Gábor Török (artist)

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Gábor Török (* 1952 in Budapest ) is a German artist of Hungarian descent.

Live and act

After graduating from high school in Hungary, Gábor Török initially trained as a goldsmith and silversmith. This was followed by an apprenticeship as a restorer at the National Museum in Budapest , where he then worked for some time. Due to his excellent performance in fencing, he was admitted to the sports course, which he completed in 1978 as a fencing master. In 1979 he left for a training camp in the West and applied for asylum in Germany.

In Frankfurt he began a targeted career as an artist. Since 1980 he has regularly participated in international exhibitions and trade fairs. Long periods of work in Pietrasanta and Carrara at the end of the 1980s were one of the defining factors .

From 1989 to 2004 he built the International Artists' Center 695 out of former greenhouses in Frankfurt , which housed studios, a gallery and a theater under one roof. Architecturally impressively designed, the building with approx. 2400 cubic meters resembled a walk-in, social sculpture . Török not only shaped the theater through numerous artistically demanding stage sets, but also successfully staged his own play The Apple .

Since 2005 he has been living and working as a freelance sculptor in Wiesbaden , where he also repeatedly realizes architectural projects.

At the beginning of his artistic career, Török developed small-format metal reliefs, always in combination with wooden supports, which were characterized by narrative pictorial motifs and were produced in series.

There was a radical break in the late 1980s. During longer work stays in Pietrasanta , significantly larger, freer works were created from Bianco Carrara , whose roots lay in classical modernism. Some of the titles of his early marble sculptures Homage to Rodin's Thinker or Homage to Max Bill refer to models, but in the end Török developed his own style within a few years, which he still follows formally today; albeit in different materials. Based on a previously chosen title, Török develops flowing movements and sensual geometries from linear basic bodies. This contradiction, this apparent impossibility and outwitting of mathematics is inherent in all objects, as it were Török's trademark.

After several large objects from stainless steel , to Török focused since the turn of the century on in bronze executed sculptures . Compact in size, varied in the patination, and always in small editions, they offer him the ideal opportunity to express a diverse topic.

In addition, large sculptures are created, some in public spaces . These sculptures are not only a material volume, they also intervene in the space around them and reinterpret it. These works are always specially created for the respective location and deal with it in terms of content. The dimension is of great importance here, the material adapts to the conditions. The lines impress with dynamism, inner tension and elegance.

Exhibitions (selection)

Since 1982 Gábor Török has participated in numerous exhibitions at home and abroad:

  • Sculptures and graphics - Galerie Hovestadt (2017)
  • Galerie Moderne, Bad Zwischenahn (2015)
  • Michael Blaszczyk Gallery, Bad Homburg (2015)
  • Galleria Kröger, Ascona / Switzerland (2015)
  • Art Karlsruhe, Gallery Michael Draheim (2015)
  • Art and Antiques Days Münster, Hovestadt Gallery (2015)
  • BRAFA Brussels, Jörg Schuhmacher Gallery (2015)
  • Galleria Kröger, Ascona / Switzerland (2014)
  • Galerie-im-Kies, Altach / Austria (2014)
  • Art Karlsruhe, One - artist - show, Galerie Rother Winter (2014)
  • Galleria Kröger, Ascona / Switzerland (2013)
  • Galerie Rother, Wiesbaden (2012)
  • Art Karlsruhe, one-man-show, Galerie Rother (2011)
  • Korea International Art fair, Seoul, Galerie Rother (2010)
  • Hungarian Embassy, ​​Berlin (2010)
  • Art Karlsruhe, One-artist-show, Galerie Rother (2010)
  • Medana, Slovenia (2009)
  • Chamber of Crafts Wiesbaden (2009)
  • 12 am Ring, Art Summer Wiesbaden (2008)
  • Wolfsgarten Castle, Langen (2007)
  • Fasanerie Castle, Fulda (2007)
  • Matthäuskirche, Frankfurt (2004)
  • European Central Bank, Frankfurt (1997)
  • AL Gallery, Stuttgart (1992)
  • Kunsthalle Paul Lüdin, Basel / Switzerland (1991)
  • Cesar´s Palace, Las Vegas / USA (1989)
  • Galerie Breughel, Venlo / Netherlands (1989)
  • Art Gallery, Luxembourg 1988 (1988)
  • Gallery Schindler, Zermatt / Switzerland (1986)
  • German Leadership Show, Tokyo / Japan (1984)
  • Deutsche Bundesbank (1982)
  • Deutsche Bank, Frankfurt (1982)
  • Center Culturel, Romainmôtier / Switzerland (1982)

Works in public collections

A large number of his sculptures are in public collections:

Large sculptures (selection)

In addition to bronze statues, his large-scale sculptures play an important role in his artistic activity:

Catalogs (selection)

  • The Art of Engineering. Engineering of Art , Arnold AG 2014, ISBN 978-3-00-047986-1
  • Art = diversity, 32 artists - 32 galleries , State Association of Galleries in Hesse and Rhineland-Palatinate, Wiesbaden 2013
  • 12 am Ring, sculpture course , Wiesbaden 2008, ISBN 3-9809559-5-8
  • Gábor Török, Birth of a Longing , Wiesbaden 2013, ISBN 978-3-00-040458-0
  • Gábor Török. My way , Stuttgart 2000

Awards

During his artistic career, Török was honored with numerous prizes:

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Biography of Gábor Török
  2. ^ Gábor Török, Vita
  3. ↑ Nina Stoelting : Gábor Török, birth of a longing . Wiesbaden 2013, ISBN 978-3-00-040458-0 .
  4. ↑ a b c d Gábor Török, exhibitions
  5. ^ Sculptures and graphics
  6. ^ Wiesbaden courier
  7. ↑ Certificate of the Hessian Monument Preservation Prize

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personal data
SURNAME Török, Gábor
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German artist
DATE OF BIRTH 1952
PLACE OF BIRTH Budapest