Kirsten Krüger (sculptor)

Kirsten Krüger (* 1966 in Lübeck ) is a German sculptor .

biography

After attending the Werkkunstschule Flensburg, where she began training as a wood sculptor from 1988 to 1990, Kirsten Krüger switched to the Düsseldorf Art Academy . She studied sculpture there from 1990 to 1997 and was a master class student with Klaus Rinke . Foreign scholarships took her to New York and Glasgow. Kirsten Krüger has been a visiting professor at the Art University Linz since 2017 (majoring in plastic concepts / ceramics). She lives in Düsseldorf .

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Kirsten Krüger: Nachtschwärmer (2015) paper mache, metal, 80 × 47 × 22 cm

Kirsten Krüger: Reise (2007) bamboo, acrylic glass, 55 × 165 × 145 cm

Kirsten Krüger's works are composed and formed from a wide variety of materials, often multi-part sculptures. There are “three-dimensional puzzles, iconographically charged especially through the material” (Jens Kräubig, catalog text for the exhibition at the Württembergischer Kunstverein Stuttgart , 2004), “which irritate and capture the mind and eye” (Stephan von Wiese, catalog text for the exhibition at the Museum Baden , Solingen , 2004).

“The multi-layered images are reminiscent of the cycles of biology, chemistry or alchemy, but also of machine production. Last but not least, there are dreamlike, surreal shifts that evoke associations with several original images from completely different areas of life. In their union, they formulate the universality of life ” (Jari Ortwig, text on the exhibition in the Vitrinen, Cologne, 2014).

Solo exhibitions (selection)

• "Schattenglanz", Kunstverein Heinsberg , 2015
• "Carbon cabinet", showcases, Cologne, 2014
• "Impassable terrain / rough terrain", Märkisches Museum , Witten, 2012
• "Sculptures", Württembergischer Kunstverein Stuttgart , Stuttgart, 2004
• "Kirsten Krüger", Museum Baden , Solingen, 2004
• "Kirsten Krüger", Prima Kunst eV , Kiel, 2000
• “Die Nacht”, Room X, Düsseldorf, 1998

Public collections

• Museum Kunstpalast , Düsseldorf
• Märkisches Museum , Witten

Publications

• 2004: Kräubig, Jens [Ed.] Kirsten Krüger. Sculptures, Württembergischer Kunstverein Stuttgart, ISBN 978-3-93069-322-1
• 2012: Steimann, Dirk [Ed.] Kirsten Krüger - Rough Terrain, Kettler Verlag, Bönen, ISBN 978-3-86206-139-6

Web links

• Homepage of Kirsten Krüger
• Kirsten Krüger in the Digital Art and Culture Archive Düsseldorf
• Literature by and about Kirsten Krüger in the catalog of the German National Library
• Kirsten Krüger at artfacts.net

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Places of Change - Bodies of Transition: Sculpture Groups by Kirsten Krüger, Jens Kräubig, 2004
2. ^ Time - To an Environment by Kirsten Krüger (Museum Baden Solingen, Stephan von Wiese, 2005)
3. ↑ Kirsten Krüger - Carbon Cabinet (text on the exhibition in the showcases, Cologne, Jari Ortwig, 2014)