Peter Schwickerath

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Peter Schwickerath
Plastic penetration 78, stainless steel 3.00 × 3.00 × 3.00 m, Düsseldorf-Oberkassel Rheinwiesen

Peter Schwickerath (born November 2, 1942 in Düsseldorf ) is a German sculptor .

biography

Born in 1942 in Dusseldorf, Peter Schwickerath studied from 1964 in the sculpture class of Adolf Wamper at the Folkwang School of Design in Essen. In 1965 he became an assistant to the sculptor Curt Beckmann . In 1966 Schwickerath moved to the Düsseldorf Art Academy , where he studied sculpture with Manfred Sieler and Norbert Kricke .

Peter Schwickerath has been working as a freelance sculptor with his own studio since 1968 .

1988, on the occasion of the 700th anniversary of Düsseldorf, organizer of the "Art Axis - Sculpture D-88 ", during which more than 40 objects were placed between the old town and the courtyard . Some (a few) of them stayed in place.

"The exhibition Sculpture D-88 - An art axis between the art gallery , art collection NRW, art academy, art museum and art palace - approx. 1.5 km long - a contribution by approx. 40 Düsseldorf artists to the city anniversary - Organizer: Association for the organization of art exhibitions eV - responsible for organization, exhibition and catalog: Peter Schwickerath "

- Peter Schwickerath

1981 to 1982 Idea and organization: The ambulant museum I + II , of Stinnes AG, Mülheim an der Ruhr.

“ The ambulant museum took place twice at the beginning of the 1980s in Stinnes AG, Mülheim. the ambulant museum is an attempt to make contemporary art more accessible. In this case, the viewer does not need to go to the museum, but the museum comes to him at the workplace and thus the art from the sheltered museum space into the natural environment of everyday life. the ambulante museum represents an excerpt from the work of Düsseldorf artists who have come together to this concept. "

- Peter Schwickerath

Peter Schwickerath lives and works in Düsseldorf and Uruguay.

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The relationship between mass and space, volume and space and the effect of surface directions in space is the theme of his work. The surface as the boundary of the body, the line when the surfaces of the body meet, as well as the color and structure of the material are the means. Peter Schwickerath prefers clearly defined forms for his metal sculptures , such as the square column and the cylinder. With their different arrangement and the interplay of mass and volume, these aim to represent spatial references and make them recognizable. Schwickerath is particularly interested in the variety of possibilities in formal simplicity and rigor.

“Steel is his preferred material, with which he has been working for years. In technically complex processes, it apparently effortlessly folds and bends black sheet metal, rolled steel and stainless steel. [...] The "large bottom fold" made of just 10 millimeters thick stainless steel appears light and elegant [...]. Two elements of different lengths are arranged at right angles to each other, with the long part protruding vertically into the room, while the shorter part lies flat on the floor. The meeting point of the two sides is marked by a fold. […] The industrial character of rolled steel is closer to Schwickerath. In the case of rather small objects, he puts straight and curved shapes in an attractive relationship of tension. Bends break up the strict straight lines again and again. [...] In his most recent works, the artist layers and sticks massive steel girders into striking wall and floor sculptures. As clearly structured as they appear, they don't reveal all their secrets. Nevertheless, the work has a lot to say - and that goes beyond all brooding about exhausted angles of inclination. "

- Michaela Plattenteich : Where hard steel deforms effortlessly: WZ February 24, 2011

Numerous large sculptures can be found in public spaces, in sculpture parks at home and abroad, as well as in private collections. At the end of 2015, sixty of his works, a total of 20 tons of steel art, were sent by sea to Uruguay for a show outside of Europe. The exhibition took place in January 2016 in the sculpture park of the Fundación Pablo Atchugarry .

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Large sculptures in public spaces

other large sculptures in private collections, including the sculpture “Folding” from 1988 in Italy, a steel stele 4 m × 0.80 m × 0.80 m

