Matthias Kunkler

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Matthias Kunkler (born December 4, 1957 in Borken (Westphalia), † February 27, 1997 in Düsseldorf ) was a German painter. He was the son of the visual artist Hermann Kunkler .

Life

Kunkler studied from 1979 to 1985 free painting with Raimund Girke at the University of Arts in Berlin . From 1984 until his death he lived and worked in Düsseldorf . He was a scholarship holder of the Society for the Promotion of Westphalian Cultural Work , the Günther Peill Foundation , the Atelierhaus Worpswede and the Morgner Scholarship of the City of Soest.

Exhibitions

  • 2003: 50 years of the Vestischer Künstlerbund (Kunsthalle Recklinghausen)
  • 2003: The first look (Museum am Ostwall, Dortmund)
  • 2009: Image rooms (Kunstverein Leverkusen Schloss Morsbroich)
  • 2011: Knüller-Falter-Reisser (Municipal Gallery Villa Zanders, Bergisch Gladbach)

plant

The main material in his works are a large number of different types of paper , which he painted in different techniques and processed into collages . He created relief objects as well as hanging and standing sculptures from linen cloths soaked in acrylic . During his lifetime he literally created color spaces, of which the color / space body in Villa Zanders (Bergisch Gladbach) bears witness.

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ http://www.peill-stiftung.de/kunkler.htm  ( 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.peill-stiftung.de  
  2. ↑ http://www.wilhelm-morgner-stipendium.de/stipendia.html
  3. ^ Bücker, Norbert (ed.): 50 Years of the Vestischer Künstlerbund Recklinghausen - Prize of the Vestischer Künstlerbund 2003, Bielefeld 2003
  4. ↑ The First Look - Regina and Erich Krian Collection (catalog). Museum am Ostwall, Dortmund 2003
  5. ↑ http://www.villa-zanders.de
  6. ↑ http://www.eart.de/eigen/displayArtist.cfm?ArtistID=8770
  7. ↑ cf. Obituary by Anneliese Knorr at www.kunstverein-gelsenkirchen.de
personal data
SURNAME Kunkler, Matthias
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German painter
DATE OF BIRTH 4th December 1957
PLACE OF BIRTH Borken (Westphalia)
DATE OF DEATH February 27, 1997
Place of death Dusseldorf