Alexander Polzin
Alexander Polzin (* 1973 in Berlin ) is a Berlin sculptor , painter , graphic artist , costume and set designer .
biography
He has exhibited his work at the Getty Center in Los Angeles (2000), in Budapest, Bucharest and Naples (2001), at the Wissenschaftskolleg zu Berlin (2004), Bard College New York (2006), Van Leer Institute Israel (2007) , San Francisco International Arts Festival (2008) and at the Teatro Real in Madrid (2011). His sculptures in public space include "The Fallen Angel" in front of the Semper Observatory Collegium Helveticum in Zurich , the monument to Giordano Bruno on Potsdamer Platz in Berlin, "Socrates" on the campus of Tel Aviv University, and "The Couple" , ordered for the foyer of the Opera National de Bastille, Paris. Polzin's sculptures are all made in collaboration with the Marc Krepp art casting workshop.
Polzin worked with the composers Amos Elkana , Helmut Lachenmann and György Kurtág in order to combine their music with the visual arts. Polzin was a guest at the International Artist House in Herzliya, Israel, ETH Zurich, The Montalvo Arts Center in Saratoga, California and was the first artist-in-residence at the Center for Advanced Study at the Käte Hamburger Kolleg “Recht als Kultur” in Bonn. Polzin taught as a visiting professor at the ETH Zurich and at the University of California at Santa Cruz. Polzin works regularly as a set designer for opera, dance and drama. He is represented by Maestro Arts and the Kornfeld Gallery (Berlin).
Stage sets (selection)
- 2013 - Richard Wagner "Parsifal" Salzburg Easter Festival Director: Michael Schulz - Musical director: Christian Thielemann
- 2012 - Never Mind in Sophiensaele / Berlin - Director: Sommer Ulrickson
- 2012 - I sing my Brother with Hao Jiang Tian in the China NCPA Concert Hall Orchestra Beijing / Shanghai
- 2011 - Teatro Real (Madrid), world premiere - composition Pilar Jurado - directed by David Hermann
- 2010 - Course.Liebe Freilichtspiele Schwäbisch Hall , production: Sommer Ulrickson , music: Moritz Gagern
- 2010 - Lovesick Neuköllner Oper , director: Sommer Ulrickson , music: Moritz Gagern
- 2010 - Philomon and Baucis by Josef Haydn and Konstantia Gourzi - Festival of European Church Music Schwäbisch Gmünd
- 2009 - G. Verdi "Rigoletto" - Deutsche Oper am Rhein , directed by David Hermann
- 2009 - Winter - a fairy tale of Germany based on H.Heine - Schauspiel Frankfurt , directed by Sommer Ulrickson / Mark Jackson
- 2009 - After Hamlet - a dance music theater production by Amos Elkana and Sommer Ulrickson in Santa Cruz, California. With the kind support of the Goethe-Institut .
- 2008 - Benjamin Britten's "Rape of Lucretia" (director: David Hermann) at the Oldenburg State Theater
- 2008 - Summer Ulrickson's "Foreign Bodies" University of California , Santa Cruz
- 2007 - Yes yes to Moscow Deutsches Theater Berlin
- 2007 - Woyzeck State Theater Schwerin
- 2004 - Creatures of Habit Sophiensaele , Berlin
- 2003 - Final production at the University for Film and Television , Potsdam
- 2003 - Jerusalem Syndrome Sophiensaele , Berlin
- 2003 - Berlin State Opera "Philemon & Baucis"
- 2002 - Remains Sophiensaele , Berlin
Sculptures and projects (selection)
- 2012 - Sculptural intervention for Helmut Lachenmann Festtag Stiftung Schloss Neuhardenberg
- 2012 - Program design for Turku music festival Finland
- 2012 - Hommage a Teatro Real for INTRAMUROS magazine
- 2011 - unveiling of the sculpture "Hommage à Bhimrao Ramji Ambedkar "; Käte Hamburger Kolleg “Law as Culture” in the presence of Ajit Kumar, Consul General of the Republic of India in Frankfurt am Main
- 2010 - Book on the sculpture "Requiem - Hommage a György Kurtág ", Mathes and Seitz (authors: Moshe Zuckermann, Jean Louis Fabiani, Peter Stefan Jungk, Judith Frigyesi Niran, Andre Plesu, Durs Gruenbein, Antjie Krog, Amnon Raz-Krakotzkin, Martin Treml, Almuth Sh.Bruckstein Coruh, Annett Groeschner, Michael Maede, Karl Heinz Barck, Peter Esterhazy, Hannah Duebgen, Michael Roes, Bettina Motikat)
- 2009 - Cover design - Oliver Schneller - German Music Council
- 2009 - Homage to Robert Merton - sound sculptures together with Amos Elkana as part of the conference "Concepts and the Social Order: Robert K. Merton and the Future of Sociology"
- 2009 - Cover design for Moshe Zuckermann "Sixty Years of Israel", Pahl-Rugenstein Verlag
- 2008/09 - Illustrations for Lettre International
- 2008 - Awarding of the "small Bruno sculpture" (Open Society Prize) to Kofi Annan
- 2008 - Installation of the Giordano Bruno monument at Potsdamer Platz , Berlin (Potsdamer Platz station - Deutsche Bahn AG), speeches for the installation by the Ambassador of the Republic of Italy (Puri Purini) and Durs Grünbein
