Hans Thomann (artist)

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Hans Thomann (born June 8, 1957 in Niederuzwil ; legal resident in Märwil TG) is a Swiss painter and graphic artist , sculptor and installation artist .

Life

Hans Thomann was born in Niederuzwil. Despite his desire to become an artist, his parents insisted on initial training as a mechanical engineer, which was very helpful to him in his later work. From 1978 to 1980 he attended the arts and crafts school in St. Gallen . In 1983 he completed the master class with Mario Merz in Salzburg . Since then, his workshop has produced a large number of works of art in various areas of activity such as painting, graphics, sculptures, art in architecture and art in the church sector. Hans Thomann lives and works in St. Gallen and is a member of Visarte (professional association of visual artists in Switzerland) and the Swiss St. Lukas Society for Art and Church.

Works

In his work, Thomann refers, according to his own statement, to the human being as archetypal hero or as being permanently redesigning himself. For him, art thus becomes “personal work on oneself”. Whether a work of art is liked or not is not the criterion, but rather it should raise new questions, for example about the new world. Every generation has to contribute anew.

Works in public space (selection)

  • 1998: Bird's eye view, administration building of the North German Matall Professional Association, Hanover
  • 1998: Freedom, equality, brotherhood, not knowing where to fly, sculpture path , Grauholz motorway bridge, Bern
  • 2006: Brunnen, Sonnhalden Arbon retirement home
  • 2007: Quo vadis, Bitzi Measures Center, Mosnang

architectural art

  • 2010: Art in the building, entrance hall of the building insurance company of the canton St. Gallen
  • 2011: Together, installation with a large, transparent chrome steel figure in the entrance area of ​​the Högg company, Wattwil
  • 2012: Souvenir art in public spaces, fountain and plant table in Niederuzwil retirement and nursing home
  • 2013: Adam, transparent chrome steel figure, size: 550 cm, Trunz company, Steinach SG
  • 2013: To be or not to be, overall design of the reception, company befair St.Gallen
  • 2016: Roundabout design, environment design. On top of a large 3.2 m high metal figure consisting of approx. 1750 metal leaves, box wood

Works in the church environment (selection)

  • 2009: Color concept, material and structure concept, execution of an art concept, Catholic parish center St. Peter, Wil SG
  • 2011: Redesign of the choir, Catholic Church of the Assumption of Mary (Burgdorf)
  • 2014: Community grave , Mörschwil
  • 1916: Redesign of the choir, Catholic Church of St. Fidelis, Landquart GR
  • 1997 and 2004: abdication hall and communal grave, Horn TG
  • 2006: Overall design: color and material concept, furniture, large mural: 7.2 × 1.2 m, 96 revised close-ups of hands from the embryo to the deathbed, hospital church of the Winterthur cantonal hospital

Exhibitions (selection)

Awards (selection)

  • 1987: Sponsorship award from the city of St. Gallen
  • 1988: Work time contribution from the City of St. Gallen
  • 1990: Art Prize of the City of Constance
  • 1992: UBS sponsorship award
  • 2003: Atelier Cité International des Arts, Paris
  • 2004: Working scholarship in Amsterdam
  • 2005: Cultural apartment of the Canton of St. Gallen , Rome
  • 2010: "Gallus on the Road" recognition award
  • 2011: Art Prize StopArmut2015
  • 2012: Atelier grant Remise Weinfelden

Literature (selection)

  • Frank Jehle (author), Hans Thomann (illustrator): With open church windows: sermons on the radio and at the university . TVZ, Theol. Verlag, Zurich 2008, ISBN 978-3-290-17499-6 , pp. 223 .
  • Heinrich Federer (author), Hans Thomann (woodcuts): How Brother Klaus taught to read . Offizin Parnassia, Vättis 2004, p. 23 .
  • Friederike-Andrea Dorner et al .: Danse Macabre Totentanz, catalog for the exhibitions . Kerber, Bielefeld, Osnabrück 2017, ISBN 978-3-7356-0331-9 .
  • Sandra Hohendahl-Tesch: The soap bubbles dance in the church . In: Reformed . No. June 11 , 2019.
  • Corinne Allensbach: Everyone is equal in death . In: St. Galler Tagblatt . April 18, 2018.

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b Andreas Schwendener: On the road as a person. In: Church messenger SG. Kirchenbote Basel, 2017, accessed on January 2, 2020 .
personal data
SURNAME Thomann, Hans
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Swiss painter and sculptor
DATE OF BIRTH June 8, 1957
PLACE OF BIRTH Niederuzwil