Eusebius Wirdeier

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Eusebius Wirdeier, 2011

Eusebius Wirdeier (* 1950 in Dormagen ) is a German photographer, graphic artist, sculptor and publisher.

In his photographs he focuses on topics from the Rhineland. He published documentary series on the Rhenish opencast mining areas around Garzweiler , the demolition of the Josef Haubrich Kunsthalle, the construction of the north-south light rail and the remains of the destroyed city ​​archive . Two photo books about Cologne's district have been added since 2014. In addition to regular solo and group exhibitions, his work is represented in the Museum Ludwig , the Cologne City Museum , the LVR-Landesmuseum Bonn and other museums and private collections.

life and work

Eusebius Wirdeier: Demonstration on the occupation of Stollwerck in Cologne, May 20, 1980
Eusebius Wirdeier: Preparation of the construction site for the construction of the north-south light rail in Cologne, Germany, February 12, 2005

Wirdeier was born in Dormagen in 1950 and has been studying at the Cologne factory schools since 1967 ( TH Köln, Department of Art and Design). Since 1968 he had his first solo and group exhibitions with drawings, objects and installations and began his photographic work. From 1970 to 1973 he studied sculpture with Anton Berger . In the 70s and 80s he took part in numerous theater projects ( The True Anton, together with Richard Rogler and Heinrich Pachl ) and book projects. In addition, from autumn 1969 he developed together with Rolf Henke, Tita Gaehme , Dorothee Joachim and Jens Hagen in Cologne the successful underground magazine Ana & Bela , which, as the "kölnisches Volksblatt", became a forerunner of the later alternative city newspapers Kölner Volksblatt and StadtRevue .

As a freelance artist, editor and book designer, Wirdeier designed the books kölsch? - Heimatphotographie as well as 1991 Alaaf anyway ! - Cologne Rose Monday for the Gulf War , each time in connection with an exhibition. In 1994 he was appointed to the German Society for Photography .

From 2001 to 2004 Wirdeier held a teaching position for “Photography in Architecture” at the Department of Architecture, Design, Art at the Bergische Universität Wuppertal .

Together with Wolfgang Niedecken , Wirdeier realized several book projects, including 1996 the illustrated text volume noh un noh - texts and photographs from Cologne and 2003 the title Much happened (with Wim Wenders ). Together with Barbara Räderscheidt, he has edited three issues of the Freio periodical since 2009 .

A photo exhibition in the Cologne City Museum from 2009 to 2010 showed Willeier's work under the motto Cologne as it is parallel to August Sander's pre-war photographs (Cologne as it was) .

In cooperation with the Cologne-Sülzer children's home and on the occasion of the abandonment of the children's home area on the Sülzgürtel , Wirdeier developed an exhibition on the history of the facility in 2012, which was shown as a traveling exhibition at various locations within Cologne. At the same time he designed and photographed the exhibition catalog History (s) of the Sülz Children's Home 1917–2012. From Cologne orphanage to Ki d S.

As part of the LVR theme year 1914 - In the middle of Europe. The Rhineland and the First World War , Wirdeier curated the double exhibition Modern World War I Madhouse , which dealt with psychiatry and art before, during and after the First World War.

With his photo books Ursula + Jean (2014) and Severin renovated (2017), for which he accompanied the renovation of the Romanesque church of St. Severin for a year and a half, Wirdeier once again placed a focus on long-term photographic documentation. 2019 he was for his photographic work, particularly in Severinsviertel with Severin's citizens Price excellent.

Eusebius Wirdeier lives and works in Cologne.

Awarding of the Severins Citizens' Prize 2019 to Eusebius Wirdeier by the chairwoman of the association Ursula Jünger. She puts a pin on the winner.
Awarding of the Severins Citizens' Prize 2019 to Eusebius Wirdeier by the chairwoman of the association Ursula Jünger

