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Painting from the F. Greenburger collection, installation view in Parsippany, New Jersey. (Claus Brunsmann, untitled, 2017, 200 x 200 cm, oil on canvas)
2017
opening of the exibition 50 ARTISTS AT 50 WEST, NEW YORK CITY, November 15th 2017, 6-8PM
Claus Brunsmann, Ohne Titel, 2014, 160 x 150 cm, Öl auf Leinwand @ 50West, New York City
the landscape inside usOpening: 21.July 2017 I 6 pm
With it’s second exhibition, “The landscape inside us”, Schlachthaus. fresh&fine art addresses the depiction of landscape, both inner and external, as a narrative process and a contemplative experience. The gallery presents a complex series of works consisting of sixteen large-format paintings by Berlin-based painter Claus Brunsmann. These works pictorially intermix the inner and outer life. Within the act of painting, figurative objects are impulsively deconstructed while contents are intensified. Glaring surfaces are revealed by sharp incisions and turned into unexpected forms while new contexts arise. The oeuvre of Claus Brunsmann of the past 10 years is of significant matter and characterised by an increasing density. This concentration of energy provokes the artist into the unleashing of colour, creating an unmistakable power in the works of a painter who’s recurrent topic has been the role of art as the incarnation of ritual and spirituality. Claus Brunsmann had been Jannis Kounellis’ master student at the Academy Of Fine Arts in Düsseldorf, and in 2015 Brunsmann was given a major retrospective in Hamburg entitled “Distorted Memories of Nature“. This exhibition, “The Landscape Inside Us”, brings Brunsmann’s explosive paintings into dialogue with works by five diverse international artists. In Mariana Hahn’s contemplative landscape work „I too am a monk, I too am the sea“, the photo installation displays the artist wearing a monk-like robe while standing in front of the vastness of the sea, the mythical element of origin. This is Hahn’s examination of artist Caspar David Friedrich’s Romantic work „The Monk by the Sea“. The same confrontation with the elements of origin can be found in New York-based Korean artist Miru Kim’s series of colour photographs “The Camel’s Way“. In Kim’s photoseries, the artist exposes herself naked within the vastness of the desert. The fragility of her figure and poise, calm despite the surrounding severity, reflects on the equal destructibility of her environment. Again, the metaphor of landscape becomes the expression for inner experience. Similarly extreme landscapes are the subjects of Japanese filmmaker and photo artist Shingo Yoshida’s photographs. Travelling to the extremes of the earth, he searches for places which are loaded with myths, such as the spot in Siberia where the 180th meridian and the Arctic Circle intersect. Capturing the vastness of the landscape, Yoshida’s images ask us to confront our transient imprint upon it. The three part photo edition entitled „The Vast Structure of Recollection“ by Australian artist Kate McMillan explores the artist’s fascination with the relationship between body memory and landscape. Using film, photography and sculpture, McMillan explores how the intense residue of memory can be located through quiet gesture, landscape, and the objects we carry around with us. Exploring internal and external landscapes alike, McMillan’s practice encompasses an open-ended dialogue between abstraction, felt experience and memory; a sort of visual poem. The Spanish documentation photographer Jesus Pastor captures remote, stony paths from Iceland. Like a mantra, the motif of stone and precipice repeats itself, focusing on a single detail of the landscape to arouse the viewer’s imagination. The most distinctive human landscape is the palm of the hand. The portraits of Marcel Marceau in the exhibition show nothing more than the palms of his hands. The photographer, Thorsten Heinze, was once Marceau’s spiritual guide, student, assistant, friend and close companion on the world’s stages for 17 years. These moving moments form images of inner experience. „Die Landschaft in uns“ by Schlachthaus.fresh&fine art is a cooperation with SevenStarGallery and Momentum Berlin.
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Claus Brunsmann´s paintings are featured on the set of HOMELAND season 5
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2015
Ausstellung in New Jersey (bis 28.11.2015)
- ABUNDANCE (group show),
Donghwa Ode Gallery New Jersey, a special exhibition from September 26th - November 28th, 2015.
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Claus Brunsmann @ ART ASPEN 2015, Aspen/CO, USA, Gallery Booth Number A15.
