Pit Kinzer

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Pit Kinzer at the Ostrale 2016

Pit Kinzer (born April 9, 1951 in Ottobeuren ) is a German artist .

Life

Pit Kinzer, whose real name is Peter Otto Kinzer-Weinacht, was born in Ottobeuren in Swabia . He completed an apprenticeship as a typesetter from that made school diploma at the Technical College of Design in Augsburg , where he studied architecture with the completion of a graduate engineer (FH). He has been a freelance artist since 1978. Since 1995 he has lived and worked in Markt Rettenbach in the Unterallgäu district . He is a member of the Federal Association of Visual Artists (BBK). He also appears as a musician, author and publisher, e.g. B. From 1978 to 1985 he was editor of sprachlos , a magazine for literature and art.

Artistic career

Pit Kinzer started as a draftsman and graphic artist in the 1970s . In the following years he made a name for himself as a socially critical etcher , also through numerous participations in international graphic biennials (including in Barcelona , Cadaques , Lublin , Toruń , Fredrikstad , Varna ). In 1991 he had to give up dealing with acids and solvents for health reasons and after an almost monochrome painting and woodcut phase came to photography, installations in public spaces and various other media, etc. a. interactive CDs. In 2005 he invented his "Gerngroß Models" (model railway figures on a scale of 1:87), which he has artistically staged in all conceivable variations since then, mainly in photographic works and installations. The "Gerngroß Models XXL", larger-than-life figures on mesh fabric, which have so far been installed in 35 cities in Germany and in Austria as far as Kyrgyzstan are known.

Exhibitions (selection)

Great models XXL in Villach

More than 150 solo exhibitions and over 500 exhibition participations in Europe, Asia and America attest to the continuous artistic work of Pit Kinzer. A selection of the exhibitions in recent years:

Awards (selection)

  • 2018 Culture Prize of the City of Memmingen
  • 2014 colleague award of the BBK Schwaben-Süd
  • 2010 1st prize "Kapuzinerhalle Burgau" (art-in-building competition) 
  • 2010 Art Prize of the City of Wertingen 
  • 2009 Art Prize of the Ulm Artists' Guild
  • 2005 Prize of the Rotary Club at the 8th Art Spring Bad Wörishofen 
  • 2002 Alfred Oberpaur Art Prize Kempten
  • 1993 Special prize at the Ostallgäu art exhibition in Marktoberdorf 
  • 1990 ArsNova sponsorship award from Sparda-Bank Saarbrücken
  • 1990 Kinvarapress Galway Ireland scholarship
  • 1987 Art Prize of the City of Augsburg for Fine Arts
  • 1982 Art Prize of the City of Augsburg for Literature (with "sprachlos")

Publications (selection)

Image and text publications by Pit Kinzer

  • 1981 Legaus - or Thinking Attacks the Thinker (novel)
  • 1981 Considering our situation , Ein Buch zu Brecht (Ed., With Jörg Scherkamp)
  • 1982 Drawings, prints , catalog
  • 1989 Etchings 1985–1989 and etchings , catalogs
  • 1999 The interactive catalog , CD-ROM
  • 1999 Rome is everywhere - Latin in everyday life , CD-ROM
  • 2000 double pack , CD-ROM
  • 2001 The green house project , virtual edition, CD-ROM
  • 2006 Photo works and installations , catalog, ISBN 3-937082-53-0
  • 2011 Gladly models , photo works and installations, ISBN 978-3-923914-01-2

In addition, numerous original graphic publications appeared as canvas cassettes, folders, calendars, etc. Ä., especially in the Edition Bernhard Beck, Homburg, u. a. with sonnets by Ludwig Harig and menu suggestions by Heinz Winkler (cook) . Pit Kinzer has also illustrated books and the artwork for books and phonograms, etc. a. designed for Wolfgang Lackerschmid , Götz Tangerding , Ray Pizzi or Andy Lutter .

