Reimund Kasper (artist)

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Reimund Kasper

Reimund J. Kasper (* 1947 in Werne , North Rhine-Westphalia ) is a German artist. He deals with painting, printmaking, sculpture, illustration and landscape planning.

Life

After completing an apprenticeship as a craftsman and graduating from high school, Kasper went on study trips to Karlsruhe and Berlin. From 1971 to 1977 he studied painting, graphics, sculpture, architecture, art studies and sociology at the Münster University of Applied Sciences . As a qualified designer, he worked as a cultural maker for the city ​​of Kamen from 1977 to 1998 and founded one of the first municipal galleries in Germany in 1977 , of which he was director until 2010. In his gallery work he organized around 250 exhibitions with artists from Europe. From 1980 to 1998 he trained apprentices in graphic design. From 1998 until 2010 he headed the department of culture in the city of Kamen. Kasper has been a lecturer in painting, graphics, ergonomics, design in urban space, architecture and landscape planning and as an artist since 1980. Since 1984 he has been a member of the Professional Association of Visual Artists. In 1999 the Kunsthaus Kasper was founded in a listed Art Nouveau villa in Kamen as a studio, workshop and producer's gallery. In 2001 he founded the artist group REFLEX - an association of independent artists in North Rhine-Westphalia. Since 2002 Kasper has been the founder, organizer and participant of the international art fair ART KAMEN, which took place for the 10th time in the Kamen town hall in 2018. He is a founding member of the artist group UNWETTER, which was formed in 2018.

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Kasper's artistic work is determined by the dynamic gesture. The powerful color ductus on the canvas has become a characteristic of his painting. Kasper has exhibited his work in solo and group exhibitions and at art fairs since 1980. The entire work is influenced by experimental insertions for decades. The connection of different materials, v. a. in plastic work, is characteristic of the artist. Kasper's works are in private and public collections.

Monument to the 50th anniversary of the State of Israel

On the occasion of the 50th anniversary of the State of Israel in 1998, Kasper created an extensive work of art that unites people. On 50 wooden panels, the artist depicts human figurations that express Israeli life, Israeli culture and Israeli history on the body surfaces in free formal language. The work of art is now a memorial in Ben-Gurion University in Eilat .

Alchemy of art, melting pot of the arts

For the exhibition “Alchemy of Art, Melting Pot of the Arts” in the Thomä Church in Soest, Kasper created large-format images on the subject of “Love, Lust and Passion”, which reflect the complexity of human life.

Lüner Hansetuch

The "Lüner Hansetuch" is an international art project in the spirit of the Hanseatic League and a unique collection of Hanseatic paintings from 34 Hanseatic cities and Hanseatic offices in 13 nations, which is sponsored by the Friends of Art and Culture Lünen e. V. has been financed. Kasper has been represented in the collection since 2016 with his work “A moving world through the ages”. The work shows the development of the Hanseatic city of Kamen from the Middle Ages to the modern age.

Goya calls the spirits

Kasper interprets works by the Spanish painter Francisco de Goya (1746–1828), who is one of the most important pioneers of European modernism , as part of the project “Goya calls the spirits” by the artist group UNWETTER . Goya was a commissioned painter at the Spanish court, but became a free thinker and prosecutor of his time. The radiance of Goya's works extends to the present day and prompts the members of the UNWETTER group ( Alfred Gockel , Wernfried Hübschmann , Reimund Kasper and Joey Schmidt-Muller ) to breathe a new spirit into Goya's timeless themes.

Art projects (selection)

  • 1989 "People" graphic portfolio, Theater Münster
  • 1994 "Signals", campaign against xenophobia with the state of North Rhine-Westphalia
  • 1995 graphic calendar for the city of Dortmund
  • 1995 Winner of the "Graphic Biennale", Goethe Institute, São Paulo / Brazil
  • 1998 50-part memorial for the 50th anniversary of the State of Israel, Kamen / Eilat
  • 2001 "People" series from 18 steel sculptures / came
  • 2004 Project "Wassergrab", KunstQuadrate.Essen / Zeche Zollverein
  • 2005 Project "Landscape using the example of the Renaissance", KunstQuadrate 05 / Zeche Zollverein, award winner
  • 2006 Project "St. Margarete", Margaretenkirche Methler
  • 2007 Project "Space and Color" Rietberger Möbelwerke, Riedberg
  • 2008 Project "with skin and hair", Synagoge Polch / Koblenz
  • 2008–2010 cultural project: Art and Music I-III, City of Kamen / District Unna / Dortmund
  • 2009 Project "Mythical Creatures" Lauenburg / Kamen
  • 2010 Campaign on the nuclear disaster in Japan in the Künstlerhaus Lauenburg / Hamburg
  • 2012 Chernobyl: People-Places-Solidarity, work of art for the history workshop in Charkow / Ukraine
  • 2015 work stay in Florida / USA, studies in the Everglades
  • 2016 Project "Zirkuslust. Festival of Dreams", Avant Art, Lüdinghausen
  • 2016 "Lüner Hansetuch", international art project with artists from 13 nations, winner of the competition
  • 2016 Project "Alchemy of Art, Melting Pot of the Arts", St. Thomä Church / Soest
  • 2017 graphic portfolio "Luther. 500 years of the Reformation. Artists illustrate Luther quotes", Kultur Kreis Kamen / REFLEX
  • 2017 retrospective "In the course of time" in the House of Kamen City History
  • 2018 Project "The shooting of the insurgents". Tribute to Francisco de Goya
  • 2019 project "Goya calls the spirits", artist group UNWETTER

