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

Carl Haag (1820 - 1915)
Carl Haag
1820 - 1915
Gottlieb Daniel Paul Weber (1823 - 1916)
Gottlieb Daniel Paul Weber
1823 - 1916
Magnus Weidemann (1880 - 1967)
Magnus Weidemann
1880 - 1967
Harm Hermann Hoffmann (1939 - 2014)
Harm Hermann Hoffmann
1939 - 2014
Max Mayrshofer (1875 - 1950)
Max Mayrshofer
1875 - 1950
Friedrich Georg Weitsch (1758 - 1828)
Friedrich Georg Weitsch
1758 - 1828
Werner Reuter (1902 - 1962)
Werner Reuter
1902 - 1962
Timo Kahl (1993)
Timo Kahl
1993
Viktor Weißhaupt (1848 - 1905)
Viktor Weißhaupt
1848 - 1905
Otto Wilhelm Nebel (1892 - 1973)
Otto Wilhelm Nebel
1892 - 1973
Eva Hesse (1936 - 1970)
Eva Hesse
1936 - 1970
Adolf Schinnerer (1876 - 1949)
Adolf Schinnerer
1876 - 1949
Elsbeth Arlt (1948 - 2015)
Elsbeth Arlt
1948 - 2015
Franz von Defregger (1835 - 1921)
Franz von Defregger
1835 - 1921
Heinrich Zille (1858 - 1929)
Heinrich Zille
1858 - 1929
Jeanna Bauck (1840 - 1926)
Jeanna Bauck
1840 - 1926

Creators Conceptual art

Lewis Frederick Morley (1925 - 2013)
Lewis Frederick Morley
1925 - 2013
Axel Richter (1960)
Axel Richter
1960
Francien Krieg (1973)
Francien Krieg
1973
Iurii Borisovich Zolotov (1948 - 2010)
Iurii Borisovich Zolotov
1948 - 2010
Lourdes Castro (1930 - 2022)
Lourdes Castro
1930 - 2022
Seiki Kuroda (1866 - 1924)
Seiki Kuroda
1866 - 1924
Nikolai Ivanovich Volynets (1921 - 2003)
Nikolai Ivanovich Volynets
1921 - 2003
Kim Joon (1966)
Kim Joon
1966
Léon (Lev Vasilevich) Zak (1892 - 1980)
Léon (Lev Vasilevich) Zak
1892 - 1980
Efim Vasil'evich Chestnyakov (1874 - 1961)
Efim Vasil'evich Chestnyakov
1874 - 1961
Idelle Lois Weber (1932 - 2020)
Idelle Lois Weber
1932 - 2020
Karl Otto Cheshka (1878 - 1960)
Karl Otto Cheshka
1878 - 1960
Benjamin Mastaglio (1982)
Benjamin Mastaglio
1982
Elisabeth Minke (1954 - 2021)
Elisabeth Minke
1954 - 2021
Abby Leigh (1948)
Abby Leigh
1948
Burkhard Held (1953)
Burkhard Held
1953
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