Claus Brunsmann will be represented by Donghwa Ode Gallery, NJ
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Claus Brunsmann ist Teilnehmer der art-OMI Residency 2015 /
Claus Brunsmann will be attending the Art-OMI Residency 2015
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Ausstellung Österreich:
ADK (Gruppennausstellung) Eröffnung am 14.Juni 2015: Claus Brunsmann @ Schlicht Barock Fine Arts, Feldbach, A-Österreich
ADK - Opening 06/14 2015: Claus Brunsmann @ Schlicht Barock Fine Arts, Feldbach, Austria
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Claus Brunsmann im Museum del Novecento in Mailand:
Mai 2015: Zwei Arbeiten von Claus Brunsmann aus der Sammlung Mario Bertolini wurden vom
Museo del Novecento in Mailand angekauft.
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+ I AMsterdam You BErlin April 30th – May 3rd 2015 at St. Johannes Evangelist-Church | Auguststr. 90 | 10117 Berlin
Petra Rietz Salon Galerie / Madeleine Altman + Claus Brunsmann / Video + Painting
Ausstellungen / Exhibitions 2014
+ KÜNSTLER DER GALERIE, Galerie Renate Kammer, Hamburg, 18.11. 2014 - 10.12.2014
+ Affordable Art Fair Hamburg, 13.-16. November 2014, Hamburg Messe, Galerie Renate Kammer
+ Marilyn, American Icon Group Show
+ Fort Collins Museum of Art, Fort Collins, CO, November 1, 2014 - December 27, 2014
+ Reading Public Museum, Reading, PA, August 23, 2014 - October 5, 2014
+ Telfair Museums Jepson Center, Savannah, GA, April 4, 2014 - July 27, 2014
+ ABSTRAKTION – GESTIK – RHYTHMUS, Galerie Renate Kammer, Hamburg , Januar - April 2014
Ausstellungen / Exhibitions 2013
+ Claus Brunsmann | abstract painting, Petra Rietz Salon Galerie, Berlin, September-Dezember 2013
+ Affordable Art Fair Hamburg, 14. - 17.11.2013 / Galerie Renate Kammer / Stand B01
+ RECIPROCAL FABRICATION, Ausstellung in Jinan, China, Oktober 2013
+ Claus Brunsmann im Verlagsprogramm Frühjahr 2013 des Kerber-Verlag
Ausstellungen / Exhibitions 2012
+ Info on books_* / NEUERSCHEINUNGEN im Kerber Verlag, Dienstag, 22. November 2012, ab 20:00 Uhr
Kosmetiksalon Babette / Bar in der Karl-Marx-Allee 36, 10178 Berlin, www.barbabette.com
+ AFFARTFAIR 15-18 November 2012, Hamburg Messe, Galerie Renate Kammer
+ Claus Brunsmann / DISTORTED MEMORIES OF NATURE - Galerie Renate Kammer, Hamburg, 28.09. — 29.10.2012
+ COLLECTORS PREVIEW @ galleryweekend / Berlin, Samstag 28. April 2012 -->
+ Benefitzauktion der Hamburgischen Kulturstiftung am Donnerstag, den 29. März 2012
Exhibitions / Ausstellungen | Auswahl
Ausstellungen/Ausstellungsbeteiligungen bis 2012
Marilyn in the arts, The National Film Museum, São Paulo, Brazil (from March 1, 2012 to April 1, 2012) (G) / -->
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Neujahrsempfang und Finissage der Ausstellung
Claus Brunsmann / Malerei
Freitag, den 13. Januar 2012, 17 Uhr
Petra Rietz Salon Galerie
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Ausstellungen/Ausstellungsbeteiligungen 2011
Contemporary Art Fair, Istanbul / Berlin Section / Petra Rietz Galerie, 24. - 27.11.2011 (G) / Presseartikel -->
