Egon Wrobel
Egon Wrobel (born April 11, 1939 in Insterburg ) is a German ceramist and jewelry designer.
Life
After training as a goldsmith from 1956 to 1959, Egon Wrobel studied jewelry design at the College for Applied Arts in Heiligendamm . He then continued his studies from 1962 to 1967 in the field of ceramics at the Halle University of Industrial Design, Burg Giebichenstein , where the metal sculptor Karl Müller was one of his teachers . In 1967/68 he initially worked as a research assistant in the Berlin-Grünau concrete plant , and since then has worked as a freelance jewelry designer and ceramist. He was a member of the Association of Visual Artists of the GDR .
Egon Wrobel became known, among other things, through his series Heads , from which his artistic development from 1965 to the present can be read. Based on his expressive series Masked , you can see how Wrobel deals with current ideas and trends even today.
He has designed the winning ceramics for various festivals and competitions several times, for example in 2008 for the World fashion film festival and in 2010 for the German fashion film award . He designed several ceramic sculptures for the club ships AIDAvita and AIDAaura .
Egon Wrobel lives and works in Stahnsdorf .
Works (selection)
Unique pieces
- 1965 Profile head assembly technology, manganese, glaze
- 1975 hand and foot (ceramic)
- 1977 Shell vase ( ceramic faience )
- 1980 Vegetable plastic (clinker clay)
- 1986 mussel vessels (clay)
- 2000 Jonny (fireclay clay, glaze)
- 2002 series Masked (fireclay clay, manganese, copper)
- 2004 Series Twisted Head (turned parts, deformed, white glaze, painting)
Working in public space
- Clinker stone wall , Friendship Island Potsdam
- Relief wall ceramics, Café “Babette”, Potsdam
Exhibitions (selection)
Solo exhibitions
- 1974 Potsdam
- 1978 Berlin , Staatlicher Kunsthandel Studio Galerie
- 1989 Potsdam, Galerie am Staudenhof: Wrobels Töne & Ton
- 2004 Berlin, Galerie am Wasserturm: Heads
- 2004 Düsseldorf , Hetjens Museum : Ceramic jewelry
- 2009 Potsdam, Belvedere on the Pfingstberg : Phoenix from the ashes
- 2012 Potsdam, house in the Güldenen Arm
Participation in exhibitions
- 1977, 1987 Dresden : Art exhibition of the GDR
- 1969/70 Potsdam: district art exhibition
- 1967 Sofia and Prague : International ceramic exhibitions
- 1973, 1976 Sopot : International Ceramic Exhibition
- 1977 Magdeburg : 1st Central Exhibition of Ceramics in the GDR
- 1991 Tel Aviv-Jaffa : ceramics from the former GDR
- 1994 Potsdam: 1st State Art Exhibition Brandenburg
- 2000 Cairo : 5th Cairo International Biennale for Ceramics
- 2007 Potsdam: ART Brandenburg
Web links
- Website by Egon Wrobel
- Information from the gallery at the water tower on the exhibition Heads (2004)
- Information from the City of Potsdam on Egon Wrobel's decorative wall on the Friendship Island
- Pottery like the pharaohs: Stahnsdorfer is rediscovering old art , article in the Berliner Zeitung on September 26, 2000
- Märkische Galionen for Cara, Vita and Aura , article in the newspaper Die Welt on January 17, 2003
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Wrobel, Egon |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German ceramist and jewelry designer |
| DATE OF BIRTH | April 11, 1939 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Insterburg |