Artist group of medalists Munich

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The artists 'group of medalists in Munich , at times also referred to as the artists' group of medalists , is an artist group of medalists of contemporary art founded in Munich in the 1980s , which, among other things, regularly develops time-critical medals on fixed topics.

history

The artist circle, initially under the name of artistic circle of Medalists Munich , was formed in 1988 at the suggestion of the graphic artist and engraver Reinhart Heinsdorff in collaboration with the then principal curator of the National Coin Collection Munich , Ingrid Szeiklies-Weber . The aim of the initiative was to “raise the medal to a new level of artistic design”. First of all, active artists came together in Munich, mostly sculptors and medalists who were already experienced in competitions, who then created individually designed “ high quality embossed medals ”. Using the medal as a medium, they explored issues above all on the areas of tension “between two- and three-dimensionality and the regulating power of the medal format for content presentation” and thereby initially made a special contribution to Munich's medal art of the century.

As a result of German reunification , artists from the former German Democratic Republic joined the initially localized group of artists at the instigation of the Münzkabinett Berlin and the State Mint in Munich . The topic of “reunification” gave rise to the impetus for editions that have changed every year since then . Instead of the previously minted medals, cast medals were now used , in the period from 1991 to 2005, for example, under titles such as “New Beginning, We - Portrait Medals, Area and Space, Winged Words, Order / Chaos, Europe, Weimar 1999, Mein München, Der Maler Lenbach Schrobenhausen ”as well as numerous others. In addition, in 1994 a joint project called the Tower of Babel was launched .

On the occasion of the 15th anniversary of the artist group, extensive retrospectives were shown in the coin cabinet of the Staatliche Kunstsammlungen Dresden and in Schrobenhausen in 2003 and 2004 , including commemorative coins from the oeuvre of the artist group realized by the Deutsche Bundesbank . The exhibitions were accompanied by a catalog published in 2003 as part of the series Die Kunstmedaille in Deutschland under the title Der Künstlerkreis der Medailleure München , in which the works of the participating artists were presented extensively and with essays , especially the Munich contributions to medal art in the 20th century.

Members

Members of the artist group are Friedrich Brenner , Wolfgang van Elst , Erich Ott , Hubertus von Pilgrim , Barbara Ruppel , and Sonja Seibold .

Other well-known members of the artist circle were the late Horst Auer , Reinhart Heinsdorff , Carl Vezerfi-Clemm and Angelika Wetzel .

literature

  • Markus Wesche (edit.): The Artists' Circle of Medalists Munich 1988–2003. A Munich artist community. Coins - Medals - Commemorative Coins. (= The Art Medal in Germany , Volume 18). With contributions by Friedrich Brenner a. a., published by the artists' group of medalists in Munich in collaboration with the German Society for Medal Art , Gebr. Mann, Berlin 2003, ISBN 3-7861-2486-8 .
  • Ingrid Szeiklies-Weber : The situation of medals in the old Federal Republic of Germany. The foundation of the Künstlerkreis der Medailleure München and his experiences. In: In the round - contemporary art medals of the world. XXIII congres de la FIDEM, Londres 1992. FIDEM XXIII exhibition held at the British Museum , 11 September - 25 October 1992. Fédération Internationale de la Médaille FIDEM, Paris 1993, pp. 98-100.
  • Markus Wesche: Editions of the Munich Artists' Circle. In: Ulf Dräger, Andrea Stock (ed.): The world “en miniature”. German medal art today 2000–2006. On the occasion of the exhibition Die Welt "en Miniature". German medal art Today from July 15 to October 7, 2007 in the Moritzburg Foundation , Art Museum of the State of Saxony-Anhalt. Moritzburg u. a., Halle (Saale) 2007, ISBN 978-3-86105-019-6 , pp. 103-105.

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Compare the information under the GND number of the German National Library
  2. ↑ a b c d e Mario Di Piazza, Tobias Daniel, Oliver Puls, Martin Majewski, Astrid Gruber, Journalist Academy Dr. Hooffacker & Partner Munich: The Artists' Circle of Medalists Munich ( Memento from February 22, 2015 in the Internet Archive ), on the website Staatliche-muenzsammlung.de
  3. ↑ Rainer Grund: "Order and Chaos". On new acquisitions by the Münzkabinett from the 1997 edition of the Munich Artists' Circle of Medalists. In: Dresdener Kunstblätter. Volume 42, 1998, 5, pp. 166–171 ( ISSN  0418-0615 ).
  4. ^ Markus Wesche: Weimar 1999. The medals of the artist group of medalists Munich. In: The Medal. Volume 38, 2001, pp. 91-100 ( ISSN  0263-7707 ).
  5. ^ Markus Wesche: Kafka 2008 in the artist group of medalists in Munich. In: Numismatisches Nachrichtenblatt . Volume 57, 2008, pp. 233-236.
  6. ^ Markus Wesche: Water - new medals from the circle of artists of the Munich medalists. In: Numismatisches Nachrichtenblatt . Volume 60, 2011,6, pp. 233-236.
  7. ^ Markus Wesche: Mozart in Munich. New medals from the Munich Artistic Circle. In: Numismatisches Nachrichtenblatt . Volume 55, 2006, 11, pp. 481-483.
  8. ↑ Munich coin designers introduce themselves in Dresden. In: www.moneytrend.at, Money Trend, the coin magazine. Retrieved September 2, 2015.
  9. ↑ Review: Numismatisches Nachrichtenblatt , year 2004, p. 120.
  10. ↑ Wolfgang Steguweit: Greetings for the German Society for Medal Art ( Memento of the original from April 7, 2015 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. on May 14, 2014 for the opening of Hubertus von Pilgrim's exhibition “100 Heads” in the rooms of the State Coin Collection Munich, p. 1. @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / ww2.smb.museum