Friedrich Winnes

Friedrich Winnes (born July 21, 1949 in Heidelberg ; † May 1, 2005 ) was a contemporary German artist of Mail Art .

Life and work

Born in Heidelberg in 1949, he and his parents moved to the GDR in the early 1950s . There he studied mechanical engineering in Karl-Marx-Stadt and worked as an engineer at Bergmann-Borsig in Berlin . On May 1st, 1975 he met Robert Rehfeldt and copied his documentation of the Warsaw Mail Art exhibition. Since then he has participated in many Mail Art exhibitions. In 1990 he founded a small travel agency and arranged trips to Paris for GDR Marks .

After reunification he worked in a West Berlin screen printing company. In 1994 he published the book Mail Art Szene DDR 1975-1990 with Lutz Wohlrab . In 2002 he was permanently employed at Edition Staeck. He moved to Heidelberg, where he set up the Heidelberg Mail Art archive for Klaus and Rolf Staeck and himself.

Friedrich Winnes died on May 1, 2005 of a stroke.

Exhibitions

The artist was involved in retrospective exhibitions, a. a .:

• 1996: Mail Art Eastern Europe - in the international network in the State Museum Schwerin (catalog);
• 1997: ... no art? Mail art projects at the Museum for Post and Communication in Berlin.

Literature (selection)

Editor of:

• Friedrich Winnes and Lutz Wohlrab (eds.): Mail Art Szene DDR 1975 to 1990 . Haude & Spener, Berlin 1994. ISBN 3-7759-0390-9

Articles on Mail Art, etc. a .:

• Friedrich Winnes: The letter cannot be opened without damaging it . In: Friedrich Winnes and, Lutz Wohlrab (eds.): Mail Art Szene DDR 1975 - 1990 . Pp. 106-108.
• Lutz Wohlrab: "Please open cleanly". Mail type and post control in the GDR . In: Listen and Look . Issue 38/2002, pp. 42-46.
• Lutz Wohlrab: The Dresden Mail Art Conversation . In: Listen and Look . Issue 40/2002, pp. 37-40.
• Lutz Wohlrab: Obituary by Friedrich Winnes (1949 - 2005) . In: Listen and Look . Issue 50/2005, p. 73 and 4th cover page.

Web links

• Mail Artists Index