Horst H. Baumann

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Laserscape Kassel (autumn 2006).

Horst H. Baumann (born June 19, 1934 in Aachen ; † May 24, 2019 ) was a German artist , designer and photographer who lived and worked in Düsseldorf and was best known for his laser art.

Life

Baumann studied metallurgical engineering from 1954 to 1957 (and from 1972 to 1974 pedagogy) at RWTH Aachen University and as a late student from 1994 to 2004 philosophy / media at Heinrich Heine University in Düsseldorf .

Baumann has worked as a photographer and designer since 1957 and as a light artist since 1966 . From 1963 to 1964 he was visiting lecturer at the Ulm School of Design .

In 1977 Baumann took part in documenta 6 in Kassel and, assisted by Peter Hertha , installed his Laserscape Kassel, the world's first permanent laser sculpture (from 1979).

Other installations by Baumann are the light-time level at the Rheinturm in Düsseldorf (1982), the neon sculpture “Passkreuz” in Bielefeld-Sennestadt (1988) and the Olympic bar on the Rheinturm Düsseldorf, redesigned from the light-time level in 2003.

In 1956, 1958 and 1960 Horst H. Baumann was represented at the photokina Cologne and was also a prizewinner there.

His work has been exhibited internationally, including in 1965 at the Gallery of Modern Art in New York and in 1967 and 1969 at the Biennale des Jeunes in Paris (winner).

Group exhibitions

  • 2014: Beyond Architecture (1950–2014) - Karl Hugo Schmölz, Irmel Kamp et al. The possibilities of artistic viewing of architecture within exemplary photographic positions. , New Aachen Art Association in cooperation with RWTH Aachen and FH Aachen .

literature

  • Kimpel, Harald; LASERSCAPE KASSEL ; Kassel 2005

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ [1]
  2. ^ Announcement on the exhibition , accessed on September 2, 2014.
personal data
SURNAME Baumann, Horst H.
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German artist
DATE OF BIRTH June 19, 1934
PLACE OF BIRTH Aachen
DATE OF DEATH May 24, 2019