Entries (RSS) John Meyer Awarded 2009 Schloss Gottorf Museum Award
Gottorf Museum Hosts John Meyer show.
above: Screenprint created in collaboration between John Meyer, David Krut Print Workshop, and Lingo Rodrigues of Halftone.
below: Presentation ceremony at the Schloss Gottorf Museum, Germany
John Meyer received the 2009 contemporary artist award from the German Museum Schloss Gottorf on the 17th May at a special unveiling ceremony, filling the museum’s inner courtyard, where a choir sang in English in honour of Meyer’s visit. The prize, one of the most important international art awards in Germany (earlier recipients include Bernhard Heisig, Johannes Grützke and Magdalena Abakanowicz), includes the commission of two works for the permanent collection, a narrative painting and a silkscreen edition, which were unveiled at the ceremony. An estimated crowd of 15,000 visited the complex on the day.
Gottorf Palace is the largest museum complex in northern Germany and is the headquarters of Schlegwig Holstein’s state museums. The museum, visited by up to 600,000 visitors a year, is situated in the northern German city of Schleswig. Schloss Gottorf comprises a vast complex of museums and exhibition halls, ranging from the state collections of renaissance and period art, modern collections and contemporary collections, as well as invited solo exhibitions.
Currently the museum is staging two solo exhibitions, one by Anselm Kiefer and the other by John Meyer.
“I was amazed by the sheer size of the place, and the quality of the displays, such as one of the few extant Guttenberg Bibles, and a whole room of Lucas Cranachs, which are the equal of anything I have seen in the major cities of the world. The restorations are impressive, and exhibition halls beautifully prepared. I feel greatly honoured to be asked to show at Gottorf, and be included in their permanent collection”, says Meyer.
Known for his sequential narrative works, which are influenced by film noir and the cinematic tradition, John Meyer’s art explores complex human emotions and interaction. Meyer was chosen after his enthusiastically received one-man exhibition in Berlin in 2008, and was commissioned by the director of the Gottorf, Professor Guratzsch, to produce the two works this year for the museum.
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