Extensive study of the diverse works of Gerhard Berger
The human figure as the code for experiencing power and powerlessness
Art as a reflection of the inner and outer world
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Gerhard Berger
Between Worlds
In decades of artistic production Gerhard Berger (born in 1933) has arrived at a unique, characteristic visual language. His representation of humans, oscillating between figurative and abstract painting, is rooted in the great myths of humankind and in the religious visual conceptions of the world’s cultures.
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Gerhard Berger approaches his works deliberately: each picture is preceded by a long work process of sketching and testing the projected figurative forms in a previously established grid of the visual space. The graphic techniques learned in his youth, in particular typography, remain recognisable in this working process. Berger also imparted his precise method of working during his tenure at the Academy of Visual Arts in Munich. Since 1999 he has dedicated himself entirely as a freelance painter and graphic artist to his own visual universe, one that invites the observer to read and analyse its play of forms.
press commentaries
Den Gemälden und Grafiken von Gerhard Berger sieht man die Reife des Künstlers an: wohldurchdacht, umsichtig und präzise – im Sinne des eigenen Stils – ausgearbeitet, entfalten sich vor dem Auge des Betrachters bildhafte „Lesewelten“. Diese ermöglichen ein wirkmächtiges Studieren der Bilder, eine Gedankenwanderung durch einen kunstvoll angelegten Irrgarten aus Linien und Flächen.
Augsburger Allgemeine
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Ed. Jürgen B. Tesch
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With an essay by Agathe Schmiddunser
Edition Jürgen B. Tesch
English-German edition
128 pages, 60 colour illustrations
24.5 x 30 cm, hardcover with dust jacket
Edition Jürgen B. Tesch
English-German edition
128 pages, 60 colour illustrations
24.5 x 30 cm, hardcover with dust jacket
ISBN: 978-3-7774-2993-9
Categories
Art 20th Century
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Artist monographs
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Painting
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Munich
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Contemporary Art
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Art 21st Century
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Switzerland
Keywords
Typography, Reflection, Graphics, Painting, Contemporary Art, Postmodernism, 21st Century
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