Raphael Instead

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Raphael Statt OCist (* 1958 in Kleinmachnow as Wilfried Statt ) is a German monk and sculptor .

Life

Wilfried Statt grew up in Teltow and learned the profession of plasterer from 1975 to 1977 . From 1981 to 1986 he studied sculpture at the Berlin-Weißensee School of Art and graduated with a diploma. He completed a subsequent aspirantur at the same university in 1989 with a master’s degree . From 1988 to 1990 he also had a teaching position at the art college.

Since 1989 he has lived and worked as a freelance artist in Stahnsdorf . In addition to the design for the GDR's last commemorative coin , he created a large number of works, including for public spaces. This includes, for example, the design of a fountain on the market in Teltow or the Otto Lilienthal monument in Derwitz . From 1991 to 2003 he was teaching at the Potsdam Art School . In 2004 he was appointed to the Commission for Sacred Art and Church Building in the Archdiocese of Berlin .

In 2005 he entered the Cistercian Abbey of Heiligenkreuz near Vienna and took the religious name Raphael. He made his solemn profession in September 2009.

After the novitiate he was again artistically active at the request of the abbot Gregor Henckel-Donnersmarck . In October 2015, in the entrance area of ​​the Philosophical-Theological College Benedict XVI. a life-size bronze statue of Pope Benedict XVI. revealed.

Raphael Statt was one of the monks who, under the name The Cistercian Monks of Stift Heiligenkreuz , achieved top positions in the music charts as a choral schola with recordings of Gregorian chants .

Works (selection)

Lilienthal monument near Derwitz

Until 2005

  • Draft 20 Mark commemorative coin of the GDR for the 275th anniversary of the death of Andreas Schlueter (1989)
  • Lilienthal monument near Derwitz (inaugurated in 1991)
  • Fountain and benches on the market square in Teltow (1998/99)
  • Memorial stone to the victims of the division of Germany 1949-1989 in Kleinmachnow (2001)
  • Design of the Ewaldi Chapel in Duisburg-Laar (2001-2003)
  • Walk-in water play sculptures for two daycare centers in Kleinmachnow (2002/03, children's art project and implementation)
  • Prospectus draft and design of the Fleiter organ for the Catholic Holy Cross Church in Berlin-Hohenschönhausen (2004)
  • Tabernacle of St. Martin Church (Berlin-Märkisches Viertel) (2004)

After joining the order

Statue of Pope Benedict XVI in Heiligenkreuz
  • Stained glass windows and choir stalls for the Stiepel Monastery (2006/07)
  • Stained glass window blessed Otto von Freising , gift for Pope Benedict XVI. when visiting the monastery (2007)
  • Ring and pectorals for Abbot Gregor Henckel-Donnersmarck (2009)
  • Relief triptych for the Chapel of the Mount of Olives on the Way of the Cross in Heiligenkreuz (2010)
  • Glass wall Heavenly Jerusalem , “Ottonianum” lecture hall of the Heiligenkreuz University of Applied Sciences (2015)
  • Bronze statue of Pope Benedict XVI. for the Philosophical-Theological University in Heiligenkreuz (2015)

literature

Web links

Commons : Raphael Statt  - collection of images, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Artist couple Panzner finish teaching. Several generations of painters and draftsmen supervised , in: Märkische Allgemeine , September 16, 2013, p. STADT2
  2. ↑ a b cf. Brother Raphael or: how to make art into prayer , in: Bernhard Meuser : Chant. Life for paradise. The singing monks from Heiligenkreuz Abbey , Pattloch, Munich 2009, ISBN 978-3-629-02233-2 , pp. 62–68
  3. ↑ a b c d Thomas Marin: A stained glass window for the Pope Way of life Once Stahnsdorfer Wilfried Statt took religious vows and designed the chapel , in: Märkische Allgemeine, September 22, 2009, p. LAND3
  4. ↑ Construction of the wall 40 years ago: Memorial stone unveiled in Kleinmachnow , in: Berliner Morgenpost , August 14, 2001, p. 3
  5. ↑ cf. Names , in: Berliner Morgenpost, February 13, 2003, p. 25
  6. ↑ a b c d Sculptures and art projects for public spaces. In: Catalog of works on the artist homepage. Retrieved May 20, 2016 .
  7. ↑ The Tabernacle: God Has a New Home in St. Martin. Parish of St. Martin, accessed May 25, 2016 .
  8. ↑ A tour of the monastery ... In: Klosterführer. Stiepel Monastery , accessed on May 20, 2016 .
  9. ↑ Heavenly Jerusalem. In: artist homepage. May 14, 2015, accessed May 20, 2016 .
  10. ↑ Pope Benedict XVI. immortalized in bronze. In: online edition. Münchner Kirchenzeitung , October 1, 2015, archived from the original on May 20, 2016 ; accessed on May 20, 2016 .
personal data
SURNAME Instead, Raphael
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Instead, Wilfried
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German monk and sculptor
DATE OF BIRTH 1958
PLACE OF BIRTH Kleinmachnow