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CONTEMPORARY ART REVIEW
LandEscape meets

Klaus Grape

An interview by and
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Innovative and at the same time full of various references , Klaus Grape ' s work addresses the viewers towards the point of convergence between experience and imagination . In his recent body of work that we ' ll be discussing in the following pages he encapsulated both abstract and figurative , to trigger the viewers ' perceptual parameters . One of the most impressive aspects of Grape ' work is the way it accomplishes the difficult task of urging the viewer to experience an increased awareness or way of seeing : we are very pleased to introduce our readers to his stimulating and multifaceted artistic production .
Hello Klaus and welcome to LandEscape : we would start this interview with a couple of questions about your multifaceted professional background . You have a solid formal training and you attended Munich Design School and subsequently studied architecture , graduating as an interior designer in 1984 : how do these experience influence the way you currently conceive and produce your works ? And in particular , how does your cultural substratum inform the way you relate yourself to the aesthetic problem in general ?
At Munich Design School I was intruduced and taught very intensivly about drawing and the use and effect of colors . I learned how to draw figurativly at a very high level . I still can remember that we had to draw a corncob with all the leaves over and over again until reaching a photo-realistc level .
Studing Architecture also gave me a very sound knowledge of all the artistic and designing skills . Obviously I learned a lot about perspectives and three-dimensional thinking , colors and materials and how they interact together . During the study i joined intensive painting classes to learn further technical skills .
It is said that Architecture is the Queen of the Arts .
So I think that all the experiences from the Design School to the studies are still giving me a solid basis and background for my artistic work which I started intensivly in the year 2000 when I completely gave up working as an architect and only focused on art . Because in Architectureone obviously has to follow certain rules and regulations to