Bruno K.
Bruno K. (* 1957 in Hofheim am Taunus ) is a German sculptor, action artist, photographer, designer and builder.
Life
Bruno K. was born in 1957 as Bruno Edgar Kleber in Hofheim am Taunus. After graduating from school in 1975, he completed an internship as a lithographer and retoucheur between 1976 and 1977 . He then studied visual communication and set design at the Hochschule für Gestaltung in Offenbach am Main until 1980 and then sculpture and film at the State University of Fine Arts, Städelschule in Frankfurt am Main until 1984 . He was a master class student with Michael Croissant in 1984 .
During his studies, Bruno K. taught collage , nude drawing and photography at the Südhaus evening school in Frankfurt am Main from 1982 to 1985 . He then took up a teaching position for three-dimensional design at the Hochschule für Gestaltung in Offenbach am Main and was artistic assistant to Leo Kornbrust at the Academy of Fine Arts in Munich from 1990 to 1991 , where he then had a teaching position for situation-related work until 1992. Between 1999 and 2001 he was the artistic director of various projects with young people with learning disabilities at the DRK - Vocational Training Center in Worms . Today Bruno K. has lived and worked in Volxheim in the Rhine-Hesse region since 1993 . In addition to his studio and workshop, he runs the artist hotel guest house in the Volxheimer Hof and the Bruno K.
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Bruno K. is an action artist, sculptor, designer, photographer and interior designer. His main interest is the unrestricted total work of art. The artist creates fewer autonomous sculptures than much more works that adapt to specific situations. For this purpose, Bruno K. usually begins a work with a spatial analysis, which includes the architectural inventory as well as the history and future use of the space. Recycling plays another central role.
Movement on land, water and in the air could be seen as an overarching theme of his work. In the early 1980s, various vehicles were built, which he often used for activities in public spaces. Ships and planes were attached to the land vehicles. Since 2009, the focus has been on the topic of simulation, and in 2010 the first simultaneous simulator was created. The art project "Restlichtzone" is a deep-sea installation with the submarine simulator U-2013 Nemesis.
Bruno K. is also active as an interior designer and builder, for example in 1986 with the repair of his farmhouse and the construction of a new studio building in Kriftel. In 1992 he bought the Volxheimer Hof and restored the dilapidated homestead. In 1994 he took over the interior design of a wine presentation room called a "ballroom" and two years later "Haus im Haus" followed, the conception and execution of a new residential building within an existing 450 m² Barn. Various architectural extensions to private houses and the artistic direction of the conversion and renovation of a listed farm in Volxheim were also part of his projects, as was the design of an office floor for Coface Finanz GmbH in Mainz in 2004, which he titled "Domino Grande".
| WORK GROUPS - A SELECTION | ||
|---|---|---|
| 1981 | RED THORN - STAKE IN THE MEAT | Work on the street of the sculptures in St. Wendel : 250 year old oak wood, iron plates, sheet metal, concrete base |
| 1981/82 | POAGER | Group of 14 vehicles that are used for actions in public spaces |
| 1982 | LAND IN SIGHT | Action with the chariot TROJA from Frankfurt am Main to Bad Nauheim |
| 1984 | KIT 3 | Group of 10 vehicle sculptures |
| 1987 | THE NAVIGATION PRINCIPLE OF CHRISTIAN NAVIGATION AS A SUBJECT OF EVENING SCULPTURE | Series of large-format steel sculptures |
| 1988 | RIGHT IN THE MIDDLE OF NOWHERE | Series of large format color photographs |
| 1988 | LEGENDARY LEGIONARY - LEGENDARY LEGIONARY | Room installation for the BiNATIONALE |
| 1990 | RETURN TO MUNICHHAUSEN | 40-part action photo series on the subject of the Gulf War |
| 1990 | HOME GAME | Exhibition project in 10 private apartments in Frankfurt am Main and Wiesbaden |
| 1996 | HOUSE IN HOUSE | Conception and execution of a completely new residential building |
| 1998 | COMMAND BRIDGE | Construction of a sculptural architectural addition to a villa in Bad Homburg vor der Höhe |
| 1998 | VOLXHEIMER HELL 1 and 2 | Performance with 56 actors in the streets of Volxheim |
| 2003 | ARTIFICIAL TRAIN | Performance with 80 actors for the inauguration of the KUNSTZONE WEST |
| 2004 | DOMINO GRANDE | Situation-related overall design of an office floor of the company Coface Finanz GmbH , Mainz |
| 2004 | CHATEAU DEUX | Complete renovation of a ruin complex in Volxheim |
| WORKS IN PUBLIC SPACE | ||
|---|---|---|
| 1989 | PARKING SPOT | Outdoor sculpture at the University of Giessen |
| 1990 | MONUMENT NO. 1 | External sculpture for Thyssen AD , Düsseldorf |
gallery
U-2013 Nemesis, 2013
Trophy detail, 2013
Odysseus, 2010
Patron, 2009
De Zuch koett, 2008
Never without !, 2008
Dream house and Co, 2007
Chicken Wings, 2006
T-Mobile, 2006
Unicycle, 2005
Crazy Horse, 2003
T-car, 2003
Stairs, 2001
Tricycles, 1992
Return to Muenchhausen in 1990
Parking lot, public art, 1989
Heir apparent, 1985
Land in Sight, 1982
"Rotdorn - Pfahl im Fleisch", (1981), Strasse der Skulpturen, St. Wendel
Exhibition architecture
Volxheimer Hof
The Volxheimer Hof is a building complex from 1772 and today offers around 3000 m² of space for the artist's studio and workshop, as well as a hotel designed by him. The Bruno K Museum is also located in the farm. In 1994, the first 7 guest rooms were created in the former village school. In 1997 planning and construction of the observation tower took place. In 2001, further extensions were added to the original cubature of the courtyard to enlarge the exhibition area.
