Andreas Knitz

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Andreas Knitz (* 1963 in Ravensburg ) is a German architect and artist . Knitz is known for his art projects, which he sees as interventions in public space. This includes a number of "counter-monuments" that he created together with the artist Horst Hoheisel .

Exhibitions

  • 1995 Museum for Sepulchral Culture , Kassel
  • 1999 Crushed History - Art as a roundabout way , Thuringian State Archive Weimar
  • 2000 Upper Austrian State Gallery, Linz
  • 2001 Arte da Memória , USP Maria Antonia, Sao Paulo
  • 2002 and 2003 MariAntonia / memoriAntonia , USP Maria Antonia, Sao Paulo
  • 2003 Pássaro Livre - Vogel Frei , Pinacoteca, Sao Paulo
  • 2006 Monument to the Gray Buses - Ravensburg / Weissenau

Projects

In collaboration with Horst Hoheisel

  • A memorial to a memorial (Buchenwald 1995)
  • Crushed History ( Weimar 1997-2002)
  • GERMAN GROUND - German grounds (Frankfurt / Berlin 1998)
  • 1752 × 12 kg product linz ( Linz 2000)
  • Arte da Memória (São Paulo 2001)
  • MariAntonia / memoriAntonia ( São Paulo 2002 and 2003)
  • Pássaro Livre - Vogel Frei (São Paulo 2003)
  • Bookmarks - Memory of the Book Burning (Bonn 2013)

literature

  • Horst Hoheisel & Andreas Knitz: History ground up - art as a detour. Projects by Horst Hoheisel and Andreas Knitz. Weimar 1999
  • Fulvia Molina, Marcelo Brodsky: A Alma dos Edificos - The Soul of the Buildings. Horst Hoheisel and Andreas Knitz . Sao Paulo, Brasilia 2004
  • Franz Schwarzbauer, Andreas Schmauder, Paul-Otto Schmidt-Michel (eds.): Remembrance and commemoration. The Weißenau memorial and the culture of remembrance in Ravensburg. (= Historic City of Ravensburg; 5). UVK, Konstanz 2007, ISBN 978-3-89669-625-0

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Commons : Sculptures by Andreas Knitz  - Collection of images, videos and audio files
personal data
SURNAME Knitz, Andreas
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German architect and artist
DATE OF BIRTH 1963
PLACE OF BIRTH Ravensburg