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

Thomas Hartmann (1950)
Thomas Hartmann
1950
Rolf Escher (1936)
Rolf Escher
1936
Rainer Kriester (1935 - 2002)
Rainer Kriester
1935 - 2002
Maria Hiller-Foell (1880 - 1943)
Maria Hiller-Foell
1880 - 1943
Josef Wittlich (1903 - 1982)
Josef Wittlich
1903 - 1982
Karl Kuntz (1770 - 1830)
Karl Kuntz
1770 - 1830
Rudolph Jordan (1810 - 1887)
Rudolph Jordan
1810 - 1887
Joseph Wolf (1820 - 1899)
Joseph Wolf
1820 - 1899
HA (Hans Jurgen) Schult (1939)
HA (Hans Jurgen) Schult
1939
Hans Coper (1920 - 1981)
Hans Coper
1920 - 1981
Günther Gensler (1803 - 1884)
Günther Gensler
1803 - 1884
Georg Melchior Kraus (1737 - 1806)
Georg Melchior Kraus
1737 - 1806
Max Lacher (1905 - 1988)
Max Lacher
1905 - 1988
Dieter Stoever (1922 - 1984)
Dieter Stoever
1922 - 1984
Otto Wilhelm Nebel (1892 - 1973)
Otto Wilhelm Nebel
1892 - 1973
Mykola Petrovich Hlushchenko (1901 - 1977)
Mykola Petrovich Hlushchenko
1901 - 1977

Creators Conceptual art

Jean Calogero (1922 - 2001)
Jean Calogero
1922 - 2001
Károly Klimó (1936)
Károly Klimó
1936
Jean Cloutier (1930 - 2015)
Jean Cloutier
1930 - 2015
Hans Laubner (1884 - 1968)
Hans Laubner
1884 - 1968
Luigi Caccia Dominioni (1913 - 2016)
Luigi Caccia Dominioni
1913 - 2016
Max Hermann Mahlmann (1912 - 2000)
Max Hermann Mahlmann
1912 - 2000
Kent Bellows (1949 - 2005)
Kent Bellows
1949 - 2005
Hovsep Pushman (1877 - 1966)
Hovsep Pushman
1877 - 1966
Franz Eggenschwiler (1930 - 2000)
Franz Eggenschwiler
1930 - 2000
Gudrun Peuckert (1960)
Gudrun Peuckert
1960
Theaster Gates (1973)
Theaster Gates
1973
Thomas Nathaniel Davies (1922 - 1996)
Thomas Nathaniel Davies
1922 - 1996
Juan Garaizabal (1971)
Juan Garaizabal
1971
Galina Aleksandrovna Korzina (1944)
Galina Aleksandrovna Korzina
1944
Cleve Gray (1918 - 2004)
Cleve Gray
1918 - 2004
Aurelio De Felice (1915 - 1996)
Aurelio De Felice
1915 - 1996
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