2018 – 2013
Kunst mit Durchblick
Wiesbadener Kurier / 26.09.2018
“Lyrical glass dust painting that strikes a delicate balance between figurative elements and abstraction—and does so in luminous colors that incorporate the light. The artist’s experimental spirit is also demonstrated by his forms blown through steel cables. And how humorous: “Long Breath” is the name given to a slender, towering work. That’s fitting.” Brigitta Lamparth
Kunst aus Glas
Der Kunsthandel / 11/2018
“Multiplicity, ambivalence, reality and fiction, reality and transcendence – to use key words – confront each other in the glass world of Nabo – masterfully and skillfully combined to create great art.” Marianne Hoffmann
Wasser als Quelle der Inspiration
Mainzer Allgemeine Zeitung / 03.05.2017
“The artist needs mindfulness when handling glass, even enclosing it with steel cable. This series is called “Liberation,” and it opens up new artistic dimensions with this fragile material.” Marianne Hoffmann
Aufbruch zur Schönheit
OPUS Kulturmagazin / 03/2017
“This ambivalence of humanity, translated into the unique material of glass, is what makes Nabo’s art so fascinating for me,” explains gallery owner Rolf Weber. Jutta Lamy
Mara, Maria – Illuminations
artlight / 2017 / 1
“In his light tableaux, Nabo Gass superimposes transparent portraits of people who are connected by fate or chance in a special way.” G. Gass
Zeichnend in die künstlerische Freiheit
Lilienjournal / 2017
“Not only large-format paintings in insulating glass panes can be found in the workshop, which is spread over two floors, but also many individual works of art made of folded glass, steel-glass combinations, and numerous custom-made pieces as well as experimental works.” Mario Bohrmann
Vielschichtig wie das Leben selbst
HORIZONTE / 21.09.2014
“It is Nabo Gass’s aim to make his works as complex and ambiguous as life itself through the dynamic interplay of multiple overlays.”
Nicole Weisheit-Zenz
Nabo Gass – Transparente Bilder
Sensor / 05/2013
“Over the past 20 years, Nabo Gass has exhibited his transparent paintings internationally and enjoyed success, including in Paris, Seoul, The Hague, New York, Mallorca, and Basel.” Alexandra Pockrandt
2012 bis 2001
Künstler entwirft Solarfassade
Dachbau Magazin 5-6 / 2012
“Nabo Gass, who has been creating transparent paintings and sculptures for many years and is passionate about the design of glass facades, designed the 10,000 m² facade for the Ernstings family’s new high-bay warehouse and is himself surprised by the energy efficiency achieved.” Collin Klostermeier
Industriebau mit Eventcharakter
Photon – das Solarstrom-Magazin / 7/2012
“With Nabo Gass’ solar façade, an idea that has so far been only hesitantly adopted in architecture has now been realized: that photovoltaics can be an aesthetic component of a building.” Andreas Beneking
Kunst trifft Solarenergie
architektur / 11/2012
“The high-bay warehouse is in high-profile company: Santiago Calatrava, David Chipperfield, Johannes Schilling…were commissioned by the company founder Kurt Ernsting from the 1980s onwards.” Peter Reicher
Effizienz, Ästhetik und Ökologie
bau life 02/2012
“The goal is an aesthetic that is both sensible and sensual, an architecture that not only brings form and function into harmony, but also strives for an interplay that takes sustainability into account to the same extent, thus creating a harmonious triad.” Georg Lutz
Hochregallager hinter Solarmembran
DBZ Deutsche Bau Zeitung 5/2012
“The glass and steel structure, standing on a concrete base, won a prize in an art-in-architecture competition, which Wiesbaden artist Nabo Gass won with his solar façade.”
