Drawings

Herbert STATTLER

Work

In 'Follow-Up Rehabilitation,' Herbert Stattler secretly maps his rehab clinic, blending on-site blue lines with studio shadows and hollow patient silhouettes.

Anschlussheilbehandlung [Follow-Up Rehabilitation] (2025–)

Explore Herbert Stattler’s Lace Ware. An Album 1900–1954, an artist’s book based on historical lace samples and archival material, reflecting on ornament, craftsmanship, female labor, and cultural memory in the early 20th century.

Lace Ware. An Album 1900–1954 (2025)

Explore Herbert Stattler’s Spitzenwaren. Ein Album 1900–1954, an artist’s book based on historical lace samples and archival material, reflecting on ornament, craftsmanship, female labor, and cultural memory in the early 20th century.

Spitzenwaren. Ein Album 1900 – 1954 (2025)

Explore Herbert Stattler’s Spitzenwaren, a conceptual art project based on historical lace samples and archival material, reflecting on ornament, craftsmanship, female labor, and cultural memory in the early 20th century.

Spitzenwaren [Lace Ware] (2021–2024)

A series of 7 drawings reinterprets 1970s sex education imagery through abstraction, questioning perception, visibility, and representation.

Zeichnungen für Kinder und Erwachsene [Drawings for Children and Adults] (2011–2020)

Explore Herbert Stattler's 'M. F. Die Ordnung der Dinge,' a unique artist book exploring Michel Foucault’s work through hand-copying and strategic erasure.

M. F. Die Ordnung der Dinge [M. F. The Order of Things] (2006–2020)

Explore Herbert Stattler’s Where Do Little Children Come From?, an artist’s book featuring 42 pencil drawings inspired by a 1957 sex education publication, examining sexuality, family ideals, and the visual language of postwar culture.

Where do little children come from? (2018)

Discover Herbert Stattler’s Where Do Little Children Come From?, an artist’s book that reinterprets a 1957 sex education publication through 42 detailed pencil drawings, exploring sexuality, family ideals, and visual culture in postwar society.

Woher kommen die kleinen Kinder? (2018)

Discover Herbert Stattler’s Basic Course in Scientific Defining, a conceptual art project exploring language, classification, and the limits of scientific definition through text-based visual experimentation and critical reflection.

Grundkurs im wissenschaftlichen Definieren [Basic Course in Scientific Definition] (2009–2020)

Explore Herbert Stattler’s 'Clandestine Stories,' a compelling series of 42 drawings that delve into hidden narratives through precise artistic exploration.

Klandestine Geschichten [Clandestine Stories] (2015–2016)

Explore 'w.b. gesammelte schriften' by artist Herbert Stattler. A profound visual exploration of Walter Benjamin’s writings through precise drawings and conceptual art.

W. B. Gesammelte Schriften [W. B. Selected Writings] (2007–2020)

Explore Herbert Stattler’s Reserve Shelf, a curated collection of sex education books from 1904 to today, documenting changing social attitudes, education, and sexuality through rare publications and visual archives.

Reserve Shelf [Handapparat] (2011–2021)

Explore Ornament Stadt, an artist’s book by Herbert Stattler. Featuring 16 fold-out pencil drawings of ideal cities, this work blends urban history with tactile book design.

Ornament Stadt [Ornament City] (2014)

Herbert Stattler’s 'So many questions' reframes Hans Ulrich Obrist’s inquiries into a scripted dialogue, offering an ironic look at art and the artist’s persona.

So many Questions [So viele Fragen] (2010)

Herbert Stattler’s 'Ideals of Urban Models' ironically transforms iconic urban models into repetitive decorative ornaments and all-over patterns through rhythmic mirroring.

Stadtleitbilder [Urban Models] (2009–2010)

Explore Herbert Stattler’s 'Depot' series at Stadtmuseum Tübingen: sculptural drawings depicting the rebellion of objects that defy archival order by protruding from the page.

Depot [Storage] (2009)

Explore Herbert Stattler’s 'Secret Brides,' a conceptual work that erases banal film dialogues, leaving only a scripted transcription of moans and sighs.

Heimliche Bräute. Eheliches Glück. [Backdoor Brides »Marital Bliss«] (2009–2020)

Explore Herbert Stattler’s 'sup.supri.suprema family,' a conceptual series that deconstructs the idea of family into precise, abstract visual systems.

Sup.Supri.Suprema, Familie [Sup.Supri.Suprema, Family] (2006)

Herbert Stattler’s 'Letter 652' offers an ironic take on the art market and AI by displaying 23 failed translations on oversized canvases in a gallery model.

Letter 652 [Brief 652] (2007)

Explore Herbert Stattler’s "Desks" project: A systematic mapping of workspaces through pencil drawings to reveal human presence through its absence.

Schreibtische [Desks] (2004-2006)