Exhibitions

  • 1967: Heinemann fashion house, Düsseldorf
  • 1968: Winter exhibition , Museum Kunstpalast , Düsseldorf
  • 1969: Sculptures and graphics, Altes Kino Düsseldorf-Lohausen
  • 1970: Sculpture, Knoll International, Düsseldorf
  • 1972: Winter exhibition at the Museum Kunstpalast, Düsseldorf
  • 1973: Forum for Young Art, Kunsthalle Recklinghausen
  • 1974: Art in the City, Solingen City Hall
  • 1975: Neighborhood, Kunsthalle Düsseldorf
  • 1977: 50 artists from NRW, Cultureel Centrum, Venlo
  • 1977: Grands et Jeunes du aujourd'hui, Grand Palais , Paris
  • 1977: The area as a fascination ?, Oberhausen Castle
  • 1978: Three sculptors in the Villa Engelhardt , Düsseldorf
  • 1978: 100 German artists, Krakow, Poland
  • 1981: Sculpture Drei times Drei, Stadtmuseum Landeshauptstadt Düsseldorf
  • 1982: Four Düsseldorf sculptors, Glaskasten Sculpture Museum, Marl
  • 1983: Sculptures, Altena City Gallery
  • 1984: 80 out of 400 artists in Mathildenhöhe , Darmstadt
  • 1985: Art 16 '85, Basel, Switzerland
  • 1986: Thyssengas sculptures, Duisburg
  • 1986: Vebiskus Kunstverein, Schaffhausen, Switzerland
  • 1987: West German Artists Association , Hagen
  • 1988: Art Association and Municipal Museum, Wesel
  • 1988: Galerie Art and be, Munich
  • 1990: Black concrete, Städtische Galerie, Lüdenscheid
  • 1991: Sculptures 91 Xylon, Schwetzingen Museum
  • 1992: Sculpture and graphics, Kunstverein, Schwelm
  • 1993: Sculpture and graphics, Galerie Fochem, Krefeld
  • 1994: West German Artists Association, Kunsthalle Recklinghausen
  • 1996: Sculpture and drawing, Kunstmuseum Ahlen
  • 1996: Sculpture and drawing, Städtische Galerie Lüdenscheid
  • 2000: Galerie am Eichholz, Murnau
  • 2001: Galerie Fochem, Krefeld
  • 2001: West German Artists Association, Museum Bochum
  • 2002: Perspektiven II, Galerie Meißner, Hamburg
  • 2003: Egon Zehnder International, Hamburg
  • 2004: Steel sculpture outside, Flottmann-Hallen , Herne
  • 2004: FERRUM, Our Fritz colliery , Herne
  • 2005: Galerie Fochem, Krefeld
  • 2005: Galerie am Eichholz, Murnau
  • 2006: 3rd Swiss Triennial of Sculpture, Bad Ragaz, Switzerland
  • 2007: Municipal Museum, Kalkar
  • 2007: Light and heavy, Galerie Feder, Murnau
  • 2009: 4th Swiss Triennial of Sculpture, Bad Ragaz, Switzerland
  • 2010: Great Düsseldorf art exhibition
  • 2010: Country Party, West German Artists Association,
  • 2010: Sculpture Park, Flottmann-Hallen, Herne
  • 2011: Galerie Fochem, Krefeld
  • 2011: Blickachsen 8 , Bad Homburg
  • 2011: Galerie 15a, Lochem, The Netherlands
  • 2011: Steel Center, Düsseldorf
  • 2011: Grosse Düsseldorfer, Düsseldorf
  • 2011: Metal concrete, Galerie St. Johann, Saarbrücken
  • 2012: Galerie 15a, Lochem, Netherlands
  • 2013: Galerie 15a, Lochem, Netherlands
  • 2014: Onomato Art Association, Düsseldorf
  • 2014: Steel sculpture in Germany - yesterday and today, Kunstverein Wilhelmshöhe, Ettlingen
  • 2015: Flottmann-Hallen, Herne
  • 2015: Galerie Fochem, Krefeld
  • 2016: Juego de Austeras Formas en Acero ', Sculpture Park Fundación Pablo Atchugarry , Highway 104 near Punta del Este , Uruguay

literature

  • Four Düsseldorf sculptors: William Brauhauser, Hagen Hilderhof, Peter Schwickerath, Jun Suzuki. Exhibition in the Sculpture Museum Glaskasten Marl, 1982
  • Peter Schwickerath: Sculpture D-88, exh. Kat., Düsseldorf 1988, Ed. Association for the Organization of Art Exhibitions eV, Düsseldorf, ISBN 3-923607-04-0
  • Steel, space, Lower Rhine. Kunstverein u. City Museum Wesel, Galerie im Centrum, 1988, ISBN 3-7927-1043-9
  • Smerling, Walter and Ferdinand Ullrich [Hrsg.]: Public Art Ruhr. The Ruhr Metropolis and art in public space. Cologne 2012, p. 168f.
  • Steel sculpture outside: Peter Schwickerath; Flottmann-Hallen, July – October 2004, published by Stadt Herne, Der Oberbürgermeister, authors: Uwe Rüth, Hermann Ühlein, ISBN 3-934940-15-3

Web links

Commons : Peter Schwickerath  - Collection of images, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ http://welt-der-form.net/Duesseldorf/index.html
  2. ^ Julia Brabeck: Works of art weighing tons , on RP from January 27, 2016, accessed on February 10, 2016
  3. ↑ http://www.kunstgebiet.ruhr/kunstform/doppelfaltung
  4. ↑ Exhibition of works by Peter Schwickerath ( Memento of the original dated February 4, 2016 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. , at the German Embassy in Montevideo, accessed on January 11, 2016 @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / www.montevideo.diplo.de
personal data
SURNAME Schwickerath, Peter
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German sculptor
DATE OF BIRTH November 2, 1942
PLACE OF BIRTH Dusseldorf