Edgar Gutbub

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Untitled , Schwäbisch Hall

Edgar Gutbub (born September 11, 1940 in Mannheim ; † October 28, 2017 in Wuppertal ) was a German sculptor , installation artist and graphic artist .

Life

Gutbub studied from 1961 to 1963 at the Free Academy in Mannheim and from 1963 to 1969 sculpture at the University of Fine Arts in Berlin . In 1972 he won the Villa Romana Prize for a stay in Florence . From 1975 to 1976, a scholarship was awarded at the Arts Cité Internationale in Paris , another in 1981 by the hand Hollow Foundation of George Rickey and the German Academic Exchange Service (DAAD) in East Chatham in New York State .

In 1995 Gutbub took part in the German-Dutch sculpture symposium of the Aurich Art Association in Aurich , in 2006 in the Lehmbruck Museum in Duisburg in the exhibition The Century of Modern Sculpture and in 2009 in the Ludwigsburg Art Triennial “Ausserdem” in Ludwigsburg .

He was visiting professor from 1990 to 1991 at the Braunschweig University of Art and from 1994 to 1995 at the Offenbach University of Art and Design in Offenbach am Main .

Gutbub was a member of the German Association of Artists . Gutbub has lived and worked in Wuppertal since 2008. In 2009 he was accepted into the Ingolstadt Foundation for Concrete Art and Design.

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Gutbub's works, mostly made up of simple geometric elements, can be assigned to concrete art and aim at a heightened perception of size and direction.

"[...] a subdued force of disquiet, an approach to the unreal that runs like a romantic vein through the cool constructions."

- Manfred Schneckenburger :

Working in public space (selection)

Photo gallery

Web links

Commons : Edgar Gutbub  - Collection of pictures, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Edgar Gutbub: Company obituary . Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung, published on November 4, 2017, accessed on November 7, 2017
  2. aurich.de ( Memento from January 18, 2014 in the Internet Archive ): Sights in Aurich , accessed on October 16, 2011
  3. artfacts.net : What is plastic? 100 years - 100 heads. The Century of Modern Sculpture , accessed October 16, 2011
  4. kunsttriennale-Ludwigsburg.de : Edgar Gutbub: Four of the same size. 'Furthermore' Art in Public Space , accessed on October 16, 2011
  5. kuenstlerbund.de: Members "G" / Gutbub, Edgar (accessed on August 10, 2015)
  6. ^ A b Bettina Lober: Artist Edgar Gutbub: Always driven by curiosity. In: Haller Tageblatt. swp.de, November 6, 2017, accessed on November 7, 2017 .
  7. ^ Artist Edgar Gutbub - Foundation for Concrete Art and Design, Ingolstadt
  8. Two of the same size (NRW sculpture)