Landscape is the key theme of Peter Kuckei’s painting. However, he is not only concerned with its mimetic representation, but with the implementation of substantial concepts through abstracting formulations. Instead of reproducing directly visible phenomena, he draws and paints, with his own unique absoluteness, situations that evolve before his inner eye, transforming his apperceptions into visual events using artistic means.
This monograph provides a comprehensive insight into the oeuvre of this versatile artist, whose works allow plenty of scope for individual interpretations, enabling the viewer to become involved.
288 pages
24 × 29 cm
Kerber Verlag, 2014
ISBN 978-3-86678-998-2
Euro 54,00
Peter Kuckei was born in 1938 in Husum, Germany.
He studied at the Staatliche Akademie der Bildenden Künste, Bremen and the Staatliche Akademie der Bildenden Künste, Stuttgart.
He lives and works in Butjadingen, Germany.
…kopflandschaften. Peter Kuckei zum 80. Geburtstag, Kunsthalle Emden
Werke 1964 – 2014, Kuckei + Kuckei, Berlin
Museum Schloß Husum, Husum, Germany
Galerie Schönhof, Jaderberg, Germany
Oldenburgische Landesbank, Oldenburg, Germany
Dany Keller Galerie, München, Germany
Galerie Rieker, Heilbronn, Germany
ReedSavage Gallery, Miami, FL
Alliance Française, Miami, FL
ZETA Galerie, Hamburg, Germany
Kunstverein Nordhorn, Nordhorn, Germany
The Museum of Art, Fort Lauderdale, FL
MB Art Gallery, Stuttgart, Germany
Associated Arts, Amsterdam, Netherlands
Associated Arts, Amsterdam, Netherlands
Galerie Schütte, Essen, Germany
M Galerie, Wilhelmshaven, Germany
Art Asylum, Häuslingen, Germany
MB Art Gallery, Stuttgart, Germany
Galerie Rieker, Heilbronn, Germany
Associated Arts, Amsterdam, Netherlands
MB Art Gallery, Stuttgart, Germany
M Galerie, Wilhelmshaven, Germany
Galerie Dorn, Stuttgart, Germany
Cobra Fine Art, San Francisco, CA
Stiftung für Kunst und Kultur, Bonn, Germany
Kunstverein Cloppenburg, Cloppenburg, Germany
Städtische Kunsthalle Paderborn, Paderborn, Germany
Art Asia 92, Hong Kong, China
Galerie Rieker, Heilbronn, Germany
Nieuwe Weg Gallery, Doorn, Netherlands
Sytsema Gallery, Baarn, Netherlands
KunstRai 91, Amsterdam, Netherlands
Galerie Kinter, Remshalden, Germany
Nieuwe Weg Gallery, Doorn, Netherlands
ART London, London, Great Britain
Sytsema Gallery, The Hague, Netherlands
Nieuwe Weg Gallery, Doorn, Netherlands
Galerie Rieker, Heilbronn, Germany
KunstRai 89, Amsterdam, Netherlands
Nieuwe Weg Gallery, Doorn, Netherlands
Kunsthalle Wilhelmshaven, Wilhelmshaven, Germany
Oldenburgisches Landesmuseum, Oldenburg, Germany
Galerie Rieker, Heilbronn, Germany
Galerie Kinter, Remshalden, Germany
Galerie Schüppenhauer, Essen, Germany
Dany Keller Galerie, München, Germany
Kunstverein Emsdetten, Emsdetten, Germany
Galerie Raum 41, Bonn, Germany
MB Art Gallery, Stuttgart, Germany
Dany Keller Galerie, München, Germany
Kunstverein Cloppenburg, Cloppenburg, Germany
Die Sammlung im Sommer, Kunsthalle Emden, Emden, Germany
Aller Zauber liegt im Bild, Kulturforum Würth, Chur, CH
Zeitreise – Die Sammlung von 1904 bis 2014, Kunsthalle Emden, Emden, Germany
GreenArt II oder: Die Kunst, den Grünkohl zu sehen, Landesmuseum für Kunst und Kulturgeschichte Oldenburg, Oldenburg, Germany
La magia está en la imagen, Würth Museo La Rioja, Agoncillo, Italy
2012 cartes postales d`artistes, Goethe-Institut Lyon, Lyon, France
Künstlerkinder von Runge bis Richter, von Dix bis Picasso, Kunsthalle in Emden, Emden, Germany
Mémoires d’éléphants, L\’Atelier, Nantes, France
Die Leichtigkeit des Seins Teil 2, Dany Keller Galerie, Eichelhardt, Germany
EDITIONEN 1987 – 2008, Galerie Schütte, Essen
Sammlung Politeo, Art Center Berlin Friedrichstrasse, Berlin
Licht Farbe Raum Klang, Galerie Dorn, Stuttgart, Germany
Ausgewählte Werke – Künstler der Galerie seit 1971, Galerie Dorn, Stuttgart, Germany
Sammlung Junge Kunst der König-Brauerei, Nassauischer Kunstverein, Wiesbaden, Germany
Sammlung Junge Kunst der König-Brauerei, Kunsthalle Bremen, Bremen, Germany
Fine Arts Museum, San Francisco / De Young Memorial Museum
Dorint Collection, Berlin – Den Haag – Potsdam
Walker Collection, Oakland
Deutsche Bank Collection, Frankfurt
Associated Arts, Amsterdam
Phyllis Wattis Collection, San Francisco
Wencel Collection, Chicago
Holiday Inn, Leipzig
InterContinental, Berlin
Henry Nannen Collection, Kunsthalle in Emden
Landesgirokasse, Stuttgart
Lewis Collection, Los Angeles
Landesmuseum Oldenburg (Oldb)
Landeszentralbank Baden-Wuerttemberg
Landeszentralbank Hannover
Maritim ProArte, Berlin
Pfalzgalerie Kaiserslautern
Ministry for Art and Science
State of Baden-Wuerttemberg (Germany)
Museum Wiesbaden
Oldenburgische Landesbank, Oldenburg (Oldb)
Boeckmann Collection, Berlin
Koenig Collection, Duisburg
Reinheimer Collection, Sindelfingen
State of Schleswig-Holstein Museum,
Gottorf Palace (Germany)
Stuttgart State Gallery
City of Oldenburg Collection, Oldenburg (Oldb)
City of Hannover Collection
Schuette Collection, Essen
Folkerts-Landau Collection, London
Trepte Collection, Emsdetten
Kleist Collection, Hamburg
Politeo Collection, Zagreb
Wuerth Collection, Kuenzelsau
Mader Collection, Graefelfing