Olaf Metzel

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Olaf Metzel (2010)
Stammheim (1984). Stuttgart

Olaf Metzel (* 1952 in Berlin ) is a German sculptor and object artist . Provocation as food for thought is part of his art for him. For his sculptures he also uses parts that are considered scrap, such as the barriers at the “Riot Monument” in Berlin or discarded stadium seats for the football project “Goodbye” in Nuremberg. In both cases there were considerable protests in the respective cities, which led to the sculpture being relocated in Berlin.

Life

From 1971 to 1977 he studied at the Free University of Berlin at the University of the Arts Berlin .

In 1984 he was represented at the group exhibition Von hier aus - Two months of new German art in Düsseldorf . In 1987 he took part in documenta 8 in Kassel and in Skulptur.Projekte in Münster. In the same year he attended the German Academy Rome Villa Massimo . In 1997 he was represented again at the Skulptur.Projekte.

In 1994 he received the Arnold Bode Prize in Kassel and in 1996 the Wilhelm Loth Prize of the City of Darmstadt.

Metzel has been a professor of sculpture at the Academy of Fine Arts in Munich since 1990 , where he was rector from 1995 to 1999. In 2012 he curated the exhibition Circus Wols in the Weserburg Museum for Modern Art in Bremen.

Metzel lives in Munich.

Works (selection)

Ambiguity (1993). In front of the New Plenary Hall , Bonn
  • 1981 “Boeckhstr. 7, 3rd floor "in Berlin-Wedding (art campaign: destruction of a factory building)
  • 1982 "Turkish apartment at a distance of 12,000 DM VB" in Berlin (art campaign)
  • 1984 "Stammheim" in Stuttgart
  • 1987 April 13th, 1981 (Randale Memorial), Berlin (as part of the sculpture boulevard on Kurfürstendamm , removed after protests and rebuilt in November 2001 next to the former egg cold store , Stralauer Allee , which shortly afterwards became the Universal Music Group headquarters.). It is now on the EUREF site .
  • 1993 "Meistdeutigkeit" in Bonn (in front of the delegates' entrance to the plenary hall building, sculpture made of galvanized steel)
  • 1999 "Turbo Capitalism" in Berlin ( Haus am Waldsee , sculpture made of steel pipes)
  • 2000 "Not with us" in Munich-Riem ( Willy-Brandt-Platz , popular name "Riem-Reibe", temporarily dismantled due to reconstruction, available again since 2005)
  • 2002 “The Journey to Jerusalem” in Munich, Pinakothek der Moderne
  • 2005 Cash flow , aluminum and acrylic 765 × 500 cm in the entrance area of ​​the IBC , Frankfurt am Main
  • 2006 “Goodbye” in Nuremberg. Sculpture made of towered stadium seats on the " beautiful fountain " as part of a DFB art project for the 2006 World Cup
  • 2007 "Turkish Delight" (bronze sculpture). Initially stood in front of the Kunsthalle in Vienna, it was taken in after vandalism. The sculpture was part of the exhibition "60 years, 60 (best) works" in Germany.
  • 2010 Hartz IV turns 5, happening
  • 2013 "Any questions?" Reading room of the Berlin State Library .
  • "First right, then left, then straight ahead" (installation), Munich, Olympia shopping center underground station

Exhibitions (selection)

Reflection wall . Muenster
Layer in the shaft (tower for Duisburg) (2009/2010), light artwork for the 2010 Capital of Culture

Awards

Web links

Commons : Olaf Metzel  - Collection of images, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Olaf Metzel, 1997
  2. ↑ Peter Groth: A circus full of sensuality. In: Weser Kurier v. February 25, 2012, p. 22
  3. ↑ 13.4.1981 at the location of Olaf Metzel
  4. ↑ https://www.u-bahn-muenchen.de/netz/bahnhoefe/ok/
  5. ↑ Award ceremony 2016. Accessed July 10, 2017 .
personal data
SURNAME Metzel, Olaf
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German sculptor
DATE OF BIRTH 1952
PLACE OF BIRTH Berlin