Jan Skuin

Dynamic body in the avenue of cosmonauts

Jan Skuin (* 1943 in Königsberg (Prussia) ; † 2018 ) was a Berlin metal artist who has designed numerous works since the 1980s. He had been running a joint workshop with Rüdiger Roehl in Berlin-Bohnsdorf since 1973 and worked as a freelancer.

Life

Jan Skuin studied at the Burg Giebichenstein School of Art . He then continued his training at the Berlin-Weißensee School of Art through evening studies in plastic . Here he received special suggestions from his teacher Karl Lemke . Among other things, he tried to leave Berlin over the wall , but was caught by border guards and sentenced to prison. He was later entrusted with setting up the metal / metal restoration department at the Institute for Monument Preservation at the Technical University in Berlin.

In 1989 he became a member of the Association of Visual Artists Berlin.

Works (selection)

• 1985: Flying anvil in Berlin-Johannisthal , Sterndamm and Großberliner Damm
• 1986: Seerosenbrunnen (together with R. Roehl), in Berlin-Friedrichshain , Palisaden-corner Friedenstraße
• (no year) The seated book with fruit
• 1986: Dynamic body in Berlin-Lichtenberg , Allee der Kosmonauten 25; Steel and brass
• 1985–87: House sign in Berlin-Marzahn , Glambecker Ring 193/194: Man in the Ball (not preserved), Grumsiner Strasse 1: Fliegender Fisch
• around 1987: Main door of the Marzahn town hall on Helene-Weigel-Platz , (together with R. Roehl)
  The two-winged door at the main entrance was made of iron, plastic and glass and represented stylized parts of plants. The whereabouts of the work of art are unknown.
• 1991: Commemorative plaque for the opening of the Wall (together with R. Roehl) in Berlin-Baumschulenweg , Sonnenallee
• 1994: Harmonica player , steel, in Berlin-Wedding on Zeppelinplatz (together with the sculptor G. Stade); "Quiver" is erroneously given as the title in the literature.
• 1994: Black and white couple in Berlin-Mitte , Brückenstraße
• 1995: Redesign of the tomb for the architect of the Berlin Palace Friedrich August Stüler (together with R. Roehl) on the Dorotheenstädtischer Friedhof in Berlin-Mitte
• 1995: Three steles in Berlin-Johannisthal, Sterndamm, steel and wood
• 1995: Urpflanze in Berlin-Baumschulenweg , Späthstraße, in front of the arboretum
• 1999: Memorial for 15 Treptow Wall Victims (together with R. Roehl), in Berlin-Plänterwald on the green corridor Heidekampgraben, corner of Kiefholzstraße
  Inscription: “Fifteen people died at the Berlin Wall in Treptow. Two children were among the victims. Jörg Hartmann, 10 years old, and Lothar Schleusener, 13 years old, shot on March 14, 1966. "
• 2000: Memorial for the last war dead at the end of the war in 1945, old garrison cemetery mass grave in Berlin-Mitte (together with R. Roehl)
• 2001: German-German couple , metal sculpture for the Teltow-Fläming district administration
  Two people embrace warmly.
• 2001: Jeanne d'Arc , metal sculpture, in the entrance area of ​​the degewo administration in Berlin
• 2002: Faun and Flute , Teltow-Fläming district administration
  Jan Skuin added the following slogan to the work of art: "It is easier to gain a fortune than to experience a happy day."
• 2003: Head with a heart in Berlin-Rahnsdorf , senior citizens' residence / shopping center Fürstenwalder Allee The
  forecourt there was also designed together with R. Roehl.
• 2005/06: Art installation Hobby Horse dreams with the rainbow (together with R. Roehl), in Berlin-Marzahn , Havemannstraße, metal, bronze, stainless steel and sheet copper
  A 7 meter high construction colored after a rainbow, with a horse's head at the top, under which a hobby horse sways in the wind. The work of art marks the Ahrensfeld terraces , residential buildings created by the demolition of prefabricated buildings.
• 2007: Jan Skuin sculpture garden in Blankenfelde
• (no year) Dream of Flying (in the sculpture garden), based on a children's song by Bert Brecht
• 2008: Fountain sculpture in the cultural association in Blankenfelde

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  "Flying Anvil", 1985

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  "Black and White Couple", 1994

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  "Three Steles", 1995

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  " Jörg Hartmann and Lothar Schleusener ", 1999

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  "Against the indolence of the heart", 2002

Exhibitions (selection)

• 1992–1995: at the invitation of the ADAI artist group France in the Ardèche department
• 1998: in the orangery at the English Garden in Munich
• 2001: in the degewo remise in Berlin-Pankow
• 2000: as part of the EUROPA art exhibition in the Neue Galerie Aachen
• 2004: Small sculptures on the goose market in Hamburg
• 2005: Participation in the Art Brandenburg art fair in Potsdam-Babelsberg
• 2008: Joint exhibition with the painter Ronald Paris in the Blankenfelde cultural association

Assessment of his work

Jan Skuin deals with the human figure with all its conflicts and tries to depict them in memorable works. Nonetheless, his works are highly differentiated, which is also underlined by the use of different materials such as iron , stainless steel , aluminum , bronze , glass or plastic . Skuin works directly with the selected materials without models.

Web links

Commons : Jan Skuin  - collection of images, videos and audio files

• Homepage of the artist

Sources / individual references

1. ↑ Explanation of the sculpture German-German couple on his homepage [1]
2. ↑ ^{a b c d e f g h i j k l} Art Tour Caputh by Jan Skuin ( Memento from January 2, 2013 in the Internet Archive )
3. ↑ ^{a b c d e f g} Online catalog for sculpture in Berlin  ( page no longer available , search in web archives )  Info: The link was automatically marked as defective. Please check the link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.  
4. ↑ ^{a b} art historian Günter Meier on a homepage about Jan Skuin
5. ^ Art in the large housing estate Marzahn-Hellersdorf ... , p. 172
6. ^ Art in the large housing estate Marzahn-Hellersdorf ..., p. 81
7. ^ Art in the large housing estate Marzahn-Hellersdorf ... , p. 205