Andreas Krämmer (sculptor)

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Diana
Bad Rodach, Diana fountain from 1993
The upside down from 1996
Memorial for Friedrich von Bodenstedt from 2000
Bronze book dam from 2000
Monument to Philipp Spitta from 2001
Riding Alexandrine from 2003
Monument to Konrad Duden and Konrad Zuse from 2005
Monument to Adam Riese from 2009

Andreas Krämmer (* 1959 in Coburg ) is a contemporary German sculptor.

Life

After graduating from high school Casimirianum Coburg and a subsequent apprenticeship as a stonemason and stone sculptor, Krämmer studied sculpture at the Academy of Fine Arts in Nuremberg from 1982 to 1988 . Krämmer became a master student of Christian Höpfner . The focus of study was the study of nature and the nude figure. In 1984, Krämmer won a first prize in a study project with the participation of the architect Alexander Freiherr von Branca for the design of Sebalder Platz in Nuremberg. Also in 1984, he designed his professor Christian Höpfner's design for a 5-meter-high marble sun stele , which was a gift from the Siemens Group for the city of Taif in Saudi Arabia. In 1986 he received the Academy Award for the girl from Ghana . Even during his student days, Krämmer took part in several competitions for public spaces, including in 1986 for the design of the former synagogue in Lemgo . After studying sculpture, Krämmer attended architecture lectures at the Technical University of Darmstadt from 1988 to 1989 .

From 1989 to 1994, Krämmer was assistant to Jürgen Weber at the Institute for Elementary Forms in the training of architecture students in the field of plastic design at the Technical University of Braunschweig . The architecture students went through a design basic teaching program that was based on findings from the theory of perception. In addition, artistic electives such as life drawing , modeling, stone carving and bronze casting were taught. From 1997 to 2003, Krämmer worked repeatedly as an artistic and scientific assistant at the TU Braunschweig. Since 1998 he has been a member of the Künstleronderbund Germany . Krämmer lives and works as a freelance sculptor in the Upper Franconian town of Seßlach .

Act

In his work, Krämmer is primarily concerned with the human figure. The classic nude figure, the torso, the relief, the animal sculpture, the portrait and dance representations, such as after his drawings for the dance theater by Pina Bausch , are part of his previous work as a sculptor. On the one hand, Krämmer's works reveal a line of tradition in classical modernism, from Georg Kolbe to Fritz Klimsch to Gerhard Marcks , represented by his teacher Christian Höpfner, who was a student of Richard Scheibe and a friend of the Berlin sculpture school . On the other hand, at the Nuremberg Academy, Krämmer also came into contact with Hans Wimmer's Munich Sculpture School through his student Wilhelm Uhlig , also a professor at the Nuremberg Academy. Early works such as the head girl from Ghana carved out of black gabbro also show that knowledge of the shape of abstract art flowed back into figurative sculpture. Krämmer developed his formal idiom from the guiding principle “Intuition and Imagination”.

A key work is the head standing (also headstand lead) from 1993, in the observation of nature and abstract contemporary tectonics to a kind of interpretation of ancient Koren figures. In the recent past, Krämmer has been increasingly inspired by modern dance and has performed mainly by Pina Bausch, but also by Sasha Waltz and John Neumeier . In the studio, then, sketches and medium-sized sculptures of motifs of movement were created, which included dynamics, expressive postures and the dialectic of apparent weightlessness and gravity. But also works that do not primarily come from the thematic area of ​​dance theater live from the views gained there, such as the pair of figures created in 1995 for the Braunschweig Weststadt or the woman in the wind created in 2002 . Krämmer works mainly in clay and plaster as a preliminary stage for the bronze casting, but also partly in stone. His graphic work consists of nude drawings and independent topics such as the dance drawings or underwater drawings mentioned.

Works in public space (selection)

Works in private ownership (selection)

Privately owned works are located in Braunschweig, Hanover, Hamburg, Wuppertal, Amsterdam, Arnhem, Iphofen, Munich, Fulda, Heilbronn, Stuttgart, Salzburg and Esplores on Mallorca.

Exhibitions (selection)

  • 2008: Sculptures. SHOW! , Weikersheim
  • 2007: Andreas Krämmer / Gaetano Gross , Galerie Max21, Iphofen
  • 2006: 10 years - 10 artists , Galerie Liebau, Burghaun
  • 2005: Overview 2005 , Künstleronderbund, Berlin
  • 2004: reaction, sculpture class Prof. Höpfner 1978-2004 , exhibition hall at the Academy of Fine Arts in Nuremberg
  • 2003: P. Blum - A. Krämmer, painting + sculpture , Galerie Liebau, Burghaun
  • 2002: "... and they realized that they were naked.", Sculptor of the Künstleronderbund , St. Matthäus am Kulturforum, Berlin
  • 2001: Human, Dasein, Vision , Künstleronderbund, Berlin
  • 2000: 99 standpoints , sculpture project, Langenhagen
  • 1999: Dollinger, Krämmer, Richter , Kunstverein Coburg
  • 1998: Eros and Death, A. Krämmer sculptures + photographs from the Magdeburg City Archives , Himmelreich Gallery, Magdeburg
  • 1997: A. Krämmer, sculptures , Stralsund Municipal Gallery
  • 1996: Large art exhibition , Haus der Kunst, Munich
  • 1995: A. Krämmer, sculpture and drawing , gallery in Haus Weißer Engel, Quedlinburg
  • 1994: Torso , Messer-Ladwig Sculpture Gallery, Berlin
  • 1993: Sculptures in the rose garden , Sangerhausen
  • 1992: Six sculptors , Galerie Hohe Straße, Dieburg
  • 1991: Limitless , Torhausgalerie, Braunschweig
  • 1990: Höpfner class , Academy of Fine Arts in Nuremberg
  • 1988: Representative artists , Evangelical Academy, Bad Segeberg
  • 1987: Small sculpture in the iron tower , Kunstverein Mainz
  • 1986: Small sculpture. Design + execution , Kunstverein Coburg

