Bernd Lohaus
1940 - 2010
Born in Düsseldorf (DE), died in Antwerpen (BE).
Bernd Lohaus was born in Düsseldorf in 1940; in his twenties, he enrolled at the highly regarded local art academy when Joseph Beuys was a professor there. Lohaus’ career in art only really took off, however, when he moved to Antwerp, where he quickly established himself as a key player in the city’s burgeoning avant-garde art scene, more specifically in the now legendary Wide White Space. In 1995, Lohaus’ work was the subject of an ambitious survey show at M HKA – the collection of which now holds two pieces by the artist: "Während/DU/als Gegenüber Oder/zwischen dem/ICH" and "Grote Sculptuur" ("Big sculpture"), both dating from the mid-eighties, highlight the artist’s signature preoccupation with the frontiers of language and the (im)possibility of communication, using his signature materials of wood and chalked words. More recently, M HKA has also exhibited a ‘historical’ work associated with the Gordon Matta-Clark Foundation: dating from 1979, "Raum" – first shown at the Palais des Beaux Arts in Brussels – consists of a space simultaneously created and contained using long strips of brown paper tape. Against the walls of the space behind these flimsy yet no less forbidding bars, clearly visible but well out of the visitor’s curious reach, three drawings represent three words, the basic tenets of Lohaus’ austere, philosophically-minded practice: "nicht" (not), "nur" (only) and "nein" (no).
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>Bernd Lohaus, Bismarck, 1964.Sculpture, plaster, 30 x 39 x 40 cm.
>Bernd Lohaus, Coudrages, 1965-1967.Drawing.
>Bernd Lohaus, Ohne Titel (Concrete Poetry), 1965-1966.Drawing, ink, marker on paper.
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> Panamarenko, Dr. Hugo Heyrman, Bernd Lohaus, Wout Vercammen, Jeroen Henneman, Happening in drie bedrijven, happening in the modern world, 1965.Happening.
> Panamarenko, Wout Vercammen, Dr. Hugo Heyrman, Bernd Lohaus, Yoshio Nakajima, Happening 6 , 1965.Poster, ink, paper, 29 x 18.5 cm.
>Bernd Lohaus, Ohne Titel, 1966.Sculpture, mixed media; wood, rope.
>Bernd Lohaus, Weert, 1966.Sculpture, wood, 15 x 375 x 55 cm.
>Bernd Lohaus, Dr. Hugo Heyrman, Jeroen Henneman, Panamarenko, Marcel Broodthaers, Zonder titel, 1967.Multiple.
>Bernd Lohaus, Ohne Titel, 1967-1968.Sculpture, mixed media; wood, rope.
>Bernd Lohaus, Ohne Titel, 1967-1968.Sculpture, wood, rope, 280 x 22 x 20 cm.
>Bernd Lohaus, Untitled , 1968.Sculpture, wood , 16.5 x 254 x 31.5 cm .
>Bernd Lohaus, Ohne Titel, 1968.Sculpture, wood, rope, 50 x 20 x 30 cm.
>Bernd Lohaus, Untitled , 1970.Sculpture, wood, rope , Wood: 26 x 48 x 13 cm, Rope: 215 cm length .
>Bernd Lohaus, Untitled , 1970.Sculpture, wood , 14 x 87 x 38 cm .
>Bernd Lohaus, ICH - DU, 1970.Sculpture, wood, chalk, 27 x 27 x 32 cm.
>Bernd Lohaus, Ohne Titel , 1971-1972.Installation, oil paint on canvas, 240 x 160 cm.
>Bernd Lohaus, Ohne Titel , 1971.Painting, oxblood on canvas , 270 x 180 cm.
>Bernd Lohaus, Anny Ja, 1971.Painting, crayon on canvas, 240 x 160 cm.
>Bernd Lohaus, Ohne Titel (diptiek), 1971.Painting, paint on canvas, 270 x 360 cm.
>Bernd Lohaus, Ohne Titel (triptiek), 1971.Installation, oil paint on canvas.
>Bernd Lohaus, Ohne Titel, 1971-1973.Other, oil paint on canvas, 240 x 160 cm.
