Werner K. Bliss
Werner K. Bliss (born March 10, 1950 in Schiltach ) is a German artist and writer .
life and work
Werner K. Bliss studied chemistry and mathematics at the Lörrach University of Education from 1969 to 1972 . He then taught at various schools in the Black Forest until 2013 (from 1985 to 1991 at the German School in Porto ).
Bliß paints, draws, collages, creates sculptures and writes poems, which are created over and over again by dealing with works of art - among others by Nicole Bianchet , Peter Doig , Elisabeth Endres , Armin Göhringer , Marianne Hopf, Christoph Meckel , Werner Pokorny , Cy Twombly and Vitali Vitanov - inspired and published in anthologies, internet portals, art catalogs and literary magazines. In 2007, José FA Oliver invited him to the Hausacher Reading Lenz literature festival .
In addition to exhibitions of his own pictures and objects (in Freiburg, Hausach and Schiltach), Bliss worked with young Afghans and Syrians in his studio in 2016/17 and presented the results in the exhibition MIGRATION INTERAKTION INTEGRATION .
In 2019 the poem book Combed Time was published by Pop Verlag . It is among other things a comprehensive selection of paintings poems , in which he attaches new meanings in rhythmically sophisticated language words.
Werner K. Bliss lives in Hausach .
Single track
- Combed time . Poems. Pop Verlag, Ludwigsburg 2019, ISBN 978-3-86356-288-5 .
Art catalogs (selection)
- Brother wood. Wood - space - line . Sculptures by Armin Göhringer. Poems by Werner K. Bliss. Kunsthaus , Grenchen 2006.
- Painting 1990 - 2008. Pictures by Marianne Hopf. Poems by Werner K. Bliss. Morat Institute, Freiburg 2008.
Anthologies and literary journals (selection)
- Axel Kutsch (Ed.): Versnetze . German-language poetry of the present . Verlag Ralf Liebe, Weilerswist 2014–2019.
- Werner Bucher , Jolanda Fäh and Susanne Matthies (eds.): Poetry Agenda . orte Verlag, Schwellbrunn 2011–2019.
- Theo Breuer (Ed.): Vulkan Obsidian . edition bauwagen, Itzehoe 2006.
- Literary Magazines : außer.dem , Bawülon , Dulcinea , spring world , ticker .
Individual evidence
- ^ Marianne Hopf: Painting. In: Georg Scholz House. April 13, 2008, accessed November 14, 2019 .
- ↑ Michaela Didyk: Werner K. Bliss and his homage to Cy Twombly. In: Enterprise Poetry. Retrieved November 14, 2019 .
- ↑ 10 years - 10 days. June 15, 2007, accessed November 14, 2019 .
- ↑ Nicola Schwannauer: More than the ordinary everyday life. Schwarzwälder Bote, November 28, 2016, accessed on November 14, 2019 .
- ↑ Andreas Buchta: Mediocrity is not allowed in poetry . Offenburger Tageblatt, June 23, 2007.
literature
- Christine Störr: »Art does not reproduce the visible« . In: Schwarzwälder Bote from October 23, 2019.
- Andreas Buchta: When art calls for language. Time combed through the poetry book . In: Offenburger Tageblatt of October 26, 2019.
Web links
- Literature by and about Werner K. Bliss in the catalog of the German National Library
- Conversation about poetry and art
- Fixpoetry
- Glarean
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Bliss, Werner K. |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German artist and writer |
| DATE OF BIRTH | March 10, 1950 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Schiltach |