Gérard Krimmel

Gérard Krimmel (* 1944 in Strasbourg ) is a German painter .

Life

Gérard Krimmel attended the Academy of Fine Arts in Stuttgart from 1965 to 1971 . As a student he participated in the Bodman Summer Academy. Between 1971 and 1972 he taught as an artistic and technical teacher at the Academy of Fine Arts in Stuttgart and guest lecturer at the University of Fine Arts in Kassel in the design and printing seminar. He has been working as a freelance artist since 1971 and lives in Weil im Schönbuch . In the meantime he had various seminar leaders and study and work stays in Europe and North Africa.

Solo and group exhibitions (selection)

• 1976 Between Industry and Art - Design Center Stuttgart, Austrian Museum of Applied Arts, Vienna
• 1986 artist in the district of Böblingen - district office of Böblingen
• 1988 Exhibition in the Kurt Neubert Klub - Sömmerda, GDR
• 1988 Instead of killing me - exhibition about suicide problems in Mauren / Ehningen
• 1992 City Museum Szentendre / Budapest
• 1994 Reflexes and Communication - Munich, Nuremberg, exhibitions and performances, music and painting
• 1994 Art in the workshop - Mercedes-Benz, Köngen, NGC used car center
• 1995 Platform 95 - site-specific installations at 12 stations, Deutsche Bahn AG, Forum Bahnhof, VBKW and BBKV
• 1997 The »street« Jugendstraße - Landesgartenschau Mosbach
• 1999/2000 Rochade - Palazzo Mostre e Congressi, Alba / Italy - Galerie Contact, Böblingen
• 2000 Guardian Angel - Evangelical Church, Maulbronn and Alpirsbach Monastery, Martinskirche Hildrizhausen
• 2003 Lifelines - multimedia performance, Böblingen war tunnel, dance, music, poetry, object and space
• 2005 FeldArt - Work in Progress, project of the Protestant farmers' organization in Württemberg, artists, farmers and the church
• 2006 Cinq Artistes Allemands - maison commune du vieux villages d'Oingt, France
• 2006 2 + 2 = 4 × art - exhibition in the House of Hungarian Germans (HdU), Budapest
• 2007 The Last Meal - Solo exhibition in the German Peasant War Museum in Böblingen
• 2009 Sturmläuten - Solo exhibition in the Rathaus Herdwangen - Herdwangen-Schönach

Art in architecture, artistic conceptions, planning and implementation in planning partnerships (selection)

• Since 1991 Gérard Krimmel has worked in the following projects:
  • artistic conception and panels for the corporate identity company igepa, Reinbek
  • LGS Mosbach "street"
  • Agora-Park Bitterfeld / Pouch Expo 2000
  • Color design of the new building in Neubulach
  • Overall artistic concept for the extension of the Holzgerlingen senior citizens' residential complex
  • Facade design stair tower of the residential and commercial complex Eberhardstrasse Holzgerlingen
  • Light concept around the church and town hall square Dettingen uT and redesign of the memorial
• Work grant in the Cill Rialaig Project, Ballinskelligs, Co. Kerry, Ireland 2006
• Symposia, actions since 1989 with the VBKW Region Böblingen and the Kunstverein Böblingen
• Co-author in various competitions, publications, catalogs, lectures, introductions
• Represented in collections of the public sector, private individuals and business enterprises
• Member of the Federal Association of Visual Artists, VBK Württemberg
• Member of the art association for the city and district of Böblingen e. V.

literature

• Monographs
  • Günter Scholz: Storm bells. Gérard Krimmel's peasant war pictures . On behalf of the community of Herdwangen-Schönach. Flyer for the exhibition from March 31 to July 28, 2009, Herdwangen-Schönach, Herdwangen Town Hall. Herdwangen 2009.