Klaus Sobolewski

Klaus Sobolewski (born August 4, 1962 in Annaberg-Buchholz , † July 3, 2006 in Chemnitz ) was a German painter, graphic artist and poet.

Life

Klaus Sobolewski had been friends with the artist and philosopher Carlfriedrich Claus since early childhood. In addition to the dialogue with Carlfriedrich Claus , he owed influences on his work to his occupation with magic. After various activities, he has been working as a freelancer since 1984 and has lived in Chemnitz since 1988. Above all, prints were made. Since 2001 he turned to oil painting. Until his suicide on July 3, 2006, numerous lyrical texts were written.

Exhibitions

• 1979 Clara Mosch Gallery , Karl-Marx-Stadt (Chemnitz)
• 1987 Galerie am Markt, Annaberg-Buchholz
• 1988 City Museums Karl-Marx-Stadt (Chemnitz)
• 1992 City Gallery Peter Breuer, Zwickau
• 1994 Galerie Oben , Chemnitz
• 1995 Gunar Barthel Gallery, Berlin;
• Hotel Meerane: "14 weird pictures"
• 1996 Galerie Oben, Chemnitz (together with C. Claus);
• Gallery “ANNA”, Annaberg-Buchholz (together with C. Claus);
• “Erzhammer” cultural center, Annaberg-Buchholz
• 1997 Gunar Barthel Gallery, Berlin, "Border Crossings"
• 1999 Art Cellar Annaberg (together with Arnaud Malan)
• 2005 Galerie Weise, Chemnitz (together with C. Claus)

Works

• Maps of the Psyche , 1979
• Red time arrow , photography

Klaus Sobolewski Archive

The archive was founded after the death of Klaus Sobolewski due to the extensive material in the collection of the Art Cellar in Annaberg. It is intended to collect and preserve the pictorial and poetic work of Klaus Sobolewski, as well as to document the most important stages in life. On the occasion of the founding of the archive in May 2007, 80 graphics, 35 mixed media, oil paintings, watercolors and overpaintings, around a dozen photographs and photograms (pictures by KS), 2 small sculptures, and 200 letters, faxes, postcards by Klaus Sobolewski, around 60 letters and cards from Carlfriedrich Claus to Klaus Sobolewski, texts by Klaus Sobolewski, as well as a tape with texts spoken by himself.

The archive endeavors to expand the collection. The purpose of the archive is to keep Klaus Sobolewski's work alive and to act as a lender.

literature

• OMEN MENE / ENEM NEMO: KLAUS SOBOLEWSKI . Gallery above, Chemnitz 1995.
• Klaus Sobolewski: not / words poems . Gertraud Scholz Verlag, Obermichelbach 1987, ISBN 3-925599-07-X .
• Klaus Sobolewski. Zum Gedächtnis , 42 p., 1st edition 2006, published by Kunst-Keller Annaberg eV, with texts by Prof. Dr. Klaus Ramm, Brigitta Milde, Peter Huckauf, Thilo Götze Regenbogen , Gerhard Wolf, Ursula Lang, Michael Goller , Jörn Michael, Jörg Seifert and Klaus Sobolewski.
• Sobolewski, Klaus. In: Dietmar Eisold (Hrsg.): Lexicon artists in the GDR. Neues Leben, Berlin 2010, ISBN 978-3-355-01761-9 , p. 909.

Web links

• Literature by and about Klaus Sobolewski in the catalog of the German National Library
• Artist website In memoriam Klaus Sobolewski