Matthias Weischer
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Matthias Weischer is a painter living in Leipzig
. Weischer is considered to be part of the New Leipzig School
.
. He was student in the master class of Professor Sighard Gille. In 2002, he was co-founder of the artist-initiated gallery LIGA in Berlin that was run by eleven former HGB students, among them Christoph Ruckhäberle
, Tim Eitel, David Schnell and Tom Fabritius. LIGA was closed after two years in 2004. After cooperating with Galerie Kleindienst (Leipzig) and Anthony Wilkinson (London), Weischer is represented by Galerie EIGEN + ART (Leipzig/Berlin) since 2004. His studio is located at the Leipzig Cotton Mill.
During his residency in Rome
in 2007, Weischer concentrated on drawing and studies on nature and landscape. Since then, he predominantly works on and with paper, in smaller formats and with a lighter range of colours. He also explores different printing techniques and, recently, three-dimensional sculptural arrangements.
Since 2001, his work has been exhibited worldwide, e.g. in London (2003), Miami (2004), at the Venice Biennale
, the Cleveland Museum of Art
, in Chungnam/Korea (2005), Den Haag, Málaga (2008) and Ponce, Puerto Rico
(2011).
Among the public and private collections holding works by Matthias Weischer are the Museum of Contemporary Art, Los Angeles
; Gemeentemuseum Den Haag
; Arken Museum of Modern Art
, Denmark; Arario Collection, Corea; Museum der bildenden Künste
, Leipzig; the Rubell Family Collection, Miami and the Collection Susan and Michael Hort, New York.
Leipzig
Leipzig Leipzig has always been a trade city, situated during the time of the Holy Roman Empire at the intersection of the Via Regia and Via Imperii, two important trade routes. At one time, Leipzig was one of the major European centres of learning and culture in fields such as music and publishing...
. Weischer is considered to be part of the New Leipzig School
New Leipzig School
The term New Leipzig School refers to a movement in modern German painting. The usage and origins of this term are debated.The "old" Leipzig School was a term used by art journalists which had became established by some time no later than 1977, and the involvement of Werner Tübke, Wolfgang...
.
Life
Weischer studied painting from 1995 to 2001 and received his MA in 2003 from Hochschule für Grafik und Buchkunst (HGB) in LeipzigLeipzig
Leipzig Leipzig has always been a trade city, situated during the time of the Holy Roman Empire at the intersection of the Via Regia and Via Imperii, two important trade routes. At one time, Leipzig was one of the major European centres of learning and culture in fields such as music and publishing...
. He was student in the master class of Professor Sighard Gille. In 2002, he was co-founder of the artist-initiated gallery LIGA in Berlin that was run by eleven former HGB students, among them Christoph Ruckhäberle
Christoph Ruckhäberle
Christoph Ruckhäberle is an artist based in Leipzig. Ruckhäberle studied at the California Institute of the Arts from 1991-1992, and received his BFA in painting – in 1995 – and his MFA – in 2002 - from Hochschule für Grafik und Buchkunst in Leipzig.His work has been shown in many exhibitions...
, Tim Eitel, David Schnell and Tom Fabritius. LIGA was closed after two years in 2004. After cooperating with Galerie Kleindienst (Leipzig) and Anthony Wilkinson (London), Weischer is represented by Galerie EIGEN + ART (Leipzig/Berlin) since 2004. His studio is located at the Leipzig Cotton Mill.
Work
Weischer’s works oscillate between abstract and figurative painting. Until 2006, his paintings depicted deserted interiors like stage settings that are infused by abstract elements. Furniture, everyday objects and large-scale ornaments stylistically refer to the 1950s and 1960s. In their collage-like appearance they establish a complex and ambiguous relationship.During his residency in Rome
Rome
Rome is the capital of Italy and the country's largest and most populated city and comune, with over 2.7 million residents in . The city is located in the central-western portion of the Italian Peninsula, on the Tiber River within the Lazio region of Italy.Rome's history spans two and a half...
in 2007, Weischer concentrated on drawing and studies on nature and landscape. Since then, he predominantly works on and with paper, in smaller formats and with a lighter range of colours. He also explores different printing techniques and, recently, three-dimensional sculptural arrangements.
