Armin Völckers
Armin Völckers (born on August 31, 1963 in Berlin ) is a German painter and filmmaker. He lives in Berlin.
Live and act
Armin Völckers spent the time between 1964 and 1970 in Rio de Janeiro and lived in Hamburg from 1970. After graduating from high school in 1981 and doing community service, he moved to Berlin (West) and studied painting from 1983 at the Berlin University of the Arts with Dietmar Lemcke , Jens Jensen and Henning Kürschner . Since 1988 Völckers has shown his works in numerous exhibitions in private galleries, at the annual exhibition of the Association of Berlin Artists in 1995 and internationally in private collections (including the World Bank Washington, DC).
During a break from visual creativity in the early 2000s, he worked as a filmmaker and screenwriter. His film Leroy (2007), sponsored by ZDF , received the German Film Prize 2008 in two categories (Golden Lola for Best Children's Film, Best Music) and the audience award at the Tokyo International Film Festival in Japan. Since then, Völckers has mainly devoted himself to painting.
Works
painting
Völckers' consistently figurative painting is characterized by narrative fantasy - often with a satirical touch. Although he has a distinctive and typical painterly handwriting, he often incorporates elements of classic painting styles. This correlates with pictorial objects that are borrowed equally from everyday life, dreams and pop culture. In his pictures, reality and dream world are seamlessly connected.
Recurring inspirations in Völckers' pictures include a. Memories of idols from one's own youth (e.g. the picture series “Reptile House”, inspired by an EP by the gothic rock band “ The Sisters of Mercy ”), reading the novels by Thomas Pynchon or films by David Lynch . The picturesque of his often deserted landscapes is counteracted by ruins that seem like the legacy of a vanished humanity. Recently, he has also increasingly been painting still lifes with flowers.
Exhibitions (selection)
- 1991 Demolition gallery, "Vision Thing", collaboration with the band "The Sisters of Mercy" and EastWest Records, solo exhibition, Hamburg
- 1992 Gallery Vorsetzen, installation “Behind our Door”, Hamburg
- 1993 Galerie im Boudoir, Berlin (as "Susi Pop")
- 1995 "Potsdamer Platz", annual exhibition of the Association of Berlin Artists
- 1996 "Berlin-Rijeka", Mali Salonu, Rijeka, Croatia
- 1996 Kunstverein Schering, solo exhibition, Berlin
- 1997 Fine Art Rafael Vostell, Köpenicker Kunstsommer, installation "The Crying Room"
- 1998 Phase 4 solo exhibition, Munich
- 2002 St. Emmaus Church, solo exhibition, Kassel
- 2002 gallery at Savignyplatz, solo exhibition, Berlin
- 2004 "Find Your Love", Berlin (with Marc Schmitz),
- 2012 Sotheby's, Hamburg
- 2013 L'Accrochage, Hamburg
- 2014 Galerie Anne Moerchen, solo exhibition, Hamburg
- 2015 “Funerary” (by Claudia Hart) Friedhofsmuseum, Berlin
- 2016 Gallery No. 3, solo exhibition, Berlin
- 2018 Janinebeangallery, solo exhibition, Berlin
- 2019 culture matters, solo exhibition, Hanover
Collections
- The World Bank, Washington (DC)
- Hypovereinsbank (UniCredit)
- Schering AG, Berlin
- Sir Paul McCartney
- Patricia Highsmith (Estate)
- Public Municipal Collection, Moscow, Russia
Movies
- Leroy (2007), screenplay, director
- Mullewap 3D (2016), screenplay
Web links
- Armin Völckers in the Internet Movie Database (English)
- Armin Völckers website
- Artist page A.Völckers of the janinebeangallery Berlin
- Artist's website by Armin Völcker from Galerie Lake, Oldenburg
- Literature by and about Armin Völckers in the bibliographic database WorldCat
Individual evidence
- ↑ Quoting from Anemone Vostell, speech at the opening of an exhibition at Galerie Lake, Oldenburg, on June 26, 2015
- ↑ a b Friedrich Rothe in: Catalog Armin Völckers "Back and forth", gallery on Savignyplatz, 1994
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Völckers, Armin |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German painter and filmmaker |
| DATE OF BIRTH | August 31, 1963 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Berlin |