Nicola Klemz

ways of life
"Lebenswege"

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to my galleries: ☞ 1 , ☞ 2 , ☞ 3 , ☞ 4 , ☞ 5 , ☞ 6 , ☞ 7 , or ☞ 8

☞ Personal Information ☞ Exhibitions ☞ Summary pictures ☞ Catalogue ☞ More Links

☞ Permanent Exhibition Buttenwiesen ☞ Exhibition Rain Autumn 2019

☞ Exhibition Höchstädt Castle 2016 ☞ Exhibition Pyramid Berlin 2014

☞ Internationale Bodensee Kunstauktionen Lindau March 2021

My pictures show both symbolist and surreal tendencies. The symbolist pictures represent problems of our existence such as proximity and distance in human relations, love, longing, isolation and aggression, among other things. Just as in mime and modern dance, the subjects express an idea or a mood through gestures and movement. This gives a symbolic character to parts of the picture. My landscape pictures can also be interpreted metaphorically, as expressions of mental moods.

The surrealist work developed by chance from the structure of a picture (as for instance the Surrealists did through decalcomania - a method which was used for example by Max Ernst already in the 20s). The encoded meaning of the picture can reflect mental experiences. These seem like messages from the personal or collective subconscious. Sometimes this makes the pictures ambiguous. Their interpretation depends on the associations of the observer. The title of the picture may provide an added stimulus.

My painting techniques (usually oil on canvas) are mostly based on the late-medieval layer painting, which among other things has been developed from the innovative approaches towards the handling and manipulating of oil paint by Jan van Eyck. There several transparent oil layers are painted one above the other, so that the often unusual colours of my pictures develop a special depth and luminosity.

Nicola Klemz	16.12.1953	born (Knop) in Freiburg/Breisgau/Germany
	1973 - 1978	Art student at the Academy of Fine Arts in Nuremberg/Franconia with Prof. G.Dollhopf and Prof. G.Wendland
	1980 - 2003	Art teacher at the Theodor-Heuss High School in Nördlingen/Swabia
	since 1978	Participation in exhibitions in Aalen/Württemberg, Berlin, Freiburg/Breisgau, Honhardt Castle/Württemberg, Ingolstadt/Upper Bavaria, Kaisheim/Swabia, Kempten/Allgäu, Nördlingen/Swabia, Nuremberg,...
		Individual exhibitions en Amberg/Upper Palatinate, Augsburg, Buttenwiesen/Swabia, Donauwörth, Gröbenzell/Munich, Harburg/Swabia, Höchstädt Castle/Danube, Ingolstadt/Upper Bavaria, Lindenberg/Allgäu, Neuburg/Danube/Upper Bavaria, Nuremberg/Franconia, Rain am Lech/Swabia, Wedel/Hamburg, Wertingen/Swabia, Würzburg, Águilas (Murcia/Spain), ...
	since 2003	independent artist in Donauwörth
	19.1.2016	† in Nördlingen

Picture Gallery II

(hint: click into a small picture for detailed viewing,
waiting some seconds before clicking it [on PCs] You will see the titles)

Exhibitions:

In the doctor's centre in Buttenwiesen (Louis-Lamm-Platz 16, D-86647 Buttenwiesen/Swabia)

an old friendship {Alte Freundschaft}	permanent exhibition since June 2013 {Dauerausstellung seit Juni 2013}	dream remnants of a past {Traumreste einer Vergangenheit}
cathedral {Kathedrale}	Haeckel's maritime garden today {Haeckels Meeresgarten heute}	the magician {Der Zauberer}

with more than 60 works in the rooms of the doctor's centre in Buttenwiesen during office hours
Article "Der Tanz des Lebens" in the diary Augsburger Allgemeine/Wertinger Zeitung from 15.6.2013 by Bärbel Schoen
☞ List of exhibited pictures {Übersicht über die ausgestellten Bilder} in Buttenwiesen
☞ Directions to Buttenwiesen/Swabia {Anfahrt/Route nach Buttenwiesen/Schwaben}

March 2021: Auction in D-88131 Lindau / Lake Constance, Bindergasse 7
at Auktionshaus Michael Zeller (Internationale Bodensee Kunstauktionen)
with more than 40 works from the legacy of Nicola Klemz (Donauwörth)
to the benefit of BUND Naturschutz in Bayern e.V. / Kreisgruppe Donau-Ries

insane conversion {Verwandlung im Wahnsinn}	risky game {Gefährliches Spiel}	Monte I	dream - shelter {Traum - Zuflucht}
Ivan	promise {Verheißung}	live with this burden? {Leben mit dieser Bürde?}	comedy of power {Komödie der Macht}