Since 2001, his work has been exhibited worldwide, e.g. in London (2003), Miami (2004), at the Venice Biennale
Venice Biennale
The Venice Biennale is a major contemporary art exhibition that takes place once every two years in Venice, Italy. The Venice Film Festival is part of it. So too is the Venice Biennale of Architecture, which is held in even years...
, the Cleveland Museum of Art
Cleveland Museum of Art
The Cleveland Museum of Art is an art museum situated in the Wade Park District, in the University Circle neighborhood on Cleveland's east side. Internationally renowned for its substantial holdings of Asian and Egyptian art, the museum houses a diverse permanent collection of more than 43,000...
, in Chungnam/Korea (2005), Den Haag, Málaga (2008) and Ponce, Puerto Rico
Ponce, Puerto Rico
Ponce is both a city and a municipality in the southern part of Puerto Rico. The city is the seat of the municipal government.The city of Ponce, the fourth most populated in Puerto Rico, and the most populated outside of the San Juan metropolitan area, is named for Juan Ponce de León y Loayza, the...
(2011).
Among the public and private collections holding works by Matthias Weischer are the Museum of Contemporary Art, Los Angeles
Museum of Contemporary Art, Los Angeles
The Museum of Contemporary Art, Los Angeles is a contemporary art museum with three locations in greater Los Angeles, California. The main branch is located on Grand Avenue in Downtown Los Angeles, near Walt Disney Concert Hall...
; Gemeentemuseum Den Haag
Gemeentemuseum Den Haag
The Municipal Museum is an art museum, located in The Hague, Netherlands.The museum was built by the Dutch architect H.P. Berlage. It is renowned for its large Mondrian collection, the largest in the world...
; Arken Museum of Modern Art
Arken Museum of Modern Art
ARKEN Museum of Modern Art is a private non-for-profit charity, state authorized, contemporary art museum near Copenhagen, the capital of Denmark. The museum was conceived and created by Copenhagen County.-Museum:...
, Denmark; Arario Collection, Corea; Museum der bildenden Künste
Museum der bildenden Künste
The Museum der bildenden Künste is a museum in Leipzig, Saxony, Germany. On 7,000 square meters of display area, 3,500 paintings, 1,000 sculptures and 60,000 graphical works are shown...
, Leipzig; the Rubell Family Collection, Miami and the Collection Susan and Michael Hort, New York.
Solo Exhibitions
- 2011: Obra nueva/New works, Museo de Arte de Ponce, Puerto Rico
- 2011: Alice, Armin und all die anderen. Auf Papier, Museum der bildenden KünsteMuseum der bildenden KünsteThe Museum der bildenden Künste is a museum in Leipzig, Saxony, Germany. On 7,000 square meters of display area, 3,500 paintings, 1,000 sculptures and 60,000 graphical works are shown...
Leipzig; Kunstverein Bremerhaven - 2010: In Monte Carlo, Galerie EIGEN + ART, Leipzig
- 2009: Room with a view, Kunsthalle Mainz
- 2008: Room with a view, CAC Málaga - Centro de Arte Contemporáneo de Málaga
- 2008: Der Garten – Arbeiten auf Papier, Kloster Bentlage, Rheine
- 2008: Gemeentemuseum Den HaagGemeentemuseum Den HaagThe Municipal Museum is an art museum, located in The Hague, Netherlands.The museum was built by the Dutch architect H.P. Berlage. It is renowned for its large Mondrian collection, the largest in the world...
- 2007: Museum zu Allerheiligen Schaffhausen; Kunsthalle Mannheim
- 2007: Der Garten – Arbeiten auf Papier, Neuer Berliner Kunstverein
- 2006: Arbeiten auf Papier, Kunstverein Konstanz; Kunstverein Ulm
- 2006: Galerie EIGEN + ART, Berlin
- 2006: Ludwig Forum für Internationale Kunst, Aachen
- 2005: Museum der bildenden KünsteMuseum der bildenden KünsteThe Museum der bildenden Künste is a museum in Leipzig, Saxony, Germany. On 7,000 square meters of display area, 3,500 paintings, 1,000 sculptures and 60,000 graphical works are shown...
