Achim Kubinski

Achim Kubinski (2010)

Achim Kubinski (born July 13, 1951 in Stuttgart ; † December 17, 2013 in Berlin ) was a German artist , composer and gallery owner .

childhood and education

Kubinski received piano lessons as a child and set German poetry to music as a teenager ( Ingeborg Bachmann , Hugo von Hofmannsthal , Gottfried Benn ). In 1967 he founded the band The Bloody Souls in Tübingen with three classmates and acted as solo guitarist. His bandmates were Andreas Härlin (guitar and vocals), Stefan Lecomte (bass) and Uli Homann (drums). In 1969, at the age of eighteen, he showed his first solo exhibition at the Tangente Gallery in Tübingen. 1970 Performance of Ingeborg Bachmann's songs Zimmertheater Tübingen.

He studied German and philosophy in Tübingen (1971–1978) and painting and art history at the Stuttgart Art Academy .

Professional background

1976 last exhibition under his own name ( Kunsthalle Mannheim , Forum Junge Kunst).

In 1976 he opened "Olgastrasse 109" (initially a private art school) and started the project with the fictional artists Bruges, Stefan Ravena and Angelika Wiesenthal. 1977 with the group "famili" with Angelika Wiesenthal, Christian Brügge ( Michael Simon ), Stefan Ravena, Platino & HF Müller. Tour with the performance in the USA (1978): Washington (Washart), New York (Prince Street 123), Hetzler Galerie Stuttgart. 1979 Both Angelika Wiesenthal and Christian Brügge win the youth art award. Performances at Art Cologne . 1980 Solo exhibition at the Museum Wolfsburg von Wiesenthal, Bruges. Exhibition at the Kunstverein Stuttgart by Angelika Wiesenthal. Completion of the project with the fictional artist in (Wiesenthal / Brugge / Ravena) in the Munich Art Space (1982).

1979 Opening of the Achim Kubinski Gallery "Olgastrasse 109": 1979: Richard Tuttle , Günther Förg , Carl Andre , Dan Flavin ; 1980: Barnett Newman 1981: Blinky Palermo , Martin Kippenberger , Joseph Kosuth , 1982: Franz Erhard Walther , Clegg & Guttmann , Donald Judd , Meuser , 1983: Fontana, Joseph Beuys , Sigmar Polke , 1984: Christian Brügge Foundation: Donald Judd Palermo, Gilbert & George and others. Since 1985: IMI Knoebel .

Opening of the permanent installation of “Olgastrasse 109” (the picture as location): Joseph Kosuth, IMI Knoebel, Günther Förg, completed in 1988 with works by Franz Erhard Walther and Daniel Buren. 1987–1990: Christiane Richter, Richard Merkle, Heimo Zobernig , Hans Weigand, Cosima von Bonin , Ulrich Meister and others.

Guests at "Olgastrasse 109": Jean-Luc Nancy , J. Pierre Dubost, Jean-François Lyotard and others. a. Symposium 'Philosophy after art' in the OLGASTR and the Theaterhaus Stuttgart with Catherine David , Michelangelo Pistoletto , Haim Steinbach , Joseph Kosuth and others.

Opening of the Galerie Kubinski Cologne with Imi Knoebel, Haim Steinbach, Heimo Zobernig, Joseph Kosuth (1989). Markthalle Moderne Kunst with John Chamberlain , Franz Erhard Walther , Felix Gonzalez-Torres and artists from the region (1990)

Opening of Galerie Kubinski New York with music studio 'Artists Only', Eduard Prulhiehere, Martin Zimmermann, Stefan Banz , Bruno Müller-Mayer, Kunsthalle Lüzern.

Kubinski curated the exhibitions: “around & around” Douala, Cameroon, 1995 (Haim Steinbach, Joseph Kosuth, Cheri Samba, Martin Kippenberger and others), “Stazione Venezia” Venice, “Yam” Ordensanz - Foundation New York.

Kubinski taught at the universities, Merz-Akademie (Stuttgart), Hochschule für Gestaltung Karlsruhe , Würzburg, Hochschule Wismar and Venice and New York .

Stage and film compositions

• 1971: The persecution and murder of Jean Paul Marat portrayed by the acting group of the Charenton Hospice under the guidance of Mr. de Sade by Peter Weiss (Landestheater Tübingen).
• 1996: Tosca! , Burgtheater Vienna, director: Michael Simon
• 1997: The Despair of the Cornflower , Bundeskunsthalle Bonn, director: Kubinski / Simon
• 1997: Schlaflos , Schaubühne Berlin, director: Simon.
• 1997: A very short piece for bank directors by Till Nikolaus von Heiseler
• 1998: The speech writer (film) by Busso von Müller
• 2006: Orpheo , Bangkok, Thaiphilamonik, director: Manuel Lütgenhorst.
• 2009: Spring Awake! , Michaela Caspar , Ballhaus Ost
• 2011: Medea! The truth! , by Till Nikolaus von Heiseler, director: Michaela Caspar , Ballhaus Ost.

Publications

• IMI Knobel catalog, Kunsthalle Baden-Baden , 1985
• IMI Knobel, Dia Art Foundation New York, 1986.
• IMI Knobel, Lelong Gallery, Zurich, 2009
• in Michael Lingner (Hrsg.): The house in which I live: The theory of the work design by Franz Erhard Walther. Ritter, Klagenfurt 1990, ISBN 3-85415-080-6 .

Web links

• Literature by and about Achim Kubinski in the catalog of the German National Library
• Angelika Wiesenthal, Christian Bruges, Stefan Ravena. 50 drawings. Kunstraum München, Munich 1982, ISBN 3-923874-41-3 .
• Achim Kubinski, Angelika Wiesenthal - drawings. on kunstgeschichteportal.de