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MASCH, who was born in the Rhineland (Germany) in 1950 and studied painting at the UdK in Berlin in the 1970s, has successfully exhibited his works nationally and internationally for many years. He was also active as a musician and in this capacity also worked for the Bavaria Film Studios in Munich. He eventually incorporated his skills as a painter into his work for the film world. The film then won an Oscar in 2015 for his work as an art painter for the film \u201cThe Grand Budapest Hotel\u201d.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

In the works of MASCH, the figures and forms against abstract backgrounds are divided into polygons and relatively homogeneous surfaces. These fields are characterized and distinguished by both monochrome colors and uniform textures, and their contours follow an overarching geometry of shapes. This results in a seamless and nested arrangement, which means that the different shapes and forms are separated like tiles, as well as connected and interwoven. Without color gradients, the silhouettes appear to be embedded in one another. The figures, objects and backgrounds in MASCH’s works are in a magical flow and juxtaposition, in direct connection and reciprocity.
In this sense, MASCH’s two-dimensional formal language and semiotics are rooted in the tradition of simplification and reduction as in cubism for example. This is another reason why it would be a mistake to confuse his clarity and precision of expression with naivety. MASCH is free from such role models in his particular style, not least because of a noticeable, greater lightness and a confident, but also undogmatic expression. This sovereignty is noticeably developed and is the result of a thorough finding. In their clear formal language, MASCH’s figures combine an enigmatic simplicity similar to that of archaic geoglyphs with humor and a desire to tell stories straight from everyday life. Strange gestures and symbols are naturally coupled with human closeness and down-to-earthness. This makes MASCH’s works as accessible as they are multi-layered and, especially in this combination, extremely fascinating.<\/div>\n
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text: Matthias Bergemann<\/div>\n
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MASCH<\/p>\n

1950
born in West Germany<\/p>\n

1970 \u2013 1973
Studied free painting at the UdK (formerly HdK) Berlin at the class of Prof. Karl Oppermann<\/p>\n

1969-1971
Studied at the DFFB Berlin<\/p>\n

2012
Lecturer at the Institute of Art & Design in Malta<\/p>\n

exhibitions (selections)<\/strong><\/p>\n

2024 janinebeangallery, Berlin
2023 Dodona Loge Berlin
2021 Fen, Kaoshiung (Taiwan)
2020 Rodin Art Space, Taipei
2019 Galerie Sievi
2019 Cheongju Craft Biennale, Korea
2019 Residential Gallery Hours, Berlin
2019 NEW YORK MEETS BERLIN, KunstWerk Berlin
2018 KANG CONTEMPORARY Berlin
2018 Group Show Galerie Anna25 \u201eNew York meets Berlin\u201c
2017 Group Show ABSTRACT FEELINGS \/ Anaid Art Gallery, Berlin
2017 Group Show PRIESTSandPRAWNS \/WBB Willner Brauerei Berlin
2017 Solo Show \u201eNEXT GENERATION\u201c Anaid Art Gallery, Berlin
2016 Group Show PRIESTSandPRAWNS \/WBB Willner Brauerei Berlin
2016 Gallery66, Coldspring, NYC, USA
2016 New York meets Berlin, Berlin
2016 \u201eNEW GENERATION\u201c by Hagen\/Eichner Collectors
2015 New York meets Berlin, Skylight Gallery NYC, USA
2014 New York meets Berlin, Skylight Gallery NYC, USA
2013 Lyrical Art Berlin, Artraum Berlin
2013 New York meets Berlin, Forum Factory Berlin
2013 KUNSTLEBEN BERLIN, Berlin
2013 Skylight Gallery , NYC, USA
2012 KUNSTLEBEN BERLIN, Berlin
2011 Fluxus+ Museum, Potsdam
2011 Skylight Gallery, NYC, USA
2011 KUNSTLEBEN BERLIN, Berlin
2010 KUNSTLEBEN BERLIN, Berlin
2009 KUNSTLEBEN BERLIN, Berlin
2008 Messe Feldkirch, \u00d6sterreich
2005 Galerie \u201eHand in Hand\u201c, M\u00fcnchen
2003 Galerie Lipp, M\u00fcnchen
2002 Bayerisches Filmzentrum, M\u00fcnchen
2000 Bavaria Filmstudios, M\u00fcnchen
1997 \u201eKunstfabrik\u201c M\u00fcnchen
1996 \u201eKunstfabrik\u201c, M\u00fcnchen
1995 Galerie Detlef Schulte, M\u00fcnchen
1995 Galerie ARO, M\u00fcnchen
1994 Bavaria Filmstudios, M\u00fcnchen
1993 S\u00fcddeutscher Verlag, (Werkschau)
1992 Galerie Roucka, M\u00fcnchen-Schwabing
1991 Modern Art Gallery, M\u00fcnchen
1989 Modern Art Gallery, M\u00fcnchen
1988 Galerie R\u00f6ske, Berlin
1985 Galerie Regner, Berlin
1983 Design & Art, Berlin
1982 Galerie Hagen, Berlin
1980 Gallery Artfuture, Berlin
1978 Artbox, Berlin
1977 Gallery Sign and Wonder, Berlin
1976 Gallery Artfuture, Berlin
1975 Gallery Sign and Wonder, Berlin
1974 Gallery Herdecke, Berlin
1973 Galerie Renner, Berlin<\/p>\n

MASCH lives and works in Berlin<\/p>\n

His work are in collections in Germany, the USA, England, Norway, Spain, Finland, Sweden, France, Italy, Switzerland, Romania and Asia\/Taiwan.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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