Dieter Nusbaum Schmetterlingskunde Mixed Media

1972 born in Neuerburg
1996-1999 Studied free painting at the art college “Institut Supérieur des Beaux-Arts Saint Luc” in Liège/Belgium under Prof. Deuse
1996-1999 Studied “gravure” and “dessin” with Prof. Herten
1999 Final exhibition and diploma at the art academy in Liège
2002-2008 Art teacher at the private St. Josef-Gymnasium, Biesdorf

At first, intense, bright colors catch the eye. Strong contrasts bring liveliness into the picture, but also leave room for calm, monochrome surfaces. Color is at the beginning of every work process. The canvas, which tends towards large formats, is covered with it irregularly in order to build up layer by layer on this colored base.

Brushed and spatulated areas of color, overlapping grid structures, black and white set pieces in the screen printing process or the painterly copy of a print, incised lines, delicate pencil drawings and overlapping geometric forms that are sprayed on generate a whole. And this list by no means exhausts the artistic means. Another aspect that can be identified is the processual nature of the painting practice. The exploration of the dynamics of the material is incorporated in an experimental manner. Dieter Nusbaum devotes himself to a rapid creative process in which reflection never overrides intuition. The juxtaposition of trivial and sublime pictorial motifs creates a humor in some parts of Dieter Nusbaum’s work that is sometimes tinged with irony. Humor is not a consistent feature of the works, but a frequently recurring one, which, despite the seriousness of the painterly realization, allows the viewer to question the given realities. Color and form seem to wrestle for supremacy in the paintings, which makes them seem charged with energy. A powerful creative process is set in motion, the preliminary result of which is an artistically highly convincing work.” (Margrit Ten Hoevel)