Alexander Calvelli

Alexander Calvelli (born August 13, 1963 in Frankfurt am Main ) is a German industrial painter . He lives and works in Cologne.

style

Calvelli is known for his apparently photorealistic , but often also subtly alienated representations from the world of industry, mining and shipping. It depicts both production and shutdown plants in a purely aesthetic view that renounces any ideology and interpretation. In doing so, he makes the otherwise hidden fundamental elements of our industrial society visible, but also sets monuments for those working environments that are on the verge of extinction.

resume

Alexander Calvelli is the brother of the actor Hannes Jaenicke . From 1984 to 1988 he studied painting at the Cologne University of Applied Sciences . With a scholarship from the DAAD he spent a study visit to Florence from 1988 to 1991 , followed by studies in Rio de Janeiro and Córdoba until 1993. He then became a city painter for the city of Leverkusen .

Exhibitions (selection)

• 1999: Westphalian Industrial Museum (Hannover colliery), Bochum
• 2000: Ibbenbüren mining museum
• 2001: House of History / Library of the Ruhr Area, Bochum
• 2002: Museum Strom und Leben, Recklinghausen substation
• 2003: Westphalian Industrial Museum (Nightingale colliery), Witten
• 2004: Federal Institute for Hydraulic Engineering, Karlsruhe
• 2005: Werra Potash Mining Museum, Heringen
• 2006: German Mining Museum Bochum
• 2008: German Maritime Museum, Bremerhaven
• 2009: Recklinghausen substation
• 2010: Rammelsberg Mining Museum
• 2010/2011: Bremen State Representation in Berlin: Ships - Shipyards - Ports
• 2012/2013: Industrie-Club Friedrich Grillo, Gelsenkirchen
• 2014: Jakob-Kemenate, Braunschweig
• 2015: Freudenthaler Sensenhammer, Leverkusen
• 2016: Heinrichshütte Industrial Museum, Hattingen
• 2017: Inland Shipping Museum, Duisburg

literature

• Claudia von Blücher and Kurt Danch: Alexander Calvelli , Kunst-Station Sankt Peter, Cologne, 1999.
• Michael Dückershoff: Alexander Calvelli, relics of work. Industrial images and cityscapes. Klartext Verlag Essen, 1999, ISBN 978-3-88474-799-5 .
• Michael Groß : Images from the forbidden world of industry . In: Chemistry in our time , 2002, 36, 256-261, doi : 10.1002 / 1521-3781 (200208) 36: 4 <256 :: AID-CIUZ256> 3.0.CO; 2-4 .
• Lars U. Scholl: Alexander Calvelli: Ports, shipyards, ships . In: Deutsche Schiffahrt . 1.2008, 16-17 (on the occasion of the exhibition in the German Maritime Museum ).

Web links

• Literature by and about Alexander Calvelli in the catalog of the German National Library
• Alexander Calvelli in "Archive: Images of Work"