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Siegfried Cremer 1929 - 2015
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Galerie van Gelder
The ancestors of the Neanderthals already knew that it is important to know whether a mushroom in the woods is poisonous or not. It creates order and harmony. Such a thing is also at hand if one is confronted with an unknown work in the realm of visual arts. There seems to be a far and wide natural drift to compare and to categorize. Question is whether this human urge does justice to work that was purely made like that, although this was made in the past century with its own specific context.
“Good morning, Mr Recyclops!” is the first solo exhibition in The Netherlands with works of Siegfried Cremer (1929-2015) in which the challenge is taken up to show a part of his work as it comes to the viewer, in the first place. No art historic descriptions like the ones that appeared so far in mainly German catalogues, books and brochures. No! Here practice of a generous way of exhibiting stands in the forefront. What may the works establish in a space without framing the work in forehand? What happens when one leaves art movements alone for a while and the art works are given a chance to elevate themselves by being just a little bit more than that thing as thing? In that case the direct touch with the works is decisive for possible intentions of the works that may be found in the result of experiences of perception. The latter could to be shown in the exhibition. The title “Good morning, Mr Recyclops!” is a first call for this ambition, i.e. a new day, a new beginning.
There is no denial that Siegfried Cremer is influenced by friendships of many artists and contemporaries. Found objects are not really his invention, but it was definitively a favourite method of his to come to a work that above had to be vivid and portable.
Suzannah Cremer-Bermbach is co-curator and art historian and she knows what it means to describe art works accurately and in a scientific way, as such. Nevertheless she is not afraid to question art historical comparisons and also to let these alone. Hence, in preparation of the exhibition “Good morning, Mr Recyclops!” it comes to no surprise that she took the train from Bonn to Amsterdam with a suitcase packed with artefacts of Siegfried Cremer, exactly the way he very much liked to do himself.
If it comes to ‘the power of the work’ the manner of dealing with the works is crucial. It is remarkable and odd that one and the same work in one situation appears to become a jewel and in another one it becomes an ephemeral nothingness hanging on a wall. Factually it all starts with a cardboard box - like in this case from Siegfried Cremer’s archive - that is opened and then one looks in astonishment to a promise of a series of evocative objects, lying quietly in a row.
Kees van Gelder
“Good morning, Mr Recyclops!” is the first solo exhibition in The Netherlands with works of Siegfried Cremer (1929-2015) in which the challenge is taken up to show a part of his work as it comes to the viewer, in the first place. No art historic descriptions like the ones that appeared so far in mainly German catalogues, books and brochures. No! Here practice of a generous way of exhibiting stands in the forefront. What may the works establish in a space without framing the work in forehand? What happens when one leaves art movements alone for a while and the art works are given a chance to elevate themselves by being just a little bit more than that thing as thing? In that case the direct touch with the works is decisive for possible intentions of the works that may be found in the result of experiences of perception. The latter could to be shown in the exhibition. The title “Good morning, Mr Recyclops!” is a first call for this ambition, i.e. a new day, a new beginning.
There is no denial that Siegfried Cremer is influenced by friendships of many artists and contemporaries. Found objects are not really his invention, but it was definitively a favourite method of his to come to a work that above had to be vivid and portable.
Suzannah Cremer-Bermbach is co-curator and art historian and she knows what it means to describe art works accurately and in a scientific way, as such. Nevertheless she is not afraid to question art historical comparisons and also to let these alone. Hence, in preparation of the exhibition “Good morning, Mr Recyclops!” it comes to no surprise that she took the train from Bonn to Amsterdam with a suitcase packed with artefacts of Siegfried Cremer, exactly the way he very much liked to do himself.
If it comes to ‘the power of the work’ the manner of dealing with the works is crucial. It is remarkable and odd that one and the same work in one situation appears to become a jewel and in another one it becomes an ephemeral nothingness hanging on a wall. Factually it all starts with a cardboard box - like in this case from Siegfried Cremer’s archive - that is opened and then one looks in astonishment to a promise of a series of evocative objects, lying quietly in a row.
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Siegfried Cremer's greatest contribution to the visual arts is a striking addition to minimalist painting. In "Weißes Bild mit rotem Mini-Mal" a tiny painted block of metal hangs from a monochrome white canvas. He called such an appendix "Mini-Mal", a reference to its one-coloured painted appearance (German transl. "malen" = to paint) and to the concept of minimalism. So far, Siegfried Cremer is an artist from the sixties and seventies who deserves more attention.
