Beschreibung
For the past two decades, Gregor Hildebrandt (b. Bad Homburg, 1974; lives and works in Berlin) has transformed analog audiotapes, cassettes, and records into collages, sculptures, panel paintings, and installations. Melding visual art with music, he has charted a complex creative vision crossing boundaries of medium and genre that he continually refines. Before using a tape, he records selected musictypically a single songon it, whose lyrics he quotes in the works title. The artists output draws on his personal repertoire of bands that share a romantic narrative of loneliness and a melancholy keynote. The same attitude toward life is reflected in Hildebrandts work. The book offers insight into all periods of the artists oeuvre and is rounded out by archival materials from Hildebrandts studio, his project space Grzegorzki Shows, and the music label Grzegorzki Records that illustrate his creative process.
Autorenportrait
Gregor Hildebrandt studierte von 1995 bis 1999 an der Kunsthochschule Mainz und von 1999 bis 2002 an der Hochschule der Künste Berlin. 2003 war er Stipendiat am Deutschen Studienzentrum in Venedig und 2005-06 erhielt er ein Stipendium des DAAD in Wien. Seit 2015 ist er Professor für Malerei und Grafik an der Akademie der Bildenden Künste in München.
