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Henri Deparade
Theseus
2010

About the Item

Like many of Deparades artworks Theseus depicts many heads and profiles. In this particular picture, the profiles are only lines in different colors. The background is blue blurred into green. In the middle of the picture is a beautiful female profile. In front of her is a male profile, painted with yellow lines, looking like he is about to kiss her. They are surrounded by other profiles and fragments of faces. Deparade has a special way to illustrate feelings, the face expressions of his heads are unique expressive. The theme is Theseus, he was the mythical king of Athens and was the son of Aethra by two fathers: Aegeus and Poseidon. Theseus was a founder-hero, like Perseus, Cadmus, or Heracles, all of whom battled and overcame foes that were identified with an archaic religious and social order. As Heracles was the Dorian hero, Theseus was a founding hero, considered by Athenians as their own great reformer. Theseus was responsible for the synoikismos ("dwelling together")—the political unification of Attica under Athens, represented emblematically in his journey of labours, subduing ogres and monstrous beasts. Because he was the unifying king, Theseus built and occupied a palace on the fortress of the Acropolis that may have been similar to the palace that was excavated in Mycenae. Pausanias reports that after the synoikismos, Theseus established a cult of Aphrodite Pandemos and Peitho on the southern slope of the Acropolis. (source: wikipedia) This artwork is signed and dated by Deparade in the right bottom corner. ARTIST: From 1972- 77 studied at the University for Art and Design in Halle "Burg Giebichenstein" in the department for painting and graphic In 1977 university diploma in painting of the University for Art and Design in Halle (university degree) Atelier for art and graphics in Halle and since then numerous exhibtions Member of the Society of Visual artists and member of the Federation of Visual artists From time to time working in the committee of the Society of Visual artist From 1977- 78 assistant of Prof. H.H. Wagner for the study of painting at the University for Art and Design in Halle From 1980- 82 Degree candidate at the University for Art and Design in Halle in the painting and graphics course From 1983- 85 MA course at the Academy of Fine Arts with Willi Sitte In 1984 first prize for painting at the "Junge Kunst" exhibition in the "Altes Museum" in Berlin In 1988 application for a permit to leave East Germany From 1989- 91 residing in Oberhausen/ Vayhingen on the Enz near Stuttgart In 1991/ 92 senior assistant at the University for Art and Design in Halle "Burg Giebichenstein" Since 1992 professor for sketching and painting respectively professor of the foundation art course at the HTW in Dresden Since 1995 he has his own atelier for painting and graphics in Dresden and since then he has participated in about 90 exhibitions and had about 60 single exhibitions in Germany, Austria, Italy, Switzerland and the USA. He has also participated in 11 international art fairs. His work is to be found in public and private collections in Germany, Austria, Switzerland, USA, Italy and Belgium He has also been involved in various art projects one of which was in 2004 by the International Monetary Fund in Washington "Portrait of Prof. Dr. Horst Köhler" (President). Single exhibtions (selection) 2005 Berlin, Nering and Stern Gallery (K) 2005 Salzburg, Weilinger Gallery (K) 2006 Schwerin, Kronshof Gallery 2006 Magdeburg, Himmelreich Gallery/ Art Society Magdeburg 2007 Munich, Otto Gallery 2007 Zurich, See 301- Pius Müller Gallery 2008 Vienna, Gallery Lehner 2008 Berlin, Art Center Berlin Friedrichstasse 2009 Zurich, Art Seefeld- Pius Müller 2009 Basel, Leonhard Ruethmueller Contemporary Art Basel 2011 Galerie Lehner und Novomatic Forum 2011 Coburg, Kunstverein In addition to his numerous single exhibtions Henri Deparade has participated in over 70 national and international art exhibitions since 1978. Publications Rainer Beck, Henri Deparade. Malerei, Husum-Verlag der Kunst, Dresden, 2012. Galerie Lehner (Ed.), Henri Deperade. Metamorphosen, Wien, 2008. Deperade, Henri (Ed.), Hammer, Klaus/ Kühne, Andreas/ Koch, Ingried, Deperade, 2005. Galerie Weilinger (Ed.), Henri Deparade, 2002. Henri Deparade, born in 1951 in Halle and teaching as professor in Dresden explores the borders of painting. His agitated compositions are a combination of lines and colours that create a scenerie of figures. As an informal figurative painter he demonstrates his talent and the efficiency of this medium. He is interested in illustrating how abstract a realistic image can become and on the other hand how little lines are needed to let a two- dimensional canvas seem plastic. The conversational situation in which the characters are illustrated can be seen as a metaphor for the dialogue between different styles and techniques. However the pictures do not merely illustrate peaceful coexistence. Often male and female are brought together in an erotic situation that is far from coincidence: There is a constant battle between the sexes equal to that between figure and canvas and contour and surface. What makes Deparade´s art unique is not equal coexistence but the painful and never frictionless changes from one situation to another. His art tries to avoid statics, nothing ever rests but is constantly moving. The figures penetrate each other, are lost in one another and are lost on canvas to eventually reemerge and form an independant existence. The titles of his work are taken from Greek mythology and are reminders of a somewhat dark past in western culture. By illustrating collective and individual obsessions he leaves room for a large range of interpretations. Dr. Harald Tesan, Nürnberg 2010 Related to the author: Dr. Harald Tesan, Nürnberg; Art historian, curator and lecturer at the University Passau

Creator:
Henri Deparade (1951, German)
Creation Year:
2010
Dimensions:
Height: 27.56 in (70 cm)Width: 39.38 in (100 cm)Depth: 0.4 in (1 cm)
Medium:
Paper,Ink,Oil
Movement & Style:
Modern
Period:
2010-
Condition:
Gallery Location:
Wien, AT
Reference Number:
1stDibs: LU50831562013

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