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Salon der Gegenwart, Hamburg, 18.11- 20.11.2011 (G) / ausgewählte Arbeiten -->
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Claus Brunsmann, Petra Rietz Salon Galerie, Berlin , 14.10. - 17.12.2011 (E) / ausgewählte Arbeiten -->
Installation View, Petra Rietz Salon Galerie, Berlin 2011-2012
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Marylin in the arts , Kreta, Griechenland, 16.04.2011 - 30.10.2011 (G)
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UNTERWEGS NACH PROLIFE, December 2003- February 2004, Galleria Salvatore + Caroline Ala, Milano:
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Installation View Galleria Salvatore Ala, Milano, January 2004
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(E) Einzelausstellung
(G) Ausstellungsbeteiligung
AUSSTELLUNGEN / EXHIBITIONS
2024
HEIR, ArtLoft Berlin, Berlin (E)
2023
SPOONER, Kunstraum Gisela, Berlin (G)
HEIR, ArtLoft Berlin, Berlin (E)
THE DARK SIDE OF THE MOOD, Kunsthalle Hilsbach (G))
WO GEHEN WIR DENN HIN?, Gotisches Haus, Spandau
(G)
2022
200 UNTER 2000, CSR Contemporary Show Room, Berlin
(G)
FRANZIS CHOICE, Galerie Graf, Wien (G)
CLAUS BRUNSMANN, MALEREI, Renngasse 14, Wien (E)
GUTHMANN AKADEMIE SYMPOSIUM 2022, Neukladow, Berlin (G)
HYPNOPOMP, HilbertRaum, Berlin
(G)
LUMINOUS FLUX, Blah Blah Projektraum, Berlin (G)
2021
ENDLESS SUMMER, Galerie KleinervonWiese, Berlin (G)
PONITS OF RESISTANCE, Zionskirche (Galerie KleinervonWiese/Momentum, Bethanien), Berlin (G)
2020
BEYOND ELYSIUM, Galerie KleinervonWiese, Berlin (G)
ELYSIUM, Galerie KleinervonWiese, Berlin, POSITIONS Berlin Art Fair 2020 (G)
JUNGE UNRAST, Claus Brunsmann und Eva Schwab, HILBERTRAUM, Berlin (G)
2019
BONUM ET MALUM, Kleiner von Wiese, Berlin (G)
SOJOURN, Artloft.berlin, Berlin (E)
2018
CAPUT, Hilbertraum, Berlin (G) )
FRANCIS GREENBURGER SELECTS: Claus Brunsmann, Margaret Evangeline, John Morra, and Sandi Slone, LAF Hudson, NY (G) )
2017
50 ARTISTS AT 50 WEST, 50West, New York City (G)
DIE LANDCHAFT IN UNS, Schlachthaus FFA, Berlin (G) (E)
WE ALL LOVE ART, Schlachthaus FFA, Berlin (G)
APARTMENT 40C, 50West, New York (E)
2016
ART ASPEN 2016, Aspen, CO, Donghwa Ode Gallery, NJ (G)
ART HAMPTONS 2016, Bridgehampton, NY, Donghwa Ode Gallery, NJ (G)
& OR & ODER & O, Galerie Renate Kammer, Hamburg (G)
2015
ABUNDANCE, Donghwa Ode Gallery, NJ (G)
ART ASPEN 2015, Aspen, CO (G)
artOMI RESIDENCY, OMI International Arts Center, NY (G)
ADK (Andere Deutsche Kunst), Schlicht Barock Fine Arts, Feldbach, A (G)
DONAZIONE MARIO BERTOLINI, Museo del Novecento, Mailand, (Katalog) (G)
I AMSTERDAM YOU BERLIN, St. Johannes Evangelist-Kirche, Madeleine Altman + Claus Brunsmann, Petra Rietz Salon Galerie (G)
2014
KÜNSTLER DER GALERIE, Galerie Renate Kammer, Hamburg (G)
AFFORDABLE ARTFAIR, Galerie Renate Kammer, Hamburg (G)
MARILYN, AMERICAN ICON:
Telfair Museums Jepson Center, Savannah, GA (G)
Reading Public Museum, Reading, PA (G)
Fort Collins Museum of Art, Fort Collins, CO (G)
