Dietmar Moews
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Dietmar Moews is a German artist, best known as a painter
Painting
Painting is the practice of applying paint, pigment, color or other medium to a surface . The application of the medium is commonly applied to the base with a brush but other objects can be used. In art, the term painting describes both the act and the result of the action. However, painting is...

 of the German Pop Art
Pop art
Pop art is an art movement that emerged in the mid 1950s in Britain and in the late 1950s in the United States. Pop art challenged tradition by asserting that an artist's use of the mass-produced visual commodities of popular culture is contiguous with the perspective of fine art...

 and Postmodern movements. He is also a scholar, philosopher, government-approved master harbour builder and harbour engineer, sociologist, musician, and publisher.

Early years

Moews was born in Lauenau
Lauenau
Lauenau is a small town in Lower Saxony, Germany, with about 4,200 inhabitants. It is situated in the east of the district of Schaumburg just off the A2 Autobahn at the foot of the Deister ridge...

, Lower Saxony
Lower Saxony
Lower Saxony is a German state situated in north-western Germany and is second in area and fourth in population among the sixteen states of Germany...

, being christened Lutheran and educated at the Grammar School in Springe. He loved sports and in the footsteps of his father (an engineer and city planner) he painted and drew and made lots of music, and was judged an excellent singer.

1960s

Still at school Moews bought a second hand jazz guitar, started playing with friends in a scout troop. In 1964 he founded his first band Mercy Lsd, played first gigs and joined (1967) as bass player and singer in to the distinguished band of Hanover of that time The Beads. He also had his first exhibition with water color paintings in his home town. In the age of 17 he had already read through the whole library of his family and got familiar especially with the complete works of Goethe and Nietzsche. His favorite painter was the master from Lorraine Georges de La Tour
Georges de La Tour
Georges de La Tour was a French Baroque painter, who spent most of his working life in the Duchy of Lorraine, which was temporarily absorbed into France between 1641 and 1648...

. In 1967 Moews started to train as carpenter and concrete worker for become building engineer and went (1968) to study in Minden
Minden
Minden is a town of about 83,000 inhabitants in the north-east of North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany. The town extends along both sides of the river Weser. It is the capital of the Kreis of Minden-Lübbecke, which is part of the region of Detmold. Minden is the historic political centre of the...

. Before finishing this line he went by occasion into cross-Europe travelling and hearse driving business, came first time to Italy and decided to became an Artist Scholar modelled on allround masters like Piero della Francesca
Piero della Francesca
Piero della Francesca was a painter of the Early Renaissance. As testified by Giorgio Vasari in his Lives of the Artists, to contemporaries he was also known as a mathematician and geometer. Nowadays Piero della Francesca is chiefly appreciated for his art. His painting was characterized by its...

, Bruneleschi or Leonardo da Vinci
Leonardo da Vinci
Leonardo di ser Piero da Vinci was an Italian Renaissance polymath: painter, sculptor, architect, musician, scientist, mathematician, engineer, inventor, anatomist, geologist, cartographer, botanist and writer whose genius, perhaps more than that of any other figure, epitomized the Renaissance...

. In the mood of 1960s Beatlemania
Beatlemania
Beatlemania is a term that originated during the 1960s to describe the intense fan frenzy directed toward The Beatles during the early years of their success...

, hippie
Hippie
The hippie subculture was originally a youth movement that arose in the United States during the mid-1960s and spread to other countries around the world. The etymology of the term 'hippie' is from hipster, and was initially used to describe beatniks who had moved into San Francisco's...

 subculture and student activism
Student activism
Student activism is work done by students to effect political, environmental, economic, or social change. It has often focused on making changes in schools, such as increasing student influence over curriculum or improving educational funding...

 and the hypertrophical modern living of the sixties with alcohol and drugs experiences brought the coming out twice, his brilliant discursive and musical line.

1970s

Moews studied hydraulic engineering and seaport and harbour-building in Minden
Minden
Minden is a town of about 83,000 inhabitants in the north-east of North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany. The town extends along both sides of the river Weser. It is the capital of the Kreis of Minden-Lübbecke, which is part of the region of Detmold. Minden is the historic political centre of the...

 in Bielefeld between 1968 and 1972, graduating with a Diploma of Engineering (Analysis, Design and Calculation of a new Harbour of Norderney
Norderney
Norderney is one of the seven populated East Frisian Islands off the North Sea coast of Germany. It is also a municipality in the district of Aurich in Lower Saxony....

