German STEGMAIER
PAINTINGS
ゲルマン・シュテークマイヤー | ペインティング
18 October - 4 November 2024
11:00 - 18:00 closed on Tuesday
GALLERY TALK
'When a Picture Becomes a Painting'
Saturday, October 19, 2024, 14:00-15:30,
free of charge, no reservations required
(you can participate on the day), no maximum number of participants
Place: gallery nichinichi
Speaker: German Stegmaier
Interpreter: Elmar Weinmayr
Guide: Fumie Okumura (gallery nichinichi)
Canvas and paint. How does the encounter between the two begin and end? When does it become a painting and when does it move the viewer? Each of Stegmaier’s paintings has a astonishing and elegant presence, without imposing its existence. We gather around German Stegmaier and talk about his attitude, his techniques and his discoveries during the act of painting.
VIEWING ROOM
Clients who are unable to visit the gallery in person can see the works of German STEGMAIER in the VIEWING ROOM. Please have a look and feel free to contact us if you wish to make a purchase.
This exhibition and its works can also be viewed on Instagram.
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Gallery Nichinichi will host German painter German Stegmaier, based in Munich, following his first solo exhibition at the gallery in 2022.
German Stegmaier has a background in pure mathematics and philosophy of science, which he studied at university before he started to study painting. For him the act of painting itself continues along this path. Usually Stegmaier spends several years on each single painting. When it finally becomes independent from the artist’s hands and mind, the painting emerges from many layers of accumulated paint.
“When a painting begins, even I don’t know what it will become eventually.” Stegmaier’s approach to painting is not concerned with a planned beginning or a planned ending, but rather focuses on the sense of fulfilment that comes from simply being present in the moment. And the viewer can participate in this process and approach.
The color grey plays an important role in Stegmaier’s paintings. Grey reflects and sometimes absorbs light and color. It becomes a medium that allows us to calmly and deeply look into ourselves. At the same time, it invites us to float, as if we were in a space of weightlessness, freed from thoughts.
At gallery Nichinichi we do not show Stegmaier’s works in a neutral white cube. We display them in the familiar rooms of an old Kyoto townhouse. In these surroundings the basso continuo of grey and various colors resonates with the ever changing light and shadows, and also with the viewer’s perspective and state of mind. Stegmaier’s paintings thus appear new to us every time we look at them.
German STEGMAIER
1959 born in Mühldorf/Inn, Germany
1977-78 studied mathematics and philosophy of science at the University of Munich
1980-86 Academy of Fine Arts Munich
1989-90 Rijksakademie Amsterdam
Lives and works in Munich
Public collections
Stedelijk Museum, Amsterdam
Staatliche Museen zu Berlin -Kupferstichkabinett, Berlin
Deutscher Bundestag, Berlin
Kunstmuseum Bonn
Sammlung zeitgenössischer Kunst der Bundesrepublik Deutschland, Berlin
Museum Kunst Palast, Düsseldorf
Kupferstichkabinett Dresden
Teylers Museum, Haarlem, Netherlands
Hamburger Kunsthalle, Hamburg
Busch Reisinger Museum, Harvard University, Cambridge
Bayerische Staatsgemäldesammlungen, Pinakothek der Moderne, Munich
Staatliche Graphische Sammlung, Munich
Chabot Museum, Rotterdam
Saarlandmuseum, Saarbrücken
Stedelijk Museum, Schiedam, Netherlands
Staatsgalerie Stuttgart
Graphische Sammlung Albertina, Vienna
Kunsthaus Zürich