Gottfried Bechtold

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Gottfried Bechtold (born August 1, 1947 in Bregenz ) is an Austrian artist living and working in Hörbranz in Vorarlberg .

biography

The work of Bechtold was significantly influenced by the family: his father was a stonemason and his great-uncle Albert Bechtold a sculptor.

“Ready Maid” in front of the Festspielhaus in Bregenz

Bechtold completed his apprenticeship as a stonemason in Hallein and, starting with sculpture, he deals with other media such as film, video or photography and uses the latest technical possibilities such as laser or computer technologies.

The best known of his works of the 1970s and early 1980s is the concrete Porsche (1971 and 2001), a cast of his Porsche 911 . At Documenta 5 in Kassel , he realized the work 100 days of presence in Kassel . His work Album fotografico , 1973 , is visible in the Museo cantonale d'arte in Lugano .

For the Austria Center Vienna in 1986 he created the intercontinental sculpture from monoliths from five continents, which are connected by a laser beam that changes over the course of the day .

Concrete Porsche 2011 at Karlsruhe Palace

In 2006 , the 7 meter high sculpture “Ready Maid” was created in front of the Bregenz Festival Hall . The inverted tree made of polished bronze is a striding tree woman, an antipode, a diametrically opposed art object to the performances, according to the renowned Vorarlberg artist. The sculpture stands in a slight depression, which, depending on the amount of rain, turns into a water-based paint and mirror surface up to 15 centimeters deep.

In autumn 2016, Bechtold was honored with a comprehensive solo exhibition at Lentos Linz .

Awards

Web links

Commons : Gottfried Bechtold  - Collection of images, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Vorarlberg Chronicle  ( 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. , by Heidrun Sandbichler@1@ 2Template: Dead Link / www.vol.at  
  2. ↑ Christian Grass / pzwei-presseaussendung / city-bregenz / art-and-construction-project-at-festival-house-bregenz
  3. ↑ orf.at/news/07/07/2006
personal data
SURNAME Bechtold, Gottfried
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Austrian visual artist
DATE OF BIRTH August 1, 1947
PLACE OF BIRTH Bregenz