Text and image publications about Pit Kinzer in numerous books, catalogs, magazines and newspapers, etc. a. larger items:

  • 1987 Jan Prein: ars combinatoria - about the eraser Pit Kinzer , in Graphische Kunst 29 (Edition Curt Visel Memmingen)
  • 1987 Ursula Leibinger-Hasibether: Pictures as wake-up calls , in tendenzen 160
  • 1989 Wolfgang Längfeld : When the ghosts dance , in catalog Pit Kinzer etchings
  • 2002 Jochen König Small people - big impact in The beautiful Allgäu, 5/2002
  • 2006 Gabriele Bessler, Michael Schels, Albert Hefele, Roman Kern, Dr. Hans-Wolfgang Bayer, Ursula Winkler: The miniature worlds of the Pit Kinzer u. a. , in catalog
  • 2009 Sabine Buchwald: Little man likes big , in Süddeutsche Zeitung, April 29, 2009
  • 2011 Klaus-Peter Mayr: Mentor of the Gerngroß Models, on the occasion of Pit Kinzer's 60th birthday , in Allgäuer Zeitung, April 9, 2011
  • 2011 Gudrun Szczepanek: Gladly models , in catalog
  • 2014 Ingrid Grohe: Small figure - big personality , in Schwäbische Zeitung
  • 2014 Klaus-Peter Mayr: An artist straight out of a picture book , in Allgäuer Zeitung
  • Entry in the pocket dictionary of contemporary Bavarian literature (Piper), 1986

Public purchases

Many of Pit Kinzer's works are in public ownership, including in the Federal Ministry of Transport, Building and Housing in Berlin, in the Bavarian State Painting Collections in Munich, in the Swabian district , in the municipal art collection of Augsburg, in numerous cities and municipalities and other public institutions, as well in the Museum of the History of Christians and Jews in Laupheim and in the Majdanek Museum in Lublin / Poland.

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Pit Kinzer in the Augsburg Wiki
  2. ^ Literature portal Bavaria: magazines
  3. ↑ A somewhat more detailed list of exhibitions
  4. ↑ An international art project in Dresden Dresdner Latest News from August 14, 2017, Fig .: Pit Kinzer: “ParkPlatz”
  5. ↑ Kunsthalle Kempten: Filters
  6. ↑ Schwäbische Zeitung from January 18, 2017 Artists offer a new perspective on Carl Laemmle
  7. ^ Art Association Bobingen: Pit Kinzer
  8. ^ Ostrale O16: Artists
  9. ^ Kunsthaus Kaufbeuren: Blick Fang
  10. ↑ Moving Wind 2016: Kinzer, Pit
  11. ↑ Noah Gallery: Fig. Pit Kinzer
  12. ↑ People in the City, Sculpture Path
  13. ↑ Fonland Festival: Pit Kinzer
  14. ↑ Art on the Isar ( Memento of the original dated November 11, 2017 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. @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / www.kunst-an-der-isar.de
  15. ↑ Bissee Sculpture Summer 2015
  16. ↑ Allgäuer Zeitung from November 25, 2014 An artist straight out of a picture book
  17. ↑ Westallgäuer Zeitung of September 17, 2014: Small figure, big personality
  18. ↑ Ars Dilettanti: Pit Kinzer ( Memento of the original dated December 23, 2014 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. @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / archiv.arsdilettanti.de
  19. ↑ Kleine Zeitung Kärnten from August 22, 2012 Artistic swimmers are still in town
  20. ↑ Kunst-Karee2012
  21. ↑ brink event folder
  22. ^ Kunstverein Graz Westpakete
  23. ↑ Allgäuer Zeitung of October 5th, 2011 In Kempten 33 Bavarian artists show inspiring photographs, videos and installations
  24. ^ Augsburger Zeitung of September 26, 2010
  25. ^ City of Wertingen, art award winner
  26. ↑ Neu-Ulmer Zeitung of September 21, 2009 Prize Winner Pit Kinzer
  27. ^ City of Augsburg, art sponsorship award winner 1958–2016
  28. ↑ Bavarian Bibliography: 1980-1981
  29. ↑ Ludwig Harig "Get out of the dirt". Together with Pit Kinzer. Edited by Monika Beck. Homburg-Schwarzenacker / Saar (Edition and Galerie Beck) 1990
  30. ↑ Pit Kinzer on discogs (incomplete)
personal data
SURNAME Kinzer, Pit
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Kinzer Christmas, Peter Otto
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German artist
DATE OF BIRTH April 9, 1951
PLACE OF BIRTH Ottobeuren