Research Catalog

Title

Glattfelder : Hans Jörg Glattfelder : vom Besonderen zum Allgemeinen / Redaktion, Barbara Willert ; Englische Übersetzung, Malcolm Green.

Publication

• Heidelberg : Verlag das Wunderhorn, [2019]
• ©2019

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Details

Additional Authors

• Glattfelder, Hansjörg, 1939-
• Willert, Barbara
• Green, Malcolm R.
• Museum Ritter (Waldenbuch, Germany), host institution

Description

55 pages : illustrations (chiefly color), portrait; 24 cm

Summary

• Der Schweizer Künstler Hans Jörg Glattfelder gehört zu den Hauptvertretern der konkreten Kunst und hat diese entscheidend weiterentwickelt. Der ausstellungsbegleitende Katalog gibt Einblicke in sein Œuvre von den Sechzigerjahren bis heute und stellt zahlreiche Gemälde und Reliefs sowie Collagen und Zeichnungen aus verschiedenen Schaffensphasen vor. In seiner langen Künstlerlaufbahn hat Hans Jörg Glattfelder zu besonderen Spielarten der geometrisch-konstruktiven Kunst gefunden. Ausgehend von mathematisch-analytischen Bildkompositionen begann er in den späten Sechzigerjahren, mehrdimensionale Raumvorstellungen in seine Werke einzubeziehen. Inspiriert von Wahrnehmungsphänomenen und wissenschaftlichen Erkenntnissen über den Raum, gelangte er zu Bildern mit ungewöhnlicher trapez- oder drachenartiger Form. In diesen Kompositionen bricht er mit den strengen rechtwinkligen Strukturen der herkömmlichen konkreten Kunst und thematisiert stattdessen die Raumkrümmung. Während sich bei einigen Bildern unmittelbar eine starke räumliche Wirkung einstellt, glaubt man in anderen erst nach langer intensiver Betrachtung einen hyperbolisch gekrümmten Raum zu sehen. --Publisher's website.
• Hans Jörg Glattfelder is one of the foremost exponents of Concrete Art and has been a decisive force in its continued development. Museum Ritter has taken his 80th birthday as the occasion to present a selection of choice works that highlight his oeuvre from the1960s to this day. Almost 30 paintings and reliefs from over five decades, together with around 50 collages and drawings grant deep insights into the various phases of his work. A particular delight for the viewer's eyes is in addition a kinetic wall installation consisting of drip-shaped elements that constantly produce new impressions. Throughout his long artistic career, Hans Jörg Glattfelder has forever come up with his own particular takes on geometrical constructive art. Setting out from mathematical-analytic compositions, in the late 1960s he managed to integrate complex notions of multi-dimensional space into his visual work. Already his vertically structured Lamellenreliefs (Rib Reliefs), which are built according to the concertina principle, showed his great interest in spatial effects. These works unleash their full effect when the viewer changes position, because they present different views at every new angle from which they are looked at. The same is true of the subsequent series of Pyramid Reliefs, which consist of mass-produced plastic modules. These reliefs, which the artist produced in large numbers, were responsible for establishing him on the art scene and remain today exemplary of his work. --Museum website.

Alternative Title

Hans Jörg Glattfelder : vom Besonderen zum Allgemeinen

Subject

• Glattfelder, Hansjörg, 1939- > Exhibitions
• Glattfelder, Hansjörg, 1939-
• Concrete art > Exhibitions
• Concrete art

Genre/Form

Exhibition catalogs.

Note

• Published on the occasion of the exhibition held at Museum Ritter, Waldenbach, Germany, 26 May-15 September 2019.

Bibliography (note)

• Includes bibliographical references.

Language (note)

• Parallel texts in German and English.

Call Number

JQE 21-10

ISBN

• 9783884236215
• 3884236210

OCLC

1128024484

Title

Glattfelder : Hans Jörg Glattfelder : vom Besonderen zum Allgemeinen / Redaktion, Barbara Willert ; Englische Übersetzung, Malcolm Green.

Publisher

Heidelberg : Verlag das Wunderhorn, [2019]

Copyright Date

©2019

Type of Content

still image

text

Type of Medium

unmediated

Type of Carrier

volume

Bibliography

Includes bibliographical references.

Language

Parallel texts in German and English.

Added Author

Glattfelder, Hansjörg, 1939- Works. Selections.

Willert, Barbara, editor.

Green, Malcolm R., translator.

Museum Ritter (Waldenbuch, Germany), host institution.

Research Call Number

JQE 21-10