Horst Rettig

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Horst Rettig in his studio at the Kunsthaus Worms

Horst Rettig (born July 10, 1959 in Worms , Rheinhessen ) is a German artist .

life and work

Through his first solo exhibition in the Dominican Worms' main novice, he got to know Father Norbert Hinckers, who was his “teacher” from 1994 to 1997.

After group and solo exhibitions, Horst Rettig gained greater prominence. His work is now represented in galleries and can be found in corporate and private collections.

Furthermore, Rettig heads the “atelierblau”, a long-term inclusion project of the Worms community. He sees his studio in the Kunsthaus Worms, which he moved into in 2002, as a place to meet and exchange ideas with artists and those interested in art.

Horst Rettig became known through stelae figures, ink drawings, structural images, socially critical installations and works in public spaces.

Working in public space

  • “Friedensstele” (2000), Pfeddersheim , memorial for the 475th anniversary of the Battle of Pfeddersheim of the German Peasant War in 1525, classified as a national work of art by the state and the Rhineland-Palatinate Cultural Foundation ;
  • "Cross u. Sacrament stele ”, chief novitiate of the Dominicans, Worms Monastery;
  • "The Lonely" Chapel of the Peine Hospice Association;
  • “Der Weg”, art in building, child and youth welfare center, Worms;
  • Time capsule, Bergkirche Hochheim;
  • Nibelungenlied Memorial, Worms;
  • “Guardian” art in construction, fire station Bobenheim-Roxheim;
  • “Portrait of the Holy”, Hildegard Forum Bingen;
  • Art in Buildings Pestalozzi School, Bobenheim-Roxheim;
  • "Guardian stele figure", gate tower square Worms

Exhibitions

  • 1994: Installation “When values ​​fall apart”, Dominican Monastery, Worms; Inner courtyard of the Museum of the City of Worms
  • 1995: "Genesis" Schloßgut, Wachenheim
  • 1996/2002/2007: Blickachse, Herrnsheim Castle Park
  • 1996: DK Art, Schwetzingen; Gallery Formstein, Mannheim-Gartenstadt; "Martin von Tours" Dominican monastery in Worms
  • 1997: Haus zur Münze, Worms
  • 1998: "Art Rencontre" gallery VILLA Mainz; Sculptures - Atrium Pollux, Frankfurt; Nürnberger Hypothekenbank, Mannheim
  • 1999: Municipal Gallery Frank-Loebsche's House and Gallery Z, Landau;
  • 2001: “Culture against Violence”, Worms
  • 2002: Conception of the traveling exhibition “Migration” for Caritas Osthofen;
  • 2003: Conception “Das Lied ist der Schatz” in cooperation with the Max Planck Institute Heidelberg and the Museum of the City of Worms
  • 2004: Installation, state synagogue Pfeddersheim; Gustav Heinemann Peace Society: Selected Projects, South Westphalian Museum
  • 2005: Hildegard Forum, Bingen; Nibelungen Cycle, State Theater Mainz; World Youth Day “Words of Peace”, Worms “Time Flow Project” Bergkirche, Hochheim
  • 2006: Conception - project “The Red Chairs” Caritas Worms, supported by His Eminence Cardinal Karl Lehmann; Conception of the “Peace Boat Arche” market square in Worms
  • 2007: "Porta a Perta" Dominican Monastery, Worms; Frankenthal Culture Days; Artistic advisor in the DVD project; Osthofen Concentration Camp Memorial; “Migration Project” Schöneberger Rathaus, Berlin; "Transformation of Structures" Kunstverein Eisenturm, Mainz
  • 2008: Gangart sculpture symposium, Bischofsheim
  • 2009: Barocketage, Eberbach Monastery Foundation
  • 2010: Project “Chart” at the Kunsthaus, Worms; Project “At a table”, Worms; Day of Respect - International Refugee Day, Worms
  • 2011: “We this side of Eden” Kunsthaus Worms; BG Clinic Ludwigshafen
  • 2012: “We Beyond Eden” Kunsthaus Frankenthal; "10 years of the Kunsthaus Worms"

Web links

Commons : Horst Rettig  - Collection of images, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ about AtelierBlau under the artistic direction of Horst Rettig. ( Memento of the original from January 8, 2012 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. In: Psychologie heute , 11/2011 @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / www.psychologie-heute.de
  2. ↑ Exhibition "We Beyond Eden"
personal data
SURNAME Rettig, Horst
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German artist
DATE OF BIRTH July 10, 1959
PLACE OF BIRTH Worms