). His 1972 design for the "Seaport and sport-and-shelter-harbour of the Isle of Norderney“, the so-called "Dietmar-Moews-Port", was constructed in 1975 by the State of Lower Saxony and the Federal Republic of Germany. In 1973 Dietmar Moews had his first exhibition with own paintings and founded the "Fine-Arts-Gallery M" in Hanover-Linden together with a former school-friend Gerhard Merkin under the important influence of Egon Neubauer, Bernhard Dörries and Peter Janssen
Peter Janssen
Peter Janssen was a German historical painter. He was born at Düsseldorf, son of the engraver Theodor Janssen , by whom he was first instructed before studying at the Academy under Karl Sohn and Bendemann...

, German painter. 1977 to 1984 he directed the "Ballhof-Galerie Hannover“ in downtown Hanover.
In 1979 he founded the art magazine Neue Sinnlichkeit with a manifesto of the Neue Sinnlichkeit . Moews also continued his studies at the University of Hanover in engineering and education between 1972 and 1974 and law at the Georg August University of Göttingen between 1974 and 1976 and since then in numerous political activities in the extra parliamentary opposition and along with the peace movement (1978) founder of the Green Party
Alliance '90/The Greens
Alliance '90/The Greens is a green political party in Germany, formed from the merger of the German Green Party and Alliance 90 in 1993. Its leaders are Claudia Roth and Cem Özdemir...

. In the meanwhile he had to serve his duty as a medic in the German Johanniter Unfallhilfe, went on to also study fine arts in Brunswick between 1976 and 1978, meantime he worked at the High School of Springe as a teacher. 1977 Moews entered the international market at the art fair of Cologne and painted a copy of Caravaggio
Caravaggio
Michelangelo Merisi da Caravaggio was an Italian artist active in Rome, Naples, Malta, and Sicily between 1593 and 1610. His paintings, which combine a realistic observation of the human state, both physical and emotional, with a dramatic use of lighting, had a formative influence on the Baroque...

's Basket of Fruit
Basket of Fruit (Caravaggio)
Basket of Fruit is a painting by the Italian Baroque master Michelangelo Merisi da Caravaggio , which hangs in the Biblioteca Ambrosiana , Milan....

.

1980s

In his first manifesto of the Neue Sinnlichkeit  he accuses the esthetic exclusivity of modernity and postulates the esthetic inclusivity by accessibility of artefacts.

"Dietmar Moews, the white cherub skirt, the firecracker under the tail of the dozing culture lion" wrote the German Critic Armin Mohler
Armin Mohler
Armin Mohler was a Swiss-born far right political writer and philosopher associated with the Neue Rechte movement.-Life:Born in Basel, Mohler studied at the University of Basel where for a time he supported communism...

 on the contemporary Art Scene in Die Welt
Die Welt
Die Welt is a German national daily newspaper published by the Axel Springer AG company.It was founded in Hamburg in 1946 by the British occupying forces, aiming to provide a "quality newspaper" modelled on The Times...

(1980). He organized about 120 Exhibitions with different artists and Chamber Music Concerts with distinguished musicians and first releases. 1987 he performed together with the photographer Joachim Peters-Schnee the Color in the Routine and "Art-Fair-Play" called "U" for central Hanover's "Spielplatz der Künste" from 1983 to 1989 near the main station for year where he lived under ground and started painting the big cycle Zuginsfeld (1984), ostracism of war after a poem by Otto Nebel
Otto Nebel
Otto Wilhelm Ernst Nebel was a painter and printmaker of the Bauhaus school...

. First release of the stage play Die Hunde (1986). Beside his obligatory every year visit of Italy
Italy
Italy , officially the Italian Republic languages]] under the European Charter for Regional or Minority Languages. In each of these, Italy's official name is as follows:;;;;;;;;), is a unitary parliamentary republic in South-Central Europe. To the north it borders France, Switzerland, Austria and...

  he travelled all around the USA (1981). After moving to the Schwabing
Schwabing
Schwabing is a borough in the northern part of Munich, the capital of the German state of Bavaria. It is divided into the city borough 4 and the city borough 12...

 neighborhood of Munich
Munich
Munich The city's motto is "" . Before 2006, it was "Weltstadt mit Herz" . Its native name, , is derived from the Old High German Munichen, meaning "by the monks' place". The city's name derives from the monks of the Benedictine order who founded the city; hence the monk depicted on the city's coat...

 in 1989, Moews founded the "Pandora Kunst Projekt“ with exhibitions, concerts, stage plays and residences for artists. Between 1987 and 1992 he have been several times in Sardinia/Italy for painting in the Italian light.

1990s

Later on Moews developed his profil as universalist, artist scholar studying philosophie, empirical social research and organizational sociology as a post-graduate in 1990-1998. 1991 he visited Argentina
Argentina
Argentina , officially the Argentine Republic , is the second largest country in South America by land area, after Brazil. It is constituted as a federation of 23 provinces and an autonomous city, Buenos Aires...

