Lotta Blokker

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Lotta Blokker (* 1980 in Amsterdam ) is a Dutch sculptor.

Life

From 1999 Blokker studied classical sculpture at the Florence Academy of Art . Then she was given a teaching position at the academy. In 2006 she returned to Amsterdam and opened her own studio there. She is married and has three children.

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In her works, Blokker orients herself to classical sculpture from the Italian Renaissance to Auguste Rodin , Camille Claudel and Käthe Kollwitz . Your work consists of four related groups.

The Hour of the Wolf

Made between 2009 and 2014. The title is borrowed from a film by the Swedish director Ingmar Bergman . It consists of ten life-size bronze sculptures.

Pietà

Created between 2006 and 2008. Consists of a group of five almost life-size bronze sculptures and depicts the human experience of loss based on the classic motif of the grieving Mother of God with the dead Christ in her lap.

I am here now

I am here now from Blokker on the Tilburg University campus

This group of five bronze sculptures includes the work “Hommage à Käthe Kollwitz”, which is formally based on the work “Mother with Two Children” by Käthe Kollwitz (1937–1938).

Impressions

A group of twelve present day portrait heads, inspired by the Italian Renaissance and created between 2003 and 2010.

Exhibitions

Works in public space (selection)

"Pas de deux"
  • Bad Frankenhausen : On the square in front of the Panorama Museum, four statues from the group of works "I am here now", purchased in 2010.
  • Roermond : in front of the Munsterkerk "Pas de deux" from the group "Pietá", a donation from the Renschdael Art Foundation 2010.
  • Münster : In the Ev. Apostle Church "See me" from the group "Pieta". Acquired in 2017 on the occasion of the 500th anniversary of the Reformation.
  • Barneveld : bronze monument "Three Generations of Moluccas in the Netherlands" (Dutch: Drie Generaties Molukkers ) (2018).

literature

  • Lotta Blokker, Hour of the Wolf (4th edition 2017); Ed. : Iris Berndt, Gudrun Fritsch, Ralph Keuning. ISBN 978-9462620063
  • Peter Arlt: Lotta Blokker's poetic power in: Ossietzki Heft 8, 2015
  • Gerd Lindner: “That's how I am.” Lotta Blokker's realism of sensitivity in: Käthe Kollwitz & Lotta Blokker, Relatives - Nauw Verwant - Deeply Related, Ev. Apostelkirche Münster - House of the Netherlands Münster 2017 (Red. Ulrich Bartels, Marie Wolf-Eichbaum)
  • Ev. Apostelkirchengemeinde Münster (ed.): One hour with Lotta Blokker. In conversation with Ulrich Bartels and Sarah Breuer, Münster 2017 ( https://apostelkirchengemeinde-muenster.de/archiv )
  • Telephone counseling in the Recklinghausen district (ed.): People at night. Sculptures by Lotta Blokker in dialogue with the Recklinghausen telephone counseling service, 2019 (Ed. Julia Geppert)

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Lotta Blokker | Home. Retrieved September 6, 2018 .
  2. ↑ Westfälische Nachrichten June 2, 2017; Münstersche Zeitung June 2, 2017
  3. ↑ Westfälische Nachrichten 7 May 2018
  4. ↑ Barneveldse Krant May 2018
personal data
SURNAME Blokker, Lotta
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Dutch sculptor
DATE OF BIRTH 1980
PLACE OF BIRTH Amsterdam