Newspaper Article - Doro Hofmann - 20 Jahre Malerei - February 2024
Above’s article translated in to english :
It's not just golden oil that flows in Doro Hofmann work.
Two, back from Hollywood: The artist and the director of photography, “Stöps” Langensteiner, are back in Ettlingen.
By Jens When.
Doro and Stöps met in Karlsruhe, at an exhibition. That was in 2000, at the time, the Ludwigsburg native was studying Fine Arts/Grafik at the National Academy for Fine Art Karlsruhe; after having previously worked as a reproduction technician in pre-printing for eight years.
From then on, until my diploma, we led a long distance relationship".
“And just as I thought: ”Now she’s finally coming over,” Stöps blurts out, “She spends another year at the academy, as a master's student, of Franz Ackermann. That was in 2005”.
Then finally Hollywood.
Just that that Dream started traumatically: A fire destroyed almost all of her work. This is also the reason why we only look at an exhibition of over two decades.
But, in America problems are Challenges: The new beginning is successful.
Hofmann also makes a name for herself. One of the projects she is involved in and is also continuing it in Ettlingen,
sounds particularly interesting. It's kind of a visual version of the children’s game “Telephone”, in which artists take up someone else’s image thematically and reinterpret it without knowing the original topic, adapting its version to pass on to the next artist.
Both have been living in Ettlingen again since August 2023.
Hofmann's art will be certain to find their viewers in Germany, too, some of her works in the show were already sold on the evening of the opening reception. Stöps Langensteiner has already put together his own advertising film team, “Common Ground”.
Ongoing
Doro Hofmann - 20 Jahre Malerei
13.02.2024 - 25.02.2024
Galerie ArtEttlingen, Kronenstrasse 5, Ettlingen, Germany
Doro Hofmann präsentiert einen spannenden Überblick ihres Künstlerischen Schaffens,
beeinflusst durch die die beiden Kulturen in denen Sie seit 18 Jahren zuhause ist:
Die “Alte Welt” Europas und die Superlative Kultur der Stadt der Engel: Los Angeles.
Von der Zeit als sie Meisterschülerin von Franz Ackermann an der Staatlichen Akademie
der Künste in Karlsruhe war, bis zur Gegenwart.
Doro Hofmann presents an exciting overview of her artistic work,
influenced by the two cultures in which she has been at home for 18 years:
The “Old World” of Europe and the superlative culture of the City of Angels: Los Angeles.
From the time when she was a master student of Franz Ackermann at the State Academy
of the arts in Karlsruhe until the present.
CIRCLE OF TRUTH
an ongoing INteractive project traveling to different Museum and venues across the United States with an expansion to the European countries.
A Visual Game of Telephone Which Explores the Subject of Truth
in the Human Experience
lined up to travel and show at The Demuth Foundation, Lancaster, Pennsylvania
and the Portsmouth Art & Cultural Center in Virginia in 2023/2024
SORDONI ART GALLERY, in Wilkes-Barre, Pennsylvania 2023
AT SUSQUEHANNA ART MUSEUM 2021
LANCASTER MUSEUM OF ART AND HISTORY (MOAH) 2019
SELECTED PAST EXHIBITIONS
2023
» THE BLUE PERIOD; LAGUNA ART GALLERY
2022
» Open Show Los Angeles Art Association LAAA | Gallery 825
» MADE IN CALIFORNIA; BREA GALLERY; check out the show here
2021
» CIRCLE OF TRUTH AT SUSQUEHANNA ART MUSEUM; Harrisburg, PA. Curated by Laura Hipke and Shane Guffogg
» GILD Los Angeles Art Association LAAA, online show
» Fat City Los Angeles Art Association LAAA online show
» OUT THERE Los Angeles Art Association LAAA | Gallery 825
2020
» OCCCA@40 CELEBRATING 40 YEARS of Orange County Center of Contemporary Art
» Open Show Los Angeles Art Association LAAA | Gallery 825
2019
» “CIRCLE OF TRUTH” - MOAH - Lancaster; curated by Shane Guffogg and Laura Hipke.
» SXSW19 - and the HOUSE OF L
» HOUSE OF L - DIFFERENT PROJECTS, TALKS AND SALONS; throughout 2019; curated by Lana Carlson.
2018
» “CIRCLE OF TRUTH” - NUMU - NEW MUSEUM LOS GATOS; curated by Shane Guffogg and Laura Hipke.
2017
» "Portraiture - An Exhibition" at Orange County Center for Contemporary Art; curated by Shane Guffogg.