, Buenos Aires
Buenos Aires
Buenos Aires is the capital and largest city of Argentina, and the second-largest metropolitan area in South America, after São Paulo. It is located on the western shore of the estuary of the Río de la Plata, on the southeastern coast of the South American continent...

 and the Andes
Andes
The Andes is the world's longest continental mountain range. It is a continual range of highlands along the western coast of South America. This range is about long, about to wide , and of an average height of about .Along its length, the Andes is split into several ranges, which are separated...

 and Chile
Chile
Chile ,officially the Republic of Chile , is a country in South America occupying a long, narrow coastal strip between the Andes mountains to the east and the Pacific Ocean to the west. It borders Peru to the north, Bolivia to the northeast, Argentina to the east, and the Drake Passage in the far...

 and made Music with Los Chalchaleros
Los Chalchaleros
Los Chalchaleros is an Argentine musical ensemble consisting today of four men. The group was established in 1948 in the northern province of Salta. It is named after a local song-bird, the chalchalero....

  and Bocha Martinez in Cafajate/Salta
Salta
Salta is a city in northwestern Argentina and the capital city of the Salta Province. Along with its metropolitan area, it has a population of 464,678 inhabitants as of the , making it Argentina's eighth largest city.-Overview:...

/Tucuman. Later on he visited Iceland
Iceland
Iceland , described as the Republic of Iceland, is a Nordic and European island country in the North Atlantic Ocean, on the Mid-Atlantic Ridge. Iceland also refers to the main island of the country, which contains almost all the population and almost all the land area. The country has a population...

 and made Music in Reykjavík
Reykjavík
Reykjavík is the capital and largest city in Iceland.Its latitude at 64°08' N makes it the world's northernmost capital of a sovereign state. It is located in southwestern Iceland, on the southern shore of Faxaflói Bay...

 and Bolungarvik
Bolungarvík
Bolungarvík is a fishing village and municipality in the North-West of Iceland, located at the Vestfirðir peninsula, approximately 14 kilometres from the town of Ísafjörður and 473 km from the capital city Reykjavík....

 together with Hrolfur Vagnsson, his friend for the 4 Beads studio recording of his Beatles cover versions of "I Feel Fine
I Feel Fine
"I Feel Fine" is a riff-driven rock song written by John Lennon and released in 1964 by The Beatles as the A-side of their eighth British single. The song is notable for the use of feedback on a recording for the first time by any musician...

", "While My Guitar Gently Weeps
While My Guitar Gently Weeps
"While My Guitar Gently Weeps" is a song by George Harrison, first recorded by The Beatles in 1968 for their eponymous double album...

", "A Hard Day's Night
A Hard Day's Night (song)
"A Hard Day's Night" is a song by the English rock band The Beatles. Written by John Lennon, and credited to Lennon–McCartney, it was released on the movie soundtrack of the same name in 1964...

", "Eight Days a Week
Eight Days a Week (song)
"Eight Days a Week" is a song written by John Lennon and Paul McCartney, based on Paul's original idea, recorded by The Beatles and released on their December 1964 album Beatles for Sale.-Inspiration:...

" and I'm Only Sleeping
I'm Only Sleeping
"I'm Only Sleeping" is a song by The Beatles from their 1966 studio album Revolver. It was released two months earlier in the United States on the album Yesterday And Today and did not feature on the original US version of Revolver...

 and by the support of Matthias Gawriloff, Clarinet, and others. First release of the stage play Der zarte (harte) Nietzsche - Melodram. The same year he travelled with a BBC TV music production, together with Vladimir Krajnev, piano
Piano
The piano is a musical instrument played by means of a keyboard. It is one of the most popular instruments in the world. Widely used in classical and jazz music for solo performances, ensemble use, chamber music and accompaniment, the piano is also very popular as an aid to composing and rehearsal...

, and Carine Georgian, violoncello, for Rachmaninov concerts to Moscow
Moscow
Moscow is the capital, the most populous city, and the most populous federal subject of Russia. The city is a major political, economic, cultural, scientific, religious, financial, educational, and transportation centre of Russia and the continent...

, Tambov
Tambov
Tambov is a city and the administrative center of Tambov Oblast, Russia, located at the confluence of the Tsna and Studenets Rivers southeast of Moscow...

 and Ivanovca, Russia
Russia
Russia or , officially known as both Russia and the Russian Federation , is a country in northern Eurasia. It is a federal semi-presidential republic, comprising 83 federal subjects...

. His author for several items of the Neue Sinnlichkeit, the eminent sociologist Alphons Silbermann
Alphons Silbermann
Alphons Silbermann was a German Jewish sociologist, musicologist, entrepreneur and publicist.Born in Cologne, he studied musicology, sociology and law at the Universities of Cologne, Freiburg i. Br. and Grenoble. After he gained his doctorate Alphons Silbermann (August 11, 1909 – March 4,...

