Herbert Mehler

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Herbert Mehler [Photo: Caroline Maas]

Herbert Mehler (* 1949 in Steinau (Petersberg) ) is a German sculptor .

life and work

Mehler gained his first artistic experience with his father, the wood sculptor Franz Mehler. After completing his training as a sculptor, he studied painting at the Academy of Fine Arts in Nuremberg from 1972 to 1976 . Together with his wife, the painter and sculptor Sonja Edle von Hoeßle, he founded the "riedenheim project" in 2000 on an old farm in Riedenheim / Lower Franconia ; In the barn, in the studio and on the sculpture meadow, exhibitions and cultural events took place on over 500 m².

Works by Mehler have been and are exhibited in numerous museums, galleries and in public spaces. a. in the Schlossmuseum Aschaffenburg (1989), in the Artothek Nürnberg (1990), in the Artothek Krefeld (1998), in the city collections Schweinfurt (2000), in the Wasser- und Schifffahrtsamt Schweinfurt, in the Centro per l'Arte Contemporanea "Il Conventino" Monteciccardo / Italy (2003), in the Museum am Dom and the Museum im Kulturspeicher Würzburg (2006) as well as in the Federal Labor Office in Nuremberg, the Lower Franconia State Insurance Institute and the Badische Stahlwerke Kehl . In 2008, six exhibits from the “Kavex” series were on view on the grounds of the Elisabeth Herzberge Hospital , Berlin. The 7.20 m high sculpture “BELLA DONNA” by Mehler has been standing on the so-called “Sculpture Bank” at the Old Port of Würzburg since July 2009 . On Stresemann-Ufer, Mainz, his approximately 8 m high sculpture Vita, made of Corten steel , was installed as part of the open-air gallery in Mainz. In 2017 Mehler presented 37 large sculptures together with the sculptor Thomas Röthel at the 11th Sculpture Mile in Ansbach under the title "Steel Worlds" . The art mile stretched from the Hofgarten and Schlossplatz over the promenade to the historic old town.

Mehler and his wife moved to Eisingen , Würzburg district in 2016 , and started the Erbachshof Art Project there . It was opened in 2018 with the exhibition TOCCARE with installations by Mimmo Roselli in the sculpture garden. Mehler and his wife live and work in Eisingen and Kranidi (Greece).

In addition to steel sculptures, Mehler made special drawings using chalk and charcoal on cardboard.

  • Dual 621 (1996), 99 standpoints , Langenhagen (2000)

  • Bocciolo (2006), 290 × 120 × 120 cm, Corten steel

  • Belladonna (2008), 380 × 111 × 111 cm, Corten steel

  • Porta (2010), 300 × 260 × 140 cm, corten steel

  • Rotazione (2016), 400 × 85 × 85 cm, corten steel

  • Three sculptures from the series Dedicato Brancusi (2017)

Awards

bibliography

Work catalogs

  • Inclined position. Objects and works on paper (1996). ISBN 3-927083-69-0 .
  • kavex. Sculptures (2007). With texts by Jürgen Lenssen and Hansdieter Erbsmehl (German / English). ISBN 3-940029-01-7
  • On location. The group of works KAVEX in public and sacred space (2009). Edited by TAMMEN Galerie Berlin, the Museum am Dom Würzburg, Kunsthaus Lübeck and Galerie Gaulin + Partner, with texts by Sandra Gebauer and Jürgen Lenssen. ISBN 978-3-940029-52-2

Literature (selection)

  • Herbert Mehler - Objects Sculptures , Würzburg 1990, with texts by Ingrid Jenderko-Sichelschmidt ("On Herbert Mehler and his works") and Andrea Pintsch ("Regulation of overpressure").
  • Sonja Edle von Hoeßle: Stabil - Instabil / Stable - Unstable , in: NIKE - new art in europe, special no. 2 - Sculpture , January / February 1992, pp. 34–35.
  • Sonja Edle von Hoeßle: Robustness and Fragility , in: Herbert Mehler - Plastic Drawings , Catalog of the Forum Vebikus, Schaffhausen 1992.
  • Stephan Berg: Motionless Movement , in: Herbert Mehler - Plastic Painting , Catalog of the Art Ship Arte Noah, Kunstverein Würzburg, 1996.
  • Elisabeth Claus: Materialkontraste , in: Dehnbar , catalog of the New Art Association Aschaffenburg, 1996, pp. 52–53.
  • Andrea Brandl: To Herbert Mehler objects and works on paper , in: banking , Schweinfurt Museum writings, 86/2000, S. 4-6.
  • Luise Schendel: “Metal flower calyxes in dialogue with architecture” Parallel nature . Sculptures by Herbert Mehler in Erfurt, TLZ April 14, 2012

TV

  • Studio visits , film by Burkhard Hirschhäuser and Walter Koch Bayerischer Rundfunk, 1992

Web links

Commons : Herbert Mehler  - Collection of pictures, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ After personal communication with the artist on August 25, 2019, on his website (see biography ), 'Steinau bei Fulda' means the place 'Steinau im Landkreis Fulda', today part of the community of Petersberg
  2. ^ Artists say goodbye to Riedenheim , by Hannelore Grimm, Main-Post, March 15, 2016
  3. ^ Art and culture on the Erbachshof , by Wilma Wolf, Main-Post, May 10, 2018
  4. ↑ Ansbach Sculpture Mile 2017: Steel Worlds. Herbert Mehler, Thomas Röthel . City of Ansbach, 2017
personal data
SURNAME Mehler, Herbert
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German sculptor
DATE OF BIRTH 1949
PLACE OF BIRTH Steinau