Henning Grießbach
Henning Grießbach, born in Jena in 1974, studied at the Dresden University of Fine Arts (HfBK) from 2000 to 2005, focusing on painting, graphics and other media of visual poetry. He was a master student of Peter Bömmels. In 2008, Grießbach moved to Freiburg. A year later, the E-Werk provided him with a studio .
His theme is color
"The subject of color" - that's easy to say: But what is painting? The search for form and color, or more precisely: bringing the motif into harmony with form and color.
Bambi, 2008, 30 x 30 cm, Ö/LW
Island of Youth, 2007, 38 x 40 cm, oil/LW
Henning Grießbach >Plateaux<
The works on paper from 2009 (watercolor, gouache, 32x24 cm) impressively confirm the artist's credo: "Color I can, form I seek!"
View of the hallway with the large-format paintings (acrylic/canvas): "Tatzberg 2" (150x140 cm, 2013 - front) and "Die Männer des Westens III" (150x140 cm, 2011)
"Tatzberg 1" (155x135, 2012) A mountain range of colorful stratifications approaches the viewer, who, undecided about daring to climb it, instead strolls light-footedly with his eyes over rugged ridges and steep ice fields to reach precious mineral resources of exotic rock ...
"The Men of the West II" (detail) (155x140 cm, 2011)
You want to enter the pictures, linger in them and set off on an expedition to discover faraway places. Indeed, details attract your attention and reveal themselves - for example, as a wide collar with a miniature fish head. To the right is a hut and behind it the pass that leads to a promising land ...
Vase sculptures by Ella Korth can be seen in the vestibules of the entrance hall.