Johannes Heisig
Johannes Heisig ( born April 23, 1953 in Leipzig ) is a German painter, draftsman, and printmaker in socially critical tradition of realism.
Life
Heisig comes from a family of artists. His grandfather Walter Heisig, his father Bernhard Heisig and his brother Walter Eisler were or are also a painter and graphic artist. He went up to his graduation in 1971, the Extended Thomas High School (EOS) (now the St. Thomas School at Leipzig). From 1973 to 1977 he studied painting and graphics at the Academy of Visual Arts Leipzig (HGB) and graduated with diploma. At the same time he worked in his father's workshop. From 1978 to 1980 he was a master student of Gerhard Kettner at the Academy of Fine Arts in Dresden ( Academy of Fine Arts ). From 1979 to 1980 he was a Fellow at the F F School for Art and Experimental Design in Zurich.
From 1980 to 1991 Heisig taught at the Academy of Fine Arts in Dresden, since 1988 as Professor and Chair of painting and graphics. From 1989 to 1991 he was rector of this university. In 1990 he was one of the founding members of the New Saxon Art Association and in 1992 the Foundation for the European Workshop for Art and Culture Hellerau eV In 2000 came the film portrait " end of the great doctrine" ( arte / ZDF ), a psychological portrait of the father-son relationship between Bernhard Heisig and John. Heisig moved to Berlin. From 2003 to 2004 he held a professorship at the TU Dortmund. In 2004, Johannes Heisig "Stadtgasthaus " the city of Eisenach. The results of this work were in June 2005 in the exhibition " I'll go and seek with longing ... " presents. Heisig's work can be found in well-known museums.
In 2008 he created the important work cycle " Once upon a time. Pictures from remembering the memories and the interior, "in which he artistically deals with the subject of German division of public and private perspective. " He had long artistic distance to the wall - topic safeguarded until it inspired by the gallery of the Berlin galerie son, 2007 contact with the memorial recorded. " Finally - a cooperation of the Berlin press conference, galerie son and the Berlin Wall Memorial - this series for the first time to the public in an exhibition in the Berlin House of Representatives, which was opened on August 13, 2008, the anniversary of the Wall.
Works (selection)
Exhibitions (selection)
Movies
- 2000 film portrait " end of the great doctrine" arte / ZDF
- 2002 film " Village scene with apostles " arte / NDR
- 2008 DVD "Once " A film by Ingo Steinbach, music Ulrich Gumpert, text Jochen Berg