Theo Hues
Theodor Johannes Hues [ hu: s ] (born May 21, 1954 in Recklinghausen ) is a German artist and educator .
Life
After graduating from high school in Eichstätt , Hues studied art and music in Frankfurt am Main and has worked there as a teacher and art pedagogue since 1983. He was inspired by the work of Andy Warhol , Roy Lichtenstein and Joseph Beuys . His works are predominantly graphics, object images and collages.
In 2007, the Hessian minister of culture, Karin Wolff, unveiled his work “One World” in Frankfurt am Main. He was in Rome with his art action “One World” and demonstrated against the violation of human rights in front of the Colosseum. In the same year, Hues met the 14th Dalai Lama in Freiburg, who signed his portrait. In 2008, he presented the Nobel Peace Prize laureate in Bochum with a donation from the proceeds of his portrait for the benefit of Tibetan refugee children in exile in Dharamsala in India. He continued his “One World” campaign in Brussels and Paris . On the occasion of the 80th birthday and in memory of Anne Frank , Jutta Ebeling , Mayor of the City of Frankfurt am Main, opened his exhibition "Friedensbilder" in the Bolongaropalast in 2009 with works from his cycle "Pace" and the pictures of his pupils on the topics from an art project Freedom, peace, cooperation and integration of cultures and religions. In the Wetterau district he supported the project School without Racism - School with Courage . For his campaign in favor of humanitarian aid projects in Africa, he had works of his portraits personally signed by German rock musicians such as Udo Lindenberg and Wolfgang Niedecken in 2011 . With the sale of the pictures, Hues supported the aid organization World Vision Germany . In July 2011 he took part in the international exhibition Artistes du Monde at the Palais des Festivals et des Congrès in Cannes, which Marina Picasso, granddaughter of Pablo Picasso , opened. Under the artistic direction of the curator Roberto Ronca, he took part in several exhibitions on the subject of “Human Rights” in Italy. In 2013 he completed the picture cycle “Seven Deadly Sins ”. He is involved in the worldwide artist community and human rights organization "Artists for Freedom". In 2013 he was awarded the 1st prize at the 7th Artists for Freedom art exhibition in Ulm. In April 2014, he showed works from his serial photo collages, which thematically address political and social hot spots, in the international exhibition Artistes du Monde - under the patronage of Prince Albert II - in the Espace Léo Ferré in Monaco. In 2016 he took part in the international exhibition “Diversity” at the Fondazione Opera Campana dei Caduti in Rovereto, Italy, organized by the International Association of Art (IAA / AIAP), official partner of UNESCO . Hues lives in Bad Nauheim .
“The works are characterized by their individuality and expressiveness, clarity and conciseness of what is meant in terms of content, pictorial density that avoids all coincidences, is limited to the essentials and by a great sensitivity to form and color.” ( Prof. Albert Kiefer, father of Anselm Kiefer , Rastatt, 2005 )
Some of his works are owned by the Fondazione Opera Campana dei Caduti in Rovereto , the Spazio Tempo Arte Collection in Verona , the Friedberg district house (Hessen) and the cities of Frankfurt am Main and Bad Nauheim.
Works
- Fragments
In his “Fragments” series, Hues paints oil paintings in intense blue and red tones and combines these as assemblages with stones and woods. The object images are clearly structured, with fragments in the foreground that appear independent in form and color and point to the respective, original location. These fragments appear with the appropriate coloring and color structure of the background as an overall picture in the form of a relief .
- Pace - images of peace
The series “Pace - Images of Peace” is based on computer-animated picture collages . Here 1000 individual photographs - thematically defined and determined according to brightness values - are put together in pixel-like fashion to form large-format images. In their entirety, they reveal portraits of famous pacifists such as Mahatma Gandhi or Martin Luther King . In addition, this sequence documents current social problems such as war and atomic threats, the violation of human rights , freedom and independence of people, and the integration of different cultures and religions.
- Graphic cycle
The graphic cycle includes etchings completed in earlier years . The graphics show heads and people in an expressive manner in mostly golden yellow colors with a rich palette of linear and two-dimensional structures. The theme of the cycle is people in life situations of isolation and oppression.
- Western illusion
With titles such as “American Dream”, “Illusion” or “Traum des Westens”, Theo Hues documents a life oriented towards pleasure in bright colors and shows the lifelong dream of a world shaped by TV, film and advertising. His pictures, partially painted over photo collages and reproductions with integrated color structures, are reminiscent of the Pop Art of the 1960s and are characterized by intense color contrasts.
