HWG 95
849 A
HOMO HUMUS HUMANITAS
JINRUI AI
Woodcut 4 in the portfolio JOY OF MAN
Galerie de l'Etoile, S.A. , 1988
570 x 420 mm
500 x 390 mm
Japanese woodcut in 28 colours
Akio Shimizu, Kyoto, 1986
Tatsuo Kawashima, Kyoto
Yamagami
849 HOMO HUMUS HUMANITAS, 1983
Edition of 200, signed and numbered 1-200/200; plus 3 specimen dedicated to the cutter, the printer and the coordinator, respectively
Private collection JOMA
Sammlung Infeld, Vienna
KunstHausWien, Vienna
- Galerie Ernst Hilger, Frankfurt, 1988
- Galerie Weihergut, Salzburg, 1988
- Galerie 59 - Rene Bernhard, Zurich, 1988
- KunstHausWien, Vienna, since 1991
- Ginza Pocket Park Gallery of Tokyo Gas, 1992/93
- Galerie Krombholz & Schnake, Bergheim, 1993
- Artcurial, Paris, 1996
- Städtisches Museum Braunschweig, 1996
- Kunsthandel - Rene Bernhard, Zurich, 1996/97
- Philatelia T'card '97, Cologne, 1997
- Institut Mathildenhöhe, Darmstadt, 1998
- Mittelrhein-Museum Koblenz, 2001
- Toskanische Säulenhalle im Zeughaus, Augsburg, 2002
- Kulturzentrum am Münster, Konstanz, 2003
- Galerie im Malzhaus, Plauen, 2003
- Rosengarten, Mannheim, 2003/04
- Pinakothek, Bad Ragaz, 2005
- Ostholstein-Museum, Eutin, 2007
- Szépmüvészeti Museum, Budapest, 2007/08
- Art Forum Würth, Capena/Rome, 2008
- Minoritenkloster, Tulln, 2008
- Christuskirche, Mainz, 2008
- Musée d'Unterlinden, Colmar, 2008
- Kirche zu St.Jakobi,Stralsund,April/May-Oct. 2009-11 (repetitive)
- Kunst Herrmann, Neumarkt/Germany, 2010
- Galerie Nievergelt, Zurich, 2010
- Seoul Arts Center Hangaram Design Museum, Seoul, 2010/11
- Galerie Neuheisel, Saarbrücken, 2011
- Kunstlocatie Würth 's-Hertogenbosch, 2011/12
- Forum Würth Arlesheim, Switzerland, 2014-17
- KunstHausAbensberg, since 2014
- Quartier Libre SIG, Geneva, 2015/2016
- Galerie am Staden, Saarbrücken, 2016
- Buchheim Museum, Bernried, 2016/17
- Amberger Congress Centrum, Amberg, 2018
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- Travelling exhibition 1998/99:
- Isetan Museum of Art, Tokyo, 1998
- Museum "EKi", Kyoto, 1998
- Sakura City Museum of Art, Chiba, 1998/99
- *
- Travelling exhibition 1999:
- Takamatsu City Museum of Art, 1999
- Nagoya City Art Museum, 1999
- Hyogo Prefectural Museum of Modern Art, Kobe, 1999
- The Museum of Modern Art, Saitama, 1999
- *
- Travelling exhibition 2004-07: Würth:
- Kulturforum Würth, Chur, 2005/06
- Galleri Würth, Hagan, 2006
- Kulturforum Würth, Kolding, 2006/07
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- Travelling exhibition 2006/07:
- The National Museum of Modern Art, Kyoto, 2006
- Musee d`art Mercian Karuizawa, 2006
- Mitsukoshi Museum, Tokyo, 2007
- Shimonoseki Museum, Yamaguchi, 2007
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- Travelling exhibition: Hundertwasser...Die Ausstellung:
- Congresshalle, Saabrücken, 1999
- Lokschuppen Rosenheim, 1999/2000
- Veranstaltungshalle des Stadtcafé Ottensen, Hamburg, 2001
- Konzert- und Bühnenhaus Kevelaer, Kevelaer, 2002
- Salzstadel, Regensburg, 2003
