16.10.2024 Zeche Zollverein Essen
It was simply a great event 150 years of Brenntag with Mr. Christian Kohlpaintner and the entire company board in front of my Berlin Utopia picture (2x3m) and the speech by Chancellor Scholz in the Zeche Zollverein Essen
"On the occasion of the 150th anniversary of the Brenntag Group, I was allowed to create this special work. The 2x3m painting shows a futuristic scene in Berlin, where I lived for many years. Because of the immense format, the wealth of detail was of course complex, but it was worth it :) The work invites you to an endless journey of discovery into my always positive version of the future. The picture will later be given a prominent place in the company." Thitz Quote
https://www.bundesregierung.de/breg-de/aktuelles/bk-rede-jubilaeum-brenntag-2315658
SEE THE VIDEO: https://youtu.be/k65RxZqCpgw
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Municipal Gallery Pfullendorf
FINISSAGE on 16.7.2023 at 11 a.m. with Thitz
Municipal Gallery Pfullendorf 14.5.-16.7.2023
The exhibition runs until the finissage on 16.July 2023 at 11.15am with THITZ
Large museum Thitz exhibition with bag project. Over 190 works of the artist from all creative periods and series are exhibited on 3 floors in the traditional municipal gallery "alter Löwen". At the finissage on July 16, 2023, an artist talk with THITZ and the drawing of the bag prizes will take place at 11:15 am.
TV SWR and Landesschau have reported. www.swr.de/swraktuell/baden-wuerttemberg/friedrichshafen/tueten-als-kunstwerke-in-pfullendorf-100.html
Nice article about the exhibition
Interim result of the bag-art-action
Municipal gallery "Alter Löwen",
Pfarrhofgasse 21,
Opening hours:
Tue.-Sat., 14.30 - 17 hrs.
Sun- Holidays. 10 a.m. - 12 p.m. and 2 p.m. - 5 p.m.
Municipal Gallery "Alter Löwen",
"After exhibitions in Los Angeles, Seoul, Palm Beach, Vienna, Stockholm, Taipei, Taiwan and Zurich comes bags Thitz with his "Bag Art" to Pfullendorf, informs the city administration. The director of the municipal gallery "Alter Löwen", Hermine Reiter, has succeeded in convincing the German artist, who is known far beyond Europe with his bag projects, to exhibit his works here. Bags from all over the world are the basis of his artistic work and the trademark of his art. He collects them all over the world and records his impressions felt there in his artworks.
The handles of his tote bags reveal the use of the bags, the Thitz technique. He glues paper bags onto canvas, integrates them into his artworks and creates his very own collages. His trademark, for example, are the bag handles that protrude beyond the canvases. His bags are bursting with joie de vivre, creative joy and hope for a better world. Thitz has been working with or on paper shopping bags for more than 30 years. Thitz, born in Frankfurt am Main in 1962, studied painting with Professor K.R.H. Sonderborg at the State Academy of Fine Arts in Stuttgart from 1983 to 1989. In 1987 there were first bag paintings, in 1988 the first bag project "Dialog". The exhibition can be seen on two floors.
Bag Art Project for Participation
Accompanying the exhibition, Thitz is organizing a bag art project. Anyone, regardless of age, whether an individual, groups, kindergarten or school groups, can artistically design a paper shopping bag and hand it in by May 11 at the community center on the market square and from the start of the exhibition on May 14 at the exhibition. An art project will be created from all the bags. All entrants will be entered into a drawing for gift certificates provided by the city and local retailers. Flyers with all the information are available at the city office and local retail stores. The organizers are looking forward to a lively participation. The first bags have already been handed in to Hermine Reiter. Admission is free - as with all exhibitions in the municipal gallery. The exhibition will be open until July 16.
" Quote Südkurier "
Read article in the "Südkurier":
TV : SWR und Landesschau haben berichtet. https://www.swr.de/swraktuell/baden-wuerttemberg/friedrichshafen/tueten-als-kunstwerke-in-pfullendorf-100.html
Former German Chancellor Angela Merkel is very excited about her new painting from the German artist THITZ.
The painting was presented to her as welcome present by art collector and ZIV President B.Lange, during the Eurobike 2013 in Friedrichshafen.
Later the painting may be added to the art collection of the Bundestag.
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Ludwig Museum, Koblenz
17.1.-27.6.2021
Act together!
Unimaginable masses of water hit the region of the Ahr valley in the Eifel on July 14/15, 2021 with numerous deaths and injuries and damage in the billions.
With an art auction in September 2021 in the Museum Ludwig in Koblenz is to be helped above all also in the destroyed art area.
Hon. Professor Dr. Beate Reifenscheid (Director of the Museum Ludwig Koblenz) will host the auction and present the donated artworks of the artists*. The complete proceeds of the art auction will be distributed without deduction for the areas in art and culture in the region of the Ahr valley and used specifically .