2016
» "Portraiture - An Exhibition" at the Lindsay Museum; curated by Shane Guffogg. PRESS RELEASE The Porterville Recorder
2012
» "21st annual Images of the Virgin Exhibit", curated and juried by Professor of Religion at Santa Clara University: Maria Del Socorro Castaneda-Liles; at Galeria Tonantzin in San Juan Bautista, in California; in conjunction with for The Virgin Image Conference,
December 8. See more @ Galeria Tonantzin
2010
» "LAKE OF FIRE" SOLO SHOW, curated by Christine Thy-Anh Vu; at Ghettogloss; press about the show : @ CRITIQART, CAUGULA, BEAUTIFUL DECAY,
» "Memory's Touch", curated and juried by art historians Denise Lugo and Karen Schifman; at the John Spoor Broome Library Gallery at the California State University, Channel Islands; in conjunction with California Women's Caucus for Art (SCWCA)
» "Beauty Revisited", curated and juried by Peter Frank; at OCCCA (Orange County Center of Contemporary Art. April 29 - May 29
2009
» "SALON CONTEMPORARY" a project with the "ARTART PROJECT" and curator Jeff Phillips
» “For Those of Us Still Standing” Pharmaka (current) Group have a last exhibit at Pharmaka's Gallery location, Downtown Los Angeles, USA.
» "Which Way Berlin - LA ?" 6 german artist at Phantom Gallery's LA, Long Beach,
curated by Doro Hofmann. click here for images and here @ Phantom Gallery
2008
» "Which Way Berlin - LA ?" 6 german artist present their position at Pharmaka, Downtown Los Angeles, curated by Doro Hofmann. click here for images
» “ICON” exploring how and what we worship", DCA Fine Art, Santa Monica, USA. press on ART SCENE
» “Group Show” Pharmaka founders show at Pharmaka, Downtown Los Angeles, USA.
» “Blue Chips” HSH Bank, Hamburg, Germany.
2007
» “Small Wonders III” a juried fundraiser to benefit Pharmaka, Non-Profit-Gallery, Downtown Los Angeles, USA.
» “Blue Chips” HSH Bank, Hamburg, Germany.
» “Lost Icons” Lawrence Asher Gallery, Miracle Mile, Los Angeles, USA.
» “Now Then” Pharmaka, Downtown Los Angeles, USA.
» "LA Ethos" a show that calls to all LA Artists, to define the Ethos of LA Art, at Pharmaka, in Los Angeles, California
2006
» "Small Wonders" a juried fundraiser to benefit Pharmaka, a non-profit gallery in Los Angeles, California
» "Die Kunstreihe" selected Masterstudents exhibit at the Volksbank in Karlsruhe, Germany
» Exhibition of Graduated Students for the Application for the Scholarship of the State Baden-Wuerttemberg, Germany
Doro Hofmann is granted with one of the four "Travel Grants"
2005
» “LA based Artists" at Cache Contemporary, Eagle Rock, California
» “Top 05" at Kunstverein Heidelberg and at the Academy in Karlsruhe, Germany
» “2x8 Motion" at the A+D Museum (Architecture and Design) in Los Angeles, USA
2004
» “150 Jahre Akademie Karlsruhe” Students and Professors exhibit at the Academy in Karlsruhe, Germany
» “Lieblingsbilder" at U7 Gallery, Frankfurt , Germany
» “Busy Canvas” at Barnsdall Gallery, Barnsdall Art Park, Los Angeles , CA
» “New step in January 2004” at U7 Gallery, Frankfurt , Germany
2003
» “Murals” at Pop-o-Matic, Los Angeles , CA
» Art Walk, Don O’Melveny’s Gallery, Los Angeles , CA
» Dez 2000- 2004» Annual exhibitions in conjunction with the "Akademie der Bildenden Kuenste", Karlsruhe , Germany
GRANTS
2006 Granted with the Travel Fellowship of the State Baden-Wuerttemberg, Germany.
2005 Support Programme for emerging artists, the Columbus Art Foundation, Ravensburg, Germany.
PROJECTS
2003 - 2010 Active member of Pharmaka group and gallery, a non profit organization run by 15 artists, one
architect and one writer.
Pharmaka Gallery is dedicated to fill in the gap between museums and
commercial galleries - also to discuss any present issue about painting and art.
Pharmaka is supported by the Getty Foundation, the DEW Foundation, The Joelson Foundation
and depending on the different shows supported by the diverse cultural support programms and
foundations of the city Los Angeles.
past & Special art EVENTS
shows at Gallery 825, 2020 - 2021
Los Angeles Art Association LAAA | Gallery 825 | 825 N. La Cienega Blvd Los Angeles, CA 90069 | 310.652.8272 | gallery825@laaa.org
FAT City; April/May 2021
GILD; March 2021
Open Show; DEC 2020
OCCCA@40 CELEBRATING 40 YEARS June 2020
About the OCCCA @ 40 Online Exhibition. 40 never looked so good! The Orange County Center for Contemporary Art’s 40th year anniversary celebration can be seen online. OCCCA's fabulous four-decade history is testimony to the many talented artists who have participated in its exhibitions. Relax and enjoy OCCCA@40. Seductive, surprising, and inspiring, OCCCA@40 is an online exhibition not to be missed.
