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Less is No Longer More: Ottersbach

Title: Die Moderne als Sanatorium unter Beihaltung gotischer Prinzipien, 1999
Artist: Heribert C Ottersbach (German b. 1960)
Medium: Acrylic and Mixed Media on Canvas
Dimensions: 175 x 240 cm 175 x 240 cm
© Heribert C. Ottersbach/VG Bild-Kunst, Bonn, 2008.
Image Courtesy: Ausstellungsgebäude Mathildenhöhe

German Contemporary artist Heribert C. Ottersbach, lends his help to celebrate the jubilee year of the Stadtkrone Darmstadt. In the later part of the 19th Century a group of like minded supported artists formed a community in Mathildenhöhe Darmstadt. It is located in the southern part of the Rhine Main Metropolitan area in Hesse Federal State. Among the artists that worked in studios here were Peter Behrens, Paul Bürck, Rudolf Bosselt, Hans Christiansen, Ludwig Habich, Patriz Huber and Joseph Maria Olbrich

In 1908 the wedding tower and exhibition building were completed based on a design by Joseph Maria Olbrich. He was a key figure in the group and was trained as an architect. Olbrich designed the Ernst Ludwig House which was used as a studio for several artists.

Heribert C Ottersbach
Formation to Abstract
Ausstellungsgebäude Mathildenhöhe Darmstadt Germany
through September 7, 2008

Ottersbach was born in Cologne in 1960. In 2007 he was honored with the Wilhelm Loth prize which is granted by the city of Darmstadt to honor contemporary artists. A way to link Ottersbach with the location of his solo exhibition.

Wilhelm Loth was born in Darmstadt and was both a pupil and a teacher at the city's art institutes. For two years, 1953-1955 Loth chaired the artists group's Neue Darmstädter Sezession.

Title: Erziehung zur Abstraktion / Education for Abstraction, 2005
Artist: Heribert C Ottersbach (German b. 1960)
Medium: Acrylic and Mixed Media on Canvas
Dimensions: 170 x 240 cm
© Heribert C. Ottersbach/VG Bild-Kunst, Bonn, 2008.
Image Courtesy: Ausstellungsgebäude Mathildenhöhe

As Heribert C. Ottersbach once said, "If painting still wants to be taken seriously within the overall social discourse and not be dismissed as an office, insurance, or bank building-compatible service, it must establish it's canon anew. Less is no longer more."

Heribert C Ottersbach
Formation to Abstract
Ausstellungsgebäude Mathildenhöhe Darmstadt Germany:
through September 7, 2008