L-artist
Antonio Hase
Antonio Hase twieled fl-1963 fil-punent tal-Bosnja bil-kunjom Draganović. Fl-1984 wasal Hamburg, imbagħad għex f’Lucerne, u minn dakinhar jgħix u jaħdem f’München. Artist eċċezzjonalment versatili — pittur, rumanzier, kittieb ta’ skripts, attur u direttur — ilu iktar minn erbgħin sena ddedikat għall-arti viżiva.
Jipparteċipa f’wirjiet kollettivi mill-1985 u f’wirjiet personali mill-1986 — s’issa tella’ għaxar wirjiet personali. Ix-xogħlijiet tiegħu jinsabu f’kollezzjonijiet privati fil-Ġermanja, l-Iżvizzera, il-Kanada, il-Kroazja u l-Istati Uniti. Bħala pittur Kroat-Ġermaniż, f’dawn l-aħħar snin qed jikseb rikonoxximent internazzjonali dejjem akbar.
Il-pittura tiegħu hija mniżżla fl-astrazzjoni — għażla li ħadet forma f’nofs is-snin tmenin permezz tal-ħbiberija ma’ Vlado Kristl, li daħħlu fid-dinja tal-astrazzjoni u introduċieh lill-pittur Ġermaniż kbir tal-informel Emil Schumacher. Tul erba’ deċennji ta’ ħidma, mill-kostruttiviżmu sad-dekostruttiviżmu, stabbilixxa ruħu bħala pijunier tad-dekostruttiviżmu fil-pittura.
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.
