At art KARLSRUHE 2009 (5-8 March) the Hamburg artist Friedrich Einhoff will receive the Hans-Platschek Prize for Art and Writing. He has been selected by the respected art historian Werner Hofmann.
The juror will be paying tribute to the artist and presenting him with the award in Foyer Ost at 5 p.m. on 5 March. Initiated by the Hans-Platschek Trust, the prize is being awarded for the second time.
Einhoff was born in Magdeburg in 1936. He studied under Alfred Mahlau and Willem Grimm at the University of Fine Arts in Hamburg from 1957 to 1962. Human and animal forms are the dominant features of his fascinating paintings, mostly in acrylic paints, charcoal, and sand. The men and women often frozen in place in muted colourfulness before an austere backdrop wear enigmatic facial expressions. The communication with other living creatures also defies any tangible interpretation: familiar yet alien.
Friedrich Einhoff taught as a professor in the Design department of the Hamburg University of Applied Sciences from 1978 to 1991. This was followed in 1985 by his appointment as a member of the Freie Akademie der Künste (Free Academy of Arts) in Hamburg. A selection of his paintings is on show with works by Hans Platschek from the Munich van de Loo Collection in Hall 1.
Werner Hofmann, born in 1928, was head of the Hamburger Kunsthalle from 1969 to 1990. His creative work is characterised by innovative exhibition projects such as the "Kunst um 1800" ("Art around 1800") series and his writings on 19th and 20th century art.
The panel of judges for the Baden-Württemberg and City of Karlsruhe art KARLSRUHE Prize will also be in action for the second time on the first days of the event. All the one-artist shows, including the 15 participants in the special showcase art from berlin in the dm-arena, take part in the competition for the best stand. The prize will be awarded in Foyer Ost at 5 p.m. on 6 March. The prize money of 15 000 euros, donated in equal parts by the state and city, is used to buy works from the winning presentation, which will be added to the art KARLSRUHE Collection initiated last year.
By the way: art KARLSRUHE 2009 will have two entrances, shortening the queues to get in if needs be and providing access as desired to Hall 1 on the left, with its focus on editions, photography, multiples, and the special exhibition, or, on the right, directly to the contemporary art in the dm-arena.
The juror will be paying tribute to the artist and presenting him with the award in Foyer Ost at 5 p.m. on 5 March. Initiated by the Hans-Platschek Trust, the prize is being awarded for the second time.
Einhoff was born in Magdeburg in 1936. He studied under Alfred Mahlau and Willem Grimm at the University of Fine Arts in Hamburg from 1957 to 1962. Human and animal forms are the dominant features of his fascinating paintings, mostly in acrylic paints, charcoal, and sand. The men and women often frozen in place in muted colourfulness before an austere backdrop wear enigmatic facial expressions. The communication with other living creatures also defies any tangible interpretation: familiar yet alien.
Friedrich Einhoff taught as a professor in the Design department of the Hamburg University of Applied Sciences from 1978 to 1991. This was followed in 1985 by his appointment as a member of the Freie Akademie der Künste (Free Academy of Arts) in Hamburg. A selection of his paintings is on show with works by Hans Platschek from the Munich van de Loo Collection in Hall 1.
Werner Hofmann, born in 1928, was head of the Hamburger Kunsthalle from 1969 to 1990. His creative work is characterised by innovative exhibition projects such as the "Kunst um 1800" ("Art around 1800") series and his writings on 19th and 20th century art.
The panel of judges for the Baden-Württemberg and City of Karlsruhe art KARLSRUHE Prize will also be in action for the second time on the first days of the event. All the one-artist shows, including the 15 participants in the special showcase art from berlin in the dm-arena, take part in the competition for the best stand. The prize will be awarded in Foyer Ost at 5 p.m. on 6 March. The prize money of 15 000 euros, donated in equal parts by the state and city, is used to buy works from the winning presentation, which will be added to the art KARLSRUHE Collection initiated last year.
By the way: art KARLSRUHE 2009 will have two entrances, shortening the queues to get in if needs be and providing access as desired to Hall 1 on the left, with its focus on editions, photography, multiples, and the special exhibition, or, on the right, directly to the contemporary art in the dm-arena.
