Biennial form and glaze

The Form and Glaze Biennial was an important exhibition series in the field of ceramic art in Germany and Europe .

Background and meaning

The series of exhibitions and later biennial “Form and Glaze”, sponsored by Hoechst AG , Frankfurt am Main, began in 1969 and then continued in loose succession. From 1979 to 2000 it took place ten times as a "Biennale". It was one of the most important ceramic exhibitions in Germany during this period and also gained European importance because, in addition to a group of regularly exhibiting German artists, from 1973 two guest exhibitors from other European and international countries were invited by jury decision in addition to the core group, to participate in the respective exhibition or the later “Form und Glaze” biennial.

German artists at the Form and Glaze Biennale

Veronika Ellwanger-Brammann, Volker Ellwanger Brigitte Schuller , Görge Hohlt, Beate Kuhn , Karl Scheid, Ursula Scheid, Margarete Schott, Gerald Weigel, Gotlind Weigel.

Invited guest artists

The following 23 ceramists were honored worldwide from 1973–1998 by a juried invitation to the Biennale Form und Glasur (alphabetical):

1. Arne Åse (NOR)
2. Eric Astoul (FRA)
3. Maria Baumgartner (AUT)
4. Claude Champy (FRA)
5. Edouard Chapallaz (CH)
6. Tjok Dessauvage (BEL)
7. Carmen Dionyse (BEL)
8. Ruth Duckworth (USA)
9. Pavel Knapek (CZE)
10. Philippe Lambercy (CH)
11. Johann van Lohn (NED)
12. Steen Lykke Madsen (DK)
13. Bodil Manz (DK)
14. Enrique Mestre (SPA)
15. Yves Mohy (FRA)
16. Pompeo Pianezzola (ITA)
17. Imre Schrammel (HUN)
18. Shimaoka Tatsuzō (JAP)
19. Alev Siesbye (DK)
20. Geoffrey Swindell (UK)
21. Seimei Tsuji (JAP)
22. Petra Weiss (CH)
23. Masamichi Yoshikawa (JAP).

Exhibition history

The Form and Glaze Biennial took place in the Jahrhunderthalle (Frankfurt am Main) . In addition to the regular biennials, there have been two so-called anniversary exhibitions since 1979 :

• 1988 "5th Anniversary Biennial Form and Glaze ” , at which the guest artists from 1973–1988 were exhibited;
• 2000 "10. Anniversary Biennial Form and Glaze ” , at which the guest artists from 1990–1998 were exhibited.

Web links

• Walter Helmut Lokau: The failed institutionalization : a critical assessment of the reception of contemporary ceramics in Germany after 1945 . Univ. Freiburg, dissertation 2007, especially pp. 174–178.
• Retrospective on the work of the German group at "Form und Glasur"
• Catalog for the Form and Glaze Biennial 1981
• Catalog for the Form and Glaze Biennial 1983
• Catalog for the Biennale Form und Glasur 1988

Individual evidence

1. ↑ see Volker Ellwanger: FORM UND GLASUR - a review. Hoechst AG, Frankfurt am Main 2000 (text supplement to the invitation FORM UND GLASUR 2000, Jahrhunderthalle Frankfurt).
2. ↑ Info Veronika Ellwanger , requested on March 17, 2016.
3. ↑ Info Volker Ellwanger , requested on March 17, 2016.
4. ↑ Information from Görge Hohlt queried on March 17, 2016.
5. ^ Information from Karl Scheid , requested on March 17, 2016.
6. ↑ Info Ursula Scheid , requested on March 17, 2016.
7. ↑ Info Margarete Schott ( Memento of the original from March 24, 2016 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. , accessed on March 17, 2016. 
8. ↑ Information Gerald Weigel , requested on March 17, 2016.
9. ↑ Info Gotlind Weigel , requested on March 17, 2016.
10. ↑ Homepage Eric Astoul / accessed on March 15, 2016.
11. ↑ Info Edouard Chapallaz , requested on March 15, 2016.
12. ↑ Info Tjok Dessauvage , requested on March 15, 2016.
13. ↑ Information about Carmen Dionyse , requested on March 15, 2016.
14. ↑ Information Pavel Knapek , requested on March 17, 2016.
15. ↑ Homepage Philippe Lambercy , accessed on March 17, 2016.
16. ↑ Info Steen Lykke Madsen , requested on March 17, 2016.
17. ↑ Info Bodil Manz ( Memento of the original from March 24, 2016 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. , accessed on March 17, 2016. 
18. ↑ Info Enrique Mestre , accessed on March 17, 2016.
19. ↑ Info Yves Mohy , requested on March 17, 2016.
20. ↑ Information Geoffrey Swindell , accessed on March 17, 2016.
21. ↑ Info Seimei Tsuji , requested on March 17, 2016.
22. ↑ Homepage Petra Weiss , accessed on March 17, 2016.
23. ↑ Info Masamichi Yoshikawa , accessed on March 17, 2016.