Ein leuchtender Wegweiser
Wiesbadener Tagblatt / 10.09.2011
“In this picture, the larger-than-life figure of a person appears as glittering broken glass, holding a blue, open book. During the day, in the sunlight and at night, in the light of streetlights or car headlights, the image will illuminate without dominating its surroundings.” Marianne Kreikenbom
Transparente Geisterbilder
Rhein Main Presse / 03.09.2011
“It is predominantly the momentum of movement that he captures in small scenes like “Breakdance” or “Bike Ride.” Autobiographical moments also appear in the sandblasted images.” Marianne Kreikenbom
Eine Ode an die Sonne
Rhein Main Presse / 03. Juni 2011
“It is predominantly the momentum of movement that he captures in small scenes like “Breakdance” or “Bike Ride.” Autobiographical moments also appear in the sandblasted images.” Marianne Kreikenbom
Transparente Kunstwerke
ZAK Aktuell / 25. Mai 2011
“Usually, an artist creates the design, which is then implemented in workshops by artisans. For him, both come together, and it’s precisely this combination of art and craft that particularly appeals to him.” Dagmar Stuhrmann
Lesezeichen für Literaturhaus
Rhein Main Presse / 15. Oktober 2010
“His works can already be seen elsewhere in Wiesbaden: the columns at the entrance to the passage at the corner of Wilhelmstraße and Taunusstraße, for example, or a work in the winter garden of the Kurhaus. Works by Nabo Gass, to whom the Rother Gallery dedicated a major solo exhibition in 2011, are now finding admirers worldwide.” Birgitta Lamparth
Kunst in der Kammer
DHZ / 29. März 2008
“Glass broken, etched, painted, colored and shaped, glass as an architectural element, as a picture, as a support material and as a sculpture represent his spectrum.” Ed.
Ein Skulpturenpark bekennt Farbe
FAZ / 7. August 2008
“Nabo Gass, in turn, was drawn to airy abstraction, decorating two ruby trees with blue Plexiglas figures.” poes.
Ein sehr vielseitiger Werkstoff
pepper / 17. Oktober 2008
“Glass is the focus of the exhibition “Ambivalence and Transparency,” which features works by Wiesbaden artist Nabo Gass.” RED
Ambivalenz und Transparenz
City Guide Mainz / September 2008
“Especially in his most recent works, Nabo Gass places people at the center of his artistic work. The exhibition will feature public figures, contemporary figures in action, as well as transvestites and transsexuals.”
Damit Solarzellen zum Blickfang werden
Wiesbadener Kurier / 17. Mai 2008
“Gaß has now developed various methods for artistically designing large glass surfaces without the solar cells enclosed within or arranged behind them losing their effect.” Joachim Atzbach
Ich bin ein Vogelmensch
Wiesbadener Kurier / 22. Januar 2008
“His name is Rabo, a black raven whom Nabo saved from certain death at the hands of his neighbor’s cat. Silhouettes of birds appear repeatedly in his paintings. On his walks along the Rhine, he repeatedly finds injured birds and cares for them.” Anja Baumgart-Pietsch
Worlds of adventure in glass
SCHOTT solutions / 1 / 2007
„The glass works of art created by Nabo Gass offers worlds of adventure that are rich in content. His plea to view things in a differentiated manner is at the center of his extremely pragmatic contribution to modern glass art.“ Dr. Hans-Peter Schwanke
Giving glass a new dimension
Wiesbadener Kurier / 27. Mai 2006
“Understanding the essence of glass as a stylistic device was a personal challenge for him. After developing his unmistakable style, Nabo Gass today enjoys a reputation within the global art scene as an inventor of images who has wrested a completely new dimension from the material glass.” jeo
Drehscheibe mit Positionen zum Glas
Badische Zeitung / 16. Mai 2003
“The so-called MIOs – people in motion – meet the viewer in an almost acrobatic manner.” Daniel Gramespacher
Glasblüten, Feuer und Tänzer
Oberbadisches Volksblatt / 17. Mai 2003
“Nabo Gaß’s Mio Dancer catches the eye, fascinating with her dynamism, movement, and joie de vivre. Transparent, colored acrylic glass is cut to size and encased in a steel casing. The almost acrobatic, space-defining figure was created as part of an architectural project.” Gabriele Hauger
Gedenktafel für Theresienstadt
Rhein-Main-Presse / 29. August 2002
“The memorial plaque for the Wiesbaden Jews who perished in Theresienstadt was designed by the artist Nabo Gass.”