- 2008 - Grave sculpture for George Tabori in the cemetery of the Dorotheenstadt and Friedrichswerder communities in Berlin
- 2008 - Inauguration of the sculpture "THE PAIR" in the Paris Opera / Opera National de Paris - speech by Hans Belting
- 2006 - Design and manufacture of the Elemér Hantos Prize for the Central Europe Foundation Zurich
- 2005 - nineteenth exhibition at the Berlin art house ACUD
- 2005 - Cover photo for Rigas Laiks (art magazine / Latvia)
- 2004 - Portrait of Josef Tal for the accompanying booklet symphony recording NDR Radio Philharmonie
- 2004 - picture series & cover for Heiner Müller workbook "Kalkfell II" Akademie der Künste
- 2003 - series of pictures for Thomas Brasch Arbeitsbuch, purchase for the collection of the Foreign Office
- 2002 - Sculpture commission for the ETH Zurich
- 2002 - series of pictures for Lettre International Herbst
- 2001 - Grave sculpture for Thomas Brasch in the cemetery of the Dorotheenstadt and Friedrichswerder communities in Berlin
- 2001 - Presentation in the Gemäldegalerie, Berlin for the Long Night of Science
- 2001 - Order for the mural "Chaim's Brief" for the reconstructed Jewish Orphanage Berlin / Installation of the granite sculpture "The Stone Merchant" in front of the orphanage
- 2000 - Central European University in Budapest: Monument to Giordano Bruno
Exhibitions (selection)
- 2015 - "Out of my window ..." Homage to Thomas Brasch , Kunstmuseum Ahrenshoop (February 1st - March 15th, 2015)
- 2014 - Galerie Kornfeld , Berlin
- 2013 - CONTEXT Art Miami
- 2013 - Maestro Arts Gallery, London
- 2013 - Anna Akhmatova Literature and Memorial Museum, St. Petersburg
- 2013 - Salzburg Easter Festival
- 2011 - Teatro Real Madrid sculpture exhibition
- 2011 - Presentation of the sculpture series "five sculptural sketches for Caravaggio's David and Goliath" with Hans Belting ; Käte Hamburger College “Law as Culture” Bonn
- 2008 - San Francisco International Arts Festival at the ArtworkSF Gallery
- 2008 - jw gallery, Berlin
- 2007 - Van Leer Jerusalem Institute , Israel
- 2007 - International Artists House Herzliya , Israel
- 2007 - Solo exhibition in Beer Sheva , Israel
- 2006 - Felicja Blumental Center Tel Aviv, Israel
- 2006 - Neuhardenberg Castle "Homage a Kurtag"
- 2006 - Bard College , New York
- 2006 - Solo exhibition at the Goethe-Institut Los Angeles (opening speech: Hans Ulrich Gumbrecht )
- 2006 - Goethe-Institut New York (opening speech: Edward Mendelson )
- 2004 - Wissenschaftskolleg zu Berlin (opening speech: Durs Grünbein )
- 2004 - Age of Fear at OPENDOORS openeyes - Bordeaux, France
- 2004 - shadow-collaboration-s, Art Museum Novosibirsk / Chernoff Gallery , Novosibirsk, Russia
- 2001 - Martin-Gropius-Bau "Theater of Nature and Art": "Meditating Group" (sculpture group)
- 2001 - Goethe-Institut , Naples, Bucharest and Budapest "Age of Fear" tour (opening speeches: Imre Kertész , Andre Plesu )
- 1999 - Age of Fear in Galerie Forum Amalien Park , Berlin: 99-part picture series on WH Auden (opening speech: Moshe Zuckermann )
- 1998 - Gallery Ariadne in Vienna (opening speech: Herbert Lachmayer )
- 1998 - Egyptian Museum Berlin (opening speech: Elmar Zorn )
- 1997–2001 - Einstein Forum Potsdam with pictures and sculptures (opening speech: Gary Smith)
- 1997 - Berlin-Brandenburg Academy of Sciences and Humanities (opening speech: Dieter Simon )
- 1995 - Givat Ha Viva Kibbutz (Israel) "Monster" (20 pictures) accompanied by a book "Abgritten" with pictures and essays edited by Sander Gilman (opening speech: Yehuda Elkana )
Artist-in-Residence (selection)
- 2010/11 - Artist-in-Residence Käte Hamburger Kolleg “Law as Culture” Bonn
- 2008 - Visiting Artist at the University of California at Santa Cruz
- 2006 - Artist-in-Residence Villa Montalvo and Don Lucas Artists Program
- 2005 - McCloy Fellowship in Art
- 2000 - Getty Center Los Angeles
- 1998 - Collegium Helveticum Zurich, Artist in Residence ETH Zurich and exhibition
- 1996/97 - Invitation to the International Artists House in Herzliya, Israel (6 months): Sculpture “The Stone Merchant” and exhibition (Text: “The stone beast has no more earlobe”)
Curator (selection)
- 2011 - Curator of the “ Guilt II ” conference at the Käte Hamburger Kolleg “Law as Culture” in Bonn with Moshe Zuckermann , Toshio Hosokawa , Fawwaz Traboulsi and Ryoko Aoki, among others
- 2010 - Curator of the “ Guilt I ” conference at the Käte Hamburger Kolleg “Law as Culture” in Bonn with Sudhir Kakar , Ramin Jahanbegloo , Antjie Krog , and Fritz Lichtenhahn, among others
- 2009 - Advice on exhibition design “ Islamic Imagery ” in the Martin-Gropius-Bau Berlin
- 2009 - visiting professor for set design UCSC, USA. With the kind support of the Goethe-Institut .