Book publications

  • kölsch? - Homeland photography. Emons Verlag, Cologne 1990, ISBN 3-924491-30-5 .
  • with Willi Reiter (Ed.): Alaaf anyway! - Cologne Rose Monday for the Gulf War 1991. Emons-Verlag, Cologne 1991, ISBN 3-924491-34-8 .
  • In the window of your times, Kellenberg Castle. Poems by Günter Lessing , photographs by Eusebius Wirdeier. Lessing Presse, Jülich 1992, ISBN 3-928121-02-2 .
  • with Johannes Nitschmann: Garzweiler or how the brown coal connection burns an entire region. Emons-Verlag Cologne, 1995, ISBN 3-924491-68-2 .
  • with Wolfgang Niedecken: Noh un noh: Texts and photographs from Cologne. Emons-Verlag, Cologne 1996, ISBN 3-924491-79-8 .
  • Viktor Böll (Ed.): Heinrich Böll and Cologne. Text by Martin Stankowski . Kiepenheuer & Witsch, Cologne 1994, ISBN 3-462-02321-7 .
  • Kurt Holl , Claudia Glunz (Ed.): 1968 on the Rhine: Satisfaction and dormant traffic. Emons-Verlag, extended new edition, Cologne 2008. ISBN 978-3-89705-550-6
  • The cabinet of curiosities of Agnes Bosen: an inventory. Emons-Verlag, Cologne 2001, ISBN 3-89705-234-2 .
  • Cologne as it is / praise for foresight. A photographic pit work. October 30, 2002 to October 30, 2009. Edition of the Eusebius Works, Cologne 2009.
  • Cologne and its photo books. Part 1: Photography in Cologne, Emons-Verlag, Cologne 2010. ISBN 978-3-89705-790-6
  • Time lapse Waidmarkt - picture archive 2004–2011. 51 photographs and a text; Verlag der Eusebius-Werke, Cologne 2011. Contribution to the exhibition Drunter und Abber. The Waidmarkt. Location KölnerGeschichte 1 of the Cologne City Museum and the Roman-Germanic Museum Cologne
  • Ursula + Jean. A photo book with texts by Louis Peters, Boris Sieverts, Fritz Zimmermann and Eusebius Wirdeier. Zimmermann Druck + Medien, Cologne 2014, ISBN 978-3-00-047688-4
  • Severin renovated. A photo book with texts by Rosemarie Amberge, Barbara Ellerbrock / Jens Kratzheller, Joachim Oepen , Anna Pawlik, Johannes Quirl, Ingrid Rasch and Christoph Schaden. Catholic parish of St. Severin (ed.), Cologne 2017, ISBN 978-3-00-056589-2
  • Still Alaaf! Catalog for the exhibition in the Cologne City Museum , Cologne 2018
  • Thomaskirche 50 plus. Evangelical life in the Agnesviertel. Evangelical Congregation Cologne, District Thomaskirche and Christ Church (ed.), Cologne 2018
  • Photo stories Sülz and Klettenberg 1855-1985. Emons, Cologne 2019, ISBN 978-3-7408-0693-4 .

As editor

  • History (s) of the children's home in Sülz 1917–2012. From the Cologne orphanage to KidS. Cologne 2013, ISBN 978-3-00-038761-6 .

Solo exhibitions

  • 1988: Transitions - sub-surfaces , Stadtgarten Cologne, to the 3rd international photo scene
  • 1989: Workpieces and work photos , Galerie KK, Braunschweig
  • 1990/1992: kölsch? - Heimatphotographie , Cologne City Museum , for the 5th Int. Photoszene Cologne, Galerie moment, Leipzig
  • 1992: Kellenberg - a castle in the Rhenish lignite mining area , Kellenberg Castle, Jülich
  • 1994: Cologne already exists, but it's a dream , Studio DuMont, Cologne
  • 1994/1995: Landscape under shovel excavators , Cologne, Erkelenz, Dormagen, Jülich, Krefeld, Mönchengladbach
  • 1997: Edition noh un noh with Wolfgang Niedecken, Galerie Inge Baecker, Cologne
  • 1998: Sculptures / Photographies Le Vallon du Villaret / Parc de découvertes, Lozère, France
  • 2001: The Chamber of Wonder of Agnes Bosen - An inventory , Cologne City Museum
  • 2003: Photography and sculpture , Brühler Kunstverein, Brühl
  • 2009/2010: Cologne as it is , photo exhibition, Cologne City Museum

As a curator

Awards

  • Severins Citizen Award 2019

Web links

Commons : Eusebius Wirdeier  - Collection of Images

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Information on the periodical "Freio" ( Memento of the original from July 7, 2012 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link has been inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.  @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / www.freio-verlag.de
  2. ^ City of Cologne - Office for Press and Public Relations: From Cologne Orphanage to KidS. Children's homes extend exhibition on their own history July 16, 2013, accessed on December 2, 2014.
  3. ↑ Modern. World war. Madhouse. Exhibition website, accessed December 2, 2014.
  4. ↑ a b Meine Südstadt: Severinsbürgerpreis for photographer Eusebius Wirdeier. September 13, 2019, accessed on September 14, 2019 (German).
personal data
SURNAME Wirdeier, Eusebius
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German photographer, graphic artist, sculptor and editor
DATE OF BIRTH 1950
PLACE OF BIRTH Dormagen