Eschersheimer Landstraße 84, 60322 Frankfurt am Main
Bernd Zimmer / Zweite Natur / Second Nature / 06.09 – 21.12.2019
Wassersturz III, 2011, Acrylic on canvas, 160 x 120 cm, WV 2261
Bernd Zimmer ist co-founder of the „Young Wild Painters“ movement in Berlin of the seventies. In the last forty years he has created a substantial artistic oeuvre. His works are present in prominent collections and museums all over the world. It is worth noting that Bernd Zimmer made his debut with a group exhibition in 1976 at the “Kunstverein” in Frankfurt am Main. Today Galerie Berghout is proud to present this highly accomplished artist’s first ever solo exhibition in Frankfurt am Main with a range of his works of the cycles “Cosmos”, “Reflexions” and “Crystal World” originating between 2009 and 2019.
Since his temporary residence at the Villa Massimo in Rom 1983/84 Bernd Zimmer undertook extensive travels to our planet’s most isolated places leaving a formative and lasting influence on his artistic work. His abstract landscapes do not originate from actually painting in open nature but evolve in the studio through remembering and reflecting on what was seen and experienced. The title of this exhibition “Second Nature” is based on his method of “working by reflection”.
After landscape painting – once a leading discipline in art history – became somewhat obsolete due to various factors, it was Bernd Zimmer who relentlessly pursued this art form further and took it to another level. Through his artistic efforts this intellectual and exceptional artist succeeded in once again putting landscape painting back on the agenda of 21st century painting.
In his works Bernd Zimmer masterly visualizes the sublime transformation of nature and the universe.
Gallery Paintings
Bernd Zimmer, 2019, Exoplanets, acrylic on canvas, 260 x 190 cm
Bernd Zimmer, 2017, Das geheime Leben der Sterne 4, acrylic on canvas, 260 x 190 cm, WV 2641
Reflexion über Kalt, 2018, Acrylic on canvas, 200 x 150 cm, WV 2663
Reflexion über Unwetter (Mai), 2015/18, Acrylic on canvas, 174 x 116 cm, WV 2661
Bernd Zimmer, 2016, Pfad II, acrylic on canvas, 95 x 75 cm, WV 2567
Nebel III (Blauer Baum), 2015, Acrylic on canvas, 110 x 90 cm, WV 2503
Puyuhuapi I, 2013, Acrylic on canvas, 200 x 150 cm, WV 2375
Regenwald II, 2013, Acrylic on canvas, 200 x 160 cm, WV 2379
Quelle VI (Kristallwelt), 2012, Acrylic on canvas, 120 x 100 cm, WV 2349
Ursprung II (Kristallwelt), 2012, Acrylic on canvas, 200 x 160 cm, WV 2332
Feuchtgebiet. Aufstieg, 2012, Acrylic on canvas, 160 x 130 cm, WV 2330
Feuchtgebiet I, 2011, Acrylic on canvas, 160 x 200 cm, WV 2270
Feuchtgebiet II, 2011, Acrylic on canvas, 160 x 200 cm, WV 2271
Hochwald. Weiher, 2011, Acrylic on canvas, 95 x 75 cm, WV 2230
Drachensturz II, 2011, Acrylic on canvas, 95 x 75 cm, WV 2263
Wassersturz III, 2011, Acrylic on canvas, 160 x 120 cm, WV 2261
Spiegelwasser I, 2010, Acrylic on canvas, 110 x 90 cm, WV 2167
Lichtung. Übergang, 2010, Acrylic on canvas, 145 x 120 cm, WV 2193
Wie ein Schatten, wie Wasser… , 2009, Acrylic on canvas, 120 x 100 cm, WV 2089
Gallery Works on Paper / Woodcuts
Bernd Zimmer, 2018, Reflex, acrylic on paper, 42 x 29,5 cm
Bernd Zimmer, 2018, Reflex, acrylic on paper, 42 x 29,5 cm, WV 2576
Bernd Zimmer, 2018, Reflex, acrylic on paper, 42 x 29,5 cm, WV2572
Reflex, 2018, Acrylic on paper, 42 x 29,5 cm, WV 2568
Bernd Zimmer, 2017, Reflex, acrylic on paper, 42 x 29,5 cm, WV 2547
Bernd Zimmer, 2017, Reflex, acrylic on paper, 42 x 29,5 cm, WV 2504
Reflex, 2017, Acrylic on paper, 42 x 29,5 cm, WV 2515
Bernd Zimmer, 2017, Reflex, acrylic on paper, 42 x 29,5 cm, WV 2516
Bernd Zimmer, 2017, Reflex, acrylic on paper, 42 x 29,5 cm, WV 2521
Reflex, 2017, Acrylic on paper, 42 x 29,5 cm, WV 2536
Reflexion, 2018, colored woodcut, 57 x 36 cm
Reflexion, 2018, colored woodcut, 57 x 36 cm
Reflexion, 2018, colored woodcut, 57 x 36 cm
Bernd Zimmer, 2006, Cosmos, acrylic on paper, 50 x 70 cm
Bernd Zimmer, 2003, Cosmos, acrylic on paper, 70 x 100 cm
Bernd Zimmer, 2003, Cosmos, acrylic on paper, 50 x 70 cm
Cosmos, 2001, Acrylic on paper, 70 x 50 cm
Wüste, 2001, Acrylic on paper, 70 x 100 cm
Namib, 2001, Acrylic on paper, 70 x 100 cm
Marae, 1996, Acrylic on paper, 90 x 70 cm
Bernd Zimmer, 1996, Im Spiegel, acrylic on paper, 70 x 100 cm