Atelier and Museum Volxheimer Hof; View of the inner courtyard
Guest house in the Voxheimer Hof since 1994; inside view
Volxheimer Hof 2010; Exterior view
Arte furniture
In 2003 Bruno K. founded a workshop for unique furniture. All pieces of furniture are unique and custom-made. What they all have in common is that they are solid in construction. The idea of recycling also plays a major role in the designs. Old furniture is used as well as parts of machines and earlier art installations.
Exhibitions (selection)
- 1983: SCHUTZRAUM, Kunsthalle Darmstadt and Kunstverein Kassel (E)
- 1983: SCHWARZBACH: Südhaus, Frankfurt / M.
- 1983–84: GERMINATION, Fridericianum , Kassel
- 1984: KUNSTLANDSCHAFT FEDERAL REPUBLIC, Art Association Munich , Munich
- 1984: KUNST IN FRANKFURT, Kunstverein Frankfurt , Frankfurt / M.
- 1984: KIT 3, Dominican monastery, Frankfurt / M.
- 1985: FRANKFURT FACTION: Bruno K., wax factory Cologne (E)
- 1985: FORMINE, Lake Maggiore , Italy
- 1985: EDELSÜß COMPANY, Laundry Gallery, Frankfurt (E)
- 1987: GRANTS OF THE KARL-SCHMIDT-ROTTLUFF-SCHOLARSHIP , Mathildenhöhe, Darmstadt
- 1987: THE CONDITION OF THE MOMENT, Roemer-und-Pelizaeus-Museum , Hildesheim
- 1987: OKTOGON, Museum Wiesbaden , Wiesbaden
- 1987: FURNITURE AS ART OBJECT, Lothringer Strasse art workshop, Munich
- 1988: BiNATIONALE, Kunsthalle Düsseldorf and Institute of Contemporary Art, Boston / Mass.
- 1988: NEW KUNST IN FRANKFURT, Kunstverein Frankfurt, Frankfurt / M.
- 1989: HUMOR ET HUMANITAS, Goethe-Institut , Rotterdam (E)
- 1989: BiNATIONALE, Minneapolis Institute of Arts and Museum of Fine Arts Houston / Texas
- 1991: HEIMSPIEL, exhibition project in 10 private apartments, Frankfurt / M., Wiesbaden (E)
- 1995: PFADFINDER, HAARMENSCHEN AND OTHERS, Producer Gallery Wiesbaden (E)
- 1999: ART IN THE WEINBERG, Neroberg , Wiesbaden
- 2002: TREE HOUSES AND OTHER HIDDEN, Volxheimer Kunstverein, Volxheim (E)
- 2004: ON THE EDGE OF ART, Art Zone West, Bad Kreuznach
- 2006: ON LAND, ON WATER, IN THE AIR, SWR Mainz (E)
- 2007: VOLXBEGEHREN, Museum Bruno K.
- 2010: SPACE DRIVING SCHOOL, art direct, Mainz
- 2012: ZERSTÖRER BEETHOVEN, An Opera of Tomorrow, Museum Bruno K.
- 2013: REMAINING LIGHT ZONE 1, Museum Bruno K. (E)
Scholarships, awards and memberships
- 1985: Karl Schmidt-Rottluff grant
- 1988: Art Fund Scholarship
- 1985–1991: Member of the International Artists' Committee (IKG)
- since 2012: Member of the German Werkbund
literature
- Rattemeyer, Volker; Petzinger, Renate: Bruno K., Museum Wiesbaden 1987
- Bruno K .: Raumkunst Kunsträume, Gwab Verlag 2006, ISBN 978-3-9808830-6-1
Web links
- Website of the Volxheimer Hof
- Bruno K.'s website
- Space school website
Individual evidence
- ↑ Portrait on the local newspaper reinMein
- ↑ Arte Mobiliar on the website of Artelier Reiss
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | K., Bruno |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Kleber, Bruno Edgar (real name) |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German visual artist, sculptor, action artist, designer and master builder |
| DATE OF BIRTH | 1957 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Hofheim am Taunus |