ABSTRAKTION – GESTIK – RHYTHMUS, Galerie Renate Kammer, Hamburg (G)
2013
AFFORDABLE ARTFAIR, Hamburg, Galerie Renate Kammer (G)
RECIPROCAL FABRICATION, Wanhe Academy, Jinan, China (G)
CLAUS BRUNSMANN | abstract painting, Petra Rietz Salon Galerie, Berlin (E)
2012
AFFORDABLE ARTFAIR 2012, Hamburg Messe, Hamburg (G)
DISTORTED MEMORIES OF NATURE - Galerie Renate Kammer, Hamburg (E)
MARILYN IN THE ARTS, The National Film Museum, São Paulo, Brazil (G)
2011
CONTEMPORARY ART FAIR, Berlin Section, Istanbul (G)
SALONDERGEGENWART, Hamburg (G)
CLAUS BRUNSMANN, Petra Rietz Salon Galerie, Berlin (E)
MARILYN IN THE ARTS, Kreta, Griechenland (G)
2010
NEUE KATARAKT BILDER , Studio Brunnenstraße, Berlin (E)
2009
IDOLE UNTOTE WIEDERGÄNGER, Schackow, Hamburg (E)
MARILYN IN THE ARTS, Schloss Meersburg, Meersburg (G)
2008
LIONS IN MY OWN GARDEN, Ausstellungsraum Löwenstraße, Hamburg (E)
CLAUS BRUNSMANN, Villa Van Delden, Ahaus (E)
PREVIEW, Studio Brunnenstraße, Berlin (E)
2007
RISE, Atelierfrankfurt, Frankfurt a.M. (G)
CLAUS BRUNSMANN, Galleria Salvatore + Caroline Ala, Milano (E)
DER GOLDENE SCHNITT, Gloria-Halle, Düsseldorf (G)
APRIL SKIES, Atelier Martina Schumacher, Berlin (G)
CORSO INDEPENDENZA, Winklhofer-Bianchini, Düsseldorf (E)
2006
ARTISSIMA, Art Fair, Galleria Salvatore + Caroline Ala, Milano, Turin (G)
2005
ARTE FIEREA, Galleria Salvatore + Caroline Ala, Milano, Bologna (G)
2003 - 2004
UNTERWEGS NACH PROLIFE, Galleria Salvatore + Caroline Ala, Milano (E)
2000
CLAUS BRUNSMANN, Galleria Salvatore + Caroline Ala, Milano (E)
1998
CLAUS BRUNSMANN, Galleria Salvatore + Caroline Ala, Milano (E)
1997
MEISTERSCHULE , Galleria Salvatore + Caroline Ala, Milano (G)
CLAUS BRUNSMANN, Villa Van Delden, Ahaus (E)
15+15, Capitale della Cultura Europea 1997, Thessaloniki, Greece (G)
KLASSE KOUNELLIS, Museo di Arte Moderna, Belgrad (G)
VIERTER STOCK, Claus Brunsmann & Eva Schwab, Johanneskirche, Düsseldorf (G)
1996
KLASSE KOUNELLIS, Galerie der Kunstakademie von Den Haag , Niederlande (G)
FIELD, Künstlerforum, Bonn (G)
Bibliography / Bibliographie
2015
LA DONAZIONE BIANCA E MARIO BERTOLINI, Museo del Novecento, Mailand 2015
2012
DISTORTED MEMORIES OF NATURE, Kerber Verlag, Hamburg und Berlin 2012
2011
SALONDERGEGENWART, Kerber Verlag, Hamburg und Berlin 2011
2007
RISE, Claus Brunsmann, Eva Schwab, Eduard Winklhofer.
Katalog zur Ausstellung im atelierfrankfurt, Frankfurt a.M. 2007
DER GOLDENE SCHNITT, Claus Brunsmann, Eduard Winklhofer, Düsseldorf 2007
Katalog zur Ausstellung in der Gloria-Halle Düsseldorf, Düsseldorf 2007
2000
CLAUS BRUNSMANN, Text: Heinz-Norbert Jocks
Katalog zur Ausstellung, Galleria Salvatore + Caroline Ala, Milano, Mailand 2000
1997
MEISTERSCHULE , Autoren: Marco Meneguzzo u. Angela Vettese,
Katalog zur Ausstellung, Galleria Salvatore + Caroline Ala, Ed. Charta, Mailand 1997
CLAUS BRUNSMANN, Katalog zur Ausstellung, Villa Van Delden, Ahaus 1997
15 & 15, Katalog zur Ausstellung , Thessaloniki, Athen 1997
STUDENTEN DER KUNSTAKADEMIE DÜSSELDORF IM MUSEUM FÜR MODERNE KUNST, Belgrad 1997