Hans-Georg Wagner (sculptor)

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Hans-Georg Wagner works on a sculpture with a wooden chisel and clapper
Hans-Georg Wagner at work

Hans-Georg Wagner (born November 22, 1962 in Havelberg ) is a German artist , sculptor and designer .

Life

Hans-Georg Wagner lives and works in Cottbus . From 1979 to 1981 he completed an apprenticeship as a carpenter there. From 1983 to 1986 he studied wood design at the technical school for applied arts in Schneeberg , today part of the West Saxon University of Applied Sciences in Zwickau , under the mentorship of the sculptor and designer Hans Brockhage and the artist Karl Heinz Jakob . After graduating in 1986, he moved into his studio in Cottbus, which is still the center of his work today.

In 1994 Wagner built his first wooden canoe according to the original blueprints of the birch bark canoes of North American natives. In 1997, at a symposium, he met Werner Stötzer and Sylvia Hagen , whose friendship and work had a lasting impact on his work. Since 2005 Wagner has also been active as a curator and exhibits works by artist colleagues in the Atelier Galerie Wagner, especially from the field of sculpture.

Create

Hans-Georg Wagner's work is centered around the material wood . Topics are people, freedom and the attempt to get an idea of ​​the world. In addition to humanistic and social motives, he also addresses political issues and uses religious motifs.

Another aspect of the focus on people is reflected in his furniture design. He sees the task of design in opening up spaces and making them usable for people. The boat building has also led him to the Canadian style , on the basis of which he choreographed so-called canoe ballets and staged both solo and in group constellations to music. This practice also overlaps with his work as an organizer and curator.

art

sculpture

Wagner made small sculptures from wood splinters and wax and had them later cast in bronze . Medium-sized to larger-than-life sculptures are created from tree trunks or branches. According to his own statement, Hans-Georg Wagner brings out what is already in the wood. For him a tree is life experience brought into shape. Wagner's sculptures are usually created by splitting a tree trunk. To do this, he opens the tree trunk and drives riving knife into the fiber until the trunk splits lengthways. He then removes the bark and removes any areas affected by rot or fungus. In the resulting figure he discovers forms and movements, whose human form he then works out. There are also bronze versions of the larger sculptures .

During this process, he often comes across inclusions, e.g. Kalashnikow projectiles or shrapnel from the Second World War , fence material, overgrown branches and more. These finds and the possibility to bring these finds into a temporal dimension by counting the annual rings of a tree add an archaeological component to the sculpture work.

relief

Wagner's reliefs also show human motifs or are abstract structural reliefs, which he either leaves in their natural colors or colors. In a special work process, similar to the relief printing process, he paints the surfaces in color and makes hand rubs on shōji paper and pulls them onto shōji frames, whereby intermediate positions of the reliefs are recorded, which have an artistic intrinsic value.

Art print, painting & graphics

Besides the above mentioned Handabreibungen Wagner practiced all other forms of visual arts such as etchings , prints, graphics, drawings and paintings.

design

Kitchen furniture with sculptural elements in the tradition of the Bauhaus design by Hans-Georg Wagner
Kitchen furniture with sculptural elements in the tradition of the Bauhaus design by Hans-Georg Wagner

Wagner's wood design is a mixture of the modern, industrial Bauhaus design with handcraft influences from the German craft tradition and elements from Japanese craftsmanship. His furniture design includes cabinets, shelves, chairs, tables, shōji, screens , chests and beds. His interior design includes stairs, mezzanine floors, stage elements and more. Wagner also designs objects for the outdoor space, such as information signs, mobile mounts and travel kitchens.

Birch bark boats based on original plans by North American natives
Birch bark boats based on original plans by North American natives

canoe

Frame Wagner canoes are made from the Wood and Canvas of the Tetes de Boul 21/2 Fathom type - canoes from the St. Maurice River in Canada . Instead of the traditional birch bark, Wagner uses birch plywood , which greatly improves the robustness of the hull. Experienced Canadian athletes rate the sailing characteristics of the boats as consistently positive.

Canoe ballet

Wagner dominated the paddling technique of Canadian Style and American Freestyle Paddlings to maneuver the boats allow precisely and with little effort. Together with his wife and members of the European canoe community, he stages choreographies to music on the water - this includes the world premiere of the world's first canoe ballet to a live orchestra at the reopening of the natural pyramid (tumulus) in Branitzer Park .