, gave him essential tutorship and expertise for the empirical research on the organization in the production and distribution of arts and culture. 1994 he was an internet technology and communications consultant
Consultant
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 to the German Green Party (Alliance '90/The Greens) in the Deutscher Bundestag in Bonn
Bonn
Bonn is the 19th largest city in Germany. Located in the Cologne/Bonn Region, about 25 kilometres south of Cologne on the river Rhine in the State of North Rhine-Westphalia, it was the capital of West Germany from 1949 to 1990 and the official seat of government of united Germany from 1990 to 1999....

. In 1995 he founded the Office for Earth-Belongings in Magdeburg
Magdeburg
Magdeburg , is the largest city and the capital city of the Bundesland of Saxony-Anhalt, Germany. Magdeburg is situated on the Elbe River and was one of the most important medieval cities of Europe....

 and Leipzig
Leipzig
Leipzig Leipzig has always been a trade city, situated during the time of the Holy Roman Empire at the intersection of the Via Regia and Via Imperii, two important trade routes. At one time, Leipzig was one of the major European centres of learning and culture in fields such as music and publishing...

. In 1996 and 1997 the Government of Saxony-Anhalt
Saxony-Anhalt
Saxony-Anhalt is a landlocked state of Germany. Its capital is Magdeburg and it is surrounded by the German states of Lower Saxony, Brandenburg, Saxony, and Thuringia.Saxony-Anhalt covers an area of...

 made three exhibitions in the ministries in Magdeburg
Magdeburg
Magdeburg , is the largest city and the capital city of the Bundesland of Saxony-Anhalt, Germany. Magdeburg is situated on the Elbe River and was one of the most important medieval cities of Europe....

. He went to Dresden
Dresden
Dresden is the capital city of the Free State of Saxony in Germany. It is situated in a valley on the River Elbe, near the Czech border. The Dresden conurbation is part of the Saxon Triangle metropolitan area....

 1998 and organized the "Diesseits von Gut und Böse" art project. In 2000 he received his PhD
PHD
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 from the University of Bremen
University of Bremen
The University of Bremen is a university of approximately 23,500 people from 126 countries that are studying, teaching, researching, and working in Bremen, Germany...

 SUB
Sub
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.

2000s

In the year 2000 he founded the "asz Alphons Silbermann Zentrum Institute for European Mass-Communications- and Education Research Dresden" . and in 2003 he organized the Free University Dresden Freie Universitaet Dresden: Satzung der Freien Universitaet Dresden , Pandora Kunst Verlag Dresden
Dresden
Dresden is the capital city of the Free State of Saxony in Germany. It is situated in a valley on the River Elbe, near the Czech border. The Dresden conurbation is part of the Saxon Triangle metropolitan area....

, 2003 , a model of a virtual research university. In 2005 he founded the "Mobile Büro für Lichtgeschwindigkeit", the BiBi4E (DSL Broadband for Everyone) campaign and the non-governmental organization Mobiler Verein für Mobile Büros für Lichtgeschwindigkeit (Mobile DSL Association). Until instructed to stop he acted as an imposter as a political director of the Pirate Party (Piratenpartei) in Germany.

Life and creations

"The White Angel Skirt“ Founder of the Beatband Mercy Lsd (1966), Designer and Constructor of the Harbour of Norderney, founder of Galerie M of Hanover (together with Gerhard Merkin; 1973), of the Ballhof-Galerie Hannover (1975), der Gabl (Hanover section of the Green Party; 1977); he wrote and published the Manifest of Neue Sinnlichkeit (1979); Hanover, Artists Group Neue Sinnlichkeit, (1980), International Initiative Sportsmen for Peace (1982); U Spielplatz der Künste, Raschplatz (1984); Lies association (Club for the development of Truth and Fairness by the Art of Lying) (1986); Artists Group of the capitalistic Realism, together with Franz O. Kopp, Job Crogier and Fokko von Felde (1987); Pandora Kunst Projekt München (1987); Office for Earth Belongings, Leipzig
Leipzig
Leipzig Leipzig has always been a trade city, situated during the time of the Holy Roman Empire at the intersection of the Via Regia and Via Imperii, two important trade routes. At one time, Leipzig was one of the major European centres of learning and culture in fields such as music and publishing...

 (1996); At the Side of Good and Evil, Dresden (1998); asz alphons-silbermann-zentrum – Institute for European Mass-Communication- and Education Research Dresden
Dresden
Dresden is the capital city of the Free State of Saxony in Germany. It is situated in a valley on the River Elbe, near the Czech border. The Dresden conurbation is part of the Saxon Triangle metropolitan area....

 2000; freie-universitaet-dresden (2003); Mobile Office for Speed of Light (2005).

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