Organizer: Internationale Bodensee Kunstauktionen (Auktionshaus Michael Zeller)
to the benefit of BUND Naturschutz in Bayern e.V. / Kreisgruppe Donau-Ries
☞ Location: Auktionshaus Michael Zeller
in D-88131 Lindau am Bodensee, Bindergasse 7, Tel.: +49(0)8232 93020
☞ 148. Internationale Bodensee-Kunstauktion (online) from 25 to 27 of March 2021
☞ see catalogue (download .pdf, ca. 1.8MB)

July 2019: exhibition in the Geigerturm Höchstädt (D-89420 Höchstädt an der Donau, Geigergasse 8)

the return of the Phoenix {Rückkehr des Phönix}	romance in the green {Romanze im Grünen}	the unveiling {Die Enthüllung}	El indígena (hommage to Salgado) (Hommage an Salgado)
Afghanistan {Afganistán}	Geigerturm Höchstädt	July 2019	Höchstädt Castle {Schloss}

Organizer: Kulturforum Stadt Höchstädt
to the benefit of BUND Naturschutz in Bayern e.V. / Kreisgruppe Donau-Ries
Laudatory by Dr. Sabine Heilig at the inauguration in the Geigerturm Höchstädt on 19 July 2019
Article from Augsburger Allgemeine/Rieser Nachrichten (Dillingen)
"Symbolische und surreale Tendenzen" by HOrst von Weitershausen from 23 July 2019
☞ Directions to Geigerturm Höchstädt / Swabia {Anfahrt/Route Geigerturm Höchstädt/Schwaben}

Autumn 2019: Exhibition in the Gempfinger Pfarrhof Ceramic sculptures of Bernhard Kugler, Neuburg/Donau
Theme "Modernized Nature"
and pictures from the legacy of Nicola Klemz, Donauwörth (a little retrospective)
in D-86641 Gempfing, Kirchenkreppe 2 (Stadt Rain am Lech, on the historic Romantic Road)

the three sisters {Drei Schwestern}	a faraway destination {Ein fernes Ziel}	the new woman {Die neue Frau}	ending of a friendship {Am Ende einer Freundschaft}
Alice - caught in a dream? {Alice - Gefangen im Traum?}	balance or threat? {Balance oder Bedrohung?}	September to October 2019	Pfarrhof Gempfing

Organizer: Förderverein Gempfinger Pfarrhof e.V. and BUND Naturschutz in Bayern e.V.
Exhibition opening "Modernisierte Natur" on Saturday, 28 September 2019 at 7 pm in the Gempfinger Pfarrhof
Music: Hofmarkmusik
Article "Traumwelten und optische Täuschung"
from Augsburger Allgemeine / Donauwörther Zeitung from 24 September 2019
☞ List of exhibited pictures {Übersicht über die ausgestellten Bilder} in Gempfing
☞ Directions to Pfarrhof Gempfing (Rain am Lech / Swabia) {on the Romantic Road}
{Anfahrt/Route Gempfinger Pfarrhof / Stadt Rain am Lech / Schwaben / Romantische Straße}

Autumn 2016: exhibition "(Day)dreams - magical landscapes"
in D-89420 Höchstädt an der Donau (in the castle chapel Höchstädt, Herzogin-Anna-Strasse 52)

erotic ritual {Erotisches Ritual}	Solitude {Einsamkeit}	searching for light {Streben nach Licht}	Laurien {Lórien}
Melancholia or the birth of imagination {Melancholia oder die Geburt der Phantasie}	Höchstädt Castle	September to October 2016 (opening hours castle)	Höchstädt Castle {Schloss}

Organizer: Kulturforum Stadt Höchstädt
to the benefit of BUND Naturschutz in Bayern e.V. / Kreisgruppe Donau-Ries
Article "Dramen einer ungeduldigen Seele in Bildern" from Augsburger Allgemeine/Rieser Nachrichten (Dillingen)
by HOrst von Weitershausen from 5.9.2016.
Laudatory by Dr. Sabine Heilig at the inauguration in the castle chapel of Höchstädt on 5.9.2016
☞ List of exhibited pictures {Übersicht über die ausgestellten Bilder} Chapel of Höchstädt Castle.
☞ Directions to Höchstädt Castle / Swabia {Anfahrt/Route zum Schloss Höchstädt/Schwaben}

