Martin Eder

Martin Eder (born 1968 in Augsburg) is a German artist.

From 1986 until 1992, he studied at the Augsburg University of Applied Sciences, and from 1993 until 1995 continued his studies at the Academy of Fine Arts Nuremberg, attending the University of Kassel in 1995 and 1996. From 1996 until 1999 he studied under Eberhard Bosslet at the Dresden Academy of Fine Arts and was a master student under Professor Bosslet from 1991 until 2001. Eder lives and works in Berlin and is represented by Eigen + Art Gallery and Hauser & Wirth.^[1][2]

Works

Martin Eder paints representative Idylls in oil. Recurring motifs are often house pets such as cats, rabbits, poodles or birds, as well as lasciviously semi-clad women's or girls' bodies (Lolita motifs). These naive-kitschy views often conceal details which can irritate the viewers and are intended to lead them to further reflection. The paintings avail themselves of the motifs of postmodern trash, the erotic and Surrealism. They show a contrast between realistically beautiful motifs and their bombastic, surreal antithesis. Martin Eder's works had been primarily embraced outside of Germany, where he has had numerous successful exhibitions, before receiving widespread notice in his native land. Today Martin Eder is counted among the most important German contemporary artists.^[3][4]

In addition, Eder plays in his own experimental rock band under the name Richard Ruin et Les Demoniaques. ^[5]

Solo exhibitions (selection)

• "Martin Eder. Der dunkle Grund", Exhibition Hall in the Lipsius-Bau, Dresden, 2009
• "Martin Eder", Kunsthalle Mannheim 2008
• Galerie EIGEN + ART, Berlin 2006
• Marianne Boesky Gallery, New York City 2006
• "fade Away – Böse Alphatiere", Art Basel | Miami Beach 2004
• "...the Afterlife", Galerie EIGEN + ART, Berlin 2004
• Kunstverein Potsdam 2003
• Galerie EIGEN+ART, Leipzig 2003
• Frederick Freiser Gallery, New York City 2002
• Galerie EIGEN + ART, Berlin 2002
• "Forever Isn’t Very Long", Städtische Kunstsammlungen, Augsburg 2001
• "BadStar", Büro für Kunst, Dresden 2001
• "Something Slightly Different-From the Beginning After the End", Oktogon, HfBK Dresden 2001
• "P..P..Pipi-Paradiso, my favourite rooms", Studiohaus Gallery of Contemporary Art, Leipzig 2000

Group exhibitions (selections)