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Born in 1929, Dortmund, Germany
Died in 2015, Stuttgart, Germany
Education
1943 - 1946 Bildhauerlehre, Dülmen, Westfalen, Germany
1947 - 1952 Werkkunstschule, Münster, Germany
1977 - 1994 Professor at the Academy of Arts, Düsseldorf, Germany
Solo exhibitions
2020 Good morning, Mr Recyclops!, Galerie van Gelder, Amsterdam, Netherlands
2019 Werke aus vier Jahrzehnten, Galerie Rottloff, Karlsruhe, Germany
2015 System und Willkür, Gesellschaft für Kunst und Gestaltung, Bonn, Germany, with Nancy Manko
2011 Siegfried Cremer - Raumfragen, Brigitte March International Contemporary Art, Stuttgart, Germany
2009 Siegfried Cremer - zum 8o. Geburtstag - "Komprimierte Arbeiten", Brigitte March International Contemporary ArtStuttgart, Germany
2009 Mein täglich Bild, Galerie Splettstõßer, Kaarst, Germany
2006 Siegfried Cremer, Der Künstler, LWL / Westfälisches Landesmuseum für Kunst und Kulturgeschichte Münster, Münster, Germany
2004 Prof. Siegfried Cremer, Galerie Kabuth, Gelsenkirchen, Germany
1999 Siegfried Cremer, Bilder - Objekte - Collagen, AnBau-Ort für zeitgenõssische Kunst, Bonn, Germany
1987 Siegfried Cremer, Draht-Skulpturen, Galerie Teufel, Cologne, Germany
1980 Komprimierte Bilder und andere neue Arbeiten, Galerie Lutz, Stuttgart, Germany
1976 Siegfried Cremer, Arbeiten 1957-'75, Städtische Kunstsammlung, Gelsenkirchen, Germany and Ulmer Museum, Ulm, Germany
1975 Siegfried Cremer, Galerie M, The Hague, Netherlands
1975 Siegfried Cremer, Galerie M, Bochum, Germany
1975 Galerie Wahlandt, Schwäbisch-Gmünd, Germany
1975 Galerie Reckermann, Cologne, Germany
1966 Galerie und Edition Hansjörg Mayer, Stuttgart, Germany
1965 Galerie Jan Dik, Lausanne, Switzerland
1965 Galerie 123, Krefeld, Germany
1962 Kunstkabinett Vischer, Mönchengladbach, Germany
1960 Galerie Heymer, Herne, Germany
1960 Galerie Heymer, Bochum, Germany
Group exhibitions (selection)
2024 Peers and Pairs, Galerie van Gelder, Amsterdam
2019 German, Berlin and International Art from the 1950s to the present day from the Daimler Art Collection, Mercedes Benz Bank Service Center, Berlin, Germany
2019 Hansjörg Meyer,Typoems und Künstlerbücher, Kunstbibliothek, Berlin, Germany
2017 Spielraum. Kunst, die sich verändern lässt, Landesgalerie am Oberösterreichischen Landesmuseum, Linz, Austria
2017 Intermezzo, Brigitte March International Contemporary Art, Stuttgart, Germany
2016 On the Subject of the Ready-made, Daimler Contemporary, Berlin, Germany
2016 Concerning Concrete Poetry, Badischer Kunstverein, Karlsruhe, Germany
2013 Primary Structures, Brigitte March International Contemporary Art, Stuttgart, Germany
2012 Bildspeicher II, Akademie-Galerie - Die Neue Sammlung, Düsseldorf, Germany
2012 Mobile - Immobile, Musée de Picardie, Amiens, France
2011 Gerissen-Geschnitten-Geklebt, Gesellschaft für Kunst und Gestaltung, Bonn, Germany
2010 Der erste Impuls - Skizzen - Zeichnungen 1958-2010, Brigitte March International Contemporary Art, Stuttgart, Germany
2010 Kinetics von Bartha Collection, Basel, Switzerland
2010 Minimalism Germany 1960s, Daimler Contemporary, Berlin, Germany
2006 Light and Shadow von Bartha Collection, Basel, Switzerland
2006 Und es bewegt sich doch..., Kunstmuseum, Bochum, Germany
2005 Galerie Kabuth, Gelsenkirchen, Germany
2004 Bewegliche Teile. Formen des Kinetischen, Tinguely-Museum, Basel, Switzerland; Kunsthaus, Graz, Austria
1999 Zero aus Deutschland 1957 - '66, Städtiche Galerie Villa Merkel, Esslingen, Germany
1989 4. Triennale für Kleinplastik, Fellbach, Germany
1986 Von zwei Quadraten, Wilhelm-Hack-Museum, Ludwigshafen, Germany
1983 Graphik-Zyklen nach 1967, Graphische Sammlung der Staatsgalerie Stuttgart, Germany
