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

Paul Scheurich (1883 - 1945)
Paul Scheurich
1883 - 1945
Johannes Nawrath (1955)
Johannes Nawrath
1955
Tom Hartwig (1947)
Tom Hartwig
1947
Johannes Hüppi (1965)
Johannes Hüppi
1965
Carl Johann Lasch (1822 - 1888)
Carl Johann Lasch
1822 - 1888
Julius Hübner II (1842 - 1874)
Julius Hübner II
1842 - 1874
Joseph Wackerle (1880 - 1959)
Joseph Wackerle
1880 - 1959
Gottfried Albert Maria Bachem (1866 - 1942)
Gottfried Albert Maria Bachem
1866 - 1942
Frances Scholz (1962)
Frances Scholz
1962
Hans von Marees (1837 - 1887)
Hans von Marees
1837 - 1887
Ludwig Mies van der Rohe (1886 - 1969)
Ludwig Mies van der Rohe
1886 - 1969
Claudia Hoffmann (1956)
Claudia Hoffmann
1956
Willi Langbein (1895 - 1967)
Willi Langbein
1895 - 1967
Julius Anton Adam (1852 - 1913)
Julius Anton Adam
1852 - 1913
 Reiner Stolte (1945)
Reiner Stolte
1945
 Wols (1913 - 1951)
Wols
1913 - 1951

Creators Conceptual art

Matthias Beckmann (1965)
Matthias Beckmann
1965
Paolo Lomazzi (1936)
Paolo Lomazzi
1936
Oto Skulme (1889 - 1967)
Oto Skulme
1889 - 1967
Valentin Aleksandrovich Gorodnichev (1922 - 2014)
Valentin Aleksandrovich Gorodnichev
1922 - 2014
Tracey Moffatt (1960)
Tracey Moffatt
1960
Virgil Preda (1923 - 2011)
Virgil Preda
1923 - 2011
Vladimir Nikolaevich Gavrilov (1923 - 1970)
Vladimir Nikolaevich Gavrilov
1923 - 1970
Julius Podlipny (1898 - 1991)
Julius Podlipny
1898 - 1991
Peter Ruehle (1975)
Peter Ruehle
1975
Richard Long (1945)
Richard Long
1945
Hans Kastler (1931 - 2016)
Hans Kastler
1931 - 2016
Ernst Steinacker (1919 - 2008)
Ernst Steinacker
1919 - 2008
Aligi Sassu (1912 - 2000)
Aligi Sassu
1912 - 2000
Zheng Chongbin (1961)
Zheng Chongbin
1961
Malick Sidibé (1935 - 2016)
Malick Sidibé
1935 - 2016
Carlos Rodríguez Cárdenas (1962)
Carlos Rodríguez Cárdenas
1962
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