EugenGomringer

Biography
Eugene Gomringer (b. 1925 in Cachuela, Bolivia, lives and works in Bamberg, Germany) is a poet and literary critic regarded as the father of concrete poetry in Europe. Gomringer’s concrete poetry demonstrated a reduction of language in an age of communication overload. His compositions are concise and memorable, presented as an independent universe, an object. Parallel to intensified activity as a literary critic, Gomringer published substantial collections of his compositions, including Worte sind schatten, Die Konstellationen 1951–1968 (1968). Poems such as “Wind,” “Ping Pong,” and the paradigmatic “Schweigen,” are the focus of the series of editions on cloth published in collaboration with Francesco Conz in 1990. In these cases, the meaning of the single word is evoked by its repetition in the textual space and the resulting reading action. Gomringer was honored with the Cultural Prize of the City of Rehau, where he also founded the Institute for Constructive Art and Concrete Poetry in 2000. In 2022, he received the Pro meritis scientiae et litterarum lifetime achievement award from the state of Bavaria.
Artworks (144)
- Eugen Gomringer
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Europa - Eugen Gomringer
Untitled, 1991 - Eugen Gomringer
Der grüne Baum, der silberne Baum.. - Eugen Gomringer
Untitled, 1971-1990 - Eugen Gomringer
Blüte Blüte Blüte Zweig Blatt Blüte - Eugen Gomringer
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Das Haus des Schöpferischen - Eugen Gomringer
Untitled (Du Blau), 1955, 1990 - Eugen Gomringer
Untitled, 1991 - Eugen Gomringer
Untitled, 1991 - Eugen Gomringer
Untitled, 1991 - Eugen Gomringer
Baum: x Berg: x Haus: x - Eugen Gomringer
Untitled (Memorias), 1957, 1990 - Eugen Gomringer
Untitled, 1991 - Eugen Gomringer
Untitled, 1991 - Eugen Gomringer
Untitled (Ping Pong), 1953, 1990 - Eugen Gomringer
Untitled, 1991 - Eugen Gomringer
Ping pong, 1996 - Eugen Gomringer
Untitled (Schweigen), 1955, 1990 - Eugen Gomringer
Untitled, 1991 - Eugen Gomringer
Neu Neu Neu Alt Alt Alt - Eugen Gomringer
Untitled, 1989 - Eugen Gomringer
Do You Think - Eugen Gomringer
Worte Sind Schatten, Schatten Werden Worte - Eugen Gomringer
Das Haus des Erregenden - Eugen Gomringer
Untitled, 1985/90 - Eugen Gomringer
From Five to Four, From Four to Three, From… - Eugen Gomringer
Untitled, 1991 - Eugen Gomringer
Untitled, 1951-1958, 1990 - Eugen Gomringer
Untitled, 1991 - Eugen Gomringer
Untitled (Möv), 1951, 1990 - Eugen Gomringer
Alphabet (AEIOU), 1985, 1990 - Eugen Gomringer
Das Haus des Abgründigen - Eugen Gomringer
Untitled, 1951-1958, 1990 - Eugen Gomringer
Untitled, 1991 - Eugen Gomringer
Untitled, 1951-1958, 1990 - Eugen Gomringer
Untitled (Est Est Est), 1953, 1990 - Eugen Gomringer
Untitled, 1991 - Eugen Gomringer
Untitled, 1991 - Eugen Gomringer
Untitled, 1991 - Eugen Gomringer
Das Haus Des Heiteren - Eugen Gomringer
Mist Mountain Butterfly - Eugen Gomringer
Hund Vogel - Eugen Gomringer
Untitled (Fliegt), 1951, 1990 - Eugen Gomringer
Nurkontur - Eugen Gomringer
Zahl 5 6 7 8 - Eugen Gomringer
Untitled, 1991 - Eugen Gomringer
Wie weiss ist wissen die weisen - Eugen Gomringer
Est Est Est - Eugen Gomringer
Untitled (Frühling), 1965, 1990 - Eugen Gomringer
Untitled (Wind), 1953, 1990 - Eugen Gomringer
Untitled (Möv), 1955, 1990 - Eugen Gomringer
Untitled, 1991 - Eugen Gomringer
Untitled, 1991 - Eugen Gomringer