Works in public space (selection)

  • 1989 Memorial for the Kamen Synagogue, Kamen
  • 1990 Stahlplastik, RAG, Essen
  • 1991 sculpture "crucifixion", cath. Kindergarten, Werne
  • 1992 relief, community center, Kamen
  • 1999 Large sculpture "Structural Change" as part of the iba final, Kamen
  • 2002 Steel sculpture, Fürstenhofschule, Werne
  • 2006 bronze sculpture "Unicorn", Heeren
  • 2013 redesign of the Magdalenenkapelle, Kamen
  • 2019 Europa-Plastik, Kamen

Exhibitions (selection)

  • 1984 State Gallery of Yokohama / Japan
  • 1985 Metropolitan Museum Tokyo / Japan
  • 1986 Exponata '86, University & Theater Münster
  • 1988 Goethe-Institut São Paulo / Brazil
  • 1988 Galerie Oeresund Helsingborg / Sweden
  • 1989 Torhaus Gallery, Dortmund
  • 1989 University of Michigan / USA
  • 1987 Museum Kalmar / Sweden
  • 1992/93 German-Italian exhibition tour:
    • Liesborn, Potsdam, Napoli, Palermo
  • 1994 Riga Museum / Latvia
  • 1995 Museum Breuer, Zwickau
  • 1996 Euro-Center, Cologne
  • 1997 City Hall Gallery, Dortmund
  • 1996 Liesborn Abbey Museum, Liesborn
  • 1996 Museum Ostwall, Dortmund
  • 2001 Technopark Holland, Bochum
  • 2002–2018 International art fair Art Kamen
  • 2003 Culture project Turkey - Germany by Radio Kaktus Münster
  • 2004 and 2005 Zeche Zollverein, Essen
  • 2007 KunstRaumHamm, project "Zeitzeichen"
  • 2009 Gerhart Hauptmann House, Düsseldorf
  • 2010 Künstlerhaus Lauenburg, Lauenburg
  • 2013 Big Gallery BBK, Dortmund
  • 2014 International art fair Art Endingen, Endingen
  • 2015 International art fair art expo.nrw in Hamm
  • 2015 Heinrich Lübke Museum, Hamm
  • 2015 Big Gallery BBK, Dortmund
  • 2017 House of Kamen City History, Kamen
  • 2017/18 art fair Art Lingen

Art seminars (selection)

  • 1985–1990 Akademie am Meer, Klappholttal / Sylt
  • 1989 Interlaken / Switzerland
  • 1989 Ängelholm / Sweden
  • 1992 The Rye Arts Center, Rye / England
  • 1994–1996 & 2014 Burg Beeskow, Documentation Center Art of the GDR, Brandenburg
  • 2007/08 Bleckede Castle , Lower Saxony
  • 2010–2019 Künstlerhaus Lauenburg, Schleswig-Holstein

Publications (selection)

  • 1992 Art catalog from Li Pa Na Po, DiSa art agency
  • 1996 Catalog 40 Years of the Dortmund Group, Dortmund
  • 1998 Catalog of Dortmund Artists Directory, City of Dortmund
  • 2010 Catalog Art and Music, City of Kamen
  • 2013 Catalog With Without Everything, BBK Ruhrgebiet eV
  • 2014 catalog ART KAMEN, Kunsthaus Kasper
  • 2015 catalog free, artist group REFLEX
  • 2016 Circus Lust catalog. Festival of Dreams, Avant Art publishing and trading company
  • 2016 Catalog Fifteen Years of REFLEX, REFLEX artist group
  • 2016 catalog ART KAMEN, Kunsthaus Kasper
  • 2017 catalog ART LINGEN, studio traces
  • 2017 Catalog Das Lüner Hansetuch, Friends of Art and Culture Lünen eV
  • 2017 Catalog Over Time, Kunsthaus Kasper
  • 2018 catalog "The shooting of the insurgents". Homage to Francisco de Goya, REFLEX artist group
  • 2018 catalog ART KAMEN, Kunsthaus Kasper
  • 2018 catalog ART LINGEN, studio traces
  • 2019 catalog Goya calls the spirits, artist group UNWETTER

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ BBK Ruhrgebiet member list. Retrieved on February 25, 2019 (German).
  2. ^ Kunsthaus Kasper - studio, workshop and producer's gallery. Retrieved on February 25, 2019 (German).
  3. ↑ REFLEX | Association of freelance artists in NRW. Retrieved on February 25, 2019 (German).
  4. ↑ ART KAMEN 2018 | Review. Retrieved on February 25, 2019 (German).
  5. ↑ artist group UNWETTER. Retrieved on February 25, 2019 (German).
  6. ^ Memorial to the 50th anniversary of the State of Israel. Retrieved on February 25, 2019 (German).
  7. ↑ St.Thomae Soest - current dates. Retrieved February 25, 2019 .
  8. ↑ Alchemy of Art. Retrieved on February 25, 2019 (German).
  9. ↑ Lüner Hansetuch | Förderverein Kunst und Kultur Lünen eV Accessed on February 25, 2019 (German).
  10. ^ City of Lünen | Art collection. Retrieved February 25, 2019 .
  11. ↑ WEATHER | Goya project. Retrieved on February 25, 2019 (German).
personal data
SURNAME Kasper, Reimund
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Kasper, Reimund J.
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German artist
DATE OF BIRTH 1947
PLACE OF BIRTH Werne