VOLKER HILDEBRANDT | For Love

Volker Hildebrandt 1953 Duisburg Volker Hildebrandt is a German media artist. The artist, who lives in Cologne, studied art history and special education in Bonn and Cologne from 1972-78 and received the art award of the Anker Bank Cologne in 1992. __ not for money | for love. good of love pro toto love pro toto is a global, nonprofit art project founded by Volker Hildebrandt. The name is derived from the Latin phrase “pars pro toto” (“a part for the whole”) and can freely be translated as “love for the whole world.” The idea is to bring people together - regardless of gender, religion, or background - in a digital community where everyone can express “I love you” and spread love throughout the world. love pro toto is a “social sculpture”, a work of art in the form of a social network. Or rather: a platform for love on the world wide web. For more information, or to participate in this project, visit: loveprototo(dot)com And here we present the artwork for this project, titled “for love” - an original work from 2011’s first edition. __ At the end of the 1970s, Volker Hildebrandt's work can be classified as conceptual art - dealing with space and time using the means of language. At the beginning of the 1980s, Hildebrandt turned increasingly to the electronic media of television, computer and screen text (BTX), later also video, in order to critically question the processes of image production typical of these devices in his art. The examination of the structure and mode of production of media images is an essential aspect of his art. The perception and reception of media icons from film, art, sports and politics also makes up a large part of his artistic work. After the introduction of BTX in Germany in 1983, Hildebrandt was the first German artist to use the new medium to broadcast an immaterial exhibition of specially conceived artworks (Bildstörung - Hildebrandt, 1983; BTX Dance, 1983; Hotel Rasputin, 1989), thus making them accessible to many recipients simultaneously and regardless of location. Volker Hildebrandt's oeuvre includes graphics, painting, video, multimedia, object and drawing. __ Digital print on paper Inscribed: good of love pro toto First edition, dated 2011 Signed & dated Real wood frame Size 35 x 35 cm Provenance | Artist´s studio Differential taxation according to § 25a UStG. No taxes included. | Differenzbesteuerung nach § 25a UStG. Kunstgegenstände und Sammlungsstücke, Sonderregelung.