Nabo Gass
Glashaus 3 / 2002
“Rarely has an artist placed his material and its treatment so consistently in the service of knowledge. The exhibition at the Sorbonne in Paris is evidence of a connection between politics and philosophy and a surrealist worldview, whose spiritual father is seen as Arthur Rimbaud.” W. Schmölders
Wiesbadener Bilder im Ausland
Wiesbadener Kurier / 5. April 2002
“For 10 years, there has been a gallery in the law faculty of the Sorbonne in Paris that is dedicating its upcoming exhibition to the Wiesbaden glass artist. From July 16 to 27, Nabo Gass will be showing 25 works measuring up to 2 x 2 meters in size in the historic buildings, which straddle the border between panel painting and wall objects.” K. Fischer
Glas ist lebendig
Rhein Main Presse / 3. August 2001
He was inspired by the evolution of architecture, with its ever-larger window openings and its extravagant cuts into the outer skin of a building.” Birgitta Melten
Die Natur als Teil des Bildes
Wiesbadener Tagblatt / 3. August 2003
“Again and again, the artist Nabo Gass leaves open spaces to integrate the nature outside the window or the people passing by into the picture.” Eva Susanna Wodarz
Offenes Haus zum Streiten
FAZ / 6. August 2001
“He sees his studio on the Biebrich Rhine bank as an open house for anyone interested in art who walks by. He also wants to turn the studio into a meeting place for artists, hosting readings, discussions, and musical events.” Sub.
Personalia
Neues Glas / 01/01
“Nabo Gass was awarded the Innovation Prize of the Federal Association of Glass Finishers at this year’s Glastec trade fair in Düsseldorf.” Ed.
2000 – 1989
Innovation award for Wiesbaden glass artists
FAZ / 3. November 2000
“The jurors praised his invention, which would make it possible to cover solar modules transparently in the future and to artistically design the surface while maximizing the use of sunlight.” Sug.
Silver steel skin over colored glass
Super Sonntag / 5. November 2000
“Using laser technology, the figures are cut from colored acrylic glass and encased in a shiny silver steel skin. They depict people in motion, expressing the dynamics of the body.” (red)
Nabo Gass Bilderfinder
NEUES GLAS / Mai 2000
“Gaß was only able to realize his ideas by applying new techniques. He consistently uses industrially manufactured float glass, which he sandblasts on the inside,” says Dr. Ulrike Hoppe Oehl.
Transparente Bilder
Rhein Main Presse / 4. August 2000
“The German Museum of Stained Glass sees Nabo Gass as an important pioneer of new trends and understands the exhibition of this artist as a contribution to conveying new impulses to the public.” Wt
Glaskunst an der Via Public preisgekrönt
Wiesbadener Kurier / 23. Mai 2000
“Wiesbaden artist Nabo Gass has been honored for his glass art at the Passage. The Corning Museum of Glass in New York ranked the 7-meter-high columns and canopy among the top 100 glass works worldwide in an international competition.” I. Salm-Boost
Via Publica zählt weltweit
Rhein Main Presse / 23. Mai 2000
“The name Via Publica inspired the artist to irradiate old folk wisdom and sayings into the glass.” Kurt Buchholz
Glas, das ist materialisierte Transzendenz
Palette und Zeichenstift / April 2000
“Transparency and a connection to reality are important aspects of Wiesbaden artist Nabo Gaß’s work.” Brigitte Nosske
New Books / Nabo Gass Bilderfinder
TSU / 3/2000
„Innovations are his drive and the museums sees in Gass an important pioneer of new tendencies and the selection of his work has given new impulses to the glass painting and glass in public space.“
Nabo Gass BildErfinder
Glashaus 3/2000
“Suzanne Beeh-Lustenberger’s essay demonstrates the significant contribution of the studio glass movement to stained glass and shows Gaß’s contribution in the context of internationally significant approaches.” Ed.
