Matthias Will

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Sculpture circular division spherical (2012), Darmstadt
Sculpture large circle division (2019), Melibokusschule Alsbach-Hähnlein

Matthias Will (* 1947 in Kahl am Main ) is a German sculptor .

Life

Will studied art education from 1970 to 1973 at the Johann Wolfgang Goethe University in Frankfurt am Main , and from 1975 to 1980 sculpture at the State University of Fine Arts - Städelschule , Frankfurt am Main, with Michael Croissant . He has been working as a freelance artist since 1980. 1987 Will taught at the Goethe University in Frankfurt am Main.

Will lives and works in Brombachtal and Darmstadt-Bessungen .

He has been a member of the Darmstadt Secession since 1995 and has been a member of the board since 1998.

Awards

Solo exhibitions (selection)

A catalog was published for the exhibitions marked with "K".

  • 1988: sculptures 1978-88 . Gallery Neuber-Neutsch, Modautal K
  • 1989: 7 - Artistes Résidents Allemands de la Cité des Arts , Goethe-Institut, Paris K
  • 1992: sculpture and installation . Kunstverein Friedberg, Wetterau Museum, from May 29 to June 21, 1992 K
  • 2000: Galerie Kautsch, Michelstadt (with B. Bredow)
  • 2007: Matthias Will, Wilhelm Loth Prize Winner 2004 . Hessisches Landesmuseum Darmstadt, from June 3 to July 29, 2007 K
  • 2008: Galerie Keller, Mannheim
  • 2010: Galerie Netuschil , Darmstadt
  • 2012: Galerie Lucien Schweitzer, Luxembourg (with Werner Neuwirth)
  • 2014: line - surface - space . Barbara von Stechow Gallery, Frankfurt am Main (with Werner Neuwirth and Gerd Winter) K
  • 2015: Kunstverein Aschaffenburg (with Werner Neuwirth and Gerd Winter)
  • 2017: sculptures and drawings . Kahnweilerhaus , Rockenhausen (Pfalz), from September 24 to October 29, 2017

plant

Will is best known for his wire rope braced stainless steel sculptures. Steel ropes hold parts of the sculpture in suspension, which - despite their weight - gives them an apparent lightness. The shapes often revolve around the themes of circle, sphere, cube or spiral. A sculpture is often created, for example, by Will dividing a shape, such as a circle, into parts and then putting the parts together to create a harmonious composition. The parts not only complement each other to form a new whole, they are usually also in tension. In one case, this tension arises from the fact that parts of the surface of a cube ( e.g. Cube 4 (2003)) are shifted against each other as in an exploded view, in other cases ( e.g. circle division, arches floating (2001), Klinikum der Universität Würzburg) due to the fact that the lines of the individual parts express an apparent movement in dynamic interplay.

Working in public space (selection)

  • 1989: stele. Seeheim-Jugenheim District Hospital
  • 1989: 1/2 square, circular arc . Bürgerpark Nord, Darmstadt
  • 1996: cross ball . VA steel, approx. 290 cm high. RheinMain University of Applied Sciences , Rüsselsheim
  • 2000: Three arches in space . Stainless steel. Location: Coface Germany, Mainz
  • 2001: Circle division, arches floating . University Clinic Würzburg
  • 2012: circular division spherical . VA stainless steel. Marienhöhe School Center , Darmstadt
  • 2019: Large circle division . Stainless steel, approx. 3.50 m high (including base). Order: Darmstadt-Dieburg district. Location: Melibokusschule Alsbach-Hähnlein

literature

  • Matthias Will - sculptor . Darmstadt Art Edition Merck, Volume 43, Introduction: Peter Anselm Riedl , no year (probably 2004)

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ cf. Peter Anselm Riedl in Matthias Will - Sculptor , Darmstadt, 2004: »The fact that artistic composing for Will is less an expression of a need for harmony than a manifestation of the courage to reveal tensions is confirmed by the artist's surprisingly emotionally charged and, in their own way, perfect ink drawings (.. .). "
  2. ↑ cf. Peter Anselm Riedl in Matthias Will - Sculptor , Darmstadt, 2004: »(...) The two components are now connected with the help of thin steel cables in such a way that they form a virtual volume: a spatial figure characterized by parallelism that represents the intended stereometric Body and at the same time refuted in its corporeality. If the parts were not internally coherent, one could be reminded of a so-called exploded view, as is common in the field of technical illustration. "
  3. ↑ Matthias Will: Kreuzkugel (1996) (World of Form)
  4. ↑ Matthias Will: Three Arches in Space (2000) (World of Form)
  5. ↑ Matthias Will - Sculpture "Circle division, spherical" . Laudation on the occasion of the inauguration of the sculpture 2012, ProMarienhöhe.eu
personal data
SURNAME Will, Matthias
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German sculptor
DATE OF BIRTH 1947
PLACE OF BIRTH Bald on the Main