22.11. – 24.11.2024
Bettina
Dittlmann
Not Nothing – but fast
Working in short intervals.
Making quick decisions.
The wire______________________
The dot…...........………………….
Line and plane.
The soldering
and the flowers,
but also the metal,
thin as a breath
and with volume.
Creating islands of time and drawing,
oasis of soldering.
Letting go of ideas.
Relaxing. Tightening.
The hands going loose.
Finding ideas without searching.
Automatic working.
Making without thinking. Is that possible?
Beginning.
About my work
“Slow, slow, we have no time,”
said Georg Tabori during a radio interview.
I sat in my workshop at my bench
and soldered already since weeks
on one piece.
Spending time. Refining time.
Working to time. Reading the Times.
Having time and having no time.
Soldering, sawing, setting stones,
enameling, forging, alone and together,
since a long time.
Spent half a year making bowls.
From piece to piece.
From day to day.
Time passes.
My work takes a lot of time.
I am a part of my time.
Making quick decisions.
The wire______________________
The dot…...........………………….
Line and plane.
The soldering
and the flowers,
but also the metal,
thin as a breath
and with volume.
Creating islands of time and drawing,
oasis of soldering.
Letting go of ideas.
Relaxing. Tightening.
The hands going loose.
Finding ideas without searching.
Automatic working.
Making without thinking. Is that possible?
Beginning.
About my work
“Slow, slow, we have no time,”
said Georg Tabori during a radio interview.
I sat in my workshop at my bench
and soldered already since weeks
on one piece.
Spending time. Refining time.
Working to time. Reading the Times.
Having time and having no time.
Soldering, sawing, setting stones,
enameling, forging, alone and together,
since a long time.
Spent half a year making bowls.
From piece to piece.
From day to day.
Time passes.
My work takes a lot of time.
I am a part of my time.
| Curriculum vitae born 1964 in Passau, Germany |
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| 1983 – 1986 | Staatliche Berufsfachschule für Glas und Schmuck, Neugablonz |
| 1987 – 1989 | Akademie der Bildenden Künste, München, Prof. Hermann Jünger |
| 1989 – 1991 | State University of New York, New Paltz, USA |
| 1991 – 1993 | Akademie der Bildenden Künste, München, Prof. Otto Künzli |
| 1996 – 1999 | Assistent of Prof. Otto Künzli, Akademie der Bildenden Künste |
| since 1998 | Collaboration with Michael Jank |
| 1999 – 2000 | Professor at State University of Oregon, Eugene, USA |
| 2005 | Bayerischer Staatspreis |
| since 2008 | Studio with Michael Jank in Breitenbach, Niederbayern |
| 2009 | Bayerischer Staatspreis, Dittlmann&Jank |
| 2019 | Le Fer Noir Trio, Hanagarth, Dittlmann & Jank, Galerie Noel Guyomarch, Montreal |
| 2020 | Danner-Preis, Danner-Stiftung München |
| 2020 | Die Kleider der Maria, Gartenpavillon des Klosters Beuerberg, Diözesanmuseum Freising |
| 2024 | NICHT NICHTS – ABER VIEL, Bayerischer Kunstgewerbeverein, München |
Works in Museums: Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum, New York, USA. Die Neue Sammlung in der Pinakothek der Moderne, München. Diözesanmuseum Freising. Dallas Museum of Art, USA. Metropolitan Museum, New York, USA. Muzeum Ceského Ráje Turnov, CZ. Schweizerisches Nationalmuseum, Zürich, CH. Samuel Dorsky Museum of Art, New Paltz, USA. Victoria & Albert Museum, London, GB