Prizes and awards

  • 2017: Wolfgang Klähn Prize of the General Association of Hamburg Crafts
  • 1996: Stay at the Künstlerhaus Lukas of the Kulturfonds Foundation in Ahrenshoop
  • 1996: Gerhard-Marcks-Scholarship from the Ministry of Culture of Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania
  • 1987: Promotion Prize of the City of Coburg for Fine Arts
  • 1986: Academy Award of the Academy of Fine Arts in Nuremberg
  • 1985: Scholarship from the Bavarian Ministry of Culture for Salzburg

literature

  • Heinz Spielmann : The sculptor Andreas Krämmer. Figure and space. Sculptures, drawings, art in public spaces. 1986-2007 . Benedict Press, Münsterschwarzach 2007, ISBN 978-3-00-022645-8

Web links

Commons : Andreas Krämmer  - Collection of images, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b c d e Heinz Spielmann, Claus Pese, Andreas Krämmer: The sculptor Andreas Krämmer. Figure and space. Sculptures, drawings, art in public spaces. 1986-2007. Münsterschwarzach 2007, ISBN 978-3-00-022645-8 .
  2. ↑ See Jürgen Weber: Shape, Movement, Color. Art and vivid thinking. Westermann Verlag, Braunschweig 1975.
  3. ↑ Solinger-Tageblatt.de, Rhein-Wupper: Homage to the woman. Solinger-Tageblatt.de, September 25, 2014, accessed October 2018 .
  4. ↑ Dieter Unartikel: Moments of Lightness. Neue Presse Coburg, February 6, 2013, accessed October 2018 .
  5. ↑ Jochen Berger: Sculptor Andreas Krämmer is fascinated by dance and tigers. Coburger Tageblatt / www.infranken.de, January 9, 2013, accessed October 2018 .
  6. ↑ www.derneburg.de: Andreas Krämmer, dance - drawings. From June 5th until June 28th, 1998 at Derneburg Castle. Derneburg Castle, accessed October 2018 .
  7. ↑ Kathrin Neumann: Sperger finds his place. on: Ludwigsluster Tageblatt / svz.de, July 13, 2018, accessed October 2018 .
  8. ↑ Jochen Berger: Sculptor from Seßlach is fascinated by the double bass. How the sculptor who lives in Seßlach pays homage to the double bass player Johannes Matthias Sperger with a monument. on: Coburger Tageblatt / InFranken.de, April 26, 2018, accessed October 2018 .
  9. ↑ Gabi Schultze: Ida Noddack in bronze. on: derwesten.de, news from Wesel, Hamminkeln and Schermbeck, June 20, 2012, accessed October 2018 .
  10. ↑ H. Wußing, M. Folkerts, R. Gebhardt, A. Meixner, F. Naumann, M. Weidauer: Adam Ries . 3. Edition. Eagle Edition at Gutenbergplatz, Leipzig 2009, ISBN 978-3-937219-33-2 , p. 138 .
  11. ^ Peter Hupfer, Paul Becker, Michael Börngen: 20,000 years of Berlin air. Climate fluctuations in the Berlin area. Eagle Edition at Gutenbergplatz, Leipzig 2013, ISBN 978-3-937219-62-2 , p. 124 .
  12. ↑ Bernd Wurlitzer: Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania. From the Baltic coast with its Hanseatic cities and the islands of Rügen and Usedom to the lake district. 8th updated edition. DuMont Reiseverlag, Ostfildern 2011, ISBN 978-3-7701-3849-4 , p. 111 .
  13. ^ Peine online: Philipp Spitta. Accessed October 2018 .
  14. ^ 1. Sculptures.SCHAU 2008 , Weikersheim
  15. ↑ Heinz Spielmann: The sculptor Andreas Krämmer. Figure and space. Sculptures, drawings, art in public spaces. 1986-2007. Benedict Press, Münsterschwarzach 2007, p. 157-158 .
  16. ^ Katja Engler: Wolfgang Klähn Prize. New art prize for the Hamburg handicrafts. on: Hamburger Abendblatt / Abendblatt.de ,, October 12, 2017, accessed October 2018 .
personal data
SURNAME Kramer, Andreas
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German sculptor
DATE OF BIRTH 1959
PLACE OF BIRTH Coburg