Ekkeland Götze (1948) - photo 1

Ekkeland Götze

Ekkeland Götze is a German painter, printmaker and conceptual artist. After a training as a screen printer he educated himself as an industrial engineer through a correspondence course. Götze painted in his spare time, but he was not allowed to exhibit because of regulations in East Germany - formally he was a printmaker, not a painter. Because of these restrictions he filed an application for an exit permit 1985 which was granted in 1988. In 1989 Götze started to work on a project called "Erde" ("Earth"). He collects soil samples at extraordinary sites of human history around the world and applies them to paper, lime mortar or other backgrounds, making use of a standardized, self-developed technique he calls "terragraphy": He grinds the soil, mixes it with a binder and then applies it making use of a technique similar to screen printing. All backgrounds are square and of identical size. For each site the resulting works of art are given an individual name that reflects the importance of the site. According to Götze, the pictures capture th "spirit and energy" of the place where the soil was gathered. Götze runs a studio in Sendling. He is a member of the Neue Gruppe, an association of Munich artists regularly exhibiting at the Haus der Kunst museum. In 2018 Götze has been awarded the Seerosenpreis, a yearly award assigned to visual artists by the city of Munich.

Wikipedia

Date and place of birt:14 august 1948, Dresden, Germany
Nationality:Germany
Period of activity: XX, XXI century
Specialization:Artist, Engraver, Painter, Photographer
Art style:Conceptual art, Contemporary art
Technique:Engraving, Screen printing

Creators Germany

Josef P. Kronenberg (1890 - 1956)
Josef P. Kronenberg
1890 - 1956
Toby Edward Rosenthal (1848 - 1917)
Toby Edward Rosenthal
1848 - 1917
Johann Rudolf Buhlmann (1812 - 1890)
Johann Rudolf Buhlmann
1812 - 1890
Antoine Pesne (1683 - 1757)
Antoine Pesne
1683 - 1757
Fritz Erler (1868 - 1940)
Fritz Erler
1868 - 1940
Ferdinand Johann von Olivier (1785 - 1841)
Ferdinand Johann von Olivier
1785 - 1841
Richard Müller (1874 - 1954)
Richard Müller
1874 - 1954
Carl Fey (1867 - 1939)
Carl Fey
1867 - 1939
Hans von Kulmbach (1476 - 1522)
Hans von Kulmbach
1476 - 1522
Hans Porwoll (1898 - 1984)
Hans Porwoll
1898 - 1984
Christian Georg Schütz I (1718 - 1791)
Christian Georg Schütz I
1718 - 1791
Bernhard Heisig (1925 - 2011)
Bernhard Heisig
1925 - 2011
Käthe Loewenthal (1878 - 1942)
Käthe Loewenthal
1878 - 1942
Leopold Thieme (1880 - 1963)
Leopold Thieme
1880 - 1963
Nikolaus Solis (1541 - 1583)
Nikolaus Solis
1541 - 1583
Wolfgang Martin Heckl (1958)
Wolfgang Martin Heckl
1958

Creators Conceptual art

Cai Guoqiang (1957)
Cai Guoqiang
1957
Nikolai Ilyich Kofanov (1943 - 1998)
Nikolai Ilyich Kofanov
1943 - 1998
Carlos Matter (1951)
Carlos Matter
1951
Arthur-Luis Piza (1928 - 2017)
Arthur-Luis Piza
1928 - 2017
David John Nash (1945)
David John Nash
1945
Veronica Schäpers (1969)
Veronica Schäpers
1969
 Peter Fischli & David Weiss ()
Peter Fischli & David Weiss
Isabella Molard (1957)
Isabella Molard
1957
Nikolai Alekseevich Shapovalov (1927)
Nikolai Alekseevich Shapovalov
1927
Dawoud Bey (1953)
Dawoud Bey
1953
Willie Birch (1942)
Willie Birch
1942
Fred Thieler (1916 - 1999)
Fred Thieler
1916 - 1999
Zdenka Braunerova (1858 - 1934)
Zdenka Braunerova
1858 - 1934
Gabor Torok (1952)
Gabor Torok
1952
Gerda Schlembach (1951)
Gerda Schlembach
1951
Burkhard Held (1953)
Burkhard Held
1953
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