Barbara Lenz (artist)

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Barbara Lenz (born August 28, 1965 in Würzburg ) is a German architect and artist .

Life

“Fabulous beings” by Barbara Lenz “Strauss”, 2002, height 42 cm, with music

Barbara Lenz was born in 1965 as the daughter of the painters Wolfgang and Hella Lenz in Würzburg, where she also spent her youth. After graduating from high school in 1985, she completed an apprenticeship in precision mechanics at the Physics Institute of the University of Würzburg , which she completed with the journeyman's examination and the distinction "Chamber Winner". She then worked as a precision mechanic and architectural model maker in Munich, at the same time as the first "Fabulous Beings" were created. From 1989 to 1995 she studied architecture at the Technical University of Munich and successfully passed the diploma examination. 1985 to 2004 she worked a. a. in the architecture office v. Branca in Munich, since 2000 she has been a registered member of the Bavarian Chamber of Architects . In 2005 she moved back to her hometown Würzburg and has been working there as a freelance artist ever since.

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Fountain figure "Large Shell Lion" by Barbara Lenz (2003, "Fabulous Beings" series)

Barbara Lenz grew up in a family that was characterized by art and developed artistic skills at an early age. The first "fabulous beings" have been created since 1989: the art objects, which mostly represent animal beings in human form, are made primarily from the feathers of various bird species, as well as other natural materials such as leaves, thistles, shells or pearls, rhinestones and cotton wool. Elaborated in great detail, many of the approx. 30 cm tall figures are provided with a music box, some of them move to the music due to a mechanism built into the body. Others are equipped with smoke generators, sound generators or lighting.

The art objects have a wide variety of thematic references, and artistic scenes are often shown. The focus is always on the translation of the relationship between humans and animals.

In parallel to the “fabulous creatures” made from bird feathers, she has developed large-format animal sculptures made from mussels and snails in recent years. In addition to the 1.60 meter high fountain figure “Muschellöwen”, the “Muschelpanther”, the “Flederbock” (span 4 m), a walk-in shell grotto with mirror surfaces and candle lighting was created in 2007.

Exhibitions

“Fabulous beings” by Barbara Lenz “Flea circus director”, 2001, height 34 cm, with music

Solo exhibitions

Group exhibitions

  • 1995: Old Treasury of the Munich Residence
  • 2001: Exhibition “Lenz-Lenz-Lenz”, family exhibition, Kitzingen town hall
  • 2006: Awarded the “World Prize of Salvador Dali for Fine Arts Prague / Madrid”, Prague
  • 2011: “Lenz to the power of 3” family exhibition , Siebold Museum Würzburg

literature

  • “Fabulous beings” feather figures by Barbara Lenz, exhibition catalog, 2016
  • Lenz, Lenz, Lenz . multiculture Arts Network, Kitzingen 2001
  • Enjoy the way of life - in and around Würzburg . 2012 select, Bamberg, ISBN 978-3-9813799-3-8
  • Otto Schmitt-Rosenberger: Würzburg today . In: Mainfränkische Zeitschrift für Kultur und Wirtschaft , 1997, No. 63

Web links

Commons : Barbara Lenz (artist)  - Collection of images, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Fabulous Beings - extended to April 12th. Feather figures by Barbara Lenz. museum-franken.de. Retrieved March 5, 2019.
personal data
SURNAME Lenz, Barbara
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German architect and artist
DATE OF BIRTH August 28, 1965
PLACE OF BIRTH Wurzburg