AD Trantenroth
Artur Dieter Trantenroth (* 1940 in Bochum ; † November 21, 2019 in Selb ) was a German sculptor , object artist and draftsman .
Life
Trantenroth initially completed an apprenticeship as an optician and as a ceramist. From 1964 to 1968 he studied ceramics (with Professor Uli Günther) and sculpture (with Professor Herbert Baumann ) at the State Academy of Fine Arts in Stuttgart .
From 1968 he worked as a freelance sculptor in Wunsiedel , from 1973 in Großgeschaidt / Heroldsberg . From 1979 to 1980 he held a teaching position at the Academy of Fine Arts in Munich . From 1979 Trantenroth lived and worked in Bocholt , where he was a city artist. In 1985 he returned to Weißenstadt in the Fichtel Mountains .
From 1968 Trantenroth took part in numerous international sculpture symposia , including the sculpture symposium St. Margarethen / Austria (1969), in Burlington / United States (1971), the Symposion Urbanum , Nuremberg, (1971), the International Steel Sculpture Symposium Bochum (1979/80) or on the street of the sculptures (St. Wendel) (1988).
Trantenroth was a member of the German Association of Artists . Between 1968 and 1980 he took part in a total of eight large annual DKB exhibitions. In 2014 the artist donated a gift to the Bayreuth Art Museum ; The museum also takes over Trantenroth's estate with sculptures, models and drawings on permanent loan from the Oberfrankenstiftung.
Awards (selection)
- 1972/73 working grant from the cultural group in the BDI (Steinwerk Zeidler + Wimmel, Kirchheim)
- 1975 Award of the Free State of Bavaria
- 1978 Berlin Art Prize (awarded by the Berlin Academy of the Arts)
- 1978 Art Prize of the City of Bocholt (appointment as city artist)
Solo exhibitions (selection)
A catalog was published for the exhibitions marked with "K".
- 1968 Defet Gallery , Nuremberg K
- 1974 Folkwang Museum , Essen K
- 1977 Constellations , Städtische Galerie im Lenbachhaus , Munich (together with Alf Lechner , Heinz-Günter Prager , Alf Schuler ) K ; Art Association Ingolstadt K ; Art Museum Bonn K
- 1979 Forum Stadtpark , Graz K
- 1981 Kunstverein Bochum , House Kemnade K ; Cultural center, town hall Bocholt K
- 2001 Institute for Constructive Art and Concrete Poetry , Eugen Gomringer archive ; Rehau Art House ; Translucent hiding places , Bayreuth Art Museum
- 2002 Märkisches Museum Kulturforum, Witten
- 2003 St. Wendel Museum ; From the Heydt Museum , Wuppertal ; Suermondt Ludwig Museum , Aachen ; City Gallery Erlangen
- 2004 Museum for Concrete Art , Ingolstadt
- 2010 Installation with a block of 48 sheets of paper in 16 crossing variants (constellations) with 3 colored stations each , Bayreuth Art Museum
- 2011 Heart Losses, AD Trantenroth - Drawing, Sculpture and Object Art , New Museum Nuremberg
Working in public space (selection)
In particular, those of Trantenroth's works that can be traced back to sculpture symposia or public tenders can be viewed as art in public space by anyone at any time. However, some are conceptually ephemeral.
- 1968 Moers City Park
- 1968 sculpture symposium Krastal , Austria
- 1969 University of Erlangen-Nuremberg , sports center
- 1969 Sculpture Symposium St. Margarethen , Austria
- 1970 Schwab comprehensive school, Munich
- 1971 Burlington (Vermont) , USA , motorway rest area
- 1971 Nuremberg, Ministry of Labor, Urbanum Symposium
- 1976 Frankenwald , Upper Franconia
- 1977/78 University of Garching , Munich, Institute for Water Management
- 1979 University of Erlangen-Nuremberg, Institute for Pharmacy and Food Chemistry
- 1980 Bochum , Ruhrlandhalle - Vfl Stadion , 1st Bochum sculpture symposium (stored)
- 1981/82 Aasee , Bocholt
- 1985–89 Colored branches at brooks, forests and meadows, Isar Bach, Fichtelgebirge , and Isar , Munich
- 1986 Hof , civil service college
- 1988 St. Wendel , Street of Sculptures
- 2000 Kirchenlamitz , Fichtelgebirge
- 2004 Overlay Dispersion , Himmelkron
- 2007 Bayreuth , Upper Franconia Foundation
- 2008 Weißenstadt , installation, tensioning of colored rubber cords between a maple tree and a granite column (destroyed)
Collections (selection)
- Bayreuth Art Museum
- Museum Bochum - art collection
- Kunsthalle Bonn
- Braunschweig Municipal Museum
- Burlington Museum / United States
- Lehmbruck Museum , Duisburg
- Forum Concrete Art , Erfurt
- City Gallery Erlangen
- Museum for Concrete Art , Ingolstadt
- Center for Art and Media Technology (ZKM), Karlsruhe
- Pinakothek der Moderne , Munich
- State Graphic Collection Munich
- Municipal gallery in the Lenbachhaus , Munich
- Germanisches Nationalmuseum , Nuremberg
- Neues Museum, State Museum for Art and Design , Nuremberg
- Institute for Constructive Art and Concrete Poetry , Kunsthaus Rehau - Eugen Gomringer archive
- From the Heydt Museum , Wuppertal
literature
- Petra Weigle (Red.): AD Trantenroth - foundations under powdered sugar tea . Verlag für Moderne Kunst, Nuremberg 2001, ISBN 3-933096-48-0 .
Web links
- Trantenroth, Artur Dieter - Saar artists lexicon, Institute for contemporary art in Saarland
Individual evidence
- ↑ a b Concept artist Artur Dieter Trantenroth has died . North Bavarian Courier, December 2, 2019
- ↑ kuenstlerbund.de: Exhibitions since 1951 ( Memento from March 4, 2016 in the Internet Archive ) (accessed on May 7, 2016)
- ↑ Stadtlexikon Bocholt, letter T , bocholt.de, August 1, 2007
- ↑ heart loss. AD Trantenroth - drawing, sculpture and object art. (No longer available online.) Archived from the original on June 29, 2013 ; accessed on January 22, 2019 . Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. . New Museum Nuremberg, 2011
- ↑ Stahlplastik Ruhrlandhalle (1979/80) . artibeau: art in bochum
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Trantenroth, AD |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Trantenroth, Artur Dieter (full name) |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German sculptor, object artist and draftsman |
| DATE OF BIRTH | 1940 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Bochum |
| DATE OF DEATH | November 21, 2019 |
| Place of death | Same |