Bernd Erich Gall (born August 2, 1956) is a German painter and conceptual artist.
![BerndErichGall portrait 2017](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/7/75/BerndErichGall_portrait_2017.jpg)
In the early 1980s he was a representative of the "
Neue Wilde
The term Junge Wilde (German for "young wild ones") was originally applied to trends within the art world, and was only later used with reference to politics. At present, the term is used by German-language journalists to describe any group within ...
", a group of German artists. In the 1990s it came to a stylistic imposition. The crude, strong, expressive
figuration was replaced by a compositional color
abstraction. Clear, strong color fields generated the basic formula of Gall’s paintings and built a distance to symbolize his art work. Objects and installations enlarged his artistic spectrum.
Current art work
Bernd Erich Gall lives and works in
Karlsruhe
Karlsruhe ( , , ; South Franconian: ''Kallsruh'') is the third-largest city of the German state (''Land'') of Baden-Württemberg after its capital of Stuttgart and Mannheim, and the 22nd-largest city in the nation, with 308,436 inhabitants. ...
, Germany. His large sized actual works are geometrical
"color field paintings" (oil on canvas). Gall’s conceptual modus operandi comes to the fore by his objects, installations, new media and video art.
Bibliography
Catalog
* Gall, Bernd Erich: ''Town House Motel''. Catalog, 62 p., 2018.
* Gall, Bernd Erich: ''She came here to seek shelter from biting winter winds''. Catalog, Objects, 62 p., 2015.
* Gall, Bernd Erich: ''Tagebuch eines Idioten''. Catalog, 72 p., 2013.
* Gall, Bernd Erich: ''Empty Rooms''. Catalog, 62 p., 2013.
* Gall, Bernd Erich: ''Wand''. Catalog, 50 p., 2012.
* Gall, Bernd Erich: ''Playground''. Catalog, 46 p., KA 2005.
* Zuehlke, Susanne; De Temple, Christoph; Gall, Bernd Erich: ''Synergetisch''. Catalog, 26 p., Karlsruhe 2001.
* Gall, Bernd Erich: ''The End Of The Iron Age''. Catalog, 40 p., LA 2000.
* Gall, Bernd Erich: ''Take Roses''. Catalog, 40 p., LA 1997.
* Gall, Bernd Erich: ''WO-MEN II''. Catalog, 42 p., LA 1995.
* Gall, Bernd Erich: ''wo-man''. Catalog, 34 p., LA 1993.
Art-magazine
* der infant, journal of contemporary art.
![Memoryrex](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/b/b5/Memoryrex.jpg)
* 97/1: Take Roses · They said it made the job more dangerous.
* 98/1: 8 till late shop · TV-Welten als Surrogat konsumtiver Daseins/Datenverluste.
* 99/1: Assiduity In The Bee-House.
* 99/2: Okzidentierung · Die Sonnenuntergangsrichtung als Lebensform (Dietmar Kamper).
* 01/1: Discovery Channel · Click Here To Disappear Completely.
![Canv50613capri wg](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/e/eb/Canv50613capri_wg.jpg)
Essay
* Gall, Bernd Erich: ''Discovery Channel - Click Here To Disappear Completely''. Essay, dada-schriftenreihe, 12 p., 2001.
* Gall, Bernd Erich: ''Zur Dialektik meiner Leinwandarbeiten''. Katalog ''Take Roses'', LA 1998.
* Gall, Bernd Erich: ''8 Till Late Shop · How to come into being''. Der Infant 98/1, dada-Schriftenreihe, Pforzheim 1998.
* Gall, Bernd Erich: ''Take Roses''. Der Infant 97/1, Pforzheim 1997.
* Wesner, Rudolf: ''Wahrhaftigkeit des Spontanen - Zu den Leinwandarbeiten Bernd Erich Galls''. Der Infant 97/1, Pforzheim 1997.
* Littmann, Franz: ''Entrückung - Das Fremde oder vom Scheitern der Vernunft''. Catalog ''WO-MEN II'', LA 1995.
* Rein, Ulrike: ''Frauenbilder - Eine kunstgeschichtliche Erinnerung''. Catalog ''WO-MEN II'', LA 1995.
* Wellhöner, Frank: ''Basic Instinct - Von der archetypischen Befindlichkeit im künstlerischen Kosmos''. Catalog ''WO-MEN II'', LA 1995.
* Gall, Bernd Erich: ''Flimmernde Sequenzen''. Catalog ''WO-MEN II'', LA 1995.
Other
* beg56: ''tripdown''. Audio-CD, 10 paintings, OJ 101010, 2010.
* beg56: ''funkyjob''. Audio-CD, 9 paintings, OJ 070131, 2007.
* beg56: ''homeless''. Audio-CD, 9 paintings 4 homeless, OJ 050912, 2004.
Paintings
File:Canv050107Grey.jpg, Canvas 050107 Grey · Oil on canvas · 78 x 55 inch
File:Canvas041025Grey.jpg, Canvas 041025 Grey, 2004 · Oil on canvas · 78 x 55 inch
File:Can50525Grey.jpg, Canvas 50525 Grey, 2005 · Oil on canvas · 78 x 55 inch
File:Canvas040910.jpg, Canvas 040910 Crimson, 2004 · Oil on canvas · 78 x 55 inch
File:Wand070920 190wg.jpg, Wand 070920, 2007 · Oil on canvas · 78 x 55 inch
File:Wand070911 190wg.jpg, Wand 070911, 2007 · Oil on canvas · 78 x 55 inch
File:Wand070501 140wg.jpg, Wand 070501, 2007 · Oil on canvas · 78 x 55 inch
File:Wand060928wg.jpg, Wand 0060928, 2006 · Oil on canvas · 78 x 55 inch
Objects
File:Synchron080508 2008 BerndErichGall.jpg, Synchron 080508, 2008 · Mixed Media
File:Das buchobj070626wg.jpg, das, 2007 · Book object
File:Oj070627die wg.jpg, die, 2007 · Book object
File:Oj070628der wgg.jpg, der, 2007 · Book object
File:Malbuch_gall.jpg, Malbuch 060312, 2006 · Colored sketch-book
File:Oj368dude g.jpg, Du-den-Ich-den, 2003 · Colored book object
File:361screen_gall.jpg, Screen With Bullet-Hole, 2002 · Found object
File:Buchrose_gall.jpg, Palette-Grey 1, 1996 · Oil, Pigment on millboard
See also
*
List of German painters
This is a list of German painters.
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* Hans von Aachen (1552–1615)
* Aatifi (born 1965)
* Karl Abt (1899–1985)
* Tomma Abts (born 1967)
* Andreas Achenbach (1815–1910)
* Oswald Achenbach (1827 ...
External links
HomepageBernd Erich Gall
Catalog · PaintingsUnd, 2019
Catalog · PhotographyThe Club, 2018
Catalog · PhotographyTown House Motel, 2018
Catalog · ObjectsShe came here to seek shelter from biting winter winds, 2015
Catalog · PhotographyEmpty Rooms, 2013
Catalog · DrawingTagebuch eines Idioten, 2013
Catalog · PaintingWand, 2012
Catalog · PaintingPlayground, 2005
Journalder infant, 2001
Catalog · PaintingThe End Of The Iron Age, 2000
Journalder infant, 1999
Journalder infant, 1998
Bernd Erich Gall
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1956 births
20th-century German painters
20th-century German male artists
German male painters
21st-century German painters
21st-century German male artists
Artists from Karlsruhe
German contemporary artists
Postmodern artists
Living people