Ewerdt Hilgemann was born 1938 in Witten. He lives and works in Amsterdam, Netherlands.
The German-Dutch artist is well-known primarily for his so-called “implosions” in the Constructivist and Concrete Art world. The air is removed from steel cubes of varying sizes, and the ensuing vacuum causes the objects “to collapse” or “to fold up”.
“Art must have an irrational quality, no matter how rational the methods used to create it.” Ewerdt Hilgemann
Ewerdt Hilgemann with "Cracked Cube" (2021, 200 cm)
Exhibition view "Folding Worlds. It's all in the fold", Galerie Renate Bender 2012. courtyard of Maximilianstraße 22, Munich
pdf exhibition brochure "In Good Shape. Shaped Canvases and Metals" – 2024
pdf exhibition brochure "Schwere Jungs – Sculptures and Wall Objects " – 2022
pdf exhibition brochure "Heavy Metal" - 2014
