Ralf Metzenmacher

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Ralf Metzenmacher, exhibition “From Puma to Pan”, 2009
Thorsten and Kai Wingenfelder in front of Ralf Metzenmacher's painting “Feuerbach 2008”, 2009

Ralf Metzenmacher (born July 26, 1964 in Aachen ; † August 3, 2020 ) was a German painter and designer .

Life

Metzenmacher studied object and product design with a focus on painting and drawing at the Aachen University of Applied Sciences from 1986 to 1991 under Christiane Maether and Ulf Hegewald. From 1991 to 2004 he worked as a designer at Puma AG . Most recently, he was the director responsible for the areas of Footwear Europe and Accessories International . Metzenmacher - like Michael Michalsky at adidas - successfully relaunched older Puma products with a " retro look". He was instrumental in the restructuring of the sports goods manufacturer into an international sporting lifestyle - brand involved. Since 2004 he has been working as a freelance artist. He lived and worked in Bamberg .

Metzenmacher died in August 2020 after a long bike tour in Thuringia.

painting

Metzenmacher has been painting since the early 1980s. During his studies and in addition to his work as a designer, he painted numerous genre scenes and still lifes , which are documented in the book "Die Another Welt" ( self-published ). He saw himself as a representative and so-called “pioneer” of retro art painting : a synthesis / combination of art and design . Metzenmacher's surreal retro art also sees itself as a “revitalization” of 17th century still life painting and as a “further development” of Pop Art .

Metzenmacher's work appears silent and surrealistic. Individual objects are depicted with disciplined drawing precision. They are taken from the natural environment, stand individually or in an artificially arranged context that is surrounded by unreal space. The luminous, high-contrast coloring alienates the materiality of the objects and irritates the viewer. A frame is indispensable for every picture that imitates the style of the past.

The brothers Kai and Thorsten Wingenfelder , founders of the rock band Fury in the Slaughterhouse , composed and produced the appropriate “visual music” for five paintings by Ralf Metzenmacher.

In the picture cycle “A Journey into the Sham Holy Land”, Metzenmacher dealt with the themes of religion, politics and power.

Exhibitions as a painter (selection)

Solo exhibitions

  • La Trecera - does still life painting still make sense today? , Kohlhof Art Mile, Bamberg, 23 July - 24 August 2004
  • 11th Bamberg Art & Antiques Weeks 2006, schooruum, July 21 - August 21, 2006
  • Masculinity today , graphic design atelier - Steven P. Carnarius, Bamberg, March 13 - April 4, 2009
  • From PUMA to PAN , PAN kunstforum Niederrhein, Emmerich am Rhein , 29 August - 18 October 2009
  • "The Flaming Heart" - Retro in Art, Galerie Schneeberger, Münster, July 1st - July 31st, 2011

Group exhibitions

  • Human and nature in harmony - floors of art , Giechburg , September to October 2005
  • CURRICULUM ARTE. Christiane Maether and her students - The Aachen years 1982–2006 , Suermondt-Ludwig-Museum , May 20 - July 23, 2006

See also

literature

  • Art forum PAN (Ed.): From Puma to PAN - The world of Ralf Metzenmacher. o. O. [2009].
  • Adam C. Oellers (Ed.): Christiane Maether and students - The Aachen years 1982–2006. Suermondt-Ludwig-Museum, Aachen 2006, ISBN 3-929203-61-8
  • Elizabeth E. Guffey: Retro: The Culture of Revival. Reaction, London 2006, ISBN 1-86189-290-X
  • Wolfgang Pauser: retro aesthetics . In: Hubertus Butin (Ed.): DuMont's glossary of terms for contemporary art. DuMont Verlag, Cologne 2002, pp. 266-270, ISBN 3-8321-5700-X
  • Jakob Schrenk: From Herzogenaurach to the World Cup in Asia: The Puma brand is making its comeback. The shoe as a question of faith. The company used to sponsor soccer clubs and employ ordinary shoemakers - today, Puma designers create lifestyle products for everyone who feels young. Süddeutsche Zeitung, Friday, May 31, 2002, No. 123, Economy, p. 26
  • Rolf-Herbert Peters : The Puma Story. Hanser, Munich 2007, ISBN 3-446-41144-5

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ About the crisis and successful restructuring measures at PUMA in the 90s, see: Ralf Metzenmacher: With retro design and new customers on the road to success. In: Hansjörg Künzel (Hrsg.): Handbook customer satisfaction: Strategy and implementation in practice. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg, New York 2005, pp. 227-254, ISBN 3-540-21144-6 .
  2. ↑ Thomas Pregl: Bamberg mourns the brush artist: Ralf Metzenmacher is dead. In: FN-Magazin.de (Franconian Night). August 4, 2020, accessed August 4, 2020 .
  3. ↑ Kirsten Remky: Ralf Metzenmacher. In: Adam C. Oellers (ed.): Christiane Maether and students - The Aachen years 1982–2006. Suermondt-Ludwig-Museum, Aachen 2006, p. 102.
  4. ↑ Retro-Art Music Edition
  5. ↑ From Puma to PAN - Exhibition Ralf Metzenmacher
  6. ↑ PAN art forum Niederrhein: From Puma to PAN
  7. ^ Gallery Schneeberger
personal data
SURNAME Metzenmacher, Ralf
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Brush artist, rallipan
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German retro painter and designer
DATE OF BIRTH July 26, 1964
PLACE OF BIRTH Aachen
DATE OF DEATH August 3, 2020