Great success of the LOCK DOWN object series
For his series of objects Thitz literally translated the word "LOCK" and "DOWN" to bring us, typical Thitz, with a smile through the still strange times. The objects were offered at a special price during the Lockdown and in the meantime over 2000 euros from the proceeds were donated to Aktion Deutschland Hilft e.V. "Corona".
Lockdown Queen, King , 2021, acrylic paint on historical padlock made in the GDR.ca 8,5 × 6 cm., unique pieces, individually hand painted and signed. Exclusively packaged in frames with key and down feather.
There is a limited number of the object series. Special price during the lockdown .
Thitz and Pop Art Shop donate a portion of the proceeds to: Aktion Deutschland Hilft e.V.,
Available in the current exhibitions and in www.popartshop.de/artists/thitz/works/lock-down-king.
Last but not least, the beautiful THITZ Christmas card he designed for the Giovane Elber Foundation has brought more attention (and money) to the children in Londrina and Nepal.
The role of art, culture and politics in intercultural dialogue
Finding a home, creating a home
An evening on "Platform 1" 28. 07. 2017, at 20:00 h End of the event around 22:00 h
Organisers:
The Social Democratic Party Baden-Wuerttemberg
The SPD faction in the Kassel city council
Program:
Introduction: At home abroad
Oksana Kyzmychuk, artist_author, born 1983 in Novovolynsk / Ukraine.
Lives in Kassel since 2016. She reads an excerpt from her book "Kindheit unter den Eichen" (Childhood beneath Oaks),
which was published by Kerberverlag in autumn 2016.
Talk:
Julia Ronge, GRIMMwelt, Kassel
Werner Schretzmeier, director Theaterhaus Stuttgart
THITZ, Painter, Project “Kunst-Politik-Dialog”
Moderation: Dr. Rabani Alekuzei Cultural Policy Spokesman of the SPD faction
Location: Restaurant Gleis 1 at Kassel Central Station
The nationwide kick-off event for the project "Hope for Eastern Europe" of the Diakonisches Werk der Evangelischen Kirche Germany on 8-10 February in the Stadthalle in Speyer was opened by Lord Mayor Schineller. The bag project "HOPE" was the central artistic contribution to the event. Students and pupils from Odessa (U) and Speyer worked on the more than 300 black and white bags for the installation. Posters were printed from the bag installation and sold in favour of "Hope for Eastern Europe".
Minister President and SPD Federal Chairman Kurt Beck and Minister a.d. Dr. Heiner Geißler discussed the perspectives and needs of such projects for Eastern Europe with Mr. Schindehütte (Bishop for Ecumenism and Foreign Work of the EKD) and Mrs. Golubenku (City Councillor Odessa) in the discussion round. Thitz then presented the bag project in more detail in an interview with moderator Quach.
For some years now, Thitz has been conducting so-called nationwide "bag surveys" of people from a city or in a specific environment. For example, the citizens of Goch (D), Athens (GR) and Miami (USA) were sent bags with the request to fill them with a personal object, to paint them or to design them in any way and to return them.
"I am looking for commonalities among the citizens of the world, which are independent of politics, economy, culture or religion, especially in everyday life. The everyday object bag is only one element of an already existing "global culture", which already exists today! For example, a person in Odessa carries his purchased bread home in a bag in the same way as a Stuttgart person. Today art is one of the few ways to present these commonalities and thus perhaps to develop our language further. " said Thitz.
The project takes place in cooperation with the Gallery Kulturraum Speyer.
Our films MESSAGE and MANAGE (produced by Phitz Philm: Thitz + Tobias Sandberger) were shown for the first time at the Kunstverein Hamburg on June 1, 2011. (Trailer see link: http://www.vimeo.com/24418208). The success of the film evening makes us seriously think about a continuation of the "-AGE" series.
"The film samples selected for the evening were all shot in black and white. And even if they seem to refer to the beginnings of film history, they were only made between 1990 and 2001.
The recourse to these early film precursors is counteracted by the use of film and processing methods that were current at the time. Most of the films were made on video or in Super 8 format and were subsequently "inflated" to 16mm, for example. Two of the films shown - "The Message" (1990) and "Manage" (1997) - tell a sequel in which the characters Mr. Clown and Mr. Clock take centre stage. By showing these two films at the Kunstverein, they also return to their location."
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Great Thitz Work in Oetker Collection
One of the largest Thitz works has been purchased for the Dr. August Oetker Collection in Bielefeld since March 2009. Galerie Rothamel was able to handle the sale just before Art Karlsruhe, where the painting "BAG Art" with a proud 200 x 400 cm should hang first. It is not the only Thitz picture in the Oetker family property but certainly the biggest!
