Karlheinz Biederbick

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Karlheinz Biederbick (born June 13, 1934 in Magdeburg ) is a German sculptor.

Life

After graduating from high school and studying chemistry (1955–1962) in Heidelberg, Karlheinz Biederbick studied sculpture at the HfBK Berlin under Bernhard Heiliger from 1962 to 1968 . At first he was concerned with constructive problems related to abstract sculpture. From the mid-1960s onwards, he also dealt with the design of human figures, a process that from 1968 onwards clearly led to the modeling of realistic sculptures. In 1970 he succeeded in making his first constructively captured realistic sculpture, the “bathing society” consisting of three polyester figures. From 1973 to 1999 Biederbick was a professor of sculpture at the HfBK Berlin. In 1976 he joined the Zebra group .

Biederbick lives and works in Berlin, Bahnitz an der Havel ( Milower Land ), Soest and Ginostra ( Stromboli , Italy).

Work phases

"Polyester Realism"

The realistic sculpture, developed in collaboration with his wife, the sculptor Christa Biederbick , has a number of characteristic features. The figures are life-size, they do not stand on pedestals, but on the ground, facing the viewer. The material used is not marble or bronze, but relatively cheap polyester resin, material that has no affectation value, i.e. does not attract attention. It is also noteworthy that there are no tool marks that could distract from the formulation. The targeted use of color is important. The pigmentation of the material creates the illusion of skin, pants fabric, etc. and thus a further reference to the primary goal of expression: the experience of visible reality, which does not mean naturalistic reproduction, but - here the experiences that Biederbick during his abstract phase come through could make - the effect created by form.

Group pictures

Between 1976 and 1987, the works that Biederbick calls group pictures, such as “Aufbruch” (refers to a newspaper photo from 1933) or “Conference”, are in the foreground. While the previously created sculptures were about the development of the personality portrayed in each case (e.g. "Man on Bathtub", 1971), the opposite happens in the group pictures: the de-individualization - represented by stereotypical gestures and stereotyped faces.

Reliefs

With the large relief panel "Flugtag", which was preceded by a series of wooden miniatures in the area close to the relief, from 1988 his interest gradually shifted towards relief. One of the first works in this regard is the work “Hi im Olympiastadion 1936” from 1998, modeled in clay and molded in polyester. In addition, several hundred terracotta relief miniatures (DIN A5) have been created since 1998, some in color. These are landscapes, historical situations or representations of socially critical or political content, which are usually based on your own sketches or newspaper photos.

Working in public space

  • "Worker with a jackhammer" (Federal Institute for Occupational Safety and Health Dortmund, polyester)
  • "Worker with a jackhammer" (sculpture garden Auguste Viktoria Hospital Berlin, bronze version)
  • "Skydiver" (Free University of Berlin, bronze version)
  • "Departure" (Free University of Berlin, Polyester)
  • "Before the start" (Tegel Airport, Berlin, bronze version)
  • "Flugtag" (Bremen Airport, Holz)
  • "Newspaper reader", (City of Lüdenscheid, bronze version)
  • "Runner" (sports stadium Berlin-Neukölln, bronze version)

literature

  • Apex interviews No. 2, Göttingen 1975
  • ZEBRA group, Hamburg (among others), 1979 (exhibition catalog)
  • Karlheinz Biederbick 1970–1982, Staatliche Kunsthalle Berlin , 1982 (exhibition catalog)
  • Karlheinz Biederbick, Plastic Pictures - Relief Miniatures, Städtische Galerie im Park Viersen , 2002 (exhibition catalog)
  • ZEBRA 2005, Stadtgalerie im Sophienhof (among others), Kiel, 2005 (exhibition catalog)
  • Karlheinz Biederbick, relief miniatures 1998–2008, Galerie Rose, Hamburg 2009 (exhibition catalog, 256 pages)

Web links

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