Hans-Hendrik Grimmling

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Hans-Hendrik Grimmling (*1947 in Zwenkau near Leipzig) is one of the most important painters of his generation in Germany, an initiator of the legendary First Leipzig Autumn Salon in 1984, regarded as a milestone exhibition in non-conformist GDR art. For more than 40 years, he has been painting at the fringes of abstraction. He is preoccupied with the experience of letting go, detaching himself from the figurative and the narrative, from East German identity, thus breaking away from predetermined physical forms. Grimmling visualizes his prime concern: the drama, the struggle, and the tragedy of human existence. Large areas, wide swaths and interlinked bands of black stretch across the canvas. The colour black prevails, becoming intoxicating and, for two decades now, the painters only visual content. This publication is the first monographic work to present Grimmlings complete oeuvre. Look inside - Retrospective of a non-conformist GDR artist An overview with works from five decades Exhibition: Kunstmuseum Magdeburg. Kloster Unser Lieben Frauen, 14.09.2014 to 08.02.2025, book launch in January 2025

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With contributions by Christoph Tannert, art historian and exhibition organizer in Berlin, he was director of the Künstlerhaus Bethanien for many years and is considered one of the most profound connoisseurs of East German art; and Annegret Laabs, art historian and director of the Kunstmuseum Magdeburg, she is curator of numerous exhibitions on contemporary art and has published on historical and current positions in painting

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