Hannes Helmke

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Hannes Helmke (born May 10, 1967 in Heidelberg ) is a German sculptor who creates bronze sculptures .

Life

After completing an apprenticeship as a wood sculptor, Hannes Helmke, born in Heidelberg in 1967, completed a postgraduate course in fine arts at the Alanus University for Art and Society in Alfter, which he completed in the summer of 1998. Since then, Hannes Helmke has lived and worked as a freelance sculptor in Cologne . He spends the summer months on the island of Spiekeroog ; the originality and freedom that prevail there in daily life, being in nature are important sources of strength and inspiration. All designs are created on Spiekeroog and implemented in bronze in Cologne.

Helmke is co-initiator and board member of the Spiekerooger art scholarship "Zeltplatz-Residenz", which sponsors art projects in public space once a year.

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“De Utkieker” on the island of Spiekeroog

Hannes Helmke's artistic theme is people and their point of view in the world. The body is an expression of being I and of self-awareness. Helmke's original inspiration was the elongated evening shadows of the human figure. The works with extremely elongated limbs and very large feet from the first years of creativity have now developed into more naturalistically proportioned figures. The basic idea is still: How do people stand in life? How do people present themselves to the world, in observed and unobserved moments, alone and in a group or crowd? For Hannes Helmke, feet and legs stand for the human being, the body above them for the spirit human. The plastic ears are symbols of connection with the world, of perception; so are the great hands. In doing without a face, Helmke's desire for the greatest possible association of the viewer becomes clear.

Helmke's best-known work is the 3.5  m high bronze sculpture "De Utkieker", which has been looking out over the sea from a dune on the island of Spiekeroog since 2007 and urges the island to be preserved as a gem.

Since 2013, the large bronze sculpture “Le rêveur sur une grande chaise” has welcomed visitors in front of the Maison des Arts in Lingolsheim in Alsace .

In 2015, Hannes Helmke designed the Jean Claude Letist Prize of the Cologne Aids Aid, which was awarded to Conchita Wurst on July 3, 2015 on the occasion of the last Cologne AIDS gala .

At the end of 2015, Hannes Helmke made 10 bronze sculptures depicting the late Cologne comedian Dirk Bach . The sculptures are loaned to major donors who financially support the Dirk Bach House of the Cologne Lebenshaus Foundation.

Works in public space

Exhibitions (selection)

  • Art Karlsruhe , Germany annually since 2005
  • Positions Berlin , Germany annually since 2016
  • Art Fair Cologne , Germany 2011 - 2016
  • Art Bodensee, Austria 2003, 2006 and 2008
  • Sculpture Triennial Bingen 2017
  • "Black & White" Galeria K, Spain · 2017
  • “Silhouette” Galleria H. 恆 畫廊, Taiwan · 2015
  • “Sculptour 2011” Galerie Beukenhof, Belgium · 2011
  • Art Fair Tokyo, Japan 2010
  • "Helmke" Gallery Jones, Canada · 2009
  • Fine Art Cologne, Germany 2007
  • “Sculptures” Max Planck Society , Germany · 2005
  • “Images of People” Forum Paul-Gerhardt-Church Cologne · 2002
  • “New Sculptures” Gallery ON · 2000
  • “Kunstflut” diploma exhibition, Germany · 1998

literature

Web links

Commons : Hannes Helmke  - Collection of images, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Hannes Helmke | Vita. Accessed January 31, 2018 .
  2. ↑ https://www.gateo.de/spiekerooger-zeltplatz-residenz- geht-in-die-funfte-runde-zum-ersten-mal-gibt-es-eine-gewinnerin-1439117.html /
  3. ^ Christiane Schmidt, in: Hannes Helmke, Bronzen 2005 to 2008, Cologne 2009; see: Archived copy ( Memento of the original from August 8, 2014 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. @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / hannes-helmke.de
  4. ↑ Island tour . ( Memento of the original from March 7, 2016 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. spiekeroog.de. Accessed March 7, 2016 (PDF file, 2MB) @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / www.spiekeroog.de
  5. ↑ Archive link ( Memento of the original dated August 12, 2014 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. Retrieved August 5, 2014  @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / www.lingolsheim.fr
  6. ↑ Archived copy ( Memento of the original from March 4, 2016 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. @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / koeln-nachrichten.de
  7. ↑ "The Dirk Bach House needs you" . Kölner Wochenspiegel from December 7, 2015
  8. ↑ Hannes Helmke | Exhibitions. Retrieved January 28, 2018 .
personal data
SURNAME Helmke, Hannes
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German sculptor
DATE OF BIRTH May 10, 1967
PLACE OF BIRTH Heidelberg