Events

In the series of events for sculpture at the film festival , Wagner usually exhibits artists in his studio gallery each year during the Cottbus film festival . So far, these have included Sonja Eschefeld , Sylvia Hagen, Berndt Wilde , Steffen Mertens and others.

Another recurring event is the art Christmas market with an annually changing theme.

In addition, Wagner regularly curates personal exhibitions in the gallery. The artists exhibited so far include B. Joachim Böttcher , Anna Franziska Schwarzbach and others.

Awards

Group of legends - Lusatian devils and oxen in the Spreeaue Dissen
Group of legends - Lusatian devils and oxen in the Spreeaue Dissen

Selection of works in public space

  • Legends group - Lusatian devils and oxen, Spreeaue Dissen
  • Who Carry Everything, State Insurance Institute Frankfurt (Oder )
  • Song of Songs, Horno Church
  • Dance 1 and 2, Medical Center Lübbenau Neustadt
  • Scenes from a marriage, Lübbenau Neustadt
  • Dahlewitz station oak, Dahlewitz

Exhibitions (selection)

  • 2018: "Earth - Water - Light of Artists" Christoph Bouet and Hans Georg Wagner, Galerie Berlin
  • 2018: "Last Judgment / Fortress Europe", in cooperation with Matthias Steier , Museum Himmlisches Theater, Kloster Neuzelle
  • 2017: "Intermediate Steps ", Brandenburg State Museum for Modern Art (BLMK), Cottbus
  • 2016: "Spring Symphony", Gallery House 23, Cottbus
  • 2014: "Summit" (with Hartwig and Wolfram Ebersbach ), Galerie Berlin
  • 2013 Self / on the way, Beeskow Castle
  • 2013 Big round of events, Vattenfall headquarters, Cottbus
  • 2006: “Splits and Cracks”, Zwickau Municipal Museums, Gallery at the Domhof
  • 2004: "Show your face", City Museum, Cottbus
  • 2003: "Encounter", Burg Beeskow and Vattenfall AG Senftenberg
  • 2002: "Encounter", Schinkelbau, Alt Langsow

Catalogs

  • Last Judgment / Fortress Europe. Neuzelle 2019, Neuzelle Foundation
  • Hans-Georg Wagner - Sculpture and Graphics. Cottbus 2013. ISBN 978-3-940021-60-1
  • Sculptures from the Horno Kaiser Wilhelm Oak. Horno Foundation, Cottbus 2010.
  • Cleavages and cracks. Technosatz, Cottbus 2007.
  • various exhibition catalogs by Hans-Georg Wagner , including:
    • Burg Beeskow Gallery, Beeskow 2003
    • Vattenfall Europe Mining & Generation, Senftenberg 2003
    • Volks- und Raiffeisenbank Cottbus eG, Cottbus 2004

Movies

The Cottbus filmmaker Donald Saischowa has dedicated himself to the work of Hans-Georg Wagner cinematically:

  • Selfie while falling into hell. DOSFILM, 50 min.
  • Spreewald saga 3D - sympathy with the devil. DOSFILM, 65 min.

