Achim Kühn

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Achim Kühn, 2014
Achim Kühn (center) in 1978 in the studio. In the background the driven torso of Apollo to the Schauspielhaus Berlin

Achim Kühn (born April 5, 1942 in Berlin ) is a German metal sculptor and blacksmith .

Life

Achim Kühn, the son of the blacksmith Fritz Kühn , completed an apprenticeship as a metal designer in his father's workshop from 1956 to 1959 after completing his schooling and then passed the master craftsman's examination as a locksmith and blacksmith. This was followed in 1964 by studying architecture at the University of Architecture in Weimar and additional training as a metal restorer . Since 1967 he has been running his father's studio and workshop in Berlin-Bohnsdorf together with his wife Helgard, a trained goldsmith . The son Tobias also learned to be a blacksmith. They have not sold any works by their father Fritz Kühn since 1967 because they consistently strive to be able to build the Fritz Kühn Museum in Bohnsdorf , which the State of Berlin had decided to do.

Achim Kühn has been a guest speaker at international congresses several times, for example at a conference of the British Artists Blacksmiths 'Association (BABA) in Hereford in 1980 , and on the occasion of the National Blacksmiths' Congress of North America (Association of Blacksmith Artists) in Ripley (West Virginia ) in 1982 ) , 1985 at the conference for blacksmiths and designers “From Idea to Form” in the Blacksmith Museum Gislöv (Sweden) and 1986 at the 1st World Blacksmiths Congress in Aachen. In 1988 he headed the national congress of blacksmiths in Skara (Sweden).

Urban planning changes in Berlin , Leipzig , Frankfurt / Oder and other places after 1990 caused a total of 56 works or groups of works from his work and that of his father Fritz Kühn to be lost, as the art scholar Peter Michel notes.

Works

As a metal sculptor , the spectrum of his work includes art in public spaces, unique works of art, building-related works, and small series. His building-related works can be found in over 80 locations in Germany. In Berlin alone there are over 30 of our own and restoration projects.

Numerous solo and group exhibitions at home and abroad made him known in Europe beyond the borders of Germany. Achim Kühn is an internationally recognized juror .

Own designs (selection)

Restorations (selection)

Exhibitions (selection)

gallery

Quote

“What distinguishes Achim Kühn's work is its complexity and ambiguity, from which a dialogue between space, as an immaterial antagonist, and form unfolds with tension. Last but not least, the role of the viewer is addressed, who is actively involved in the plastic event, as it is his actions that enable a full experience of the three-dimensional structures in the first place. "

- Anette Schwarz

literature

  • 1970 Fritz Kühn in memoriam Evangelische Verlagsanstalt, 4th edition 1987. ISBN 3374001734
  • Gretl Hoffmann: Art from the fire = Art from the fire . (Subtitles: 16 blacksmiths from 7 countries ), illustrated book, 143 pages, Hoffmann Verlag, Stuttgart, 1987, (German / English). ISBN 9783873460836
  • 1989 iron and steel. Workshop book of the blacksmith's art Augustus Verlag. ISBN 380432715X
  • 1993 Achim Kühn: Metal design: from tools to form Coleman Verlag, Lübeck. ISBN 3871280372

Web links

Commons : Achim Kühn  - album with pictures, videos and audio files
Commons : Achim Kühn  - collection of images, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Homepage of Tobias Kühn
  2. ↑ a b Catalog Berliner Metallgestaltung Fritz and Achim Kühn. Metal art from the GDR , exhibition in the city center of the Sparkasse der Stadt Berlin-West , 1989
  3. ↑ Peter Michel: Arrival in Freedom. Essays against the loss of value over time , Berlin 2011, p. 190
  4. ^ Fountain water bell on stadtentwicklung.de
  5. ↑ Fountain Little Elephants on stadtentwicklung.de
  6. ↑ Fountain sculpture is said to be at the port of Turku. Whale fin swims to Finland , in: Berliner Zeitung
  7. ^ Museum Center of Turku ( Memento of April 18, 2008 in the Internet Archive )
  8. ^ Catalog for the exhibition in the Constanze Press House Berlin Achim Kühn. Metal sculptor , 1994
personal data
SURNAME Bold, Achim
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German sculptor and blacksmith
DATE OF BIRTH April 5, 1942
PLACE OF BIRTH Berlin