- Kaufmannshaus, Große Bleichen, Hamburg, 2004
- Ausstellungshalle Pörringer & Schindler, Zweibrücken, 2004
- Ausstellungshalle Nähe Rathaus, Dillingen/Saar, 2005
- Schloss Fachsenfeld, Aalen, 2006
- Neustädtisches Palais, Schwerin, 2009
- Art´96, Chicago 1996
- Art´96, Basel, 1996
- Münchner Künstlerhaus, 2014
- Museum de Buitenplaats, Eelde, 2014/2015
- Gerbeaud-Haus, Budapest, 2016
- Friedensreich Hundertwasser, Graphisches Werk 1988-1995, Cologne/Münster, 1995, p. 23 (c)
- A. C. Fürst, Hundertwasser 1928-2000, Catalogue Raisonné, Cologne, 2002, Vol. II, pp. 879/880 (and c), 905
- Galerie Weihergut, Salzburg, 1988 (c)
- Institut Mathildenhöhe, Darmstadt, 1998, p. 219 (c)
- KunstHausWien, Vienna, 1999, p. 77 (c)
- Toskanische Säulenhalle im Zeughaus, Augsburg, 2002, p. 56 (c)
- A Magical Eccentric, Szépmüvészeti Múzeum, Budapest, 2007, p. 179
- La raccolta dei sogni, Art Forum Würth, Capena (Rome), 2008, p. 122 (c)
- Caixa Cultural Brasília and Salvador, 2009 (c)
- Seoul Arts Center Hangaram Design Museum, Seoul, 2010/11, pp. 156-157 (and c), 229
- Kirche zu St. Jakobi, Stralsund, 2011, p. 71 (c)
- De Derde Huid, Museum De Buitenplaats, Eelde, 2014/2015, p. 47 (c)
- Hundertwasser Schön & Gut, Buchheim Museum, Bernried, 2016, p. 149 (and c)
- Travelling exhibition 1998/99: Japan, p. 98 (c)
- Travelling exhibition 1999: Japan, p. 40 (c), 123
- Travelling exhibition 2006/07: Japan, p. 33 (c)
- Congresshalle Saarbrücken, 1999, p. 64 (c)
- Lokschuppen Rosenheim, 1999, p. 64 (c)
- Bahnhof Uelzen, Uelzen, 2000, p. 65 (c)
- Veranstaltungshalle des Stadtcafé Ottensen, Hamburg, 2001, p. 47 (c)
- Konzert- und Bühnenhaus Kevelaer, Kevelaer, 2002, p. 59 (c)
- Salzstadel, Regensburg, 2003, p. 59 (c)
- Benrather Karree, Dusseldorf, 2003, p. 59 (c)
- Neue Ausstellungshalle am Rathaus, Dillingen/Saar, 2005, p. 59 (c)
- Schloss Fachsenfeld, Aalen, 2006, p. 59 (c)
- CongressCentrum Böblingen, 2007, p. 59 (c)
- Neustädtisches Palais, Schwerin, 2009, p. 59 (c)
- Hundertwasser Bibel, Augsburg, 1995, NT, p. 177 (c)
- SAP AG (ed.), Kunst@SAP, Ein Einblick in die Sammlung, Walldorf, 2005, p. 19 (c)
Hundertwasser's comment on the work
HOMO HUMUS HUMANITAS
The right and duty of man to be reborn and to perpetuate on this earth by means of his own waste. The wasteless society transforms death into life by restoring the cycle.
For instance by means of humus toilets producing humus, plant purification plants producing clean water, and plants and burial proceedings in harmony with the laws of nature where our dead are transformed into trees planted on the graves. And a recovery of agriculture and human activities at all levels, away from poison, destruction and monoculture.
All civilisations last only as long as its layer of humus. The Egyptian, Greek, Roman and other civilisations ceased to exist when their layer of humus was exhausted. The decline of our civilisation will follow when we cannot restore our infinitely thin layer of humus.