Andreas Reimann

Joy of Life Blue #828

Andreas Reimann was born as the son of a couple of graphic designers and the grandson of Hans Reimann . After his father's flight to West Berlin in 1953 and his mother's suicide in 1954, he was taken to a children's home. 1955 Death of his father under hitherto unexplained circumstances in West Berlin. From 1956 on he lived with his grandmother in Leipzig. From 1963 to 1965 Reimann completed an apprenticeship as typesetter and in 1965 began studying literature at the "Johannes R. Becher" Institute for Literature in Leipzig. He was due to an unfavorable attitude towards the cultural politics of the early 1966 SED expelled . In the same year he was called up for military service in the NVA and released after attempting suicide. After that he was a freelance writer and editor. In the summer of 1968 he took part in the Leipzig reservoir reading . On October 1, 1968, he was arrested in connection with his protest against the breaking up of the “Prague Spring” and sentenced to two years imprisonment for “dangerous agitation” . After his release on October 1, 1970, he worked as a transport worker, brewery assistant and payroll clerk. In the 1970s he published two volumes of poetry, after which he was unable to publish until 1989. Since 1973 Reimann has worked with chanson interpreters (including Stephan Krawczyk , Detlef Hörold , Hubertus Schmidt ), the rock group Lift and various composers and is part of the Leipzig song scene and was a participant in the GDR open chanson days at Michaelsstein Monastery . In 2015, Andreas Reimann was elected to the PEN Center Germany . commissioned works for: mewa, twi-munich, queen anne club vienna 1994 – 96 reimann’s showroom at ringstrassen galleries, vienna 1996 – 97 art aqua stuttgart, presentations in cannes, lyon, salzburg 1997 cebit hannover 1998 hofburg vienna, teamwork with tobias hermeling life ball in vienna, collaboration with jean charles de castelbajac 1998 – 1999 ambiente frankfurt 1999 “romy” gala, vienna hotel savoy cologne, installation at divas bar monroe lounge, velden/wörthersee, carinthia, austria permanent showings in munich, hamburg, berlin 2000 “visual seduction”, andreas reimann showroom, vienna fashion design prints with birgit bogusch 2001 art düsseldorf world stunt awards show, los angeles, usa boca raton, florida, usa marlene 100 berlins official birthday salut to marlene dietrich 2002 diesel art exhibition at diesel store vienna 2003 “seduction” in addition to paintings andreas reimann presents objects and fabrics and suprises at his show in the south of france at galerie evelyn palud berger in st.jean cap ferratmtv – russia pays a visit to the reimann factory vienna 2004 andreas reimann presents silence and emotions stephanie of monaco receives a “romy” for “women with aids” organisation at luxeways in monaco 2005 – now presentations and commissioned works in austria, switzerland, liechtenstein, germany, france and throughout