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ About - Hans-Georg Wagner. Retrieved May 15, 2020 (American English).
  2. ↑ Lausitzer Rundschau: "Everything that is fun is my job". September 26, 2016, accessed May 15, 2020 .
  3. ↑ Lausitzer Rundschau: Down-to-earth and airy, light. September 15, 2017, accessed May 15, 2020 .
  4. ^ Thomas Klatt: Landesmuseum: Linen floor of the fantasy. September 25, 2017, accessed May 15, 2020 .
  5. ↑ Lausitzer Rundschau: Culture: From the incessant attempt to get a picture of the world. October 15, 2018, accessed May 15, 2020 .
  6. ↑ Uwe Stiehler: Artists work in the castle on the myth of Europe. September 15, 2015, accessed May 15, 2020 .
  7. ↑ Janet Neiser: Sets: The Last Judgment with Scars. May 17, 2018, accessed May 15, 2020 .
  8. ^ Thomas Klatt: Wagner exhibition in Cottbus: Love for the grip. March 22, 2016, accessed May 15, 2020 .
  9. ↑ Lausitzer Rundschau: Sculptor in Kringelfieber. October 28, 2010, accessed May 15, 2020 .
  10. ^ Exhibition / exhibitions in Atelier Galerie Wagner. In: Hans-Georg Wagner. Retrieved May 15, 2020 (German).
  11. ↑ Lausitzer Rundschau: "Everything that is fun is my job". September 26, 2016, accessed May 15, 2020 .
  12. ↑ Lausitzer Rundschau: When landscape and figure merge. May 8, 2013, accessed May 15, 2020 .
  13. ^ Lausitzer Rundschau: Hans-Georg Wagner captivates in the Lübben town hall. September 22, 2006, accessed May 15, 2020 .
  14. ↑ Lausitzer Rundschau: Down-to-earth and airy, light. September 15, 2017, accessed May 15, 2020 .
  15. ↑ Lausitzer Rundschau: "Everything that is fun is my job". September 26, 2016, accessed May 15, 2020 .
  16. ^ Design - Hans-Georg Wagner. Retrieved May 15, 2020 (American English).
  17. ↑ Lausitzer Rundschau: Sculptor in Kringelfieber. October 28, 2010, accessed May 15, 2020 .
  18. ↑ > CANOE REVIEWS »Frame 19 S by Hans-Georg Wagner. Retrieved May 15, 2020 .
  19. ↑ So-called "Frame Canoes" by Hans-Georg Wagner. Retrieved May 15, 2020 .
  20. ^ Kulturland Brandenburg: Kulturland Brandenburg 2010: Courage & Grace - Women in Brandenburg - Prussia. In: http://www.kulturland-brandenburg.de/ . Kulturland Brandenburg, May 2, 2010, accessed on May 15, 2020 .
  21. ↑ Lausitzer Rundschau: The restored tumulus in Branitzer Park is ceremoniously opened. August 26, 2015, accessed May 15, 2020 .
  22. ↑ Lausitzer Rundschau: "Raumkrümmung" in the AtelierGalerie Wagner Cottbus. November 4, 2016, accessed May 15, 2020 .
  23. ^ Exhibition / exhibitions in Atelier Galerie Wagner. In: Hans-Georg Wagner. Retrieved May 15, 2020 (German).
  24. ↑ Lausitzer Rundschau: Art market in Cottbus studio gallery. December 20, 2014, accessed May 15, 2020 .
  25. ^ Lausitzer Rundschau: Four artists convince the Aquamediale jury. June 10, 2009, accessed May 15, 2020 .
  26. ↑ Brandenburg Art Prize awarded. July 8, 2012, accessed May 15, 2020 .
  27. ↑ Lausitzer Rundschau: Vandalism: Lucifer of the Dissener Spreeaue is now a unicorn. October 24, 2018, accessed May 15, 2020 .
  28. ↑ Hans-Georg Wagner | "... that carry everything" | Art foundry Flierl. In: Art foundry Flierl. Accessed on May 15, 2020 (German).
  29. ↑ New art from an old tree. Retrieved May 15, 2020 .
  30. ^ Exhibition Christoph Bouet + Hans Georg Wagner - Galerie Berlin | ART at Berlin. In: ART at Berlin | Contemporary Art | Exhibitions | Galleries | Museums | Gallery guide | Art | Map. July 9, 2018, accessed on May 15, 2020 (German).
  31. ↑ Janet Neiser: Sets: The Last Judgment with Scars. May 17, 2018, accessed May 15, 2020 .
  32. ↑ EXHIBITION Between / Steps - Hans-Georg Wagner. Retrieved May 15, 2020 .
  33. ↑ Lausitzer Rundschau: Airy, light sounds from gnarled oaks. March 4, 2016, accessed May 15, 2020 .
  34. ↑ GALERIE BERLIN I Exhibitions October 2014. Accessed on May 15, 2020 .
  35. ^ Hans-Georg Wagner - visual artist KULTURpur. Retrieved May 15, 2020 .
  36. ↑ Big round of events - November 18, 2013 - City of Cottbus / Chóśebuz. Retrieved May 15, 2020 .
  37. ↑ Donald Saischowa - dosfilm. Retrieved May 15, 2020 .
  38. ↑ Donald Saischowa: Trailer "Selfie in the Fall of Hell". In: YouTube. DOS Films, accessed May 15, 2020 .
  39. ↑ Lausitzer Rundschau: artist life on the dump. November 8, 2013, accessed May 15, 2020 .
personal data
SURNAME Wagner, Hans-Georg
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German sculptor
DATE OF BIRTH November 22, 1962
PLACE OF BIRTH Havelberg