Heinz Goll
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Hannes Heinz Goll was an Austria
n sculptor, printmaker and painter
, who worked predominantly in Colombia
.
. He was considered an enfant terrible of the Austrian art scene in the 1960s, was co-founder of the "Grüne Galerie" (green gallery) in his hometown in 1964, and established the art collective of Mieger in 1970. He also established a rehabilitation workshop for drug addicted adolescents in Carinthia
, and treated them with a self-developed art therapy
, before he moved to Caracas
in the mid 1970s, where he founded a further rehabilitation group.
A few years later he moved to Colombia, where he met his future wife, the psychologist Piedad Tamayo in Sibaté
, and settled down to live. In his works he was inspired by pre-Columbian
symbolism and Indigenous
arts. In many of his works, especially in his nude madonna works, he combined sacred and erotic items. Other topics of his work include: chained indigenous people, people on the run and politically displaced persons of Colombia. Shortenly before Goll exhibited in his hometown in the end of 1998, physicians diagnosed that he was suffering from leukemia
and hepatitis C
. A few days later he died in the hospital of Sibaté near Bogota
, the town where he is buried.
Austria
Austria , officially the Republic of Austria , is a landlocked country of roughly 8.4 million people in Central Europe. It is bordered by the Czech Republic and Germany to the north, Slovakia and Hungary to the east, Slovenia and Italy to the south, and Switzerland and Liechtenstein to the...
n sculptor, printmaker and painter
Painting
Painting is the practice of applying paint, pigment, color or other medium to a surface . The application of the medium is commonly applied to the base with a brush but other objects can be used. In art, the term painting describes both the act and the result of the action. However, painting is...
, who worked predominantly in Colombia
Colombia
Colombia, officially the Republic of Colombia , is a unitary constitutional republic comprising thirty-two departments. The country is located in northwestern South America, bordered to the east by Venezuela and Brazil; to the south by Ecuador and Peru; to the north by the Caribbean Sea; to the...
.
Life and work
Goll was the son of Johanna and Rudolf Goll, an upper middle class family with three children from KlagenfurtKlagenfurt
-Name:Carinthia's eminent linguists Primus Lessiak and Eberhard Kranzmayer assumed that the city's name, which literally translates as "ford of lament" or "ford of complaints", had something to do with the superstitious thought that fateful fairies or demons tend to live around treacherous waters...
. He was considered an enfant terrible of the Austrian art scene in the 1960s, was co-founder of the "Grüne Galerie" (green gallery) in his hometown in 1964, and established the art collective of Mieger in 1970. He also established a rehabilitation workshop for drug addicted adolescents in Carinthia
Carinthia (state)
Carinthia is the southernmost Austrian state or Land. Situated within the Eastern Alps it is chiefly noted for its mountains and lakes.The main language is German. Its regional dialects belong to the Southern Austro-Bavarian group...
, and treated them with a self-developed art therapy
Art therapy
Because of its dual origins in art and psychotherapy, art therapy definitions vary. They commonly either lean more toward the ART art-making process as therapeutic in and of itself, "art as therapy," or focus on the psychotherapeutic transference process between the therapist and the client who...
, before he moved to Caracas
Caracas
Caracas , officially Santiago de León de Caracas, is the capital and largest city of Venezuela; natives or residents are known as Caraquenians in English . It is located in the northern part of the country, following the contours of the narrow Caracas Valley on the Venezuelan coastal mountain range...
in the mid 1970s, where he founded a further rehabilitation group.
A few years later he moved to Colombia, where he met his future wife, the psychologist Piedad Tamayo in Sibaté
Sibaté
Sibaté is a municipality and town of Colombia in the department of Cundinamarca.- References :...
, and settled down to live. In his works he was inspired by pre-Columbian
Pre-Columbian art
Pre-Columbian art is the visual arts of indigenous peoples of the Caribbean, North, Central, and South Americas until the late 15th and early 16th centuries, and the time period marked by Christopher Columbus' arrival in the Americas....
symbolism and Indigenous
Indigenous peoples of the Americas
The indigenous peoples of the Americas are the pre-Columbian inhabitants of North and South America, their descendants and other ethnic groups who are identified with those peoples. Indigenous peoples are known in Canada as Aboriginal peoples, and in the United States as Native Americans...
arts. In many of his works, especially in his nude madonna works, he combined sacred and erotic items. Other topics of his work include: chained indigenous people, people on the run and politically displaced persons of Colombia. Shortenly before Goll exhibited in his hometown in the end of 1998, physicians diagnosed that he was suffering from leukemia
Leukemia
Leukemia or leukaemia is a type of cancer of the blood or bone marrow characterized by an abnormal increase of immature white blood cells called "blasts". Leukemia is a broad term covering a spectrum of diseases...
and hepatitis C
Hepatitis C
Hepatitis C is an infectious disease primarily affecting the liver, caused by the hepatitis C virus . The infection is often asymptomatic, but chronic infection can lead to scarring of the liver and ultimately to cirrhosis, which is generally apparent after many years...
. A few days later he died in the hospital of Sibaté near Bogota
Bogotá
Bogotá, Distrito Capital , from 1991 to 2000 called Santa Fé de Bogotá, is the capital, and largest city, of Colombia. It is also designated by the national constitution as the capital of the department of Cundinamarca, even though the city of Bogotá now comprises an independent Capital district...
, the town where he is buried.
Famous Works
- "Wörthersee-Mandl", Klagenfurt, 1962
- "Das letzte Abendmahl" (The Last Supper), 1976, 7 bronze plaques
- Heinz PototschnigHeinz PototschnigHeinrich "Heinz" Pototschnig was an Austrian writer and physician.Pototschnig was born in Graz. After World War II and after he graduated in medicine, he moved to Carinthia, where he practised in Villach and started writing. His works include narratives, essays, lyric poetry and radio plays...
's Nachtkupfer (illustration work) - Jesus Christ, plaque in the Christ-König church, KrumpendorfKrumpendorfKrumpendorf am Wörther See is a town in the district of Klagenfurt-Land in Carinthia in south central Austria.- External links :* - city website...
Exhibitions
- Klagenfurt "Stadthaus" (town house), December 1999-January 2000 (posthumous)
- "Haus Grünspan", Mühlboden/Feffernitz (PaternionPaternionPaternion is a market town in the district of Villach-Land in the Austrian state of Carinthia. It is located within the Drava valley about in the north-west of the city of Villach.-Geography:...
), 2009 (posthumous)
Literature
- WoschitzKarl Matthäus WoschitzKarl Matthäus Woschitz is an Austrian theologian and bible scholar. He is professor emeritus of biblical theology and religious studies and was head of the institute of religious studies of the University of Graz from 1984 to 2005...
, Mejía RiveraOrlando Mejía RiveraOrlando Mejía Rivera is a Colombian internist and graduated M.Phil., writer and thanatologist. He was born in Bogotá. Currently he lives in Manizales and is titular professor at the Universidad de Caldas faculty of medicine.- Works :...
, Rojas HerazoHéctor Rojas HerazoHéctor Rojas Herazo was a Colombian novelist, poet, journalist and painter.Rojas was born in Tolú as son of Juan Emiro Rojas and Blance Berta Herazo. He was baptized on October 6, 1921. He started artistic works in his childhood and was taught in plastic arts by his cousin José Manuel González....
: Heinz Goll - 1934-1999. Sein Leben, sein Werk, 2001 ISBN 978-3850138772
External links
- Photo
- Ignacio Ramírez: Hannes Heinz Goll (Spanish)
