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ÉLODIE ANTOINE
ROSALÍA BANET
WIEBKE BARTSCH
BARBARA BERNSTEINER
TANIA CANDIANI
BARBARA CAVENG
LADA CERAR
ANDREJKA ČUFER
JOCHEN FLINZER
CLAUS FÖTTINGER
ZUZANNA JANIN
METKA KAVČIČ
JUSTYNA KOEKE
MICHAEL KOS
EDUARD LESJAK
MARTIN LÖFFKE
POLONA MAHER
ISA MELSHEIMER
JANET MORTON
ALEN OŽBOLT
SANDRINE PELLETIER
MARIJA MOJCA PUNGERČAR
IRIS SCHIEFERSTEIN
SAŠO SEDLAČEK
CHIHARU SHIOTA
KEI TAKEMURA
ANDRÉ TEMPEL
ANU TUOMINEN
JULIA VAN KOOLWIJK
MARJOLIJN VAN DER MEIJ
PETRA VARL
PATRICIA WALLER
SILKE WAWRO
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Martin Löffke
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Offer, 2002, (thread on canvas)
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Jer Engine, Uproar, Stroll,
Schooling, Tasty, Angstpartie, Safety Pin, Lullaby, Islander,
Towel, Invisible, Washbasin, Zitronenbrause, Knee-bend, Ignition,
Strohhase, Faust, KSK, Wuf, Zug, Gunpowder, 2002, (ročno šivana
nit na platno), Courtesy: DÖRRIE*PRIESS, Hamburg
In his work, Martin Löffke uses
thread as a drawing stroke, which is most evident precisely in
the exhibited cycle. Here, thread is applied to canvas in an entirely
self-sufficient way, while in his other works Löffke first painted
abstract forms with acrylic paint on canvas, which then served
as a starting point for a dialogue with the sewn stroke. A similar
process of communication could also be noticed in the exhibited
cycle, only this time the communication runs between abstractly
and realistically embroidered figures (images of women and men,
horses, etc.), objects (scissors, car, flowers, yacht, etc.),
words (Angstpartie, Spaziergang, Schießpulver, Faust, Angebot,
etc.) and abstract structures. The narrative character of each
particular part is strongly emphasised by means of the mimetic
and textual forms and relationships between them; besides the
purely fine art elements, the formal language and its agitation
takes care of the narrative ambience, which hints at a metaphysical
or fairy-like world, although it is strongly related to real-life
experiences. In fact, Löffke's artworks pay tribute to
the unconscious. Images and structures in the creative process
are not chosen beforehand but, rather, result from the artist's
momentary inspiration and impulses obtained from his surroundings,
which he materialises on canvas by means of his child-like enthusiasm
and an inventive selection of materials and techniques. Sometimes
he is enraptured by an image and sometimes by a word, its sound
or graphic outlook. In his artistic work, Löffke resorts to the
creative principle of abstract art (with partially abstract results),
and thus his works also pay tribute to the meditative stage of
the artistic process.
Born in 1966 in Eutin (Germany). He used to work as a hairdresser,
postman, salesman and farm help. Between 1998 and 2003 he studied
at the High School for Fine Arts in Hamburg. In 2006 he lectured
on "Art in Germany between 1980 and 2006". Since 1996
he exhibited at numerous exhibitions at home and abroad.
Solo exhibitions (selection):
2006 Leichter
Wind von Osten, Galerie Dörrie & Priess, Berlin
2005 Galerie Shuang Liu, Chengdu
2003 das
hab ich mir immer schon mal gewünscht, Galerie Dorrie &
Priess, Hamburg
Group exhibitions (selection):
2004 Galerie
Dörrie & Priess, Berlin and Hamburg
Štipendijska razstava,
Kunsthaus, Hamburg
2003
Galerie Anstedt & Kulgren, with Olav Jenssen
2002
Introduktion,
Jenssen Schüler im Burgkloster, Lübeck
www.doerrie-priess.de/loeffke/loeffke.htm
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