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Gerlinde Beck
Untitled / - Sculptural Ambivalence -

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Gerlinde Beck (1930 Stuttgart-Cannstatt - 2006 Mühlacker-Großglattbach), Untitled, 1973. Etching, 10.5 cm x 11 cm (image), 28 cm x 18.2 cm (sheet size), signed “g[erlinde] beck” in pencil lower right, inscribed “e.a. (artiste epreuve)” lower left, also with signed dedication. - Edges occasionally minimally darkened, otherwise in very good condition - Sculptural Ambivalence - A conically cut cube, which towers over the picture format, floats on a fragile, multi-limbed substructure that is barely connected to the cube. The substructure itself hovers above the lower edge of the picture. This tension between mass and lightness, weight and levitation is intensified by the artist's use of printmaking to accentuate the metallic character of the sculptural structure. "At the time, my work explored the aspect of the illusory. It is a play between two- and three-dimensional thinking." Gerlinde Beck About the artist Gerlinde Beck studied at the Stuttgart Academy of Arts from 1949 to 1956 under Karl Hils, Peter Otto Heim, Gerhard Gollwitzer, and Willi Baumeister. She also trained as a precision sheet metal worker. In 1953, she took her first trip to Paris, where she encountered Henry Moore's sculptures and found inspiration in African art. In 1956, she married musician Hans-Peter Beck. That same year, she and Wolfgang Reiner founded a screen printing company that produced prints for Ida Kerkovius and Fritz Winter. After briefly working as a design teacher at an industrial company in Stuttgart in 1958, Gerlinde Beck worked as a freelance artist. From the 1960s onward, she was one of the leading sculptors of her generation in Germany. Starting in 1965, she created graphic works as well as sculptures. In 1968, the Kunsthalle Mannheim organized an exhibition of her art, and in 1969, the Wilhelm-Lehmbruck-Museum in Duisburg did the same. These exhibitions brought Gerlinde Beck international recognition. In 1974, her major work, "Klangstraße," was performed for the first time. In 1977, the Museum am Ostwall in Dortmund held a major retrospective of her art. This was followed by numerous public commissions. In 1984, she received the Federal Cross of Merit, and in 1989, she was awarded a professorship. In 1996, she founded the Gerlinde Beck Foundation at Schloss Dätzingen in Grafenau. Through her light fugues, sound sculptures, sound spaces, and spatial choreographies, as well as her memory and foreboding images, she expanded the boundaries of sculpture. "When my critics say I'm taking things to extremes, they're right. But I'm not turning the laws of physics on their head." Gerlinde Beck GERMAN VERSION Gerlinde Beck (1930 Stuttgart-Cannstatt - 2006 Mühlacker-Großglattbach), Ohne Titel, 1973. Radierung, 10,5 cm x 11 cm (Darstellung), 28 cm x 18,2 cm (Blattgröße), rechts unten in Blei mit „g[erlinde] beck“ signiert, links unten als „e.a. (artiste epreuve)“ ausgewiesen, zudem mit signierter Widmung versehen. - Kanten mitunter minimal nachgedunkelt, ansonsten in sehr gutem Zustand - Skulpturale Ambivalenz - Ein das Bildformat überragender konisch geschnittener Kubus schwebt auf einem fragilen mehrgliedrigeren Unterbau, der kaum merklich mit dem Kubus verbunden ist, wobei der Unterbau seinerseits über dem unteren Bildrand schwebt. Durch diese Ambivalenz von Masse und Leichtigkeit, von Lasten und Schweben entsteht eine intensive Bildspannung, die noch erhöht wird, indem die Künstlerin den metallischen Charakter des skulpturalen Gebildes mit den Mitteln der Druckgrafik herausarbeitet. „Meine Arbeiten untersuchten zu jener Zeit den Aspekt des Illusionären. Es ist ein Spiel zwischen zwei- und dreidimensionalem Denken." Gerlinde Beck zur Künstlerin Gerlinde Beck studierte von 1949 bis 1956 an der Stuttgarter Akademie der Künste bei Karl Hils, Peter Otto Heim, Gerhard Gollwitzer und Willi Baumeister. Zusätzlich absolvierte sie eine Ausbildung als Feinblechner. 1953 erfolgte die erste Parisreise, auf der sie die Skulpturen Henry Moores für sich entdeckte und von afrikanischer Kunst inspiriert wurde. 1956 heiratete sie den Musiker Hans-Peter Beck und gründete im selben Jahr zusammen mit Wolfgang Reiner eine Siebdruckerei, in der Drucke für Ida Kerkovius und Fritz Winter hergestellt wurden. Nach einer kurzen Tätigkeit als Lehrerin für Formgestaltung in einem Stuttgarter Industriebetrieb, 1958, war Gelinde Beck als freischaffende Künstlerin tätig. Seit den 60er Jahren gehörte sie zu den führenden Bildhauern ihrer Generation in Deutschland. Ab 1965 schuf sie neben Skulpturen auch grafische Werke. Die Kunsthalle Mannheim veranstaltet 1968 und das Wilhelm-Lehmbruck-Museum in Duisburg 1969 eine Werkschau ihrer Kunst, was Gerlinde Beck auch internationale Bekanntschaft verschaffte. 1974 wird ihr Hauptwerk, die „Klangstraße“, zum ersten Mal ‚aufgeführt‘. 1977 fand eine große Retrospektive ihrer Kunst im Museum am Ostwall in Dortmund statt. Es folgten zahlreiche öffentliche Aufträge. 1984 wurde ihr das Bundesverdienstkreuz und 1989 der Professorentitel verliehen. 1996 gründete die Künstlerin die Gerlinde-Beck-Stiftung im Schloss Dätzingen in Grafenau. Mit ihren Lichtfugen, Klangskulpturen, Klangräume, Raumchoreographien, Erinnerungs- und Ahnungsbilder erweiterte die die Grenzen der Bildhauerei. „Wenn meine Kritiker sagen, ich würde die Sache auf die Spitze treiben, haben sie recht. Dass ich aber die physikalischen Gesetze auf den Kopf stelle, ist nicht der Fall.“ Gerlinde Beck
  • Creator:
    Gerlinde Beck (1930 - 2006, German)
  • Dimensions:
    Height: 11.03 in (28 cm)Width: 7.09 in (18 cm)Depth: 0.4 in (1 cm)
  • Medium:
    Paper
  • Movement & Style:
    Abstract Geometric
  • Period:
    1970-1979
  • Condition:
  • Gallery Location:
    Berlin, DE
  • Reference Number:
    1stDibs: LU2438216505252

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