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Antonio Hase
Antonio Hase fæddist árið 1963 í vesturhluta Bosníu undir eftirnafninu Draganović. Hann kom til Hamborgar árið 1984, bjó síðan í Lúzern og hefur síðan búið og starfað í München. Einstaklega fjölhæfur listamaður — málari, skáldsagnahöfundur, handritshöfundur, leikari og leikstjóri — hefur hann helgað myndlistinni meira en fjörutíu ár.
Hann hefur tekið þátt í samsýningum frá 1985 og haldið einkasýningar frá 1986 — tíu talsins til þessa. Verk hans er að finna í einkasöfnum í Þýskalandi, Sviss, Kanada, Króatíu og Bandaríkjunum. Sem króatísk-þýskur málari hefur hann á síðustu árum hlotið sífellt víðtækari alþjóðlega viðurkenningu.
Málverk hans eiga rætur í abstraktlist — val sem mótaðist um miðjan níunda áratuginn í vináttu við Vlado Kristl, sem leiddi hann inn í heim abstraktlistarinnar og kynnti hann fyrir hinum mikla þýska informel-málara Emil Schumacher. Á fjórum áratugum starfs, frá konstrúktívisma til afbyggingarstefnu, hefur hann fest sig í sessi sem frumkvöðull afbyggingarstefnunnar í málaralist.
Inspirations and dedications – Emil Schumacher, Vlado Kristl and Antonio Hase
"The motif of my painting is always a dedication to Schumacher and Kristl."
Antonio Hase's artistic path was shaped by encounters with great names of world art. As early as the eighties, his friend Vlado Kristl introduced him to the German painter Emil Schumacher. That meeting left a deep mark on Hase, awakening a profound bond with abstract expression to which he has remained faithful ever since.
At that meeting Hase promised Schumacher that he would follow his path and devote himself to abstraction. Although both Schumacher and Kristl have since passed away, their presence lives on strongly in Hase's work. He turned their legacy into one of his significant works – a painting with the motif of a monument and an urn as a symbolic dedication to Schumacher, while scattered flower petals fall onto the urn in memory of Vlado Kristl.
Hase explains that the petals of Kristl's flowers also carry a personal meaning – they stand for the moment Kristl introduced him to Schumacher. The painting was exhibited and drew great interest, although at the time the artist had no chance to speak about its meaning in detail. Today he wants to share that story and show the deeply personal dimension of his work.
With these works Antonio Hase not only keeps the memory of his friends and mentors alive, but shows that art can be a bridge between generations and a lasting message of gratitude.