literature
- Sander L. Gilman , Alexander Polzin, driven off to a series of pictures by Alexander Polzin, publisher: Wallstein-Verlag (1997), ISBN 978-3-89244-278-3 . With contributions by: Sander L. Gilman, Moshe Zuckermann , Doron Rabinovici , Thomas Brasch , Adolf Muschg .
- Gerd Folkers, Helga Nowotny , Observatory Book 1, Callas -Cassandra. On the singing icons by Alexander Polzin, publisher: Haffmans Sachbuch Verlag AG Zurich (1999), ISBN 3-251-40007-X . With contributions by Michael Hagner , Iso Camartin , Brigitte Kronauer .
- Alexander Polzin, REQUIEM, on a sculpture, Matthes & Seitz Berlin (2011), ISBN 978-3-88221-572-4 . With contributions by: Andrei Pleșu , Karlheinz Barck , Péter Esterházy , Ha'atelier , Durs Grünbein .
- Robert K. Merton, Concepts and the Social Order: Robert K. Merton and the Future of Sociology, commentary on the sculpture Dante's Heads by Alexander Polzin and the sound by Amos Elkana, Central European University (2011), ISBN 978-615505341- 2 . With contributions by Yehuda Elkana , Helga Nowotny , Rivka Feldhay , Harriet Zuckerman , Shmuel N. Eisenstadt .
- Anne Eusterschulte, Turning Traditions Upside Down, sculpture Giordano Bruno by Alexander Polzin, Plymbridge Distributors Ltd (2013), ISBN 978-615505363-4 . With contributions by Jürgen Renn , Yehuda Elkana , Ingrid D. Rowland , Durs Grünbein .
- Gerard Mortier , dramaturgy of a passion, author / director of the Teatro Real Madrid, opera “El Público”, set design Alexander Polzin, publisher: JB Metzler Verlag GmbH (2014), ISBN 978-3-476-02546-3
- Sabine Coelsch-Foisner, Christopher Herzog, Sophie Allen, Memory Art - The Art of Commemoration, Alexander Polzin in Conversation with Hubert Wild and Sabine Coelsch-Foisner. Publisher: Universitätsverlag Winter GmbH Heidelberg (2015), ISBN 978-3-8253-6396-3 .
- Philipp Stoellger, Image and Death, On a basic question of image anthropology, "What a risk ..." the death in (my) image worlds, text lecture Alexander Polzin - Verlag Mohr Siebeck (2016), ISBN 978-3-16-154233-6 . with contributions by Jan Assmann , Christoph Markschies , Mauricio Sotelo
Web links
- Biography with photo
- Drawing edges, showing lines : Interview by Hartmut Welscher in VAN magazine (July 8, 2015)
- Alexander Polzin's sculpture "Homage to Paul Celan" is unveiled in Paris with a speech by Prof. Dr. Christoph König from the University of Osnabrück
Individual evidence
- ↑ Alexander Polzin on Artfacts. Retrieved April 7, 2017 .
- ↑ Alexander Polzin and the Giordano Bruno Monument. Retrieved April 8, 2017 .
- ↑ Alexander Polzin on Maestroarts. Retrieved April 8, 2017 .
- ↑ Alexander Polzin in Lettre. Retrieved April 8, 2017 .
- ↑ Alexander Polzin Decoration for Thomas Brasch
- ↑ Alexander Polzin in the Ahrenshoop Art Museum. Retrieved April 8, 2017 .
- ↑ Alexander Polzin on Law as Culture. Retrieved April 8, 2017 .
- ↑ Alexander Polzin in the Montalvo Art Center. Retrieved April 8, 2017 .
personal data | |
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SURNAME | Polzin, Alexander |
BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German sculptor, painter, graphic artist and set designer |
DATE OF BIRTH | 1973 |
PLACE OF BIRTH | Berlin |