Child star
The Kinderstern is a work of art created by Imi Knoebel , 100% of which has been used in projects for children in need since 1988. The Kinderstern has been able to collect over four million euros in donations since 1988. The “Star for Children in Need” is supported by art lovers, musicians and actors, museums and art fairs.
Mission statement
The child star stands for children's rights .
idea
The child star is a social sculpture . It implements the expanded concept of art that Joseph Beuys formulated in 1967, according to which art should also have a socially changing effect. The money redeemed as donations for the Kinderstern is converted into a bearer of children's rights. In this way, the deeper determination of money in general appears: to be the bearer of human rights. The child star stands for the rights and thus for the dignity of all children. It stands for the right to a home, to food, to benevolent care, medical care and to education. The unredeemed rights of children are gathered under its symbol, the children's star is their work of art in times of need.
history
The children's star was first published in 1988 in red as a screen print. In addition to the original graphics by Sol LeWitt , Jörg Immendorff , Sigmar Polke , Max Bill , Heinz Mack , Keith Haring, this print was part of an art portfolio that was published in 1989 by Luitpold Domberger (Edition Domberger) and was created under the patronage of Lothar Späth . Title of the portfolio: "Kinderstern". The proceeds helped finance parents' homes near children's hospitals.
The artistic intention that led Imi Knoebel to the children's star and that connected him with him from now on went beyond the first project. His intention was for continuity and expansion. The children's star became a program, a promise to step into the breach for children. In the same year, a non-profit association based in Düsseldorf was founded in the name and under the sign of the children's star . Its task is to track down projects carried out by charitable initiatives in the service of needy children. Imi Knoebel, as the artistic initiator himself not a member of the association, committed himself to the continuous production of children's stars for the purpose of the association. Almost every year new children's stars appear in limited colors. These children's stars are donated as recognition to all donors who support the cause of the children's star.
Exhibitions
- 1991: Art Cologne
- 1993: Art Frankfurt
- 2010: Art Cologne
- 2010: art forum berlin
- 2011: Pure Joy Düsseldorf
- 2012: Herberholz Frankfurt
- 2014: Pure Joy Düsseldorf
- 2015: Pure Joy Düsseldorf
- 2016: Pure Joy Düsseldorf
- 2016: Herberholz Frankfurt
Grants
- 1989: Grace P. Kelly Foundation for the benefit of children with cancer
- 1990 Supported the external donor file for bone marrow transplants and the Fanconi anemia research project at the children's clinic at Heinrich Heine University in Düsseldorf.
- from 1991: Christian Aktion Mensch-Umwelt eV for Chernobyl victims in Ukraine
- 1992: Sergius Erdelyi's aid organization Instituicao Filantropica in Brazil.
- 1994: Phönikks Foundation - Families Live with Cancer (Hamburg), for children with cancer and their relatives.
- 1995: Kinderplanet Heidelberg, a care center for siblings of young patients in the university clinic.
- 1997: Order of the Poor Brothers in Düsseldorf, which cares for homeless children.
- 2000: Düsseldorf association WIU - World in Union eV
- 2000: Center for Pediatrics - Clinic for Hematology and Oncology at Heinrich Heine University Düsseldorf for the Fanconi anemia research project.
- 2001: Friedensdorf Oberhausen, help for children from war zones
- 2001–2006: The children's Rights Foundation - Aids / HIV children's project in Nong Muang, Thailand.
- Children's village cafeteria Kinderstern Baan Gerda in Nong Muang, Thailand
- 2002: Child protection clinic at the Evangelical Hospital in Düsseldorf.
- 2004: Arco Iris - Foundation for street children in La Paz / Bolivia.
- from 2004: Foundation Economy Helps Hungry People / WHH, “From the hearts to the hearts”, over 300 heart operations for children damaged by the defoliant agent Agent Orange
- 2005: Early Excellence - early childhood support
- 2006: Senegal project / haan and LUCY relief organization / Breisach
- from 2008: Refugee home Düsseldorf Rath
- from 2008: Son Ky, planning the Kinderstern orphanage in Saigon
- 2010: Purchase of a property in Saigon to be converted into an orphanage
- 2011: Inauguration of the Son Ky orphanage
- 2011: Ullaaitivu Children and Youth Aid Sri Lanka
- 2012: Expansion of work in the Rath refugee home
- 2013: Support from Waaga eV, direct medical help for sick children from Afghanistan
- 2014: Caritas Mettmann, funding a project for refugee children
- 2015: "Queens and Heroes" support of the intergenerational district project in Oberbilk
- 2015: "Schlaufox" Hamburg, school support and support for children with a migration background
- 2016: "Learning to Live", Integration of Refugee Children, "Schlaufox" HH, "Queens + Heroes", Son Ky Orphanage
- 2017: Projects for children in asylum seekers' homes, Son Ky Orphanage Saigon, "Queens + Heroes" Düsseldorf, "Schlaufox" HH
- 2018: World in Union, Bunte Schule Dortmund, projects for refugee children, Son Ky orphanage
- 2019: Carolinenhof Essen, Bunte Schule Dortmund, project for refugee children, educational funding for elementary school Düsseldorf
Web links
- kinderstern.com
- Imi Knoebel's good star Spiegel, Hamburg, July 2, 1990, p. 167.
- Heavenly moments. In: Monopoly magazine. Berlin, October 2010
- "A star from Düsseldorf for the children of the world" Rheinische Post, Düsseldorf, December 25, 2015
- Artist Imi Knoebel: “If you want to stay alive, you have to do something radical” The Guardian, July 15, 2015
literature
- Imi Knoebel: Works from 1966 to 2006 . Kerber, Bielefeld 2007. Kinderstern page 24 ff., ISBN 978-3-86678-089-7 .
- Imi Knoebel: Works from 1966 to 2014 . Kerber, Bielefeld 2014. Kinderstern page 123., ISBN 978-3-7356-0002-8
- Imi Knoebel: To help, to help ... Hatje Cantz Verlag, Berlin 2019. ISBN 978-3775744249
gallery
Child stars 1988–2009
Children's stars 2011
Individual evidence
- ↑ The star for children in need . Retrieved November 21, 2011
- ↑ Stars for Children in Need ( Memento of the original from June 11, 2012 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was automatically inserted and not yet checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. (PDF; 2.1 MB) Retrieved November 21, 2011
- ^ Art is good for you, Museum Fridericianum Kassel 1995
- ^ A children's star for Chernobyl victims Art Frankfurt 1993, Frankfurter Rundschau February 25, 1993
- ↑ Grässlin Collection donates Art Cologne Prize for Kinderstern ( Memento of the original from December 8, 2012 in the web archive archive.today ) Info: The archive link has been inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. Retrieved November 21, 2011
- ↑ Seeking to expand the concept of the modern image and to reconcile it with the idea of the social sculpture of his teacher. Accessed on November 22, 2011
- ^ Portfolio »Kinderstern« 1989 , domberger.de, accessed on February 28, 2011
- ^ Kinderstern magazine for general medicine, January 15, 1990
- ↑ He painted a child's star , Petra Kelly, the last interview, Süddeutsche Zeitung, p. 8, October 21, 1992
- ↑ Shines for the victims , Frankfurter Rundschau, March 21, 1993