The theme of the cycle "Western Illusion" is the change of ideals and values in society in the western world in the course of modern entertainment culture. Speed, addiction to intoxication and adventure, obsession with beauty and sex, money and status symbols, parties, sun and beach are leitmotifs in Hues' works of this approach to life, which is oriented towards material values.
Exhibitions (selection)
- 2005: "Fragments" Bad Nauheim and Eichstätt / Bay.
- 2007: “One World” Frankfurt am Main and Rome
- 2008: "Reflexion" Bad Nauheim
- 2008: “One World” Brussels and Paris
- 2008: "Moments" Friedberg / Hessen
- 2009: "Fragments" Ilbenstadt and Bad Langensalza
- 2009: “Images of Peace” Frankfurt am Main
- 2010: “One World” Budapest
- 2010: "Fragments" Friedberg / Hessen
- 2010: "Serial Art" Bad Nauheim
- 2011: "Artists for Freedom" Ludwigshafen
- 2011: "The Red Line" Bad Nauheim
- 2011: “Artistes du Monde” Cannes
- 2011: “Human Rights?” Rovereto
- 2012: "Blue Notes" Bad Nauheim
- 2012: “7 sins” Museo Arcos, Benevento
- 2012: "Artists for Freedom" Ludwigshafen and Baden-Baden
- 2012: “The gesture in the art of the 21st century” Milan
- 2012: "Points & Pixels" Hamburg
- 2012: “Human Rights?” Lecce and Rovereto
- 2013: "Fragments" Bad Nauheim
- 2013: "Artists for Freedom" Ulm
- 2013: "7 sins" Ex Convento dei Francescani Neri, Specchia
- 2013: “Human Rights?” Specchia and Rovereto
- 2014: "Portraits" Bad Nauheim
- 2014: “Artistes du Monde” Monaco
- 2014: “Human Rights? Memento - from war to peace “Rovereto
- 2015: “Human Rights? La Casa della Pace “Rovereto
- 2015: "Fragments" Bad Nauheim
- 2016: "Installation and Photography" Frankfurt am Main
- 2016: “Human Rights? Diversity “Rovereto
literature
- Catalog Theo Hues - Fragments, Bad Nauheim, 2005, 68 pages
- Exhibition catalog Artists for Freedom, Be the Future, now! Werfthallen Ludwigshafen, 2011, page 10
- Exhibition catalog Artistes du Monde, Palais des Festivals et des Congrès Cannes, 2011, page 83
- Exhibition catalog Human Rights? Fondazione Opera Campana dei Caduti Rovereto, 2011, pages 122–125
- AFF yearbook, Ludwigshafen and Baden-Baden, 2012, pages 30, 62, 70, 90 and 95
- Exhibition catalog Artistes du Monde, Espace Léo Ferré Monaco, 2014, page 61
Web links
Individual evidence
- ↑ Hues meets Dalai Lama ( [1] ) Bochum, 2008
- ^ "One World" actions in Rome, Brussels and Paris ( [2] )
- ↑ Exhibition "Friedensbilder" in memory of Anne Frank ( [3] ) Frankfurt a. M., 2009
- ↑ Action for humanitarian aid projects ( [4] )
- ↑ Hues meets Marina Picasso: Exhibition in Cannes, 2011 ( [5] )
- ↑ Human Rights: ( Archived copy ( Memento of the original dated February 16, 2012 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link has been inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this note. Exhibitions in Italy ( [6] )
- ↑ Exhibitions "7 sins" Italy ( Archived copy ( Memento of the original from May 18, 2013 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link has been inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this note. )
- ^ Exhibition Artists for Freedom 2011 ( [7] ) and 2012 ( [8] )
- ↑ 1st Prize Artists for Freedom Ulm, 2013 ( [9] ) and ( [10] )
- ^ Exhibition in Monaco 2014 ( [11] )
- ^ Exhibition "Diversity" 2016 ( [12] )
- ^ Opinion by Prof. Albert Kiefer, Rastatt, 2005 ( [13] )
- ↑ AFF Yearbook 2012 ( [14] )
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| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Hues, Theo |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Hues, Theodor Johannes (full name) |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German artist and educator |
| DATE OF BIRTH | May 21, 1954 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Recklinghausen |