In addition to the friendship with August Oetker and other members of the family, regular cooperation with companies of the Oetker Group developed. Thus, the artist THITZ was able to paint a large-format work for each of the branches of Chemische Fabrik Budenheim. ( Budenheim Columbus (USA), Budenheim Valencia (Spain), Budenheim Monterrey (Mexico), Budenheim Zaragoza (Spain) and Budenheim India is planned for 2018).
The well-known collection of the Künzelsau screw manufacturer has one more attraction.
The picture "Be Art" in Künzelsau was integrated into the collection on the occasion of the company's anniversary in 2005.
"The Würth Collection, created by the entrepreneur Reinhold Würth, is one of the largest and most important private collections of 20th and 21st century art in Germany. The pictures in the collection are shown at the Würth Museum in Künzelsau, the Kulturforum Würth Chur, the Kunsthalle Würth and the Johanniterhalle, among others. Wikipedia
Image: Detail "Be Art" Acrylic paints and bags on canvas, 2005
The purchased Thitz works were exhibited for the first time in the opening exhibition of Richard Meyer's spectacular museum building (opening on 22.10.2004). Together with the 2 fabric figures (each 160 cm tall) and the design for the museum bag one could experience a beautiful presentation of Thitz works.
Besides the purchases of Thitz paintings, there are other projects for the opening of the museum, such as the first inside printed museum heat bag. Whoever buys a catalogue gets it in a Thitz bag. The bag can also be purchased in the museum shop.
A Thitz Burda Museum postcard, Thitz museum espresso cups and the Thitz catalogue book were also available in the shop for the opening.
Museum of the Frieder Burda Collection (right next to the Kunsthalle Baden-Baden)
Picture: "New York", 140x100cm, 2004 acrylic and bags on canvas (purchase of Frieder Burda collection at Galerie Rothamel)
Alp Galleries and Thitz donated a picture for the "Cityarts" group in New York. This association, which includes renowned New York industrialists and personalities such as the architect Daniel Liebeskind, takes care of the active design of graffity-painted walls in collaboration with professional artists. In this way, the aspect of beautifying urban space is to be set against that of "destruction" and at the same time a new perspective is to be given to the kids.
Further works by artists as well as a work by Nam June Paik were auctioned on 4.5.2006 by Sotheby's auctioneer Christopher Gaillard with very good results in the Chelsea Art Museum.
Thitz is the official New Pop artist 2005 of the SWR3
"The internationally renowned artist Thitz designed the poster for the SWR3 New Pop Festival 2005. We visited him in his studio and looked over his shoulder while painting Thitz-Standpunkt: always two different shoes. His wife "DADA" covered his house in a village near Stuttgart with colorful bricks.
His exhibitions have taken him to New York, Zurich and Barcelona. He is represented at fairs in Cologne, Paris and Miami, his works hang
When he puts a painting in an exhibition, he rarely sees it again: as soon as it hangs, it is usually sold shortly afterwards.
Thitz made his international breakthrough with his Bag-Art. "I once found a stack of bread bags in the trash and started experimenting around the studio." In the end, the bags have become his trademark.
Thitz either designs them himself or he even integrates them into his paintings with the motifs depicted on them. So it's no wonder that the SWR3 New Pop Poster 2005 also focuses on a bag: "Bag-Stage" - the big trend festival of future music stars presented as a multicultural bag of wonders. Thus his New Pop poster is a classic Thitz. The limited art print of it also has a special color to offer:
The flute is printed in silver as a special colour. If you are looking for one of the limited
to "bag" posters has another chance! Secure your Thitz quickly."
Excerpts from the "SWR3 Magazin 6.2005 " which appears in a circulation of 100,000)
Baden Baden Baden was completely full of Thitz posters - even the light boxes in the city were "thitzed up" during the festival.
The festival lived up to its reputation in every respect! Real "New Pop Art" on stage and in the visual arts.
Reports in newspapers, radio and television (ZDF and SWR) accompanied the artists and the event in great detail.
The illustrated Thitz-bag book is called "Bemalte Städte-painted Cities" and was published in 2006 by the Staatliche Kunsthalle Karlsruhe and the Miami Childrens Museum MCM.
All Thitz books have become an integral part of his artistic world and are already appreciated today as collectors' items.
The USA Wide Project started with 300 million e-mails. Under the heading "American Dream Town" all visitors of the site could choose their favorite "Town" in the USA. Cities have been nominated in all states. The winner town was Glenn Rose in Texas. Thitz's work plays a central role in the whole project. The pictures painted for the "Icons" were handed over to the "Winner-Town" museum after completion of the project. It was a very charming and very American project that was great fun. The Thitz pictures for the project can be seen on 10 pages in the new book. You can still see the little Thitz-Art bag at the bottom of the new "Dream Town" page for 2004.