Untitled, 1991 - Eugen Gomringer
Berg Land See - Eugen Gomringer
Untitled, 1991 - Eugen Gomringer
Untitled, 1991 - Eugen Gomringer
Untitled (Chumm), 1958, 1990 - Eugen Gomringer
Untitled (Silencio), 1955, 1990 - Eugen Gomringer
Untitled, 1991 - Eugen Gomringer
Untitled, 1991 - Eugen Gomringer
Untitled, 1991 - Eugen Gomringer
Untitled, 1991 - Eugen Gomringer
Untitled (Flow Grow), 1957, 1990 - Eugen Gomringer
Untitled, 1991 - Eugen Gomringer
Untitled (Flow Grow), 1957, 1990 - Eugen Gomringer
Untitled, 1991 - Eugen Gomringer
Untitled, 1991 - Eugen Gomringer
Untitled, 1991 - Eugen Gomringer
Untitled, 1991 - Eugen Gomringer
Das Haus des Empfangenden - Eugen Gomringer
Untitled, 1951-1958, 1990 - Eugen Gomringer
Untitled, 1991 - Eugen Gomringer
Untitled (Est), 1953, 1990 - Eugen Gomringer
Untitled, 1991 - Eugen Gomringer, Robert Watts
Fun With Fluxus, 1984, 1989 - Eugen Gomringer
Untitled, 1991 - Eugen Gomringer
Untitled, 1991 - Eugen Gomringer
Untitled and Alphabet, 1990 - Eugen Gomringer
Untitled, 1991 - Eugen Gomringer
Untitled (Kein Fehler), 1957, 1990 - Eugen Gomringer
Luft Wasser Erde Feuer Blatt Tier Kind... - Eugen Gomringer
Untitled, 1991 - Eugen Gomringer
Baum - Eugen Gomringer
Untitled, 1991 - Eugen Gomringer
Untitled (Der einfache Weg), 1965, 1990 - Eugen Gomringer
Untitled, 1951-1958, 1990 - Eugen Gomringer
Untitled (Ping pong), 1953, 1990 - Eugen Gomringer
Untitled, 1991 - Eugen Gomringer
Das Haus des Sanften - Eugen Gomringer
Untitled (Frühling), 1957, 1990 - Eugen Gomringer
Wolke Wind - Eugen Gomringer
Untitled, 1991 - Eugen Gomringer
Untitled, 1991 - Eugen Gomringer
Untitled, 1991 - Eugen Gomringer
Baum:1 berg:1 haus:1 - Eugen Gomringer
Untitled (Silencio), 1955, 1990 - Eugen Gomringer
Ekstase Kosmos Chaos - Eugen Gomringer
Haus - Eugen Gomringer
Untitled (Chumm), 1958, 1990 - Eugen Gomringer
Untitled, 1951-1958, 1990 - Eugen Gomringer
Untitled, 1991 - Eugen Gomringer
Untitled, 1951-1958, 1990 - Eugen Gomringer
Untitled, 1951-1958, 1990 - Eugen Gomringer
Untitled, 1991 - Eugen Gomringer
Baum : Baum Berg : Berg Haus : Haus - Eugen Gomringer
Untitled, 1991 - Eugen Gomringer
Untitled (Du Blau), 1953, 1990 - Eugen Gomringer
Untitled (Fliegt), 1951, 1990 - Eugen Gomringer
Untitled, 1991 - Eugen Gomringer
Untitled, 1991 - Eugen Gomringer
Untitled (Memorias), 1987, 1990 - Eugen Gomringer
Untitled, 1991 - Eugen Gomringer
Untitled, 1991 - Eugen Gomringer
Untitled, 1991 - Eugen Gomringer
Untitled (Wind), 1953, 1990 - Eugen Gomringer
Das Haus des Stillehaltens - Eugen Gomringer
Untitled, 1991 - Eugen Gomringer
Untitled (Kein Fehler), 1957, 1990 - Eugen Gomringer
Untitled, 1991 - Eugen Gomringer
Untitled, 1991 - Eugen Gomringer
Chaos Askese Kosmos - Eugen Gomringer
Möv Luv Möv Lee - Eugen Gomringer
Untitled, 1991 - Eugen Gomringer
Untitled, 1991 - Eugen Gomringer
Untitled, 1991 - Eugen Gomringer
Untitled, 1991 - Eugen Gomringer
Untitled (AEIOU), 1955, 1990 - Eugen Gomringer
Untitled, 1991 - Eugen Gomringer
Untitled, 1991 - Eugen Gomringer
Untitled (Der einfache Weg), 1956, 1990 - Eugen Gomringer
Untitled, 1951-1958, 1990 - Eugen Gomringer
Untitled, 1991 - Eugen Gomringer
Untitled, 1991 - Eugen Gomringer
Untitled, 1991 - Eugen Gomringer
Silencio - Eugen Gomringer
Untitled, 1951-1958, 1990 - Eugen Gomringer
Du blau du rot du gelb du schwarz du weiss… - Eugen Gomringer
Untitled (Schweigen), 1955, 1990 - Eugen Gomringer
Untitled, 1991