Klaus Klinger

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Klaus Klinger (* 1954 in Essen ) is an artist living in Düsseldorf who is primarily present through his numerous wall paintings .

biography

Klaus Klinger was a master student at the Düsseldorf Art Academy , graduating in 1980, with Gerhard Richter among others . From 1977 to 1990 he was a founding member of the wall painting group Düsseldorf . The non-profit association Farbfieber emerged from this group in 1987 . Klaus Klinger has been managing the one-world product Mural Global , which is under the auspices of UNESCO, since 1998 , also with an international claim, as well as the Mural-Mobil project since 2003 .

Klinger says of himself: “I've never been very interested in the commercial art market and art in closed spaces. I like art on the street and the exchange with people. It's about the democratization of public space ”. In 2016 there were around 40 of his wall paintings in Düsseldorf alone, which he created together with his team from the wall painting group Farbfieber and artists from all over the world. His large-scale illustrations can be found close together, especially in the Flingern district around Ackerstrasse. The Kiefernstraße , formerly popular with the squatter scene, is now known nationwide as a total work of art.

He is co-initiator and artistic director of the 40-degree Urban Art Festival, which took place in 2015 on Gustaf-Gründgens-Platz in Düsseldorf with international artists from the street art scene and has been held every two years in different parts of Düsseldorf since then. Together with the Kiefernstrasse children's club run by the Düsseldorf Youth Welfare Office, workshops teach young people how to deal with art.

Although Klinger in his works, initially simply illegally painted on demolished houses, sometimes strongly pointed to grievances, also in his surroundings - he used to take part in demonstrations in front of Düsseldorf City Hall - he is now being supported somewhat more by the city. In October 2018 he received the medal of merit of the state capital Düsseldorf from the mayor.

When asked how he envisions his future, Klinger replied: "A particularly exciting task for me would be to completely design a complete housing estate - from buildings to benches to green spaces - in communication with the residents, investors or housing associations" .

Works, projects (selection)

  • "Ear". Wall painting not far from "Auge". Both symbolize the security authorities' tendency to observe people (1979)
  • "Eye". (of the Interior Minister Otto Schily ). Wall painting, Düsseldorf- Flingern , Hellweg (1980)
  • "The time travelers". Wall painting on the Bilker bunker, Düsseldorf- Bilk
  • Wall painting project Latin America-Europe. 40 murals with 30 artists from Latin America (1992)
  • Mural-Global. 100 murals in 20 countries on Agenda 21
  • From 1992 until today. Cultural exchange with artists from Pinar del Río , Cuba (as of 2018)
  • At the end of 1997, Klinger drafted the concept for the worldwide wall painting project for Agenda 21 .
  • From 2016 to 2017 he headed the project world construction sites of the One World Network NRW , 17 murals in 17 cities in North Rhine-Westphalia on the global goals of the United Nations

Catalogs in collaboration with Farbfieber

  • Full throttle into the walls, wall painting group Düsseldorf (1983)
  • Nice Christmas Present (1991)
  • Show your colors, Latin America - Europe (1993)
  • Wall painting and cultural exchange with Latin America, Klaus Klinger (1997)
  • Who Owns the World (2003)
  • Color fever, wall painting, street art, urban art (2013)
  • 40grad urbanart Festival 2013
  • 40grad urbanart Festival 2015
  • 40grad urbanart Festival 2017

  • "The time travelers". Hochbunker, Düsseldorf, Aachener Straße, with artists from Cuba and Turkey (1995)

  • "Neighbours". Ahaus , Bahnhof, together with Gordon Hookey , Aboriginal artist from Australia (2000)

  • Open-air gallery Hagen . Together with young people from Hagen (2017)

Awards

  • 2002: Innovation Prize of the Socioculture Fund V.
  • 2003: Public Design Prize
  • 2014: Peace Prize of the Easter Marchers Initiatives
  • 2018: Merit plaque of the state capital Düsseldorf

Web links

Commons : Klaus Klinger  - Collection of images, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Facebook, Klaus Klinger .
  2. ↑ Klaus Klinger gives a different statement from the Rheinische Post article Onkelbach. In addition: “The first mural was created spontaneously at the end of 1977, the mural group did not actually emerge from it until 1978, but count the first mural to it. In 1990 the original members of the mural group split up after a large exhibition in the Düsseldorf City Museum ”. October 30, 2018.
  3. ↑ a b c www.farbfieber.de: Farbfieber: Art in public space . 2018. Last accessed October 24, 2018.
  4. ↑ a b c d e f Hans Onkelbach: A medal for the landmark maker . In: Rheinische Post , Düsseldorf. October 23, 2018, p. C3. Last accessed October 30, 2018.
  5. ↑ a b Farbfieber: House walls wanted: Klaus Klinger and the Farbfieber team want to make Düsseldorf more beautiful . www.lokalkompass.de, undated. Last accessed November 24, 2018.
  6. ↑ a b Klaus Klinger - biography - art in public space . Street magazine fiftfifty , undated. Last accessed October 24, 2018.
  7. ^ Anja Krüger: "All that is peace work" Ostermarschierer award the Düsseldorf Peace Prize to the artist Klaus Klinger / 700 people against war and military operations in the state capital of North Rhine-Westphalia . In: Neues Deutschland , April 21, 2014. Last accessed October 24, 2018.
personal data
SURNAME Klinger, Klaus
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German painter, especially wall painting in public spaces
DATE OF BIRTH 1954
PLACE OF BIRTH eat