Gregor Hildebrandt
Digging in the Dirt (P.G.)
Artist
Gregor Hildebrandt
(1974, Bad Homburg), German
Original Title
Digging in the Dirt (P.G.)
Date2016
Mediumcasette tape, adhesive tape and acrylic on canvas
Dimensions 220 × 165 cm
Classificationspaintings
Credit LineKunsthalle Praha
DescriptionGregor Hildebrandt is an internationally renowned contemporary artist with a fascinating ability to combine materials and objects which can, at first glance, appear incompatible and contradictory. His work is ostensibly abstract yet is in fact permeated by vivid meanings related to omnipresent pop culture, primarily the realms of music and film. Hildebrandt’s paintings, sculptures, and monumental installations are created as collages and assemblages, making use of analogue storage media, most commonly vinyl records and magnetic cassette tape, the content of which usually informs the works’ titles. The piece’s minimalist aesthetic is thus imbued with a mnemonic dimension of contemporary pop culture which constitutes part of our personal and cultural identities. Simultaneously, it can be seen as Hildebrandt’s personal contribution to the mediums of painting and sculpture which conceptually broadens them.
Digging in the Dirt (2016) is a piece characteristic of Hildebrandt’s work, made of magnetic cassette tape arranged into an abstract, black-and-white collage. It references lyrics from the song Digging in the Dirt by English rock singer Peter Gabriel, former frontman of the legendary band Genesis. The minimalism of the black vertical strips is interrupted by white gestural brushstrokes. The painting thus evokes various personal and collective memories and associations. Simultaneously, it can be Hildebrandt’s personal contribution to the mediums of painting and sculpture which conceptually broadens them.
Gregor Hildebrandt (* 1974, Bad Homburg) lives and works in Berlin. He studied at the Johannes Gutenberg University in Mainz, and later, from 1999 to 2002, at the University of the Arts in Berlin. In 2003, he received a scholarship to stay at the German Study Centre in Venice. He was able to undertake postgraduate studies in Vienna from 2005 to 2006 thanks to receiving the DAAD scholarship. Hildebrandt is a laureate of the GASAG Award (2004, Berlin), the Vattenfall Kunstpreis (2009), and the Falkenrot Preis (2016, Künstlerhaus Bethanien, Berlin), He is currently a lecturer at the Academy of Fine Arts in Munich. His work is frequently displayed internationally, at institutions including the Galerie Perrotin in New York City, the Wentrup Gallery in Berlin, the Almine Rech Gallery in Paris, and the Contemporary Art Museum St. Louis. His works are also held in collections such as the Centre Georges Pompidou in Paris and the Saarland Museum in Saarbrücken.
Digging in the Dirt (2016) is a piece characteristic of Hildebrandt’s work, made of magnetic cassette tape arranged into an abstract, black-and-white collage. It references lyrics from the song Digging in the Dirt by English rock singer Peter Gabriel, former frontman of the legendary band Genesis. The minimalism of the black vertical strips is interrupted by white gestural brushstrokes. The painting thus evokes various personal and collective memories and associations. Simultaneously, it can be Hildebrandt’s personal contribution to the mediums of painting and sculpture which conceptually broadens them.
Gregor Hildebrandt (* 1974, Bad Homburg) lives and works in Berlin. He studied at the Johannes Gutenberg University in Mainz, and later, from 1999 to 2002, at the University of the Arts in Berlin. In 2003, he received a scholarship to stay at the German Study Centre in Venice. He was able to undertake postgraduate studies in Vienna from 2005 to 2006 thanks to receiving the DAAD scholarship. Hildebrandt is a laureate of the GASAG Award (2004, Berlin), the Vattenfall Kunstpreis (2009), and the Falkenrot Preis (2016, Künstlerhaus Bethanien, Berlin), He is currently a lecturer at the Academy of Fine Arts in Munich. His work is frequently displayed internationally, at institutions including the Galerie Perrotin in New York City, the Wentrup Gallery in Berlin, the Almine Rech Gallery in Paris, and the Contemporary Art Museum St. Louis. His works are also held in collections such as the Centre Georges Pompidou in Paris and the Saarland Museum in Saarbrücken.