>Bernd Lohaus, Ohne Titel, 1975.Painting, oil paint on canvas, 270 x 180 cm per canvas.
>Bernd Lohaus, Ohne Titel (Micht), 1979.Painting.
>Bernd Lohaus, Raum (Nein, Nicht, Nur) [Space], 1979.Installation, brown tape, variable dimensions.
>Bernd Lohaus, Ohne Titel (Nur), 1980.Sculpture, wood, chalk, 20 x 55 x 43 cm.
>Bernd Lohaus, Bernd Lohaus, 1981.Book, ink, paper, 29.6 x 20.9 cm, language : Dutch, French, publisher : ICC/Internationaal Cultureel Centrum, Antwerpen.
>Bernd Lohaus, Ohne Titel, 1984.Collage, ink and paper tape on music paper .
>Bernd Lohaus, Ohne Titel, 1985.Other, crayon on music paper .
>Bernd Lohaus, Während/DU/als Gegenüber/oder/zwischen dem/ICH, 1985.Sculpture, wood, chalk, 3 x (39 x 124 x 40 cm).
>Bernd Lohaus, Ohne Titel, 1986.Sculpture, wood.
>Bernd Lohaus, Ohne Titel, 1986.Sculpture, wood, 45 x 140 x 115 cm.
>Bernd Lohaus, Installatie Paper Art, Dominikanerkerk, Maastricht [Installation Paper Art, Dominican Church, Maastricht], 1987.Installation, paper tape, variable dimensions.
>Bernd Lohaus, Ohne Titel, 1990.Other, pencil and print on paper .
>Bernd Lohaus, Ohne Titel , 1990.Other, pencil and print on paper.
>Bernd Lohaus, Ohne Titel , 1990.Collage, graphite and paper tape on poster .
>Bernd Lohaus, Ohne Titel (Temse), 1990.Sculpture, wood, 100 x 510 x 920 cm.
>Jef Geys, Michel François, Ulli Lindmayr, Ria Pacquée, Patrick Vanden Eynde, Patrick Van Caeckenbergh, Bernd Lohaus, Frank F Castelyns, Jef Lambrecht, Von der Wiederholung der Träume zur Realität (cat.), 1991.Book, paper, ink (printing), A5 var..
>Bernd Lohaus, Münster, 1991.Sculpture, different types of wood and print on vinyl, 1250 x 450 x 38 cm.
>Bernd Lohaus, Ohne Titel, 1991.Sculpture, wood, 45 x 350 x 50 cm.
>Bernd Lohaus, Crayon on paper, 1992.Other, paper, crayon, paper tape.
>Bernd Lohaus, Ohne Titel (Kassel), 1992.Sculpture, wood, 75 x 400 x 1550 cm.
>Bernd Lohaus, Untitled , 1993.Painting.
>Bernd Lohaus, Ohne Titel (Eupen), 1993.Sculpture, wood, 85 x 550 x 1650 cm.
>Bernd Lohaus, Ohne Titel (Marseille), 1994.Sculpture, wood (azobée), 80 x 241 x 150 cm.
>Bernd Lohaus, Bernd Lohaus, 1995.Book, ink, paper, 27 x 21 cm, 126 p., language : Dutch, French, English, publisher : Museum van Hedendaagse Kunst, Antwerpen.
>Bernd Lohaus, Large works on paper, third series , 1995-2005.Drawing, graphite, paper, crayon, paper tape, pencil.
>Bernd Lohaus, Untitled , 2001.Painting.
>Bernd Lohaus, Ohne Titel (Leuven), 2002.Sculpture, wood, 52 x 1712 x 161 cm.
>Bernd Lohaus, Untitled , 2003.Painting.
>Bernd Lohaus, Ohne Titel, 2004.Sculpture, wood, wax, 45 x 29 x 18 cm.
>Bernd Lohaus, Ohne Titel, 2004.Sculpture, wood, 115 x 290 x 74 cm.
>Bernd Lohaus, Untitled , 2007.Painting.
>Bernd Lohaus, Ohne Titel.Painting, pigment on canvas, 210 x 420 cm.