• "Landschaft", Galerie EIGEN + ART, Berlin 2006
• "Full House - Gesichter einer Sammlung", Kunsthalle Mannheim 2006
• "Netherlands v. Germany 3-3", Gemeentemuseum Den Haag, Netherlands 2006
• "VNG-Art presents German painting", Museum Rzeby, Krolikarnia, Warsaw; Städtische Galerie Arsenal, Poznan, Polen 2006
• "After Cézanne", Museum of Contemporary Art, Los Angeles, USA 2006
• 2. Prague Biennale, Prag 2005
• 25 Sammlung Deutsche Bank, Deutsche Guggenheim, Berlin 2005
• "Girls on Film", Zwirner & Wirth, 2005
• "Portrait", Galerie EIGEN +ART, Berlin 2005
• David Zwirner Gallery, New York City 2004
• "Coup de couer/ a sentimental choice", CRAC Alsace Altkirch 2003
• "Gruppenausstellung" Sommer Contemporary Art, Israel 2003
• Sommer bei EIGEN + ART, Berlin 2003
• "Taboo", Galerie Roger Pailhas, 2003
• Kunstpreis Böttcherstrasse, Kunsthalle Bremen, 2003
• "Adieu Avantgarde – Willkommen zu Haus", Ludwig Forum, Aachen 2003
• "Zukunft" (mit Thoralf Knobloch und David Schnell), Sandroni Rey Gallery, Los Angeles 2003
• "Split Points", National Gallery Prague, Prague 2002
• "Anker", annet gelink galerie, Amsterdam 2002
• "GASAG Kunstpreis 2002", 2yk Galerie am Flutgraben, Berlin 2002
• "Sommer bei EIGEN+ART", Galerie EIGEN+ART, Leipzig 2002
• "Without Consent", Centre d`Art, Neuchâtel, Schweiz 2002
• "Electric Dreams”, Curve Gallery, Barbican Arts Centre, 2002
• "Over the Moon. Große Gefühle zwischen Inszenierung und Authentizität", Kunstamt Berlin-Kreuzberg, Berlin 2002
• "Wirklichkeit in der zeitgenössischen Malerei", Städtische Galerie, Delmenhorst 2001
• "Summer Show", D'Amelio Terras, New York City 2001
• Museum für Moderne Kunst/ Hauptzollamt, Frankfurt am Main 2000
• Galerie EIGEN+ART, Leipzig 2000
• "alltomorrowsparties", LeRoy Nieman Gallery, Columbia University, New York City 2000
• "Z 2000", Akademie der Künste Berlin 2000
• "I love You too, but...", Gallery of Contemporary Art, Leipzig 2000
• "Les Prochaines", Galerie Dorothea Deimann, Basel 1999
• "W..Words Don't Come Easy II" (Performance), Alte Pinakothek, Munich 1999
• "W..Words Don't Come Easy I" (Video screening), The Luxor Hotel, Las Vegas, USA 1999
• "Pitstops", Kaufhaus Esders, Dresden 1999
• Novaphorm™ Label, WMF Club, Berlin 1999
• Novaphorm™ Textzone, Literaturhaus, München 1999
• Novaphorm™ beautystyle, Galerie Arndt & Partner, Berlin 1998
• Novaphorm™ aromastrip, Young European Artists, Espace des Arts, Chalon-sur-Saône 1998
• Recycling Novaphorm™ hotel, Sammlung Hoffmann, Berlin 1997
• "heaven", PS 1, New York City 1997
• Novaphorm™ hotel, während der documenta X, Kassel 1997
• Novaphorm™ electrolux lounge; Haus Schwarzenberg, Berlin 1997
• Novaphorm™ chill out, Voxxx Galerie, Chemnitz 1997
• "Postwar Disasters s,m,l,xl", Gut Keferloh 1997
• Novaphorm™ disco, Gipsstr. 23, Berlin 1996
• Galerie Eigen+Art im Taschenbergpalais, Dresden 1996
• "Uptown Classics", Galerie Upart, München 1995
• "Wood", L.O.F.T. Galerie, Augsburg 1993

Literature

• "Visuell 25. Fünfundzwanzig Jahre Sammlung Deutsche Bank", published by the Deutsche Guggenheim (as part of the exhibition commemorating the 25th anniversary of the collection, April 30 - June 19, 2005), Berlin 2005, S. 80.
• "Martin Eder: Die Kalte Kraft", published by the Kunstverein Lingen Kunsthalle (as part of the exhibition of the same name of the Kunstverein Lingen Kunsthalle, August 15, 2004 – October 10, 2004), Ostfildern-Ruit 2004, ISBN 3-7757-1474-X.
• "Martin Eder. Memoirs of My Nervous Illness", published by the Brandenburgischen Kunstverein Potsdam e.V (as part of the exhibition: Martin Eder "Phantasie der Erwachsenen," Brandenburgischer Kunstverein, February 14, 2003 - March 14, 2003), Potsdam 2003.
• "2003 Kunstpreis der Böttcherstraße in Bremen", published by the Stifterkreis für den Kunstpreis der Böttcherstraße in Bremen (as part of the exhibition "Kunstpreis der Böttcherstraße in Bremen," March 2, 2003 – April 13, 2003), Bramsche 2003.
• "The Undead" (part of the solo exhibition of Martin Eder), 2001.
• "Something Slightly Different/ From The Beginning After The End...", published by the Phillip Morris New York Foundation.
• "The Return Of The Anti-Soft", published by the Städtische Kunstsammlungen Augsburg (as part of the Eder exhibition "Forever isn't very long"), Augsburg 2001.

External links

• Literature by and about Martin Eder in the German National Library catalogue
• http://www.artfacts.net/index.php/pageType/artistInfo/artist/7770
• Biography
• Works
• Biography at Hauser & Wirth
• Richard Ruin

References

1. ^ "Eigen + Art Gallery" - Biography, Works, Exhibitions and Literature at Eigen + Art Gallery
2. ^ "Hauser & Wirth" - Biography, Works, Exhibitions and Literature at Hauser & Wirth Gallery
3. ^ "Eigen + Art Gallery" - Biography, Works, Exhibitions and Literature at Eigen + Art Gallery
4. ^ "Hauser & Wirth" - Biography, Works, Exhibitions and Literature at Hauser & Wirth Gallery
5. ^ "Ich wusste, ich will nicht sterben" - Interview with Ijoma Mangold in ZEITmagazin number 2 from January 7th, 2010

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