Marinus van Aalst

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City seat sign Twelve-part sculpture at the Boeblingen bus station

Marinus van Aalst (born September 18, 1947 in Rotterdam ) is a sculptor and object and installation artist .

life and work

The autodidact , who grew up in Böblingen , has been doing artistic work since 1975, initially devoting himself to painting before he quickly found object art. He is a member of the Württembergischer Kunstverein and the Böblinger Kunstverein, where he was second chairman from 1990.

Works by van Aalst have been bought up by the public sector on various occasions, including the cities of Böblingen, Herrenberg and Leonberg. In the public space there are various of his fountains created as part of the art in architecture . His exhibition Schutzraum in the Schlossberg tunnel in Böblingen caused a particular stir . Currently, van Alst has created memory rooms for the cemetery chapel in Böblingen .

Exhibitions

  • 2009: Exhibition Wolfgang Hartmann Prize, Natur forte Kunstverein Ettlingen
  • 2009: Work cycles 1991–2009 , Gallery of the City of Sindelfingen
  • 2006: Room installation Paletten , Sindelfingen City Gallery in Maichingen Old Town Hall
  • 2003–2009: City seat sign Twelve-part sculpture at the Böblingen bus station
  • 2002: Sculpture Path on Venusberg 50 Years of Baden-Württemberg
  • 1991: Shelter , Schlossberg tunnel, Böblingen

literature

  • Marko Schacher (text): Natur Forte . Edited by the Wolfgang Hartmann Prize Board of Trustees and the Wilhelmshöhe Art Association Ettlingen, 2009
  • Otto Pannewitz (Ed.): Marinus van Aalst. Work cycles; 1991–2009 , Verlag der Galerie der Stadt Sindelfingen, 2009 ISBN 978-3-92822246-4
  • Swabian artist lexicon, Stuttgart 1986
  • Art in the district of Böblingen, Böblingen 1987
  • Art in the district of Böblingen, Böblingen 1993

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Hardweg cemetery chapel in Böblingen Memory rooms  ( page no longer available , search in web archives )  Info: The link was automatically marked as defective. Please check the link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.@1@ 2Template: Toter Link / www.boeblingen.kdrs.de  
  2. ↑ Wolfgang Hartmann Prize participant (PDF file; 961 kB)
personal data
SURNAME Aalst, Marinus van
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Sculptor and object artist
DATE OF BIRTH September 18, 1947
PLACE OF BIRTH Rotterdam