Thomas Hartmann. Königsdisziplin
29 September to 3 November 2018 ⟶ Corneliusstraße
Exhibition View
Exhibition View
left: Verbindungen (Connections), 1995 - 2004, oil/canvas, 180 x 250 cm
right: Stadtteil IV (District IV), 1990, oil/canvas, 200 x 160 cm
right: Stadtteil IV (District IV), 1990, oil/canvas, 200 x 160 cm
left: Verbindungen (Connections), 1995 - 2004, oil/canvas, 180 x 250 cm
right: Stadtteil IV (District IV), 1990, oil/canvas, 200 x 160 cm
right: Stadtteil IV (District IV), 1990, oil/canvas, 200 x 160 cm
Millionen Stadt I (Million City I), 1990, oil/canvas, 180 x 250 cm (SOLD)
Millionen Stadt I (Million City I), 1990, oil/canvas, 180 x 250 cm (SOLD)
Untitled (Packstation) 2017, oil/canvas, 130 x 180 cm
Untitled (Packstation) 2017, oil/canvas, 130 x 180 cm
Verbindungen (Connections), 1995 - 2004, oil/canvas, 180 x 250 cm
Verbindungen (Connections), 1995 - 2004, oil/canvas, 180 x 250 cm
Partial view of the exhibition
Partial view of the exhibition
Die Natur ist größer (Nature is bigger), 2015, oil/canvas, 180 x 250 cm (SOLD)
Die Natur ist größer (Nature is bigger), 2015, oil/canvas, 180 x 250 cm (SOLD)
Sonntag (Sunday), 2008 - 2015, oil/canvas, 180 x 140 cm
Sonntag (Sunday), 2008 - 2015, oil/canvas, 180 x 140 cm
Untitled (Viele Einzelne 2), 2005 – 2018, mixed media/paper, 52,5 x 100 cm (SOLD)
Untitled (Viele Einzelne 2), 2005 – 2018, mixed media/paper, 52,5 x 100 cm (SOLD)
Partial view of the exhibition
Partial view of the exhibition
Der erste Frost (The First Frost), 1999 - 2003, oil/canvas, 140 x 200 cm
Der erste Frost (The First Frost), 1999 - 2003, oil/canvas, 140 x 200 cm
Großstädter (City Dwellers), 6 works on paper, 1989, mixed media/paper, 31 x 23 cm
Großstädter (City Dwellers), 6 works on paper, 1989, mixed media/paper, 31 x 23 cm
Partial view of the exhibition
Partial view of the exhibition
Petersburg Hanging, 2006 - 2018, oil/canvas, 200 x 160 cm
Petersburg Hanging, 2006 - 2018, oil/canvas, 200 x 160 cm
from left to right:
Patient, 2015, mixed media/paper, 40 x 30 cm
Footbridge, 2012, mixed media/paper, 40 x 30 cm
Different ways to the same goal, 2012, mixed media/paper, 40 x 30 cm
Patient, 2015, mixed media/paper, 40 x 30 cm
Footbridge, 2012, mixed media/paper, 40 x 30 cm
Different ways to the same goal, 2012, mixed media/paper, 40 x 30 cm
from left to right:
Patient, 2015, mixed media/paper, 40 x 30 cm
Footbridge, 2012, mixed media/paper, 40 x 30 cm
Different ways to the same goal, 2012, mixed media/paper, 40 x 30 cm
Patient, 2015, mixed media/paper, 40 x 30 cm
Footbridge, 2012, mixed media/paper, 40 x 30 cm
Different ways to the same goal, 2012, mixed media/paper, 40 x 30 cm
Das blaue Kleid (The blue dress), 2018, oil/canvas, 130 x 110 cm
Das blaue Kleid (The blue dress), 2018, oil/canvas, 130 x 110 cm
Dünenwald (Dune Forest), 1999 - 2018, oil/canvas, 85 x 110 cm
Dünenwald (Dune Forest), 1999 - 2018, oil/canvas, 85 x 110 cm
"The work in the studio is without beginning and end. The finished picture is only an interruption". With these words, Thomas Hartmann not only describes his own attitude to work as a painter, but he also characterises each finished picture as a snapshot from a constantly changing flow of painting, as a pause in the constant striving to discover the secret of painting. Movement resonates, being on the move, a goal in sight, recognisable but not representable. Restlessness drives the painter - restlessness as a productive state out of which pictures become possible, restlessness that enables the painter to start again and again, to break open anew, and the picture as an individual and autonomous piece of painting whose goal remains uncertain. For "if it were clearly delineated," wrote Paul Valéry, "there would be no [pictures] that one never gets to the bottom of." (Text: Annette Meyer zu Eissen)