Günter Kaden

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Well in Rheinsberg from 2000 to 2001

Günter Kaden (* 1941 in Leipzig ) is a contemporary German sculptor .

biography

Günter Kaden was born in Leipzig in 1941. After finishing school, he completed an apprenticeship as a stonemason and then worked for a master sculptor. Kaden passed his Abitur examination in 1967 and in the same year began studying at the University of Industrial Design in Halle, Burg Giebichenstein in Halle (Saale) with Professors Gerhard Lichtenfeld and Willi Sitte .

With his diploma as a sculptor in 1972 he left the university and took over the artistic direction of the restoration work on the Gothic church of St. Moritz zu Halle for the next three years . From 1973 he worked for project groups for architecture-related art. After moving to Wendischhagen in Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania in 1979 , he worked as a freelancer and in 1990 became a member of the Mecklenburg and Western Pomerania Artists' Association. V. in the Federal Association of Visual Artists eV

His partner, the graphic artist Sabine Naumann is also a versatile artist.

After the fall of the Wall , like many other artists from the former GDR , he had to deal with his files at the Stasi and find out how narrowly he escaped arrest. At that time Kaden's study trips took him to Poland , Czechoslovakia , Hungary , Romania , Bulgaria and the former Soviet Union . With the end of the GDR, new opportunities opened up and so Holland , Italy , the USA , Canada , England , Switzerland , Austria and Israel were added.

Work area

Günter Kaden says of himself: “I love organic shapes. It is the forms of the landscape in which I live, the terminal moraines of Mecklenburg Switzerland. " Therefore, he appreciates working with materials such as stone, bronze , terracotta , but also polyester to design his work. His works are varied, in addition to the longstanding architecture-related work, there are sculptures , play objects for children, small sculptures, medals , miniatures and portraits . Some of his work was cast in the Lauchhammer art and bell foundry , a traditional company that has had experience in casting sculptures since 1725.

  • 2003 Life-size fountain figures in bronze
  • 2004 Four bronze sculptures as gargoyles
  • 2006 Frog gargoyle and “Fat Man” plastic cast in bronze
  • 2008 Three bronze sculptures
  • 2010 small bronze sculptures of gargoyles, toads and frogs

Exhibitions

incomplete:

Solo exhibitions

  • 1977 Gallery “Am Markt”, Gera
  • 1980 Gallery “Am Boulevard”, Rostock
  • 1980 "Greifengalerie", Greifswald
  • 1980 “Am Hansering” gallery, Halle
  • 1984 Museum "Otto Ludwig", Eisfeld
  • 1989 Gallery "Gallus", Frankfurt (Oder)
  • 1991 Gallery “Harff”, Güstrow
  • 1992 Anklam Museum
  • 1993 Gallery “Bollhagen”, Worpswede
  • 1994 "Art Fair BP", Hamburg
  • 1995 Gallery "Zur Hofstatt" Basel , Switzerland
  • 1995 Gallery Teterow
  • 1995 "Torgalerie", Neubrandenburg
  • 1996 "Bronzeguß 96" Atelierhaus Wendischhagen
  • 1997 "Müritz Museum" Waren (Müritz)
  • 1998 Gallery “Harff”, Güstrow
  • 1998 Gallery “Art-ig” in the Vechta prison
  • 1999 Zislow Church , Mecklenburg
  • 1999 "Atelierhaus Möller" Schmiedenfelde
  • 2000 "Agency Gallery" Rostock
  • 2000 "Harff" Gallery in Güstrow
  • 2000 "Gallery in the Villa Hübner" Warnemünde
  • 2003 “Museum Waren” Waren / Müritz
  • 2004 Gallery "Altes Zollhaus" Herrnburg, Lübeck
  • 2004 Gallery “Terra Rossa” Leipzig

