Boulboullé: Painting in Protest (p. 29–37) and introduction by Peter Friese (p. 5–7), catalog for the exhibition in the Weserburg Bremen, 2015, ISBN 978-3-946059-02-8 .
  • Detlef Stein: My painting is thoughtfulness and body language , an informative interview with ter Hell, 2015.
  • Wolfgang Siano: Embracing the Complexity , in the workbook references , 2015, pp. 307-319, ISBN 978-3-903004-17-7 .
  • Ernst A. Busche: About the painting by ter Hell , text on the solo portfolio by ter Hell on busche-kunst.com, 2016.

Permanent presentation

128 works by ter Hell can be seen on 9 floors at the Pullman Berlin Schweizerhof in Berlin.

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Archives 1978–2008 terhell.info/archive. Hi Jackson (1979) - third picture from the bottom.
  2. ^ Art Das Kunstmagazin 6/1986, p. 90
  3. ↑ The art prize is named after the "Galerie Glockengasse 4711" in Cologne's Glockengasse with the former house number 4711 .
  4. ↑ The PDF of the catalog can be downloaded free of charge from terhell.info .
  5. ↑ Detlef Stein's interview with ter Hell from August 20, 2015, available at terhell.info , or downloaded directly as a PDF in German or English .
  6. ↑ Ter Hell's solo portfolio at busche-kunst.com/solo/ter-hell

Web links

personal data
SURNAME Hell, Ter
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Hell, ter; Richter, Horst-Günter (real name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German painter
DATE OF BIRTH September 16, 1954
PLACE OF BIRTH north