Michael von Kaler

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Michael Ingomar von Kaler zu Lanzenheim (born May 17, 1961 in Werne an der Lippe ) is a German sculptor .

Life

Kaler grew up in Werne an der Lippe and Voerde (Lower Rhine) . After high school and community service, he attended the Düsseldorf Art Academy from 1980 to 1987 . He was a student of Ulrich Rückriem .

Kaler has lived in Cologne since 1987. He lives and works in a studio designed by Hans Schilling on the edge of the city ​​garden .

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The work consists of sculptures, installations, happenings and photographs. On his website Kaler divides his works into four categories with symbols: circles, rectangles, rows, other. The main materials used are metal, glass and wood. Many objects can be assigned to the Land Art movement . According to Hannelore Kersting, the principle of sequencing is persistently repeated in Kaler's art:

“Uniform elements are placed next to one another at regular intervals until they form a general basic shape; a row - now and then a whole field of rows - or a circle. […] The even arrangement is an easily understandable and artificial system of order that uncompromisingly places the individual elements in a regulated relationship to one another. [...] The serial sequence becomes a framework for sensual perception around which one's own thoughts and dreams are entwined. "

- Hannelore Kersting [chief curator, City Museum Abteiberg , Mönchengladbach]

Exhibitions / works (selection)

  • 1987: FEUERKREIS, Ø 9m, Voerde on the Lower Rhine
  • 1988: Solo exhibition in the city park Düren, 20 land art objects and actions / TWELVE ZELTE, Domburg / Netherlands
  • 1989 FIVE EXPLOSIONS, Waldviertel / Austria
  • 1990 POSITION LIGHT chimney at Hagenwerk Cologne
  • 1991 FIRE CARPET, coal / solo exhibition (studio), Museum Abteiberg Mönchengladbach, catalog
  • 1992 KREIS, street nails, Ø 9m, Cologne / Kalk
  • 1993 KREIS, traversable street lighting, Ø 9m, Blaufelden / solo exhibition Kwattafabrik / Cologne / group exhibition "11", Kölnischer Kunstverein, catalog
  • 1994 Projected CIRCLE made of blue dots, Ø 0.5m / annual gift for the Museum Abteiberg, Mönchengladbach / LIGHTING WREATH, Ø 1.2m, 1000 light bulbs blue, Cologne / LIGHTING WREATH, Ø 1.4m, 1500 red light bulbs, Cologne
  • 1995 Group exhibition, Museum Schloss Arolsen, PRINZENZIMMER, catalog / EIGHT BALLOONS, signal orange, Cologne
  • 1996 Working with chemical light, LINIE, MOBILE / 6 land art exhibitions in public space in Cologne (Stadtgarten, Blücherpark, Grüngürtel), funded by the Foundation for Art and Culture NRW and INGOLD AIRLINES
  • 1997 DAS FELD, 486 chemical light sources, funded by OMNIGLOW ™ ️, Buchmann Gallery, Cologne / POSITIONSLICHT, Landartgalerie Mechtenberg, height 40m, IBA Emscher Park project
  • 1998 FEUERKREIS AT ZOLLVEREIN, Essen, Ø 30m, with the Kunstverein Ruhr / Helicopter sponsored by INGOLD AIRLINES
  • 1999 FIRE CARPET, with fringes, color print on carpet
  • Since 2000 annual studio exhibition
  • 2000 GRÜNE LATERNEN, Stadtgarten Cologne, to PLAN2000 Forum Current Architecture, in cooperation with the Green Space Office of the City of Cologne
  • 2001 LOVE FLAG, with mast, Cologne
  • 2002 WIND GAMES ARENA
  • 2004 THE BEFALL, about 1000 willow twigs, signal red, exhibition with SOUVENIR in the studio
  • 2006 THE MARBLE ISLAND
  • 2007 THE GLOBE / THE WIESEL
  • 2008 THE ZELTLAGER on Cologne roofs, and PLASTIC CHERRY BLOSSOMS on ash in autumn, Josef-Haubrich-Hof Cologne to PLAN2008, forum of current architecture
  • 2009 THE CLOUD, approx. 15,000 volcanic rock, exhibition in the studio
  • 2010 THE GOLDEN TIME BOX
  • 2011–2014 table tennis ball objects
  • 2013 THE BLACK MOUNTAINS
  • 2014 THE NON-RELIGIOUS SACRIFICE STICK
  • 2015 THE FOUNTAIN / THE SANDBURG / THE COAT OF LOVE
  • 2016 THE COAT OF LOVE in the Lehmbruck Museum Duisburg, exhibition "on surface" / DIE SCHNULLERPFLANZE and DIE BRAZILIANISCHE RELATED, sponsored by NUK ™ ️
  • 2017 JUCHHU FLAG, with mast / LIVE VEST IS UNDER YOUR SEAT, 12 chairs / THANK YOU FOR YOUR UNDERSTANDING, autobahn sign signed
  • 2018 THE GREAT FLOWER ANIMAL / NĀ LEI, floral wreaths
  • 2019 THE INDIAN ROPE TRICK / THE ICON
  • 2020 FIVE EXPLOSIONS, Waldviertel / Austria, edited / DER WRAHT

Catalogs

  • Silvia Langhoff, Michael von Kaler: February 10th – March 17th, 1989, Rahmel Gallery, Cologne. Rahmel Gallery (ed.), Cologne.
  • Michael v. Kaler: Exhibition, Städtisches Museum Abteiberg Mönchengladbach, April 21–16. June 1991. Verlag Das Museum, 1991.
  • Birgit Kümmel , Andrea El Danasouri: Quintessence. Tony Clark, Seet van Hout, Michael von Kaler, Ivo Rings , Jon Shelton. (With photographs by Dieter Schwerdtle); Museum Stadt Arolsen, 1995. ISBN 3-930930-00-5

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Cf. Georg Imdahl , "Blick über das Allgemeine", in: Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung (Feuilleton), edition of December 15, 1998, p. 45.
  2. ↑ Hannelore Kersting [chief curator, Städtisches Museum Abteiberg , Mönchengladbach], in: Michael von Kaler [catalog for the exhibition], Mönchengladbach 1991, p. 12.
  3. ↑ Silvia Langhoff, Michael von Kaler: February 10– March 17, 1989, Rahmel Gallery, Cologne. Rahmel Gallery (ed.), Cologne. ( limited preview in Google Book search)
  4. ↑ Michael v. Kaler: Exhibition, Städtisches Museum Abteiberg Mönchengladbach, April 21 - 16. June 1991. Verlag Das Museum, 1991. ( limited preview in Google book search)
personal data
SURNAME Kaler, Michael von
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Kaler zu Lanzenheim, Michael Ingomar von (full name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German sculptor
DATE OF BIRTH May 17, 1961
PLACE OF BIRTH Werne