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K. H. Hödicke

Painting, Sculpture, Film

This volume offers a close look at the work of German neo-expressionist pioneer Karl Horst Hödicke. It presents sixty full-color reproductions of his paintings and sculptures, along with essays by art historians tracing his career and analyzing his work and its context.
Hödicke came to Berlin at age twenty to study at the Hochschule der Künste, and in 1964 he founded an influential artists’ exhibition space, Großgörschen 35. After a sojourn in America, he returned to Germany and began experimenting with plastic processes and, coming full circle, started teaching at the Hochschule der Künste. His influence can still be seen today—he’s considered the driving force behind the neo-expressionism of the 1980s, and artists are still wrestling with his works and ideas. This catalog accompanies a substantial, career-spanning show at the Berlinische Galerie, drawn largely from the gallery’s own substantial collection of Hödicke’s work.


120 pages | 60 color plates | 9 x 10 3/5 | © 2013

Art: European Art


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Table of Contents

Foreword

Words of Welcome

Hödicke and Berlin

Early Figurative Paintings

Blinded by the Light?

Experimental Paintings

The European Suitcase

The Sky Above the Wall – The Architectural Paintings of K. H. Hödicke

Punch in the City. A Stroll through the Pictorial World of K. H. Hödicke

Films and Videos

Biography

List of Works

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