Ralf Kerbach
Ralf Kerbach (born March 12, 1956 in Dresden ) is a German artist .
biography
Ralf Kerbach studied from 1977 to 1979 at the Dresden Academy of Fine Arts with Gerhard Kettner . In 1979 he founded the art punk band Zwitschermaschine with Cornelia Schleime and Wolfgang Grossmann , to which he belonged until 1982.
In 1982 he was forced to leave the country and moved to West Berlin . There he received a work grant from the Senator for Cultural Affairs. This was followed in 1986/87 by a scholarship in Olevano and, from 1988, longer stays in Paris . From 1988 to 1990 he worked in a studio in Val Quieres near Montpellier . In 1991 he received a scholarship from the German-Brazilian Summer Academy in Joáo Passoa / Paraíba , Brazil.
In 1992 he was appointed professor for painting and graphics at the Dresden Academy of Fine Arts. Since 2010 he has been a member of the Saxon Academy of the Arts , since 2013 a member of the advisory board of the Poll Art Foundation , Berlin.
Solo exhibitions
- 2018 "The First Time" with Heidrun Rueda, school and prayer house, Altlangsow
- 2016 Gallery Poll, Berlin, "Dragon Pattern"
- 2015 Municipal Gallery Dresden “Ralf Kerbach. Space interior. Painting"
- 2013 Night Train Germany Kulturspeicher in the State Museum Oldenburg
- 2009 Gallery Döbele "I"
- 2008 Gallery Poll , Berlin, “Pollenflug” with Reinhard Stangl, Hans Scheib
- 2006 Leonhardi Museum Dresden
- 2006 Galerie Berlin, Berlin (with Romen Banerjee and Hans Michael Franke)
- 2005 Gallery at Amalienpark, Berlin: "Asphaltspiele" (artist books and works on literature)
- 2003 Galerie Niepel / Morawitz, Düsseldorf: "Table societies"
- 2001 Gallery Poll , Berlin: "Childhoods"
- 2000 Baumgarte Gallery, Bielefeld: "New Pictures"
- 1998 Goethe Institute , Porto: "Cityscapes"
- 1998 Staatliche Kunstsammlungen Dresden , Galerie Neue Meister: "Steinbilder.Menschenbilder.Stadtbilder"
- 1997 Galerie Hübner and Thiel, Dresden: "A motif-pictures from Dresden"
Participation in exhibitions
- 2017 Literature Museum Romantikerhaus Jena
- 2017 Kunstverein Mannheim and Galerie Döbele Mannheim, "Malstrom 2"
- 2017 Museum Young Art Frankfurt (Oder), "Malstrom 2"
- 2016 Martin Gropius Bau, "Votes against"
- 2016 Municipal Gallery Dresden, "Where to go with beauty"
- 2014 Art Association Schwerin, "Mc pomme"
- 2013 Bought the Museum of Fine Arts Leipzig
- 2013 Homage for Uwe Gressmann Galerie Pankow Berlin
- 2012 Hermann-Hesse-Museum Gaienhofen "On behalf of writing" the Hartmann collection
- 2012 Galerie Eva Poll Berlin "With lead and colored pencil" (drawings)
- 2011 Marburger Kunstverein Hamlet Syndrome: Skulls
- 2010 Gallery Zander-Kasten "All against Kerbach"
- 2009 "WITHOUT US" engine hall Dresden
- 2009 "Professions" University of Fine Arts Dresden (professors' exhibition)
- 2009 German Historical Museum "Art and Cold War"
- 2009 Germanisches Nationalmuseum "Art and the Cold War - German Positions 1945-1989"
- 2009 LACMA Museum Los Angeles "Two German Art in The Cold War"
- 2006 Galerie Döbele, Dresden: "Cityscapes"
- 2004 State Art Collections Dresden , New Masters Gallery: "New Acquisitions"
- 2003 Berlin-Moscow
- 2002 Museum Folkwang Essen : "Wahnzimmer Germany-Art of the 80s"
- 2001 Museum of Fine Arts Leipzig : "Crazy Germany - Art of the 80s"
Publications
Single publications
- Maelstrom. Pictures and figures 1982-1986 , exhibition catalog Haus am Waldsee 1986 (with C. Schleime, R. Stangl, H. Scheib).
- Pictures and drawings 1987 , POLLeditions Vol. 12, Berlin 1987.
- Zig x Selbst , Aschenbachgalerie, Amsterdam 1990.
- The witnesses. A series , POLLeditions Vol. 29, Berlin 1990.
- Blickfelder - Wegblicke , POLLeditions Vol. 46, Berlin 1992.
- A motif - pictures from Dresden , Galerie Hübner and Thiel 1997, with a text by Wolfgang Holler.
- Stone images. Images of man. Cityscapes , exhibition catalog Albertinum Neue Meister, Dresden 1998, with texts by Ulrich Bischoff and Annegret Laabs.
- New pictures , Leonhardi-Museum Dresden 2006, with a text by Michael Freitag.
- Hamlet Syndrome: Skulls , Marburger Kunstverein 2011, with a text by Harald Kimpel.
Catalog participation
- Deep looks. Art of the eighties , DuMont Verlag, Cologne 1985. ISBN 3-7701-1740-9
- Knock sign. Art and culture of the eighties , catalog for the exhibitions Mauersprünge and Wahnzimmer Germany , 2002 (contribution by Eckart Gillen).
- On behalf of the font , catalog of the Hartmann Collection, edited by Jürgen Thaler. ISBN 978-3-86828-291-7
literature
- Gisbert Porstmann, Carolin Quermann: Ralf Kerbach, space interior: painting. Kerber Verlag, Bielefeld et al. 2015, ISBN 978-3-7356-0053-0
Web links
Galerie Poll / Artists / Ralf Kerbach Ralf Kerbach in the picture atlas Art in the GDR
personal data | |
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SURNAME | Kerbach, Ralf |
BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German artist |
DATE OF BIRTH | March 12, 1956 |
PLACE OF BIRTH | Dresden |