Joachim Koch (sculptor)

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Sculpture bearing (1996) by Joachim Koch on the sculptures path Trippstadt-Stelzenberg

Joachim Koch (* 11. February 1949 in front ) is a German visual artist .

life and work

Koch first completed an apprenticeship as a plasterer and painter in 1966. From 1967 to 1972 he studied at the Folkwang School of Design in Essen . He has been a freelance sculptor since 1974. In 1978 he got a job at the steel construction company Noell, Würzburg, through the mediation of the cultural group in the BDI. As early as 1979, Koch was involved in the exhibition Forum Junge Kunst in Mannheim and in 1981 in Junge Westen in Recklinghausen . In 1993/94 he accepted a teaching position at the design department at the Würzburg-Schweinfurt University of Applied Sciences . Koch lives and works in Kleinrinderfeld near Würzburg .

Koch's work is in the tradition of concrete art . His works are characterized by basic geometric shapes that are related to one another with succinct urgency. Quite a few of his works derive their effect from an element of surprise in the construction that only reveals itself at second glance.

"The sober elegance that characterizes Koch's work with its ascetic rigor is consistent throughout."

- Heinrich Ragaller

“Joachim Koch creates sculptures aiming at their coherence, tension and readability. The work is rarely done at the first attempt, mostly detours lead to the goal. By spending time, taking time and perseverance, he comes to a result that doesn't show the effort. It's a swing between feeling and mind. "

- Kunstverein Würzburg e. V .: 2009

"His sculptures are characterized by clear, often geometric shapes, perfect craftsmanship and extreme precision, which" also represent resistance (...) to the everyday wear and tear of material and meaning "."

- City of Würzburg

Awards and recognitions

Solo exhibitions (selection)

  • 1978 Otto-Richter-Halle, Würzburg
  • 1983 City Collections, Schweinfurt
  • 1985 Municipal Gallery Würzburg (with HJ Freund)
  • 1986 Municipal Gallery, Villingen-Schwenningen
  • 1991 Point de vue , photo exhibition, Städtische Galerie, Würzburg; Bamberg Art Association, Villa Dessauer
  • 2006 Fruchthalle, Kaiserslautern; BBK gallery in the Kulturspeicher Würzburg
  • 2009 Kunstverein Würzburg, Arte Noah
  • 2012 Human Solutions GmbH, Kaiserslautern (with Ullrich Wagner)

Works in public space (selection)

  • 1978 stainless steel figure . State secondary school, Höchberg
  • 1979 stainless steel figure . Physics Institute, University of Würzburg
  • 1982 Leonhard Frank - pen . Park at Hubland, Würzburg
  • 1986 Untitled . Schweinfurt police station
  • 1990 Untitled . State Horticultural Show, Würzburg
  • 1990 Untitled . Office for Food, Agriculture and Forests, Würzburg
  • 1993 untitled . Frauengasse, Schweinfurt-Zurich
  • 1996 bearing . Trippstadt-Stelzenberg sculpture trail
  • 1997 Untitled . Bavarian State Office for Statistics and Data Processing, Schweinfurt
  • 2005 cube . Aschaffenburg University of Applied Sciences
  • 2014 Untitled . Randersackerer Straße / B19, Würzburg
  • 2016 Untitled . Location: Zeller Bock roundabout, Würzburg

Works in public collections (selection)

literature

  • Joachim Koch - Metallskulpturen , Ed. Städtische Galerie Würzburg, 1985, on the occasion of an exhibition

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b c Joachim Koch - City of Würzburg, cultural awards and honors
  2. ↑ Heinrich Ragaller: The sculptor Joachim Koch . In: Joachim Koch - Metallskulpturen , Ed. Städtische Galerie Würzburg, 1985, p. 6
  3. ↑ a b Joachim Koch - “My claim is my source of energy” , Kunstverein Würzburg e. V., exhibition from 30.8. until October 4, 2009
  4. ↑ http://www.wuerzburg.de/de/themen/kultur-bildung-kulturangebote/kulturpreiseundehrungen/5355.Kulturpreistraeger_der_Stadt_Wuerzburg.html
  5. ↑ Joachim Koch (WürzburgWiki)
  6. ↑ Angelika Summa : A cube by Joachim Koch . Magazine for Culture in Würzburg 4, 2005
personal data
SURNAME Koch, Joachim
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German sculptor
DATE OF BIRTH February 11, 1949
PLACE OF BIRTH Forehead (Pleinfeld)