Christian Tobin

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Sculpture Oblio (1983) by Christian Tobin in Westpark (Munich)

Christian Tobin (born Mayer , * 1956 in Munich ) is a German visual artist . He is considered to be the inventor of the kinetic stone sculpture.

Life

Tobin initially completed an apprenticeship as a sculptor from 1975 to 1978. This was followed by a study of sculpture at the Academy of Fine Arts in Munich , which he graduated with a diploma in 1984 as a master student of Leo Kornbrust .

In 1981 Tobin took part in the International Stone Sculpture Symposium on the Street of Sculptures near St. Wendel.

Tobin (still as Christian Mayer) created his first ball fountain on the occasion of the International Horticultural Exhibition in Munich in 1983. Tobin shapes his stones so that they float on a wafer-thin film of water. A pump constantly presses fresh water into the gap between the stone and its dome-shaped counterpart, which means that even stones weighing tons can be moved by children (principle of the hydrostatic slide bearing ). A special nozzle technology ensures that the stones can also rotate "by themselves" or rock or dance. The ball fountain in Westpark Munich was the second of its kind in the world. The first was created in 1979 in Carrara (Piazza D'Armi) by Kenneth Davis. Tobin's water kinetic sculptures can be found today in public spaces in many European countries, but also in the USA, Korea and Japan. It is characteristic of Tobin's kinetic stone sculptures that people who walk past start a conversation about how they work and how they are designed.

In addition, special sundials and luminous stones are part of Tobin's work.

Tobin lives and works in Dießen am Ammersee .

Works in public space (selection)

There are numerous works by Tobin in public spaces, including:

Canted , 1981, yellow sandstone, Street of Sculptures (St. Wendel)
  • 1981 Canted , Street of Sculptures (St. Wendel)
  • 1983 Oblio , Westpark (Munich)
  • 1984 Kugelbrunnen , Zürichhorn Park
  • 1985 Kugelbrunnen, pedestrian zone, courtyard; Kugelbrunnen, Mia-Münster-Haus am Zwinger, St. Wendel
  • 1988 Kugelbrunnen, Wadgassen
  • 1989 Kugelbrunnen, Palmengarten , Frankfurt am Main
  • 1995 SiebenStein , Sparkasse Ostallgäu, Füssen
  • 1999/2000 Daidaleia (also: dancing stones), Luisenpark Mannheim
  • 2000 trip to the center of the earth , Boehringer Center, Ingelheim
  • 2002 Day for Night , kinetic sculpture in front of the administration building of Physikinstrument GmbH, Karlsruhe
  • 2003 Little Wing - homage to J. Hendrix , kinetic sculpture in front of the Ocean Wave wave park, Norden-Norddeich
  • 2005 Findling , Swiss Life Insurance, Munich
  • 2004–2006 In the course of time , floor sundial, Theaterplatz Aschaffenburg
  • 2006 Solaigua , sculpture for the village of Tiurana / Spain
  • 2011 Bach , kinetic basalt column, music school, Weilheim. The first bars of the Kyrie eleison from the B minor Mass by Johann Sebastian Bach (BWV 232) are incorporated into the outer surfaces .
  • 2012 Karagöz ve Hacivat , also Yüzen Taşlar Heykeli (Floating Stone Sculpture), Bursa , Altıparmak Meydanı
  • 2013 Foundling Schleswig, Stadtwerke Schleswig
  • 2016 Los Pilares de la Vida, main entrance Parque de las Ciencias, Granada, Spain

Web links

Commons : Sculptures by Christian Tobin  - Collection of images, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ St. Wendel, Tobin, Brunnen - Saar artists lexicon
  2. ^ Wadgassen, Tobin, Brunnen - Saar artists lexicon
  3. ^ Illustration of the sculpture Findling (2005), Swiss Life, Munich
  4. ↑ A column is dancing in Weilheim . merkur-online.de, Weilheim, September 30, 2011
personal data
SURNAME Tobin, Christian
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Mayer, Christian
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German visual artist
DATE OF BIRTH 1956
PLACE OF BIRTH Munich