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Frank Teufel (* 1966 in Tuttlingen ) is a contemporary German sculptor .
life and work
Teufel completed an apprenticeship as a stone sculptor from 1984 to 1987 . In 1993 he graduated from the master school for stonemasons and stone sculptors in Mainz with the title of master. From 1996 to 1999 he completed his studies at the Academy for Design in Ulm .
Teufel works primarily with stone. Works that are clearly reduced to lines reflect his own formal language. The process of creating his sculptures begins with linear drawings. It is in these lines that his ideas take on their first form, and the three-dimensional implementation becomes "tangible" in perspective. Its clearly abstracted spatial lines deal with the themes of "relationship" and "movement". They often consist of two elements that flow towards or away from each other. In the stone they form an inseparable, tension-charged connection. In their all-round view, the sculptures open up the most varied perspectives and surprising spatial effects. Teufel partially leaves the traces of the work process. In order to allow the viewer his own interpretation, Teufel refrains from assigning specific titles.
“In Teufel's work, organic and geometric forms are skillfully related to one another with the aim of harmonization: to loosen geometric hardness and tame organic anarchy creates the vision of an energetic center, a state of limbo full of lightness and optimism. With this state of suspension or tension, Teufel makes itself independent of criteria such as dynamics or statics. "
Teufel has been a member of the Association of Freelance Sculptors Baden-Württemberg since 2008.
Solo exhibitions (selection)
- 2011: Volume in Color and Space , Galerie Rother, Wiesbaden
- 2011: Frank Teufel - Sculptures , Claudine Hohl Gallery, Zurich
- 2012: Color and Form , gallery in Sipplingen station
- 2013: Frank Teufel Sculptures , Gallery at the Pinakothek der Moderne, Munich
- 2013: Frank Teufel - juxtaposition , Galerie Rigassi, Bern
- 2014: Frank Teufel - Prize Winner Sculptures in the Park 2013 , Municipal Gallery Mörfelden-Walldorf
- 2014: Frank Teufel - The big retrospective , Klettgau Gallery, Klettgau
- 2015: Frank Teufel - Pictures and Sculptures , Gallery Wendelinskapelle Marbach aN
- 2015: Frank Teufel - Linear Reduction , Galerie Wesner, Konstanz
- 2016: Frank Teufel sculpture , gallery at the Pinakothek der Moderne, Munich
- 2016: Frank Teufel - Raumlinien , Tuttlingen District Office
- 2018: Frank Teufel - Relationship - Movement - Balance , Stadtkirche Tuttlingen
Awards
- 2013 1st Prize Sculptures in the Park 2013 , City of Mörfelden-Walldorf
Sculptures and designs in public space (selection)
- Medical center Tuttlingen
- Kreissparkasse Ludwigsburg, Marbach am Neckar
- Pilgrimage route and fountain , Aggenhausen pilgrimage church
- Schlossplatz Kirchheim unter Teck
- Lahrensmühle Leonberg
- Sparkasse Hochrhein, Waldshut-Tiengen
- Hilzinger Thum Tuttlingen company
- TuWass Tuttlingen
Pictures (selection)
literature
- Ann-Kathrin Haußmann: Frank Teufel - Less is more . In: Naturstein No. 6, 2005, Ebner Verlag, ISSN 0028-1026 , pp. 50-52
- VBKW, Association of Visual Artists Württemberg (Ed.): Frank Teufel. Saw works. Cut Works , VBKW, Stuttgart 2007, ISBN 978-3-929-41952-8 .
- Michael Senn: In the end, art is just work . In: Stein No. 4, 2007, Callway Verlag, ISSN 0940-6905 , pp. 42-43
Web links
- Official website of the sculptor Frank Teufel
- Literature by and about Frank Teufel in the catalog of the German National Library
Individual evidence
- ↑ Press kit for the 16th Mörfelden-Walldorf Sculpture Park, City of Mörfelden-Walldorf, 2013, pp. 29–30
- ↑ Anette Sosna: Art of Dialogue - Frank Teufel: Works 2000 - 2006 . In: Frank Teufel - Sculpture Park Prize Winner 2013 , press kit for the exhibition from October 3 to October 19, 2014, Kommunale Galerie, Mörfelden-Walldorf
- ^ Association of Freelance Sculptors Baden-Württemberg
- ↑ Columns, flattered by the light ( page no longer available , search in web archives ) Info: The link was automatically marked as defective. Please check the link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. . Echo Groß-Gerau district, September 2, 2013
personal data | |
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SURNAME | Hell, Frank |
BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German sculptor |
DATE OF BIRTH | 1966 |
PLACE OF BIRTH | Tuttlingen |