Die Sinnlichkeit der Farbe – Helmut Dirnaichner zum 80. Geburtstag. Arbeiten aus vier Jahrzehnten

Ausstellungsansicht „Die Sinnlichkeit der Farbe. Helmut Dirnaichner zum 80. Geburtstag. Arbeiten aus vier Jahrzehnten“, Galerie Renate Bender 2022

The Sensuality of Color
Helmut Dirnaichner on his 80th birthday
Works from four decades

The Sensuality of Color
Helmut Dirnaichner on his 80th birthday. Works from four decades

Exhibition from November 10th, 2022 to January 14th, 2023

+++ The gallery remains closed from December 24th, 2022 to January 9th, 2023 +++

Helmut Dirnaichner was born in 1942 in Kolbermoor, Bavaria. He lives and works in Munich, Germany and Milan, Italy.

With his fragile works of ground earth, stones, minerals and cellulose, Helmut Dirnaichner occupies a unique position in contemporary art. The artist describes himself as the poetic “creator” of his art.

Since 1982 Dirnaichner has been working with stones and semi-precious jewels like azurite, malachite and lapis lazuli, materials which can be traced back to the beginnings of painting. These stones, he discovered, provide him with a natural color palette. At the beginning of his creative process, he crushes and grinds the stones until granules are formed. This mineral substance is combined with cellulose without using any binding agents. It interfuses with the resulting fragile pictorial body, thereby rendering a richly varied surface structure. These structures have a different effect depending on the position of the viewer and the ambient light, lending them a unique depth and tranquillity. In this way, as Dirnaichner himself has commented, the artist enters into a dialogue with stones.

PDF – exhibition catalog "The Sensuality of Color. Helmut Dirnaichner on his 80th birthday. Works from four decades" – 2022

The Sensuality of Color Helmut Dirnaichner on his 80th birthday Works from four decades

The Sensuality of Color
Helmut Dirnaichner on his 80th birthday
Works from four decades