☞ all titles in alphabetical order { ☞ alle Bildtitel alphabetisch geordnet} { ☞ todos títulos en orden alfabético}
☞ all miniatures in alphabetical order { ☞ alle Miniaturbilder alphabetisch geordnet} { ☞ todas miniaturas en orden alfabético}

current number of pictures {aktuelle Bilderzahl}:
Klemz

Autumn/Winter 2015: participation in exhibition of the
artist association Augsburg "Die Ecke" - theme: "Das Kleine Format 2015"
in D-86150 Augsburg (in the gallery "Die Ecke", Elias-Holl-Platz 6)

nature modernized
{Modernisierte Natur}

exhibition theme:
"Das Kleine Format 2015"
November to December 2015

precious moment
{Kostbarer Augenblick}

exhibition period: 20.11. to 23.12.2015

Autumn 2015: participation in exhibition "versteckt - verschlüsselt" for competition/arts award of Sparkasse Nördlingen 2015
in the exhibition halls of the art association Nördlingen in D-86720 Nördlingen, Bürgermeister-Reiger-Str. 3 (1st floor)

secrets of a genteel lady
{Geheimnisse einer vornehmen Dame}

exhibition theme:
"hidden - encrypted"
October to November 2015

organizer: art association Nördlingen e.V. and Sparkasse Nördlingen
exhibition period: 23.10. to 22.11.2015

Autumn 2014: exhibition in the gate house
in D-86687 Kaisheim, Abteistrasse 1
Maria Dorwarth (from Freiburg/Breisgau)
and Nicola Klemz (from Donauwörth)
Organizer: Kulturförderkreis Kaisheim

Salome III

impatient muse
{Ungeduldige Muse}

gate house
Kaisheim

Maria Dorwarth:
three ladies (Magic Flute)
{Drei Damen (Zauberflöte)}

Klemz/Dorwarth: exhibition gate house Kaisheim Dorwarth/Klemz 2014

Exhibition gate house Kaisheim Dorwarth/Klemz 2014
September to October 2014

Nicola Klemz:
The three ladies (Magic Flute)
{Die drei Damen (Zauberflöte)}

Article "Malende Freundinnen" in the diary Augsburger Allgemeine/Donauwörther Zeitung
("Focus Culture" from 25 September 2014) about the exhibition by Barbara Sagel

Spring/Summer 2014: participation in the exhibition
"INTERIOR views - WORLD considerations" - representational art in Germany
in the Exhibition Centre Pyramid Berlin Marzahn-Hellersdorf
Curator: Dr. phil. Kuno Schumacher
(Zentrum für Kultur- und Zeitgeschichte, Risaer Str.94, D-12627 Berlin)

Pyramid Berlin

Klemz: Manets Freunde warten auf bessere Zeiten...

Manet's friends waiting for better times...
{Manets Freunde warten auf bessere Zeiten...}

April to
July 2014

my heart is a mournful time
{Mein Herz ist eine traurige Zeit}

ritual of liberation
{Befreiungsritual}

Press article from "Medienmagazin f. Journalismus - Sachverhalte 1/2014" (p.16).
Flyer Exhibition INTERIOR views (.pdf, about 800KB).
Articles from the exhibition catalogue to "INTERIOR views - WORLD considerations"
from Dr. Kuno Schumacher, April 2014 (p.48-49 and 128-129, .pdf about 550KB)
and an overview about the 50 exhibiting artists (p.1-20).

🎥 Laudatory to "INTERIOR views - WORLD considerations"
from Curator Dr. Kuno Schumacher at opening day (5 April 2014, .mp4-Video, about 20 min).
🎥 Introduction to exhibition "INTERIOR views - WORLD considerations"
from Kulturstadträtin Juliane Witt at opening day (5 April 2014, .mp4-Video, about 10 min).
Article "Innenansichten – Weltbetrachtungen" from Webmagazin für phantastische Kunst
from 14.4.14 by Kuno Schumacher.
And an article "Lob der gegenständlichen Kunst" from the foundation
OST-WEST-BEGEGNUNGSSTÄTTE Schloss Biesdorf from 17.4.14 by Axel Matthies.
Another article "Die Botschaft der Bilder" in the socialist diary "Neues Deutschland"
from 26 June 2014 by Burga Kalinowski.

