Manfred Kroboth
Manfred Kroboth (born January 25, 1966 in Karlsruhe ; † October 25, 2015 in Hamburg ) was a German artist who was active partly alone, partly together with Jutta Konjer under the project name "kroko".
Life
Manfred Kroboth was born in Karlsruhe. He studied together with Jutta Konjer at the Hamburg University of Fine Arts with Claus Böhmler . Manfred Kroboth had been on the board of the Professional Association of Visual Artists Hamburg since 2007 , most recently as deputy chairman.
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As the artist couple "kroko", Manfred Kroboth and Jutta Konjer staged themselves together with their dog Nike in bizarre poses in front of public monuments. With these actions, which were documented photographically, they turned the pathos formulas of the monuments and dealt playfully with the conventional patterns of interpretation. “This revival or the recall of forgotten things or abandoned places runs through our work.” (Manfred Kroboth on September 25, 2013 in the Hamburger Abendblatt)
Sound installations play a central role in Manfred Kroboth's work. The viewers / listeners can be involved, e.g. B. by using a joystick to activate voiced sounds of the artist's voice.
Other important points of reference in Manfred Kroboth's work as well as in the “Kroko” project are the artist's studio and studio situations. The studio is partially outsourced to the exhibition in detail or as photographic documentation, or the artists present themselves in their studio. “We are both primarily studio rooms.” (Manfred Kroboth) The series “turned off” addresses the precarious material situation of many artists. Kroboth and Konjer had apparently set up their homes on rubble plots or with bulky rubbish furniture set down on fallow land and documented these stagings with photographs.
Solo exhibitions (selection)
- 1996 “Stadtklänge”, Westwerk, Hamburg
- 1998 “auto mobiel1 - moving perspectives”, de Veemloer, Amsterdam
- 2003 kroko - Jutta Konjer • Manfred Kroboth in the series “Standpunkte”, Kunsthalle Hamburg
- 2006 "86 Kastanien", Galerie Walden, Berlin
- 2012 “Time is running out”, Einstellraum, Hamburg
Scholarships
- 1996 DAAD scholarship ( Maastricht )
- 2000 studio grant in Eckernförde
- 2001 Work grant from the Free and Hanseatic City of Hamburg (Hubertus Wald grant)
- 2002 Scholarship from the Baden-Württemberg Art Foundation
- 2003 Schloß Bleckede scholarship
- 2007 work grant in Salzwedel
Web links
Individual evidence
- ↑ Frank Barth, Kunsthalle Hamburg on the exhibition “kroko”, accessed on January 8, 2015 ( Memento of the original from March 5, 2016 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.
- ↑ Still being tidied up: Atelier kroko opens on the culture day Hamburger Abendblatt on September 25, 2013
- ↑ Flyer of the Baden-Württemberg Art Foundation, 2002
- ↑ Still being tidied up: Atelier kroko opens on the culture day Hamburger Abendblatt on September 25, 2013
- ↑ Looking at the world from a height of four meters, report in Hinz and Kunzt about the campaign of September 10, 2014, accessed on January 11, 2016
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Kroboth, Manfred |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Kroko (together with Jutta Konjer) |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German artist |
| DATE OF BIRTH | January 25, 1966 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Karlsruhe |
| DATE OF DEATH | October 25, 2015 |
| Place of death | Hamburg |