Maria Nordman

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Maria Nordman on June 21, 2016 in Essen

Maria Nordman (born June 22, 1943 in Görlitz ) is a German-American sculptor and conceptual artist .

life and work

Nordman was born in Germany, grew up in France and graduated from the University of California in Los Angeles in 1967 with a degree in music, art, sculpture and film . She lives in Santa Monica , California .

From 1967 to 1969 Nordman created film environments and laser projections . Since 1970 she has been designing places that achieve complex aesthetic effects with minimal means (such as sunlight, color, air, water and clay). Man becomes part of these spaces.

“She brings the elements of light, air, earth and water into the city, creates places in public space and sees her work as offers. According to Nordman, what then arises is an »attention field«. Here people should experience the forces of nature spiritually. "

- museum platform nrw

Nordman has been working on the concept of the Conjunctive New City for years . Drawings and collages framed in glass, which are kept upright in specially made wooden boxes (standing pictures) , are pulled out of the boxes by visitors during the exhibition to look at them. This means that they are exposed to sunlight at the same time.

Nordman creates unusual concepts for public spaces . This always stimulates new discussions. Nordman has written several theoretical treatises on space and sculpture.

Exhibitions

Solo exhibitions (selection)

  • 2016 BECOME AN ISLAND 1984 - TODAY : on Brehm Island in Essen-Werden; newly revealed on June 21, 2016; see video. Another plant in Essen: LA PRIMAVERA on the site of the UNESCO World Heritage Site Zeche Zollverein

Group exhibitions (selection)

Awards (selection)

literature

  • Art from Los Angeles from the 1960s to the 1990s . Exhibition cat. Art Association Braunschweig, ed. v. K. Grässlin, Cologne 2007
  • Maria Nordman - De Theatro : exhib.-cat. State Gallery Stuttgart, ed. v. G. Inboden, Ostfildern-Ruit 1996 ISBN 3-89322-863-2
  • Maria Nordman, De Musica - New Conjunct City Proposals : Exh. Cat. Westfälisches Landesmuseum Münster u. a., Münster 1993
  • Situation art for Max Imdahl. Gotthard Graubner , Norbert Kricke , Maria Nordman, David Rabinowitch , Arnulf Rainer , Jan Schoonhoven , Richard Serra . Düsseldorf 1993 ISBN 3-928762-12-5
  • Nordman, M .: De Sculptura - Works in the City . Some Ongoing Questions. Munich 1986

Web links

Maria Nordman in Essen on June 21, 2016 at a performance on the occasion of the revelation of her work "INSEL WILL 1984 - TODAY"

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ museums plattform nrw Retrieved on April 2, 2013
  2. ↑ museums plattform nrw Retrieved on April 2, 2013
  3. ↑ film Room: Smoke, 1967-Present Retrieved on April 2, 2013
  4. ↑ Unframed Conversation with Maria Nordman Retrieved on April 2, 2013
  5. ^ Agatha von Däniken: Kunstmuseum Luzern.Retrieved April 2, 2013
  6. ↑ Erich Franz: De Civitate Retrieved April 2, 2013
  7. ^ Gerhard H. Kock: Westfälische Nachrichten De Civitate Wienburgpark.Retrieved on April 2, 2013
  8. ↑ For those arriving; Named / Not mentioned. Retrieved April 2, 2013
  9. ↑ Room with two doors: Situation Kunst (for Max Imdahl) Retrieved on April 2, 2013
  10. ↑ kunstaspekte Accessed April 2, 2013
  11. ↑ artfacts. Retrieved April 2, 2013
  12. ^ Winner of the Maria Nordman Foundation, Bremer Sculpture Prize
personal data
SURNAME Nordman, Maria
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German-American sculptor and conceptual artist
DATE OF BIRTH June 22, 1943
PLACE OF BIRTH Goerlitz