Leipzig (Art award of the Leipziger Volkszeitung) - 2004: simultan, Künstlerhaus Bremen
- 2003: 3 Zimmer, Diele, Bad, LIGA, Berlin
- 2003: Anthony Wilkinson Gallery, London
- 2002: Räumen, Kunsthaus Essen
- 2001: Galerie Kleindienst, Leipzig
Selected Group Exhibitions
- 2011: “abc art berlin contemporary - about painting”, Station Berlin
- 2010: “’Die Bilder tun was mit mir ...’. Einblicke in die Sammlung Frieder Burda“, Museum Frieder Burda, Baden-Baden
- 2010: “Parallels: Young contemporary painting from Norway/Leipzig”, Kistefos Museum, Jevnaker
- 2008: “Interieur/Exterieur. Wohnen in der Kunst”, Kunstmuseum Wolfsburg
- 2008: “New Leipzig School”, Cobra MuseumCobra MuseumThe Cobra Museum is an art museum in Amstelveen, Netherlands. The collection of the museum consists of key works by artists of the Vrij Beelden , Cobra , and Creatie movements.-External links:*...
, Amstelveen - 2008: “The Leipzig Phenomenon”, Műcsarnok Kunsthalle, Budapest
- 2008: “Germania contemporanea. Dipingere è narrare: Tim Eitel, Matthias Weischer, David Schnell”, MART - Museo d'arte moderna e contemporanea di Trento e Rovereto
- 2007: “Weischer meets Beckmann”, Kunsthalle MannheimKunsthalle MannheimThe Kunsthalle Mannheim is a museum of modern and contemporary art, established in 1909 and located in Mannheim, Germany. The building designed by Hermann Billing was erected as a temporary structure to serve an "International Art Exhibition" of 1907, commemorating the 300th anniversary of the...
- 2007: “Rockers Island. Werke aus der Sammlung Olbricht”, Museum FolkwangMuseum FolkwangMuseum Folkwang is a major collection of 19th and 20th century art in Essen, Germany. The museum was established in 1922 by merging the Essener Kunstmuseum, which was founded in 1906, and the private Folkwang Museum of the collector and patron Karl Ernst Osthaus in Hagen, founded in 1901.The term...
Essen - 2006: “Imagination Becomes Reality. Part V: Fantasy and Fiction”, Sammlung GoetzGoetz CollectionThe Goetz Collection is a private collection of contemporary art in Munich, Germany. The collection is owned and continually being built by the former gallery dealer Ingvild Goetz, who presents the collection to the public in a series of themed exhibitions in a purpose built museum designed by the...
, München - 2006: “Artists from Leipzig”, Arario Beijing
- 2006: “Netherlands v. Germany - Painting/Malerei”, GEM Museum voor actuele kunst, Den Haag
- 2006: “Deutsche Wandstücke. Sette scene di nuova pittura germanica”, Museion Bozen
- 2005: “The Triumph of Painting. Part 3”, Saatchi GallerySaatchi GalleryThe Saatchi Gallery is a London gallery for contemporary art, opened by Charles Saatchi in 1985 in order to exhibit his collection to the public. It has occupied different premises, first in North London, then the South Bank by the River Thames and currently in Chelsea. Saatchi's collection, and...
, London - 2005: “51. Biennale di Venezia. Always a little further”, Venice
- 2005: “Cold Hearts. Artists from Leipzig”, Arario Gallery, Cheonan, Korea
- 2005: “David, Matthes und ich”, Kunstverein NürnbergKunstverein NürnbergThe Kunstverein Nürnberg is a venue for exhibitions of contemporary art. The association was founded in 1792 and is Germany's oldest arts association....