1976 Holz = Kunst - Stoff, Kunsthalle, Baden-Baden, Germany
1972 Heidelberger Kunstverein, Heidelberg, Germany
1971 Akustische Texte, Konkrete Poesie, Visuelle Texte, Stedelijk Museum Amsterdam, Netherlands; Württembergischer Kunstverein, Stuttgart, Germany and Institut für Moderne Kunst, Nuremberg, Germany
1967 Freie Gruppe Hofheim - Frankfurt und ihre Gäste, Nassauischer Kunstverein, Wiesbaden, Germany
1966 Galerie Loehr, Franktfurt, Germany, with Adolf Luthers, Ch. Megert and Ferdinand Spindel
1966 Galerie Rolf Ricke, Kassel, Germany, with Hermann Göpfert and Adolf Luther
1966 Licht en Beweging, 't Venster, Rotterdam, Netherlands
1965 Licht en Beweging, Kunsthalle, Bern; Palais des Beaux Arts, Brussels; Kunsthalle, Baden-Baden; Kunsthalle, Düsseldorf
1965 Les Surindépendants, Musée d'Art de la Ville de Paris, Paris, France
1965 Kunst van de Internationale Avantgarde, Galerie Orez, The Hague / Amsterdam, Netherlands
1965 Galerie Aktuell, Berlin, Germany
1965 Kinetik und Objekte, Staatsgalerie, Stuttgart; Badischer Kunstverein, Karlsruhe; Kunstverein Pforzheim, Städt; Museum Mönchengladbach; Haus am Lützow, Berlin, Germany
1965 Halfmannshof, Gelsenkirchen, Germany, with Adolf Luther and Ch. Megert
1964 Jeugdfestival / Galerie Amstel 47, Velp, Netherlands
1964 Mikro-Null / Zero, Galerie Delta, Rotterdam, Netherlands
1963 Moderne Galerie der Stadt Krefeld, Haus am Lützowplatz, Berlin, Germany
1963 Panorama van de nieuwe tendenzen, Galerie Amstel 47, Amsterdam, Netherlands
1962 Junge Kunst, Kunstkabinett Vischer, Mönchengladbach, Germany
1962 Anti Peinture, Hessenhuis, Antwerp, Belgium
1961 Rörelse in Konsten, Moderna Museet, Stockholm, Sweden
1961 Bewogen Beweging, Stedelijk Museum, Amsterdam
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Died in 2015, Stuttgart, Germany
Education
1943 - 1946 Bildhauerlehre, Dülmen, Westfalen, Germany
1947 - 1952 Werkkunstschule, Münster, Germany
1977 - 1994 Professor at the Academy of Arts, Düsseldorf, Germany
Solo exhibitions
2020 Good morning, Mr Recyclops!, Galerie van Gelder, Amsterdam, Netherlands
2019 Werke aus vier Jahrzehnten, Galerie Rottloff, Karlsruhe, Germany
2015 System und Willkür, Gesellschaft für Kunst und Gestaltung, Bonn, Germany, with Nancy Manko
2011 Siegfried Cremer - Raumfragen, Brigitte March International Contemporary Art, Stuttgart, Germany
2009 Siegfried Cremer - zum 8o. Geburtstag - "Komprimierte Arbeiten", Brigitte March International Contemporary ArtStuttgart, Germany
2009 Mein täglich Bild, Galerie Splettstõßer, Kaarst, Germany
2006 Siegfried Cremer, Der Künstler, LWL / Westfälisches Landesmuseum für Kunst und Kulturgeschichte Münster, Münster, Germany
2004 Prof. Siegfried Cremer, Galerie Kabuth, Gelsenkirchen, Germany
1999 Siegfried Cremer, Bilder - Objekte - Collagen, AnBau-Ort für zeitgenõssische Kunst, Bonn, Germany
1987 Siegfried Cremer, Draht-Skulpturen, Galerie Teufel, Cologne, Germany
1980 Komprimierte Bilder und andere neue Arbeiten, Galerie Lutz, Stuttgart, Germany
1976 Siegfried Cremer, Arbeiten 1957-'75, Städtische Kunstsammlung, Gelsenkirchen, Germany and Ulmer Museum, Ulm, Germany
1975 Siegfried Cremer, Galerie M, The Hague, Netherlands
1975 Siegfried Cremer, Galerie M, Bochum, Germany
1975 Galerie Wahlandt, Schwäbisch-Gmünd, Germany
1975 Galerie Reckermann, Cologne, Germany
1966 Galerie und Edition Hansjörg Mayer, Stuttgart, Germany
1965 Galerie Jan Dik, Lausanne, Switzerland
1965 Galerie 123, Krefeld, Germany
1962 Kunstkabinett Vischer, Mönchengladbach, Germany
1960 Galerie Heymer, Herne, Germany
1960 Galerie Heymer, Bochum, Germany
Group exhibitions (selection)
2024 Peers and Pairs, Galerie van Gelder, Amsterdam
