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Life and Work
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Hartmut Neumann works’ construct a world of their own: they take the viewer into micro- and macrocosms, which initially seem untouched and harmonious, but on closer inspection reveal sinister abysses. In his pictorial language, elements of the real, the unconscious, mythology, and chance collide to create an unsettling symbiosis. With his bright colors but also dark backgrounds, Hartmut Neumann offers a glimpse into infinity.
Neumann’s view of nature is at turns abstract, sculptural, utopian, or staged. The inexhaustible abundance of his formal repertoire is based on the idea of the wunderkammer, where »Artificialia« and »Naturalia« are closely entwined as in a microcosm of the universe. Neumann's enigmatic pictorial inventions are characterized by opulence and exuberant richness of detail. It is a hermetic place, beyond all places that can be experienced in exterior reality. However, this artificial nature seems beyond comparison. He invents new laws for nature, laws derived from painting. What makes Hartmut Neumann unique in the contemporary art landscape, is the way his work reveals the artificiality of nature, nature as artefact makes.
Hartmut Neumann (born 1954 in Delmenhorst) completed his studies at the Hochschule für Künste in Bremen in 1980. He has been a professor at the Hochschule für Bildende Künste in Braunschweig since 1992. He received various awards and scholarships early on, such as the Villa Massimo, Rome (1985/86); the Art Prize of the German Artists' Association, Berlin (1988); and Art Prize »Young West«, Recklinghausen (1983). His works have been shown in numerous solo and group exhibitions, most recently in Kolumba, the Archbishop's Museum of the Diocese of Cologne; the Heinrich Vogeler Museum in Barkenhoff, Worpswede; the Ratingen Museum; and the KUBUS, Hanover. Further exhibitions have been held at the Alfred Ehrhardt Foundation, Berlin (2012); Kunsthalle Recklinghausen and Kunstmuseum Celle (2011); Forum Kunst, Rottweil (2009); Württembergischer Kunstverein, Stuttgart and Kunstmuseum Bochum (2004); Herzog-Anton-Ulrich Museum, Braunschweig (2003); Von der Heydt-Museum, Wuppertal (2000); Ludwig Forum Aachen (1998). Hartmut Neumann lives and works in Cologne.
Biography
1954 | born in Delmenhorst, DE |
1976 – 1980 | Studies at the Hochschule für Künste in Bremen, DE, at Rolf Thiele |
1992 | professor chair at the Hochschule für Bildende Künste Braunschweig, DE |
lives and works in Cologne, DE |
Prizes and Awards
1981 | Preisträger Forum Junge Kunst, DE |
Works (Selection)
Solo exhibitions (selection)
1985 | Hartmut Neumann, Gerhard Marks-Haus, Berlin, DE |
Group exhibitions (selection)
1981 | Forum junger Kunst, Kunsthalle Kiel, Kiel, DE |
EXHIBITIONS AT BECK & EGGELING (SELECTION)
Publications
Hartmut Neumann. Die Betrachtung der Veränderung. Fotoarbeiten 1997–2017
- Artist: Hartmut Neumann
Editor: Alexandra König
Text: Klaus Honnef
Design: Beck & Eggeling (Martina Löhle) - German, English
Hardcover, 30 x 32
160 pages - Museum Ratingen, 2018
ISBN 978-3-92653866-6 - 20 €
Hartmut Neumann. Fremde Ebenen – Überwachsene Unebenheiten
- Artist: Hartmut Neumann
Editor: Hartmut Neumann, Anne Prenzler (für die Städtische Galerie KUBUS Hannover)
Text: Christoph Schreier, Carl-Friedrich Schröer
Design: Beck & Eggeling (Martina Löhle) - English, German
Hardcover, 23 x 30 cm
128 pages, 150 illustrations - Beck & Eggeling Kunstverlag, 2018
ISBN 978-3-94606313-1 - 20 €
bibliography
Hartmut Neumann – Verbotene Zonen ǀ Wolf Hamm – Große Prozesse, Beiträge von Andreas Bee, Achim Sommer und Jürgen Wilhelm, Max Ernst Museum Brühl, 2020 |
Hartmut Neumann, Die Betrachtung der Veränderung, Fotoarbeiten 1997–2017, Museum Ratingen, 2017 |
Hartmut Neumann, Fremde Ebenen – Überwachsenen Unebenheiten, Städtische Galerie KUBUS Hannover, Beck & Eggeling, Düsseldorf, 2017 |
Hartmut Neumann. Licht, Dunkelheit. Mittendrin Höhlen, Nester, Kränze und viele Löcher Galerie der Hochschule für Bildende Künste Braunschweig, Braunschweig, 2010 |
Hartmut Neumann. Der schöne Knall Forum Kunst Rottweil, Rottweil 2009 |
Hartmut Neumann. Arbeiten an der Natur Galerie Klaus Gerrit Friese, Stuttgart, 2008 |
Hartmut Neumann. Tiergärten Württembergischer Kunstverein, Stuttgart, Museum Bochum, 2004 |
Hartmut Neumann. Tier Delmenhorst, 2003 |
Hartmut Neumann. Tierlandschaften Herzog Anton Ulrich-Museum, Braunschweig, 2003 |
Hartmut Neumann. KÜNSTLICH NATÜRLICH Städtische Galerie Delmenhorst, Verlag Walther König, Köln 2003 |
Hartmut Neumann. Weltlandschaften Ludwig Forum Aachen, Von der Heydt-Museum, Wuppertal, Städtische Galerie Bremen, Aachen, 1998 |
Hartmut Neumann. Naturwelten Galerie Kasten Mannheim, Mannheim, 1998 |
Hartmut Neumann. Fauna und Flora Städtische Galerie Tuttlingen, Kunstverein Wolfenbüttel, Tuttlingen, 1998 |
Hartmut Neumann. Linolplatten Städtische Galerie Bietigheim-Bissingen, Städtische Galerie Delmenhorst, Galerie Der Friedrich-Ebert-Stiftung, Bonn, 1997 |
Hartmut Neumann. Alle meine Tiere und andere Naturereignisse Künstlerhaus Göttingen, Göttingen 1996 |
Hartmut Neumann. Naturkunde IG Metall-Galerie Frankfurt, Frankfurt a. M., 1996 |
Hartmut Neumann. Das Okapi ist schön Gerhard Marcks-Haus Bremen, Bremen 1994 |
Hartmut Neumanns Tierleben Kunsthalle Recklinghausen, Landesmuseum Oldenburg, Mannheimer Kunstverein, Mannheim 1992 |
Hartmut Neumann. Die vergängliche Pracht Mannheimer Kunstverein, Kunsthalle Recklinghausen, 1992 |
Hartmut Neumann Kunstmuseum Düsseldorf, 1991 |
Hartmut Neumann. Kleine Pardieskunde Städtische Galerie Delmenhorst, Delmenhorst 1989 |
Hartmut Neumann Gesellschaft für aktuelle Kunst Bremen, Neue Galerie-Sammlung Ludwig, Bremen, 1987 |
Hartmut Neumann. Welche Farbe Verlag Galerie Der Spiegel, 1987 |
Hartmut Neumann. Linolschnitte Gerhard Marcks-Haus Bremen, Bremen 1986 |
Hartmut Neumann. Skizzen Städtische Galerie Delmenhorst, Delmenhorst 1985 |
Hartmut Neumann Galerie Poll Berlin, 1984 |