; Kunstverein Bielefeld - 2004: “Life After Death. New Leipzig Paintings from the Rubell Family Collection”, Rubell Family Collection, Miami; MASS MoCA, North Adams; SITE Santa Fe, New Mexico; Katzen Arts Center Museum, Washington D.C.; Frye Art Museum, Seattle; Salt Lake Art Center, Salt Lake City; Kemper Museum of Contemporary Art, Kansas City (bis 2008)
- 2004: “Northern Light”, Rubell Family Collection, Miami
- 2003: “sieben mal malerei”, Neuer Leipziger Kunstverein im Museum der bildenden Künste Leipzig
- 2002: “6 aus 11”, LIGA, Berlin
- 2002: Galerie EIGEN + ART, Leipzig
- 2001: Galerie Kleindienst, Leipzig
- 2001: “Szenenwechsel XX”, Museum für Moderne KunstMuseum für Moderne KunstThe Museum für Moderne Kunst in Frankfurt am Main was founded in 1981. The museum was designed by the Viennese architect Hans Hollein. Because of its triangular shape, it is called "piece of cake"....
Frankfurt am Main - 2000: “lokal”, Galerie EIGEN + ART, Leipzig
- 2000: “LIGA”, Steibs Hof, Leipzig
Awards
- 2007: Scholarship of the Deutsche Akademie Rom Villa MassimoVilla MassimoVilla Massimo, short for Deutsche Akademie Rom Villa Massimo , is a German art institute in Rome, established in 1910 and located in the Villa Massimo....
, Rome - 2005: Art award of the Leipziger Volkszeitung
- 2005: August Macke PrizeAugust Macke PrizeThe August Macke Prize, named after the painter August Macke , was given the first time in 1959 by the districts Arnsberg, Brilon , Meschede and Olpe in the region of the Hochsauerland, Germany....
- 2004: Laureate of the Rolex Mentor and Protégé Arts Initiative, Mentor: David Hockney
- 2003: Scholarship Stiftung Kunstfonds zur Förderung der zeitgenössischen bildenden Kunst, Bonn
- 2001: Scholarship Junge Kunst, Kunsthaus Essen
Publications
- Matthias Weischer. Room with a view, exh. cat. Kunsthalle Mainz, Sparkasse Essen 2009. (German/English) ISBN 978-3-9411-8536-4
- Matthias Weischer. In the Space Between, exh. cat. CAC Málaga 2008. (Spanish) ISBN 978-8-4961-5969-3
- Matthias Weischer. Der Garten. Arbeiten auf Papier/The Garden. Works on Paper, exh. cat. Neuer Berliner Kunstverein; Kloster Bentlage, Rheine 2007. (German/English) ISBN 978-3-7757-2042-7
- Matthias Weischer. Malerei/Painting, exh. cat. Museum zu Allerheiligen Schaffhausen, Kunsthalle Mannheim, Gemeentemuseum Den Haag 2007. (German/English) ISBN 978-3-7757-1904-9
- The triumph of painting. Matthias Weischer, Eberhard Havekost, Dexter Dalwood, Dana Schutz, Michael Raedecker, Inka Essenhigh, London 2005. ISBN 978-3-8656-0015-8
- Matthias Weischer. Simultan, exh. cat. Künstlerhaus Bremen 2004. (German/English) ISBN 978-3-7757-1495-2
External links
- Matthias Weischer - Galerie EIGEN+ART, Berlin/Leipzig
- Matthias Weischer - Painting - Saatchi Gallery
- Artfacts.net on Matthias Weischer
- David Hockney and Matthias Weischer, Rolex Mentor and Protégé Arts Initiative 2004/05
- Matthias Weischer - Deutsche Welle TV, Arts.21, March 16, 2009
- A sight for sore eyes On the New Leipzig SchoolNew Leipzig SchoolThe term New Leipzig School refers to a movement in modern German painting. The usage and origins of this term are debated.The "old" Leipzig School was a term used by art journalists which had became established by some time no later than 1977, and the involvement of Werner Tübke, Wolfgang...
. Christian Schüle dissects the myth, at signandsight.com.