download Flyer Ausstellung INNENansichten

Flyer Ausstellung 2014

a summary of the exhibition "INTERIOR views - WORLD considerations" (.pdf, about 12MB).

since June 2013: permanent exhibition in doctor's centre Buttenwiesen

Press Report "Fantasievoll surreal" in the diary Augsburger Allgemeine/Donauwörther Zeitung from 4.6.2013
Press Report "Nicola Klemz stellt in Buttenwiesen aus" in the diary Augsburger Allgemeine from 6.6.2013
Article "Ein guter Tag für die Gemeinde Buttenwiesen" in the diary
Augsburger Allgemeine/Wertinger Zeitung from 10.6.2013 by Patrick Beutmiller

Article "Der Tanz des Lebens"
in the diary Augsburger Allgemeine/Wertinger Zeitung
from 15.6.2013 by Bärbel Schoen (download .pdf, ca. 2MB)
Article "Surreale Tiefe und Leuchtkraft"
in the diary Stadtzeitung Wertingen
from 24.7.2013 by Siegfried P.Rupprecht

abandoned cultures
{Verlassene Kulturen}

an unstoppable fall
{Ein unaufhaltsamer Sturz}

Clarissa

Article "Künstlerin erklärt ihre eigene Bildsprache" in the diary Augsburger Allgemeine/Wertinger Zeitung
from 24.7.2013 by Bärbel Schoen to permanent exhibition in doctor's centre Buttenwiesen since June 2013

Participation in the exhibition "SIE" during the 19. Days of Culture in the Ries 2012
in D-86720 Nördlingen (Alte Schranne, 1.OG, Bei den Kornschrannen 2)

if time would stand still... {Wenn die Zeit stehen bliebe...}	April to May 2012	petrification {Zu Stein geworden}
the empty heaven {Der leere Himmel}	his idea of a woman? {Sein Frauenbild?}	sleepless {Schlaflos}

SIE - Female Positions in Art: eleven artists show Pictures, Collages, Litografies, Ceramics, Juwellery and Sculptures
Gabi Bauer, Beatrix Eitel, Helga Hegendörfer, Beate Hiemer, Christine Hubel, Nicola Klemz († 19.1.2016),
Anna Maria Moll, Marianne Ranftl, Nathalie Schnider-Lang, Ute Sternbacher-Bohe († 16.11.2013), Brigitte Wilhelm

Exhibition "SIE": April to May 2012 in "Alte Schranne" in Nördlingen
Article "Elf weibliche Blicke" from Augsburger Allgemeine/Rieser Nachrichten from 23 April 2012

Special exhibition in the Stadtmuseum of Neuburg
in the Weveldhaus in D-86633 Neuburg/Danube
Amalienstrasse A19

Frida Kahlo

refugee
{Auf der Flucht}

Weveldhaus
Neuburg

the Fairy Queen {Die Feenkönigin}	July to September 2010	out of luck {Der Pechvogel}
patterns of living {Lebensmuster}	strong women? {Starke Frauen?}	Strindberg's night {Strindbergs Nacht}

Press Report "Bildhafte Gefühlswelten" in the diary Donaukurier/Neuburg from 30.6.2010
Press Report "Blicke in die Tiefe der Seele" in Augsburger Allgemeine/Neuburger Rundschau from 30.6.2010
Article "Vertrautes wirkt verfremdet - Fremdes scheint ganz nah" in Augsburger Allgemeine/Neuburger Rundschau from 6.7.2010

Autumn/Winter 2008: Exhibition in the Oberbank AG Linz (Zweigstelle Augsburg)
in D-86150 Augsburg (Maximilianstrasse 55)

Eros

September to
December 2008

Diotima

happy fool
{Der glückliche Narr}

a game?
{Ein Spiel?}

dance at midnight
{Mitternachtstanz}

Autumn 2006: Exhibition in
the House of Culture "Francisco Rabal"
in E-30880 Águilas (Murcia/Spain)