>Bernd Lohaus, Vitrine: texts.Other, paper, voice recording of a lecture from 1986.
>Bernd Lohaus, Ohne Titel.Painting, oxblood, pigment and egg yolk on canvas , 300 x 200 cm per canvas.
>Bernd Lohaus, 4 werken op papier zonder titel .Drawing, crayon and tape on paper.
>Bernd Lohaus, Ohne Titel (Series).Drawing, graphite, coloured pencil, chalk on paper.
Exhibitions & Ensembles
> Exhibition: Bernd Lohaus. 24 November 1995 - 14 January 1996.
> Exhibition: Bernd Lohaus – Fremdkörper: works from the studio of Bernd Lohaus. First presentation: Aus der Blume das Holz. 23 April 2015 - 31 May 2015.
> Exhibition: Bernd Lohaus – Fremdkörper: works from the studio of Bernd Lohaus. Second presentation: Versuch einen Satz auszusprechen. 24 April 2015 - 26 July 2015.
> Exhibition: Bernd Lohaus – Fremdkörper: works from the studio of Bernd Lohaus. Third presentation: Von der Wiederholung der Träume zur Realität. 30 June 2015 - 26 July 2015.
> Exhibition: Hommage à Bernd Lohaus. 20 January 2011.
> Exhibition: INBOX: Wout Vercammen – A well-considered idea of an exhibition in 3 parts, 1950-1970. 11 December 2014 - 11 January 2015.
> Exhibition: Marcel Broodthaers: Soleil Politique. 04 October 2019 - 19 January 2020.
> Exhibition: Museum E!: The residents' choice. 23 April 2017 - 22 October 2017.
> Exhibition: Museum in Motion. 16 September 2022 - 08 January 2023.
> Exhibition: Museum in Motion - Marcel Broodthaers. 16 September 2022 - 08 January 2023.
> Exhibition: Narcisse Tordoir – The Pink Spy. 13 March 2014 - 25 May 2014.
> Exhibition: Panamarenko Posters. 19 December 2008 - 18 January 2009.
> Exhibition: The Collection. 28 April 2017 - 31 December 2021.
> Exhibition: The collection XXXII – Personality Test + The Book Lovers. 07 December 2012 - 21 April 2013.
> Exhibition: The collection XXX – The Museum of Forgotten History, with intervention by Maarten Vanden Eynde. 29 June 2012 - 16 September 2012.
> Exhibition: THE GAP – Abstract Art from Belgium. A Selection. Curator: Luc Tuymans. 30 January 2016 - 29 May 2016.
> Exhibition: Urgent Conversations: Antwerp – Athens, Part II: Interpersonal Space / Beyond Knowledge. 01 July 2017 - 03 September 2017.
> Exhibition: Urgent Conversations Athens - Antwerp. 31 October 2016 - 05 February 2017.
> Exhibition: Visite Herentals - Reflections. 13 October 2012 - 04 November 2012.
> Exhibition: Visite Roeselare – The Green Line. 05 May 2016 - 19 June 2016.
> Exhibition: Von der Wiederholung der Träume zur Realität (expo). 18 October 1991 - 23 November 1991.
> Ensemble: Aanwinsten 2017 [Acquisitions 2017].
> Ensemble: Affiches [Posters].
> Ensemble: ARCHIEF JEF LAMBRECHT.
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> Ensemble: Around Zero.
> Ensemble: Collectie Vlaamse Gemeenschap.
> Ensemble: De M HKA - Collectie [The M HKA Collection].
> Ensemble: ESTATE JEF LAMBRECHT.
> Ensemble: Happenings & Collages.
> Ensemble: ICC POSTER ARCHIVE.
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> Ensemble: ICC_Publications.
> Ensemble: IE - Intercontinentaal Entrepot.
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> Ensemble: Interpersonal Space.
> Ensemble: M HKA_DEFAULT_PUBLICATIONS.
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> Ensemble: M HKA_DEFAULT_WORKS.
> Ensemble: NUCLEUS.
> Ensemble: Stichting Gordon Matta-Clark.
> Ensemble: What's New?.
> Ensemble: Workstation Biekorfstraat.