Participation in exhibitions

  • 1973 "Hallesche Bildhauer", Orangery Mosigkau
  • 1975 "Medal Art of the GDR", Münzkabinett Gotha
  • 1977 "Young Art of the GDR", Berlin, Rostock
  • 1978 VIII. Art Exhibition of the GDR, Dresden
  • 1980 "Young Sculpture of the GDR", Albertinum (Dresden)
  • 1982 "Miniatures in the fine arts of the GDR", Fürstenwalde
  • 1982 IX. Art exhibition of the GDR, Dresden
  • 1987 Xth art exhibition of the GDR, Dresden
  • 1989 "European medal art" Moritzburg (Halle)
  • 1989 art exhibition Tallinn , Estonia
  • 1991 "Miniatures in Fine Arts", St. Gallen , Switzerland
  • 1991 "Heaven and Earth" - BBK regional show, "Alte Börse" Hamburg
  • 1992 "Earth - Sign - Earth" State Show Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania
  • 1992 “German Artists in Italy”, Lucca , Italy
  • 1992 "Mecklenburg Artist", House of the Parliamentary Society, Bonn
  • 1992 "Toscana - Pleinair - Exhibition" in the Ministry of Education in Schwerin
  • 1993 Ribnitz-Damgarten Amber Museum
  • 1994 "Art and Environment", Wollhalle Güstrow
  • 1994 “Eroticism in Art”, Museum Gera
  • 1994 Erotic Fair Cologne
  • 1995 "Art and Environment", Güstrow
  • 1995 “Neue Kunst 95”, Neubrandenburg
  • 1996 “Art and Environment”, Güstrow
  • 1997 "Small Sculpture in Northern Germany" Kolbien Gallery, Garbsen
  • 1998/1999 art fair "Artwork-Werkkunst" Schloss Reinbek
  • 1999 “Rostock Art Exchange” Rostock-Warnemünde
  • 2001 "Neunpluseins" gallery at the Domcapitol Berlin
  • 2001 Federal Garden Show Potsdam
  • 2002/2003 art fair "Artwork-Werkkunst" Schloss Reinbek
  • 2002 "With fire, glass and earth, metal, paper and stone", international exhibition in the city gallery Wollhalle Güstrow
  • 2002 International Foundry Fair Brno , Czech Republic
  • 2003 International Foundry Fair in Düsseldorf
  • 2004 "Olympic Art and Sport" German Sports and Olympic Museum Cologne

Honors

  • 1978 Prize of the "Young Art" exhibition, Altes Museum (Berlin)
  • 1987 First and second prize in the competition “Environment Reitbahnsee”, Neubrandenburg
  • 1993 Second prize in the “Max Pechstein” medal competition, Zwickau
  • 1994 Third prize medal competition “1000 Years of Mecklenburg”, Schwerin
  • 1994 Second prize in the "Disabled-friendly residential building" competition, Neubrandenburg
  • 1994 First prize competition "Medical Center Neubrandenburg"
  • 1997 First prize in the “Marcus Monument” competition, Malchin
  • 1999 First prize in the "Badebrunnen" Rheinsberg competition
  • 1999 First prize in the “Monk Fountain” competition in Dargun
  • 2000 First prize competition "Hanse-Brunnen" Demmin
  • 2001 First prize competition "Fountain for the old town in Stralsund"
  • 2004 Third Prize Competition of the IOC "Olympics & Art"
  • 1993 scholarship from the state of Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania for a work stay in Lucca, Italy
  • 2004 IOC competition "Olympia and Sport", 3rd prize from the German Olympic Society

Scholarships and Pleinairs

  • 1972–1974 grant from the Ministry of Culture
  • 1978 International sculptor pleinair in Otmanli, Bulgaria
  • 1988 Puchow Castle Pleinair , Mecklenburg
  • 1989 International Ceramic Square in Mecklenburg
  • 1993 scholarship in Toscana , Lucca, Italy
  • 1996 International plein air “Open-air bronze casting”, Atelierhaus Wendischhagen
  • 1997 Plein air of the city of Teterow
  • 1999 International Plein air "People and Landscape" in Vogelsang Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania
  • 2001 Plein air of the Teterow Art Association
  • 2002 International Plein air of the Teterow Art Association

literature

  • Günter Kaden, Internationales Bronzeguss-Pleinair: Bronzeguss 1996; a documentation, Kunsthaus-Verlag 1996
  • A. Gontek, Günter Kaden, D. Schriever: Arts and crafts in the nature park, State Office for the Environment, 2008

Web links

Commons : Günter Kaden  - collection of images, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Wendischhagen ( Memento of the original from October 8, 2012 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. Discover places in MV  @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / www.orte-in-mv.de
  2. ↑ ART PATH BETWEEN WAREN AND TETEROW ( Memento of the original from December 24, 2012 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was automatically inserted and not yet checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. (PDF; 2.7 MB) GALERIE AM KAMP TETEROW Kunstverein Teterow eV (p. 30 no. 13) @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / www.galerie-teterow.de
  3. ↑ Sabine Naumann  ( 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. Artists in the Demmin district@1@ 2Template: Toter Link / www.landkreis-demmin.de  
  4. ↑ Page no longer available , search in web archives: People and their story (s) Nordkurier , Mecklenburg Switzerland , July 11, 2009@1@ 2Template: Toter Link / www.nordkurier.de
  5. ↑ Günter Kaden  ( 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. Artists in the Demmin district@1@ 2Template: Toter Link / www.landkreis-demmin.de  
  6. ↑ Reference list ( Memento of the original from July 19, 2011 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. Lauchhammer Kunstguss und Glockengießerei GmbH & Co. KG @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / www.kunstguss.de
  7. ↑ Dornhaus
personal data
SURNAME Kaden, Günter
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German artist and sculptor
DATE OF BIRTH 1941
PLACE OF BIRTH Leipzig