Lucifer - the carrier of light
{Luzifer - Lichtträger}

caprice of chance
{Laune des Zufalls}

Águilas: Casa de la Cultura
Francisco Rabal

Eve and Olympia - an attempt at emancipation {Versuch einer Emanzipation}	November 2006	secrets of a genteel lady II {Geheimnisse einer vornehmen Dame}
Ninive - afterwards {Ninive - später}	Hverarönd (Iceland) {Island}	family myth II {Familienmythos}

in the Sala de Exposiciones "Manuel Coronado"
Press Report "Sentimientos humanos plasmados en óleo"
in the diary La actualidad de Águilas, 10 November 2006
Press Report in the diary "Elfaro Águilas", 7 November 2006
"La técnica pictórica empleada por Nicola Klemz sorprende en la Casa de la Cultura"

March 2004: Exhibition "Ein Traum vom Paradies"
in the Raiffeisenbank Donauwörth (Filiale Ried)
Press Report by Barbara Sagel in the diary
Augsburger Allgemeine/Donauwörther Zeitung
from 28.2.2004

a dream of paradise
{Ein Traum vom Paradies}

Sibyl
{Sibylle}

an educationial measure
{Erziehungsmaßnahme}

October/November 2011: Art Exhibition "KiS"
Nicola Klemz († 19.1.2016) / Hans-Jürgen Kintrup († 30.12.2013)
Stiftungskrankenhaus in D-86720 Nördlingen / Swabia
Am Stoffelsberg 4

Landmannalaugar
(Iceland) {Island}

Beatrice

magical place
{Magischer Ort}

Mýrdalssandur (Iceland)
{Island}

Nicola Klemz

and

Jürgen Kintrup

J.Kintrup: without title
{Ohne Titel}

(KiS) ART in the Stiftungskrankenhaus Nördlingen

October to November 2011

Laudatory to exhibition "KiS" by Helmut Scheck from 7 October 2011

Nicola Klemz: Exhibition in the Chapel of Höchstädt Castle September to October 2016.
Article "Dramen einer ungeduldigen Seele in Bildern" in Augsburger Allgemeine/Rieser Nachrichten (Dillingen)

Theme: "(Tag)Träume - magische Landschaften"
from 5 September 2016 by HOrst von Weitershausen
Organizer: Kulturforum Stadt Höchstädt
Laudatory by Dr. Sabine Heilig from 5 September 2016

dreamt landscape (Danube)
{Geträumte Donaulandschaft}

Höchstädt Castle {Schloss}

More Exhibitions in Germany

Press Reports

Labyrinthe-Gesellschaft für phantastische und visionäre Künste e.V., München:
Museum of Fantastic Art
in the virtual world of the Internet
(Angerer der Ältere, Otfried H.Culmann, Edgar Ende († 27.12.1965), Michael Ende († 28.8.1995), Ernst Fuchs († 9.11.2015),
HR Giger († 12.5.2014), Peter Gric, Fritz Hörauf, Michael Maschka, W.M.Ohlhäuser, Tamara J.Ralis, Bob Venosa,
Bruno Weber († 24.10.2011), and many others…)

L.Angerer d.Ältere: Labyrinthe-Gesellschaft
für phantastische und visionäre Künste

N.Klemz: behind the cool facade
{Hinter der kühlen Fassade}

N.Klemz: cool staging in empty rooms
{Kühle Inszenierung in leeren Räumen}

Phantastenmuseum Vienna: The Vienna School of Fantastic Realism in the Palais Pálffy
(Arik Brauer († 24.1.2021), Bella Volen, Benedetto Fellin, Christian Flora, De Es Schwertberger, Ernst Fuchs († 9.11.2015),
Florian Aigner, Hanno Karlhuber († 27.1.2022), Luigi La Speranza, Michael Fuchs, Zorica Nikolic Aigner, and many others…)

Eugène Delacroix (1798-1863)
Frida Kahlo (1907-1954)
Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec (1864-1901)
Max Ernst (1891-1976), and more about Max Ernst at Artsy - the leading resource for learning
about and collecting art (The Art Genome Project)

small erotic landscape
{Kleine erotische Landschaft}

dancer
{Tänzerin}

Nicola Klemz: Catalogue (downloadable as .pdf, about 2.8MB)
or printed catalogue (price ~10 €) to get from bookshop Greno:
D-86609 Donauwörth, Reichsstr. 25, eMail: info@greno.de, web: greno.buchkatalog.de
Article "Ausdruckskraft in einen Katalog gebannt"
in Augsburger Allgemeine/Donauwörther Zeitung
("Focus Culture" from 30.6.2011) presentation of the catalogue June 2011 by Barbara Sagel

Nicola Klemz: flyer
(downloadable as .pdf,
about 1.2MB)