Die Tanzenden von Nabo Gass
Jülicher Nachrichten / 21. August 1999
“In dark red, they swirl through the air and float in the center of the picture field over the milky gray surface. Their rhythmic, uninhibited, and completely free movement finds support and a point of reference in the gray background.” Dr. Ulrike Hoppe-Hehl
Via Publica ließ die Hüllen fallen
Rhein Main Presse / 24. Juli 1999
“Building means shaping life processes, not just aesthetic, economic, and technical specialization,” says Kurt Hansen, quoting Walter Gropius, describing the intention behind the project. There, the renowned Wiesbaden artist Nabo Gass designed glass columns with individual pictorial elements. Kurt Buchholz
Neuer Zugang zur Via Publica
FAZ / 24. Juli 1999
“The columns are joined together using a sandwich technique developed by the artist: the lower layer has a reflective effect, while colors and gold leaf are burned into the middle layer.” müg
Nabo Gass Malen mit Glas
GLASHAUS / 3/1999
“In Wiesbaden, Nabo Gass, together with architect Michael Bunzel, developed a concept during the planning phase in which glass artistic elements form a harmonious unity with the overall architecture.” Uli Aechtner
Glaskunst : Materialisierte Transzendenz
VfA Profil / 01 / 1998
“He is fascinated by the huge glass walls in modern architecture. His paintings are transparent works of art for glass buildings.” RED
Kunst für einen neuen Flügel
Wiesbadener Tagblatt / 12.11.1997
“The artist of the transparent images exhibited his works at the DePfa Bank. The highlight was the auction of one of his works in aid of the Gutenberg School’s boys’ orchestra.”s.w.
Menschliche Seele auf gläsernem Grund
Wiesbadener Kurier / 23.20.1097
“In this way, the artist evokes a multi-layered visual experience with spatial depth, with vivid contrasts achieved through transparent glass.” Ute von Pilar
Kunst aus Glas für lichte Momente
Rhein Main Presse/ 26.09.1997
“Changing the view outside with glass pictures – with this goal in mind, Nabo Gass has already developed numerous pictures in his studio that have found their way into Wiesbaden houses.” B. Melten
Große Kunst im kleinen Tante Emma Laden
Wiesbadener Tagblatt / 12.03.1997
After several years of devoting himself to painting, Nabo Gass finally decided on the material that best suited his intentions – glass.” Peter Scheffler
Nabo Gass Germany
Stained Glass / Spring 1996
„In 1986, he settled in Wiesbaden and began to work in his own glass art studio. There he worked to develop better sandblasting techniques and a method for acid etching from photographs onto black and white flash glass.“ Janice Clotten
Bilder für gläserne Wände
Atrium / 01 / 1996
“These are images for the glass walls of modern architecture, partially transparent, because what is open should remain open.” Red.
Wandlerischer Bilderfinder
Art Aurea 09 / 1996
“The tireless dialogue between environment and image inspires him to create ever new works and becomes a fertilizing theme in his art.” (ae)
Wo der bundesdeutsche Gartenzwerg erwacht
Frankfurter Rundschau / 15.03.1991
“The photographic part of his images is in dialogue with the artistic language of form—a charming synthesis of depiction and free design, combining abstract and figurative means of expression.” Margit Fehlinger
Geschichten und Botschaften in Glas verschlüsselt
Wiesbadener Kurier / 22.12.1990
“He sees himself first and foremost as an artist, and only then as a craftsman. Pushing boundaries is his artistic ambition and sometimes also a contemporary necessity. When new materials and techniques are developed, they inspire creative exploration.” Birgit Emnet
Fotos eingeätzt
Wiesbadener Kurier / 11.05.89
“The fact that Nabo Gass was inspired by the stained-glass windows of the Florentine cathedral at a young age and used this as an impetus for his education is no longer evident in his paintings today!” I. Salm-Boost
