Joachim Kupke

Joachim Kupke (born 21 May 1947, in Sindelfingen) is a German painter and graphic artist. Since the 1970s, he has also worked as a musician, and singer/ songwriter in the band, "If you wanted to".

Life and art From 1965 to 1967 Joachim Kupke attended the Art School A.L. Merz in Stuttgart. Following this, he studied at the Academy of Fine Arts in Stuttgart with Rudolf Haegele (1967–1972).

His studies at the Academy of Fine Arts in Stuttgart were followed by a prolonged period of study in the United States. There he worked on a series of photographs showing people in everyday situations. These became material for later work.

Columbus/ Ohio, photo, 1971 Soft Craws, pencil, tempera and opaque white on cardboard, 1972

Working since 1972 as a freelance painter and graphic artist, Kupke became a Member of the [Association of Baden-Württemberg Artists] in 1980. At this time he also produced cartoons, which were published in magazines and newspapers including Playboy, Il Mago der Stuttgarter Zeitung and Pardon. On the publication of his first cartoon strip "Horror Sapiens " in 1977 Joachim Kupke was described as "Höllenfürst der Zeichenfeder" (The Prince of Darkness of the quill). Cartoon, "Horror sapiens", 1977 Cartoon, "Geschlossene Gesellschaft", 1983

During this period Kupke produced drawings and oil paintings, which grappled with paintings and art forms in unfamiliar and unusual ways.

Landschaft mit Seiltänzer, Oil on Canvas, 1979/ 1980

After a series of solo and group exhibitions, in 1981 Kupke received a grant from the Arts Foundation of Baden-Württemberg. This was followed by a stipend from the city Sindelfingen in 1986. In 1995 Joachim Kupke married Sarah Webb (born 1960 in Bedford, UK), the educationalist and actress. Sarah Kupke has lived in Sindelfingen since 1990, where she is the Head of the International School of Stuttgart, Sindelfingen Campus.

Work Between 1963 and 1965, Jordi Pagans began visiting Cadaqués, a small town on the northern coast of Catalonia, Spain. The local landscape became a frequent subject of his work. Following this period, his paintings consistently featured distinct, structured shapes alongside a realistic and figurative style.

Für Kläuschen ein schöner Hintergrund von Canaletto, pencil, crayon and paper, 1982

"Joachim Kupke’s works are created in an old master, realistic painting style. They use well-known works of art history, to which the artist feels an intimate relationship; a kind of kinship. They are not ironic re-creations or new creations. Rather, they have much more to do with the authenticity in what is represented and how it has been devaluated though mass media reproduction. Derived from our knowledge of the exponentially fragmentary nature of our perceptions and their connection with the widespread flood of pictures in all their reproduced manifestations, Kupke posits his technically brilliant commentary on art and art as art, about art.

Pour Robert Lebel, Oil on Canvas, 2003

This is also true for the nascent years of the series "Room in Delft ". In these paintings Joachim Kupke brough the works of Jan Vermeer to the present day.

Zimmer in Delft (3), Oil on Canvas, 2006 Zimmer in Delft (Mistress and Maid), Oil on Canvas, 2006 Zimmer in New York, Oil on Canvas, 2010 Zimmer in Delft (Passepartout), Oil on Canvas, 2010 Kate Moss in Delft, Oil on Canvas, 2010/2011 Allegory of Faith (Geertruyt Soup), Oil on Canvas, 2012 Silence of Songbirds, Oil on Canvas, 2013/2014 Dutch Interior No 1 (corrected Banksy), Oil on Canvas, 2014/ 2015

Gallery

Solo exhibitions 1972 "Kritischer Realismus", Galerie am Jacobsbrunnen, Stuttgart 1974 Kunstverein Heidenheim, Galerie Akzent 1979 Galerie Walther, Düsseldorf 1983 Galerie der Stadt Sindelfingen 1990 Kleine Galerie des Kulturbundes, Torgau 1991 Galerie Zaiss, Aalen 1991 "Bilder", Kunstkreis Spaichingen 1994 "Rätsel des Verständlich Schönen", Galerie Burg, Leinfelden-Musberg 1997 "Ölbilder und Peintagen", Galerie Geiger, Kornwestheim 1999 "Ölbilder und Peintagen", Galerie Burg, Leinfelden-Musberg 2000 "Ölbilder und Peintagen", Galerie Geiger, Konstanz 2000 "Corrected Ready-Mades/ Peintagen", Galerie am Pfleghof, Tübingen 2003 "Kunst.Frauen" Kunstforum Weil der Stadt, Wendelinskapelle 2003 "Kunst.Frauen" Galerie am Pfleghof, Tübingen 2004 "Aperto", Galerie Geiger, Konstanz 2004 "Aperto", Galerie und Edition Zeherit, Dreisslingen-Lauffen 2006 "Das Gesamtwerk", Galerie der Stadt Sindelfingen 2007 "Appropriate Appropriations", neue Ölbilder und frühe Fotos, Galerie Geiger, Konstanz 2011 "12 Künstler – 12 Wege. Ausgangspunkt Stuttgarter Kunstakademie", Galerie Schlichtenmaler Stuttgart 2014 "Kate Moss in Delft", Malerei und Zeichnungen, Kultur- und Museumszentrum Schloss Glatt, Sulz am Neckar 2015 "Kate Moss in Delft", Galerie der Stadt Sindelfingen 2015 "Kate Moss in Delft", Galerie d'art, Corbeil-Essonnes, France 2017 "Homage to Modern Art", Galerie Schlichtenmaier, Schloss Dätzingen, Grafenau

Selected group exhibitions 1970 "Vier junge Künstler aus Frankreich und Deutschland", Kurfürstliches Schloss Mainz 1971 "Internationaler Salon Paris Sud", Juvisy, France 1973 Museum zu Allerheiligen, Schaffhausen, Switzerland ab 1973 Teilnahme an Jahresausstellungen des Künstlerbundes Baden- Württemberg und des Württembergischen Kunstvereins 1978 Sechzehn Künstler, Württembergischer Kunstverein Stuttgart 1979 "25 Ans d'Art en Baden-Württemberg", Palais du Rhin, Straßburg/France 1988 "2 villes 5 artistes", CAC Pablo Neruda, Corbeil-Essonnes/France 2005 "15 aus 30", 30 Jahre Galerie Geiger, Konstanz 2006 "Figurative Bildwelten", Galerie Schlichtenmaler, Stuttgart 2007 "Gestochen scharf! Die Kunst zu reproduzieren", Zeppelin Museum, Friedrichshafen 2007 "Die Surrealität des Alltäglichen", Galerie Schlichtenmaler, Stuttgart 2013 "Das Antlitz!", Württembergischer Kunstverein Stuttgart