Günter Rückert

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Günter Rückert (* 1952 in Löningen , Oldenburg ) is a German painter , caricaturist , graphic artist , author and director . Since 1997 he has been staging the Dortmund " Geierabend ".

Life

Günter Rückert has been artistically active since 1975. Various journals and magazines published his cartoons early on; as a cabaret artist he was a co-founder of the group " N8chtschicht ". At the same time he studied German , theater studies and history in Bochum , where he received his doctorate in 1985. A year later he decided to go full-time for art. His extensive work includes graphics, etchings , book illustrations and work with independent theater groups. Since 1997 he has directed the satirical Dortmund "Geierabend", writes texts and programs for it and has been chairman of the Westphalian Artists' Association in Dortmund since 2009.

Solo exhibitions

  • 1986 Ostentor Gallery, Dortmund
  • 1988 Kornelius Gallery, Aachen
  • 1989 “Belmundo” district center, Berlin
  • 1991 International Furniture Fair, Cologne
  • 1991 "art center" Andrews University, Michigan / USA
  • 1993 Gallery Schulok, Iserlohn
  • 1994 AVIVA Gallery, Essen
  • 1995 Association for Art and Communication, Bochum
  • 1996 Galerie van Almsick, Gronau.
  • 1996 City Gallery floor 1, Bergkamen
  • 1997 Flottmannhallen, Herne
  • 1999 Harenberg, Dortmund
  • 2002 strathwork gallery, Ladbergen
  • 2003 art-gallery, Luxembourg
  • 2005 “Ruhrblau and Emscherblues”, Gelsenkirchen Science Park
  • 2007 Gallery Haus Herbede, Witten
  • 2008 Torhaus Rombergpark, Dortmund
  • 2010 Gallery Schloss Erwitte
  • 2011 Municipal Gallery Castrop-Rauxel
  • 2011 domicil jazz club, Dortmund
  • 2012 Uniewski Gallery, Dortmund
  • 2012 Kley Gallery, Hamm
  • 2013 Artium Art Gallery, Luxembourg
  • 2013 Gallery Fletch Bizzel , Dortmund

Participation in exhibitions (selection)

  • 1989 "ABATTOIRS 89", Festival International d 'art de groupe, Marseille
  • 1990 "THE GRAND CHILDREN OF MAX AND MORITZ", comics and cartoons, made in Germany, traveling exhibition of the Goethe-Institut, New York, Chicago a. a.
  • 1992 "art", Frankfurt art fair
  • 1993 2nd Triennial of Printmaking of the State of Lower Saxony, Bevern Castle - "ambiente", Frankfurt Art Fair
  • Graphic calendar city of Dortmund, town hall (1999, 2000, 2002, 2004, 2006, 2007, 2010, 2012, 2013)
  • 2003 “Drawing apparatus gymnastics”, together with FW Bernstein and Ari Plikat , Galerie Fletch Bizzel , Dortmund
  • 2004 “Anecken Anecken”, Westphalian Artists Association, Dortmund City Hall
  • 2007 "The back of the moon", professional association of visual artists, Berswordt-Halle, Dortmund
  • 2012 BIG BANG, exhibition of the artist associations, BIG gallery Dortmund
  • 2013 WITH WITHOUT EVERYTHING, Professional Association of Visual Artists, BIG gallery, Dortmund
  • 2013 “The best for last”, Strong Places, former Ostwallmuseum, Dortmund

Publications / works (selection)

  • "Studies on the language behavior of Turkish young people in the FRG", Centaurusverlag, Pfaffenweiler, 1985 (dissertation)
  • "Das Karbidkommando", a comic album about the resistance of the edelweiss pirates against the Hitler Youth and GeStaPo, Tapir-Verlag, Dortmund, 1987
  • "Katschimbowski", comic series in U-Comix , Frankfurt 1987–89
  • Illustrations for "Kucken, whether it's dripping", Fritz Eckenga , Edition Tiamat, Berlin, 1997
  • Illustrations for "I must know", Fritz Eckenga, Edition Tiamat, Berlin 1998
  • "Mona Lisa has to be rewritten", Fritz Eckenga, Günter Rückert, edition tiamat, Berlin 2000
  • Illustrations for “The world hangs in tatters outside”, Fritz Eckenga, Kunstmann-Verlag, Munich, 2002

Theater and cabaret (selection)

  • 1976–1978: cabaret drawing pin
  • 1978–1984: Rock theater night shift
  • 1984–1991: Cabaret Chic - Aurora
  • 1986–1996: Turkish-Kurdish-German theater group "Tschüss´mü"
  • 1996–1998: Comedy performance - Duo Brech 4
  • since 1999: director for the cabaret "Bullemänner"
  • 2000: Director for Ape and Feuerstein "One doesn't talk about that"
  • since 1997: artistic direction and direction of the Geierabend in Dortmund
  • 2003: Texts and direction for the “Pannekopp-Revier-Revue” in cooperation with the Dortmunder Schauspielhaus and the Ensemble des Geierabends
  • since 2005: Texts and direction for the solo programs by Franziska Mense-Moritz "Why I" and "Ich sach ma: Normal!"
  • since 2007: staged readings with the group “writable” from Unna
  • 2009: Production of “Shakespeare's Complete Works in 2 Hours”, Fletch Bizzel Theater , Dortmund

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personal data
SURNAME Rückert, Günter
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Ganter
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German painter, caricaturist, graphic artist, author and director
DATE OF BIRTH 1952
PLACE OF BIRTH Loeningen , Oldenburg