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

Barbara Ehrmann (1962)
Barbara Ehrmann
1962
Friedrich G. Scheuer (1936)
Friedrich G. Scheuer
1936
Wilhelm von Kobell (1766 - 1853)
Wilhelm von Kobell
1766 - 1853
Brigitte Matschinsky-Denninghoff (1921 - 2011)
Brigitte Matschinsky-Denninghoff
1921 - 2011
Michael Lesehr (1941)
Michael Lesehr
1941
Lothar Malskat (1913 - 1988)
Lothar Malskat
1913 - 1988
Martin Johannes Scholkmann (1938 - 2013)
Martin Johannes Scholkmann
1938 - 2013
Eva Hesse (1936 - 1970)
Eva Hesse
1936 - 1970
Jochen Gerz (1940)
Jochen Gerz
1940
Herman de Vries (1931)
Herman de Vries
1931
Herbert Götzinger (1928 - 1976)
Herbert Götzinger
1928 - 1976
Franz Seraph Stirnbrand (1788 - 1882)
Franz Seraph Stirnbrand
1788 - 1882
Hermann Bahner (1867 - 1938)
Hermann Bahner
1867 - 1938
Johann Daniel Preißler (1666 - 1737)
Johann Daniel Preißler
1666 - 1737
Erich Lethgau (1940)
Erich Lethgau
1940
Matthias Mücke (1957)
Matthias Mücke
1957

Creators Conceptual art

Peter Krauskopf (1966)
Peter Krauskopf
1966
Juan Soriano (1920 - 2006)
Juan Soriano
1920 - 2006
Humberto Campana (1953)
Humberto Campana
1953
Dieter Roth (1930 - 1998)
Dieter Roth
1930 - 1998
Arthur Kaufmann (1888 - 1971)
Arthur Kaufmann
1888 - 1971
Igor Sergeyevich Chelkovsky (1937)
Igor Sergeyevich Chelkovsky
1937
Paolo Salvati (1939 - 2014)
Paolo Salvati
1939 - 2014
Zlata Nikolaevna Byzova (1927 - 2013)
Zlata Nikolaevna Byzova
1927 - 2013
Marco Casagrande (1971)
Marco Casagrande
1971
Ralph Hinterkeuser (1959)
Ralph Hinterkeuser
1959
Bruno Bruni (1935)
Bruno Bruni
1935
Louis-Constant Sévin (1821 - 1888)
Louis-Constant Sévin
1821 - 1888
Ratan Parimoo (1936)
Ratan Parimoo
1936
Avinash Chandra (1931 - 1991)
Avinash Chandra
1931 - 1991
Gernot Rumpf (1941)
Gernot Rumpf
1941
Herbert Egl (1953)
Herbert Egl
1953
× Create a Search Subscription