Pit Kroke

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Dortmund , Harenberg-Haus, garden, Pit Kroke, Lonos, steel painted, 1986
Sculpture “Lenz 92” on Olivaer Platz in Berlin

Pit Kroke (born March 1, 1936 in Fürstenwalde / Spree ; † November 1, 2016 ) was a visual artist who was best known for striking steel sculptures in public spaces. His works can be found in public places in New York and Bologna , but also in German cities. The "history wall" in the Willy-Brandt-Haus is also well -known , with which Kroke presents the history of social democracy in a large format on 180 m² in 32 individual objects. Against the background of a photo of the opening of the wall, still images from TV reports and other objects are shown here.

Pit Kroke initially studied experimental photography in Berlin, but also worked as a painter, sculptor and graphic artist. The artist, who lived temporarily in Sardinia , lived in Berlin since 1992 . Krokes is buried at the Zehlendorf forest cemetery, Potsdamer Chaussee 75.

Exhibitions

  • 1986: Galleria "Nuova 2000", Bologna - 5 sculptures in the old town of Bologna
  • 1987: Galleria "arte duchamp",
  • 1987: BOS sculpture in Piazza Della Costituzione, Bologna
  • 1989: Galleria "Il Millennio", Rome
  • 1989: Galleria D 'Arte Moderna, Villa Delle Rose, Bologna
  • 1990: Sculpture Mile downtown Munich - 18 large sculptures in public space
  • 1990: Duisburg, Wilhelm Lehmbruck Museum
  • 1991: KEANAA sculpture in Essen
  • 1991: Galleria "Il Millennio", Rome
  • 1991: Opening exhibition at the Goethe House, New York C.
  • 1991: Sprengel Museum, Hanover
  • 1992: TIKO sculpture in front of the Queens Museum, New York C.
  • 1992: GOT sculpture in Hanover
  • 1993: Galerie Pabst, Frankfurt / Main
  • 1993: Tammen & Busch Gallery, Berlin
  • 1994: Sculpture project "STADTZEICHEN", Altes Museum, Berlin
  • 1994: New Saxon Art Association, Dresden
  • 1994: Ulm town hall , Münsterplatz, Ulm
  • 1995: Utermann Gallery in the Harenberg House Sculpture Park and Tammen & Busch Gallery
  • 1995: 7 large sculptures in the sculpture park Harenberg City Center, Dortmund
  • 1995: GRAN GOLAR sculpture in the Sculpture Garden of the Teutloff Collection at Brock University, St. Catherines
  • 1996: EXMÀ Municipal Cultural Center, Cagliari
  • 1996: LENZ sculpture in the Hackesche Höfe, Berlin
  • 1997: "Turn of Time" in Harenberg City Center, Dortmund
  • 1997: AEDES East architecture gallery, Berlin
  • 1997: Tammen & Busch Gallery, Berlin
  • 1998: Installation of the sculpture LENZ at Olivaer Platz, Berlin
  • 2003: Academy of the Arts Berlin from June 7th to September 14th, 2003
  • 2007: What is plastic? 100 years - 100 heads, Wilhelm Lehmbruck Museum, (among other artists)

literature

  • Pit Kroke: An exhibition of the Galleria d'arte moderna Giorgio Morandi, Bologna . Bologna 1989, Munich 1990, Duisburg-Rheinhausen 1990, Stony Brook, Long Island and New York City 1991
  • Pit Kroke: sculture e dipinti . Bologna, Villa delle Rose, September / November 1989
  • Seeing and thinking . Video documentation of 23 artist talks on the exhibition series of the same name (1997–2004) in the Fine Arts Department of the Academy of Arts at Hanseatenweg 10 , u. a. with Pit Kroke, Akademie der Künste 2005. ISBN 3-88331-090-5
  • Gregor Laschen (ed.): The finger of Hölderlin. Poetry from France. With nine pictures by Pit Kroke . ISBN 3-89429-731-X
  • Pit Kroke - outdoor sculptures . Utermann Gallery, Harenberg Edition 1995

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Commons : Pit Kroke  - collection of pictures, videos and audio files
personal data
SURNAME Kroke, Pit
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German sculptor
DATE OF BIRTH March 1, 1936
PLACE OF BIRTH Fürstenwalde / Spree
DATE OF DEATH November 1, 2016