2019 German, Berlin and International Art from the 1950s to the present day from the Daimler Art Collection, Mercedes Benz Bank Service Center, Berlin, Germany
2019 Hansjörg Meyer,Typoems und Künstlerbücher, Kunstbibliothek, Berlin, Germany
2017 Spielraum. Kunst, die sich verändern lässt, Landesgalerie am Oberösterreichischen Landesmuseum, Linz, Austria
2017 Intermezzo, Brigitte March International Contemporary Art, Stuttgart, Germany
2016 On the Subject of the Ready-made, Daimler Contemporary, Berlin, Germany
2016 Concerning Concrete Poetry, Badischer Kunstverein, Karlsruhe, Germany
2013 Primary Structures, Brigitte March International Contemporary Art, Stuttgart, Germany
2012 Bildspeicher II, Akademie-Galerie - Die Neue Sammlung, Düsseldorf, Germany
2012 Mobile - Immobile, Musée de Picardie, Amiens, France
2011 Gerissen-Geschnitten-Geklebt, Gesellschaft für Kunst und Gestaltung, Bonn, Germany
2010 Der erste Impuls - Skizzen - Zeichnungen 1958-2010, Brigitte March International Contemporary Art, Stuttgart, Germany
2010 Kinetics von Bartha Collection, Basel, Switzerland
2010 Minimalism Germany 1960s, Daimler Contemporary, Berlin, Germany
2006 Light and Shadow von Bartha Collection, Basel, Switzerland
2006 Und es bewegt sich doch..., Kunstmuseum, Bochum, Germany
2005 Galerie Kabuth, Gelsenkirchen, Germany
2004 Bewegliche Teile. Formen des Kinetischen, Tinguely-Museum, Basel, Switzerland; Kunsthaus, Graz, Austria
1999 Zero aus Deutschland 1957 - '66, Städtiche Galerie Villa Merkel, Esslingen, Germany
1989 4. Triennale für Kleinplastik, Fellbach, Germany
1986 Von zwei Quadraten, Wilhelm-Hack-Museum, Ludwigshafen, Germany
1983 Graphik-Zyklen nach 1967, Graphische Sammlung der Staatsgalerie Stuttgart, Germany
1976 Holz = Kunst - Stoff, Kunsthalle, Baden-Baden, Germany
1972 Heidelberger Kunstverein, Heidelberg, Germany
1971 Akustische Texte, Konkrete Poesie, Visuelle Texte, Stedelijk Museum Amsterdam, Netherlands; Württembergischer Kunstverein, Stuttgart, Germany and Institut für Moderne Kunst, Nuremberg, Germany
1967 Freie Gruppe Hofheim - Frankfurt und ihre Gäste, Nassauischer Kunstverein, Wiesbaden, Germany
1966 Galerie Loehr, Franktfurt, Germany, with Adolf Luthers, Ch. Megert and Ferdinand Spindel
1966 Galerie Rolf Ricke, Kassel, Germany, with Hermann Göpfert and Adolf Luther
1966 Licht en Beweging, 't Venster, Rotterdam, Netherlands
1965 Licht en Beweging, Kunsthalle, Bern; Palais des Beaux Arts, Brussels; Kunsthalle, Baden-Baden; Kunsthalle, Düsseldorf
1965 Les Surindépendants, Musée d'Art de la Ville de Paris, Paris, France
1965 Kunst van de Internationale Avantgarde, Galerie Orez, The Hague / Amsterdam, Netherlands
1965 Galerie Aktuell, Berlin, Germany
1965 Kinetik und Objekte, Staatsgalerie, Stuttgart; Badischer Kunstverein, Karlsruhe; Kunstverein Pforzheim, Städt; Museum Mönchengladbach; Haus am Lützow, Berlin, Germany
1965 Halfmannshof, Gelsenkirchen, Germany, with Adolf Luther and Ch. Megert
1964 Jeugdfestival / Galerie Amstel 47, Velp, Netherlands
1964 Mikro-Null / Zero, Galerie Delta, Rotterdam, Netherlands
1963 Moderne Galerie der Stadt Krefeld, Haus am Lützowplatz, Berlin, Germany
1963 Panorama van de nieuwe tendenzen, Galerie Amstel 47, Amsterdam, Netherlands
1962 Junge Kunst, Kunstkabinett Vischer, Mönchengladbach, Germany
1962 Anti Peinture, Hessenhuis, Antwerp, Belgium
1961 Rörelse in Konsten, Moderna Museet, Stockholm, Sweden
1961 Bewogen Beweging, Stedelijk Museum, Amsterdam
recent article
2020 Social distancing bij Galerie van Gelder, Frits Dijcks, Jegens & Tevens - online magazine over hedendaagse kunst, 22 maart 2020
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