Michael Witlatschil
Michael Witlatschil (born January 28, 1953 in Südfelde ) is a German sculptor .
life and work
Michael Witlatschil was born in Westphalia in 1953 . From 1973 to 1977 he studied at the State Academy of Fine Arts in Karlsruhe with Emil Schumacher and Horst Egon Kalinowski . From 1979 to 1981 he continued his studies at the Art Academy in Münster with Timm Ulrichs . The first free-standing, unstable sculptures with which he became famous have been created since 1978. Michael Witlatschil is a member of the German Association of Artists . He lives in Schwetzingen.
Witlatschil's works, which consist of sturdy iron poles that stand on beveled tips, astonish the viewer and prompt him to look for a trick that turns this wobbly matter into a stationary object. The balance, the relationship between weight, load, tension and pressure is of fundamental importance for Witlatschil. After Witlatschil has set up the sculptures himself in the exhibition space, in concentration and calm, they are in a state of suspension between equilibrium and steadfastness.
“The purpose of the glass is to give them an absolutely straight surface [...] That's what makes Michael Witlatschil's sculptures so special that they only stand on comparably tiny surfaces because of their balance and their own weight, or better: stand as long as you stand does not touch her and unbalance her! "
Exhibitions (selection)
Solo exhibitions
- 1974 Gallery Schillerstrasse Karlsruhe
- 1984 Michael Witlatschil – Annunziazione Museum Abteiberg , Mönchengladbach
- 1985 Witlatschil sculptures Westfälischer Kunstverein , Münster
- 1995 Michael Witlatschil Museum Wiesbaden , Wiesbaden
Group exhibitions
- 1979 Large Munich Art Exhibition , House of Art , Munich
- 1983 West German Artists Association , Osthaus Museum Hagen , Hagen
- 1985 elementary characters. Archetypes of visual information Staatliche Kunsthalle Berlin
- 1987 documenta 8 , Kassel
- 1994 Art Promotion Foundation Vordemberge-Gildewart Museum Wiesbaden, Wiesbaden
- 1995 Body-Body-Space Sculpture Museum Glaskasten , Marl
- 1996 The scales of Cusanus , inner courtyard of the University of Heidelberg
- 1996 On the way, take off - Alumni from Kunsthalle Recklinghausen , Recklinghausen
- 2000 Jürgen Liefmann – Michael Witlatschil Art Association Peschkenhaus , Moers
- 2001 8th Small Sculpture Triennial , Fellbach
- 2005 An arcadia of modernity: Villa Romana Neues Museum Weimar , Weimar
- 2005 Passion for collecting, Weserburg Museum of Modern Art , Bremen
- 2005 with an open end at Kunsthalle Recklinghausen, Recklinghausen
- 2006 Body-body-space Märkisches Museum (Witten)
- 2011 Views VI – Simulation QuadrART Dornbirn, Dornbirn
- 2015 extra muros: Voor (bij) woorden , Museum van Hedendaagse Kunst Antwerp , Antwerp
Awards
- 1982 Prize for Sculpture and Object (Kunstverein Münster)
- 1983 Villa Romana scholarship in Florence
- German Academy Rome Villa Massimo in Rome
- 1984 Glockengasse sponsorship award
- Working grant from the Art Fund Bonn
- Vordemberge Gildewart Prize
literature
- Michael Witlatschil, sculptures by Volker Gerhardt, Thomas Deecke , Karin Stempel, Westfälischer Kunstverein, 1985 ISBN 978-3-92504-7-015
Web links
Individual evidence
- ↑ a b c documenta 8 catalog: Volume 1: Essays; Volume 2: Catalog page 276; Volume 3: artist book; Kassel 1987, ISBN 3-925272-13-5 .
- ↑ kuenstlerbund.de: Members "W" / Michael Witlatschil (accessed on August 27, 2015)
- ↑ Art haze art on life and death , accessed on August 27, 2015.
- ^ University of Heidelberg, Oliver Fink Signs for the Necessary Utopia of the Self , accessed on August 27, 2015.
- ↑ Weserburg Collector's Passions , accessed on August 26, 2015.
- ^ Art Aspects Michael Witlatschil , accessed on August 27, 2015.
- ↑ Vita Witlatschil website , accessed on August 27, 2015.
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Witlatschil, Michael |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German sculptor |
| DATE OF BIRTH | January 28, 1953 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Südfelde Westphalia |