Moritz Götze - In the shadow of events
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Moritz Götze looks at our world from surprising perspectives and puts it into distinctive works of art. He acts like someone who has experienced everything first hand, but reports about our time from the distant future.
This narrative perspective makes some things bearable that are almost unbearable when viewed from a distance. Götze's warm-hearted and alert works gift their viewers with a unique aura.
November 25, 2023 to January 6, 2024 | 25 November 2023 to 6 January 2024 at Gallery Rothamel Erfurt
Moritz Götze describes his art as German pop
Moritz Götze (*1964 in Halle) is an extremely versatile, committed and truthful artist. It alleviates the paradoxical misinformedness of the so-called information age. Götze reintroduces frowned-upon categories such as heroism and beauty, grace and the urge to explore. Götze's artistic remix of high culture calls to mind what has been forgotten and sets what has been twisted straight again.
It is already clear that he will leave behind one of the most extensive artistic oeuvres of our time: paintings, architectural works, enamels, mosaics, sculptures, objects, drawings and graphics. The inventive man from Halle created new screen-printing techniques and innovated contemporary enamel painting. Moritz Götze appeared in hundreds of individual and group shows worldwide, at renowned and eccentric locations. His works can be seen in numerous public collections. So far, he has published more than two dozen catalogues, mostly opulent and always exquisitely beautiful. Moritz Götze describes his art as German pop; The artist does not define Pop Art as an invention of the 20th century, but rather refers to the leaflets of the 16th century as the first examples of popular art.
“He always gives the fate of foreignness, the littered planet, the forgotten or stunted thing between the window sill, the beach and the sky of the air war, the poetry of a final untouchability, the weight of an unquestionable existence, and therefore also a sense of wonder, because for him it is the event that counts, not its reason. Seeing it like that makes him an artist, showing it like that makes him an idol.” (Michael Freitag)
We cordially invite you and your friends to our Erfurt gallery for the opening with Moritz Götze next Saturday, November 25th at 8 p.m.
Paintings, works of art, enamels, mosaics, sculptures, objects, drawings and graphics
Moritz Götze looks at our world from surprising perspectives and puts it into distinctive works of art. He acts like someone who has experienced everything first hand, but reports about our time from the distant future. This narrative perspective makes some things bearable that are almost unbearable when viewed from a distance. Götze's warm-hearted and alert works gift their viewers with a unique aura.
Götze describes his art as German pop and dates its roots back to the humanism of the 16th century. He has created one of the most extensive oeuvres of our time: paintings, architectural works, enamels, mosaics, sculptures, objects, drawings and graphics. He created new screen-printing techniques and innovated contemporary enamel painting.
Moritz Götze appeared in hundreds of individual and group shows around the world, both at prestigious and eccentric locations. His works can be seen in numerous public collections, and his artistic oeuvre is one of the most extensive of our time.
“If history is a darkroom, then Götze is one of the light makers. He has an unclouded view, free of ideology.” (Christoph Tannert)
Gallery Rothamel Erfurt
Small Ark 1 A
99084 Erfurt, Germany
Mon-Fri 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. and by appointment
November 25, 2023 to January 6, 2024 | 25 November 2023 to 6 January 2024
Gallery Rothamel Erfurt
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