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(German 1938 – )

Meticulously crafting stainless steel geometric forms, Hilgemann then encourages them to implode by vacuuming the air from the interiors. As a conceptual sculptor, elementary research has, from the beginning, characterized Hilgemann’s work. In the nineteen sixties he experimented with subtle, white wooden wall pieces that captured light, eventually he started to use stone and steel to explore positive versus negative in geometric shapes. In the early nineteen eighties he introduced randomness and forces of nature into his working method. His fascination with the power and brute force of air, something so soft, ephemeral, and vital to human existence, has lead him to the evacuated air pieces he is becoming best known for.

Hilgemann’s worK is in private and public collections worldwide including; Museum Lenbachhaus, Munich, Germany, Museum Mondriaanhuis, Amersfoot, Netherlands, Irvine Fine Arts Center, Irvine, CA, Art Field, Moscow, Russia, Vasareli Museum, Budapest, Hungaria, Groninger Museum, Groningen, Netherlands and has had public installations from Busan, Korea to the City of West Hollywood, West Hollywood, CA