Klaus Küster

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Self-portrait of the visual artist Klaus Küster.
Klaus Küster - self-portrait

Klaus Küster (* 1941 in Remscheid - Lennep ) is a German graphic artist , painter and photographer .

Life

After training as a technician, Küster attended the École des Beaux-Arts Paris and the Werkkunstschule Wuppertal (today Bergische Universität Wuppertal ). He then worked as a graphic designer and photographer in various advertising agencies until 1969. In 1969 he became a freelance graphic artist, painter, photographer and set designer. His best-known example of graphic work is Amnesty International's "chain" logo .

At the beginning of the 1970s he developed the method of luminoplastic relief, in which a partially plastic photo or a plastic photogram is created by mechanical processing of the image carrier (photo paper, film) before the photographic exposure .

In 1995 Klaus Küster founded his own school for design and the ART & RAT gallery in Remscheid. As a member of the art advisory board of the city of Remscheid, he initiated the city's "Collection Gerd Arntz ". In 1996 Küster was appointed to the German Werkbund . Also in 1996, Klaus Küster was appointed to the West German Artists Association . In 1998 he became a member of the “gfg group for design” led by Rolf Glasmeier . From 1998 to 2007 he directed the gallery of the city of Remscheid. From 2006 Klaus Küster had a gallery collaboration with Knut Wolfgang Maron : Zone E (Essen) and Zone B (Berlin). From 2008 Küster taught the typography seminar at the Wilhelm Wagenfeld School , Bremen. From 2015 to 2016 he ran the "Central Galerie" in Remscheid. 2019 was the 50th anniversary of his "Atelier in Ewaldstrasse" in Remscheid.

Exhibitions (selection)

Küster took part in more than 170 group and over 50 solo exhibitions (status: 1st quarter 2020).

  • 2005 Photography exhibition Kunstfluss Wupper 2005
  • 2007 Künstlerzeche Our Fritz in Herne Now! - Artist in the German Werkbund
  • 2009 Luminoplastic reliefs - sculptural work , Gallery Zone B, Berlin
  • Found in 2011 - invented , Red Pavilion, Bad Doberan
  • 2013 Miniretro , Gallery Zone B, Berlin
  • In 2013 we're back here , West German Artists Association, Bochum Art Museum
  • 2017 Expanding Photography , West German Artists Association, Städtische Galerie Lüdenscheid
  • 2018 Fotoscultura / Lichtungen , Schaelpic photokunstbar, Atelier for Media Design, Cologne
  • 2019 My favorite little thing , 68elf eV Kunstverein Cologne

Public collections (selection)

Works by Klaus Küster can be found in numerous public collections:

Books

  • Architecture and color structures of the old Lennep in the summer of 1974 , together with Peter Sondermann, RS Gesellschaft für Informationstechnik mbH & Co .; 1994
  • Lennep. Architecture and color structures of old Lennep in the summer of 1974 , R. Schmitz bookstore; 1994
  • " durch röntgen " - A postcard catalog for the 150th anniversary of Wilhelm Conrad Röntgen , with photographic works by 130 artists, ART & RAT gallery; 1995
  • Third Light - A cycle of photos with the essay " Eyewash " by the philosopher Dr. Andreas Steffens, Klaus Küster, ISBN 3-00-015351-9 ; 2004
  • Collaboration with Lohn der Arbeit , Westdeutscher Künstlerbund eV (publisher), Emschertal Museum; 2005
  • Other ANSICHTEN. Album 2012-1969 , catalog raisonné Klaus Küster, ISBN 978-3-00-040133-6 ; 2012
  • Other ANSICHTEN.Album 2014-2012 , continuation of the catalog raisonné Klaus Küster, ISBN 978-3-00-049498-7 ; 2014
  • Other ANSICHTEN. Album 2019-2014 , continuation of the catalog raisonné Klaus Küster, ISBN 978-3-00-062388-2 ; 2019

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ HEAD MUNTER: sexton, Klaus. July 24, 2020, accessed July 24, 2020 .
  2. ↑ HEAD MUNTER: sexton, Klaus. July 24, 2020, accessed July 24, 2020 .
  3. ^ The Gerd Arntz Collection. Retrieved on July 24, 2020 (German).
  4. ^ Members. In: Werkbund. Retrieved on July 26, 2020 (German).
  5. ↑ Westdeutscher Künstlerbund / Member's website by Klaus Küster http://www.westdeutscher-kuenstlerbund.de/index.php/träger/2-uncategorized/137-m-kuester-klaus
  6. ^ Gallery of the City of Remscheid. Retrieved July 24, 2020 .
  7. ^ Eating zone E - Klaus Küster. Retrieved July 24, 2020 .
  8. ^ Berlin zone B - Klaus Küster. Retrieved July 24, 2020 .
  9. ↑ Remscheid: Humpert: Küster is supposed to manage Markt 13. In: RP ONLINE. Retrieved July 24, 2020 .
  10. ^ Lothar Kaiser: The empty shop became an art gallery. YouTube, September 25, 2015, accessed July 24, 2020 .
  11. ^ Christian Peiseler: Exhibition in Remscheid: 50 years of the Klaus Küster art studio. Retrieved July 24, 2020 .
  12. ^ Frank Becker: Photo artist at "Kunstfluss Wupper 2005". In: "Kunstfluss Wupper" website. Remscheider General Anzeiger, May 17, 2005, accessed on October 30, 2012 (press review on "Kunstfluss Wupper").
  13. ↑ Prof. Dr. Roland Günter: Now. Artist in the German Werkbund. ( Memento from March 4, 2016 in the Internet Archive ) for the opening of the exhibition on May 26, 2007, 5 p.m. in the artist colliery Unser Fritz in Herne-Wanne.
  14. ↑ Exhibition Plastisches Werk - artist, news & exhibitions - photography-now.com. Retrieved July 24, 2020 .
  15. ^ Art Association Red Pavilion | Archive. Retrieved July 24, 2020 .
  16. ↑ Exhibition Plastisches Werk - artist, news & exhibitions - photography-now.com. Retrieved July 24, 2020 .
  17. ↑ we are here again | BO-WKB 2013 - Art Museum Bochum. Retrieved July 24, 2020 .
  18. ↑ Archive. Retrieved August 2, 2020 .
  19. ↑ Martin Frech: March 19. until June 15, 2018: Klaus Küster: Fotoscultura / Lichtungenverlängert! Retrieved July 24, 2020 .
  20. ↑ 68elf - studio. Retrieved on August 2, 2020 (German).
  21. ↑ by x-ray. Photographs by 130 artists for the anniversary of a researcher and discoverer. Retrieved July 26, 2020 .
  22. ↑ Archive. Retrieved August 2, 2020 .
personal data
SURNAME Sexton, Klaus
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German graphic artist, painter and photographer
DATE OF BIRTH 1941
PLACE OF BIRTH Remscheid - Lennep