
Painting? Sculpture? The work by the German sculptor Herbert Hamak (1952) isn’t part of art’s traditional categories. He concentrates, rather, on the purity of colour, intensified by a knowing use of the resin-filtered light that is the essence of his work.
Hamak has often created a rapport with already existing situations, whether natural or monumental. His installation on the facade of Atri cathedral in 2004 was astounding; it was later reused on a permanent basis in the Bocconi university in Milan.
His are not the usual kind of sculptural interventions because Hamak uses the building, its facade, and various spaces as a painter uses the canvas and the stretcher. One of the keys to his art is landscape: the state and condition in which colour and three-dimensionality within space live together in perfect harmony. His most recent works present more complex forms than before: there is a further concentration on certain architectural forms as well as on various aspects of Renaissance painting. (Angela Madesani)
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Available works
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H893N + H894N
Resin and pigments on canvas,
120 x 220 x 6,5 cm (dyptich) -
H1340N, 2014
Resin and pigments on canvas, 15 x 15 x 16,5 cm
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Senza titolo
Resin and pigments on canvas,
50 x 40,5 x 11 cm -
H668N, 2003
Resin and pigments on canvas,
100 x 12 x 34,5 cm -
S.T. H709N, 2004
Resin and pigments on canvas,
46 x 8 x 49 cm -
S.T. H1090N, 2008
resin and pigments on canvas
29 x 29 x 20,7 cm -
S.T. H1005N, 2007
resin and pigments on canvas
32 x 24 x 27 cm -
H1126N, 2008
Resin and pigments on canvas,
20,5 x 30,5 x 5,5 cm -
S.T. H1121NH, 2008
resin and pigments on canvas
40 x 40 x 21 cm -
H1226N, 2010
resin and pigments on canvas
101 x 101 x 8,5 cm -
H246N, 2001
Resin and pigments on canvas,
85,5 x 8,5 x 38 cm -
S.T. H1388N, 2015
Resin and pigments on canvas,
156 x 23,8 x 7,8 cm -
S.T. H1200N, 2003
resin and pigments on canvas
22,5 x 22,5 x 32,5 cm -
H442N and H444N, 2002
resin and pigments on canvas
48 x 19 x 19 cm each -
Untitled, 2014
resin and pigments on iron base
81 x 113 x 13 cm -
ST, 2013
resin and pigments on canvas
81 x 81 x 20 cm -
H1384V, 2015
resin and pigments on canvas
40 x 8,5 x 40 x 21,5 cm -
H1387N, 2015
resin and pigments on canvas
40 x 40 x 8,5 x 20,5 cm -
Colonna, 2004
resin on steel base
246 x 16 x 16 cm -
Untitled - Colonna rossa, 2010
resin and pigments
340 x 21 x 21 cm -
At the end of the rainbow, 2016
resin and pigments
74,7 x 121,2 x 34,2 cm
Installations
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Acque Solide, 2019
installation view
Studio la Città at GAD-Giudecca Art District, Venice -
At the end of the rainbow, 2017
installation view
Studio la Città, Temporary space - Milan -
At the end of the rainbow, 2017
installation view
Studio la Città, Temporary space - Milan -
Un racconto in sei stanze, 2016
installation view
Palazzo Barbò - Studio la Città -
PEL_7994
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PEL_7832
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A 1250876
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HerbertHamak8
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DSC_7409
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HerbertHamak1
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Herbert Hamak - Installation
Arco, Trento 2007
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HerbertHamak9
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03 dettaglio Artforum3@
Videos
Available works
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H893N + H894N
Resin and pigments on canvas,
120 x 220 x 6,5 cm (dyptich) -
H1340N, 2014
Resin and pigments on canvas, 15 x 15 x 16,5 cm
-
Senza titolo
Resin and pigments on canvas,
50 x 40,5 x 11 cm -
H668N, 2003
Resin and pigments on canvas,
100 x 12 x 34,5 cm -
S.T. H709N, 2004
Resin and pigments on canvas,
46 x 8 x 49 cm -
S.T. H1090N, 2008
resin and pigments on canvas
29 x 29 x 20,7 cm -
S.T. H1005N, 2007
resin and pigments on canvas
32 x 24 x 27 cm -
H1126N, 2008
Resin and pigments on canvas,
20,5 x 30,5 x 5,5 cm -
S.T. H1121NH, 2008
resin and pigments on canvas
40 x 40 x 21 cm -
H1226N, 2010
resin and pigments on canvas
101 x 101 x 8,5 cm -
H246N, 2001
Resin and pigments on canvas,
85,5 x 8,5 x 38 cm -
S.T. H1388N, 2015
Resin and pigments on canvas,
156 x 23,8 x 7,8 cm -
S.T. H1200N, 2003
resin and pigments on canvas
22,5 x 22,5 x 32,5 cm -
H442N and H444N, 2002
resin and pigments on canvas
48 x 19 x 19 cm each -
Untitled, 2014
resin and pigments on iron base
81 x 113 x 13 cm -
ST, 2013
resin and pigments on canvas
81 x 81 x 20 cm -
H1384V, 2015
resin and pigments on canvas
40 x 8,5 x 40 x 21,5 cm -
H1387N, 2015
resin and pigments on canvas
40 x 40 x 8,5 x 20,5 cm -
Colonna, 2004
resin on steel base
246 x 16 x 16 cm -
Untitled - Colonna rossa, 2010
resin and pigments
340 x 21 x 21 cm -
At the end of the rainbow, 2016
resin and pigments
74,7 x 121,2 x 34,2 cm
Installations
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Acque Solide, 2019
installation view
Studio la Città at GAD-Giudecca Art District, Venice -
At the end of the rainbow, 2017
installation view
Studio la Città, Temporary space - Milan -
At the end of the rainbow, 2017
installation view
Studio la Città, Temporary space - Milan -
Un racconto in sei stanze, 2016
installation view
Palazzo Barbò - Studio la Città -
PEL_7994
-
PEL_7832
-
A 1250876
-
HerbertHamak8
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DSC_7409
-
HerbertHamak1
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Herbert Hamak - Installation
Arco, Trento 2007
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HerbertHamak9
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03 dettaglio Artforum3@