CIRCLE OF TRUTH moves @ MOah in Lancaster
LANCASTER MUSEUM OF ART AND HISTORY (MOAH) 2019
665 W. Lancaster Blvd., Lancaster, CA 93534
Website: https://www.lancastermoah.org/moah
CIRCLE OF TRUTH:
A Visual Game of Telephone Which Explores the Subject of Truth
in the Human Experience.
Curated by Laura Hipke and Shane Guffogg
Exhibition dates: August 10 - October 20, 2019
The LA-based Project was curated by artists, Laura Hipke and Shane Guffogg. Exhibiting artists from Los Angeles, Arizona and New York include: Kim Abeles, Lisa Adams, Lita Albuquerque, Charles Arnoldi, Lisa Bartleson, Billy Al Bengston, Justin Bower, Virginia Broersma, Randall Cabe, Rhea Carmi, Greg Colson, Jeff Colson, Stanley Dorfman, Cheryl Ekstrom, Jimi Gleason, Rives Granade, Ron Griffin, Alex Gross, Shane Guffogg, Lynn Hanson, Doro Hofmann, Tim Isham, Kim Kimbro, Bari Kumar, Cal Lane, Margaret Lazzari, Mark Licari, Dan Lutzick, Deborah Martin, Susan McDonnell, Christopher Monger, Jim Morphesis, Andy Moses, Juan Carlos Munoz Hernandez, Gary Panter, Daniel Peacock, Bruce Richards, Michael Rosenfeld, Ed Ruscha, Eddie Ruscha, Paul Ruscha, John Scane, Vonn Sumner, Matthew Thomas, Alison Van Pelt, Michelle Weinstein, Ruth Weisberg, Robert Williams and Todd Williamson.
July 10th HOL panel and discussion Art Of Collecting at Four Seasons, Austin
July 25th-27th - HOUSE OF L x Kuper Sotheby’s - San Antonio
September - HOUSE OF L x Kuper Sotheby’s - Dallas
October - HOUSE OF L at ASL Collectors Lounge - Austin
November - HOUSE OF L x Kuper Sotheby’s - San Antonio
December - HOUSE OF L x Miami (Art Basel)
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Orange County Center for Contemporary Art
"Portraiture - An Exhibition"
curated by Shane Guffogg, the exhibiting artists include Don Bachardy, Xander Berkeley, Jeff Britton, Shane Guffogg, Laura Hipke, Doro Hofmann, Michael Lindsay-Hogg, Deborah Martin, Ed Ruscha, Paul Ruscha, Vonn Sumner and Alison Van Pelt.
PRESS RELEASE (includes images and essay on each artist in short)
OCCCA .com (more information on the venue)
Another In Depth View (see what programming took place - please click link)
"Doro Hofmann's painting technique is pain staking photo-realism, infused with symbols of our post-modern, capitol-driven world. She paints beauty, as in women and shiny objects, but they are more than that. She is really painting a belief system that we are all too familiar with. When we pick up a magazine and look at the glassy pages of ads, they are trying to tell us and hopefully sell us, their concept of happiness. That concept is based on the idea that if you buy their product, lets say a purse from Gucci, you will be one of them – one of the beautiful, happy people. It is consumerism combined with marketing with a splash of religious iconography (think of the Virgin Mary with a halo, blue robe, red dress and the bluest skies) that makes us want to buy with the hope of belonging to their world. The message is, beauty equals happiness. Simple enough but oh how complicated it all is.
Doro's women, with their prefect blue hair, look out in to our world, but not necessarily at us. They are daydreaming against a back drop of diamonds and gold, but they are disconnected from both our world and theirs. They are fallen angels that have been seduced into our belief system, trapped in a timeless state of idealized beauty.
These paintings are really portraits born out of desire, fueled by the (social) media. They are steeped in the history of European Icon paintings of the late Byzantine and early Renaissance and are as real as the images that are splashed across our TV and computer screens of today's hot celebs wearing the latest high fashion statement. We know they don't have a solution for world hunger or world peace, but we watch and listen anyway because these pop cultural icons, represent an idea that we all want to believe in – eternal beauty."
Shane Guffogg, 2016
Ron Griffin #14
Doro Hofman #15
Paul Rusha #16
Lost Icon 3, 2007, oil on canvas by Doro Hofmann