Reinhard Buxel

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Quader (1987), Langenhagen

Reinhard Buxel (* 1953 in Amshausen , Gütersloh district; † August 3, 2016 ) was a German sculptor .

Life

From 1981 to 1987, Buxel studied sculpture at the University of Fine Arts in Braunschweig , and from 1987 as a master student with Emil Cimiotti . Since 1983 Buxel has participated in numerous sculpture symposiums , including those in France and Japan. From 1987 to 2001 Buxel taught stone carving at the College of Fine Arts in Braunschweig. Buxel lived and worked in Salzkotten (Paderborn district).

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At first glance, Buxel's sculptures are reminiscent of prehistoric, cultic stone formations; the second glance reveals the rational concept: They are always precisely assembled from stone blocks that Buxel selects from individual stones found. He processes it in a few, clear cuts so that all the stones will later join together to form the shape conceived by the sculptor. With Buxel it is exactly the opposite of that with Ulrich Rückriem's sculptures , who start from the whole, divide it or cut it up and finally put the parts back together again to form a whole.

The sculptures by Buxel draw their tension from the interplay of the individual stone parts to create a uniform expression that mostly refers to elementary things such as a table, a gate or a cube. This effect is reinforced by the fact that the sides of the stone blocks worked by the artist mainly point inwards, and in some cases are no longer visible to the viewer after they have been joined, while Buxel leaves the individual outer sides of the stone blocks largely unworked.

“The craftsmanship is to be recognized and recognized as an important part of this artistic work, but it is literally enclosed in the inaccessible interior of the sculpture, while fracture surfaces dominate on the outside. Despite the weight and size of the sculptures, this creates the impression of balancing acts between nature and spirit. Nature is integrated into an artistic concept that does not rob her of her voice, but gives it a new independence beyond all coincidences ”(Lothar Romain, 1989).

Awards

  • 1986 Rudolf Wilke Prize of the City of Braunschweig
  • 1989 Lower Saxony artist grant
  • 1989 Bernhard Sprengel Prize for Fine Arts

Exhibitions (selection)

The exhibitions marked "E" are solo exhibitions.

  • 1984 Neuland house, Sennestadt
  • 1984 New Darmstadt Secession
  • 1986/87 Reinhard Buxel - Sculptures , Cultural Office of the City of Braunschweig E
  • 1989 Sprengel Museum Hannover E.
  • 2000 Stichting De Amsteltuin, Amsterdam E
  • 2007 Art Association Gütersloh in the district building, Gütersloh E
  • 2010 Municipal Gallery, Halle / Westphalia E
  • 2011 Sculptures in the Park , Mörfelden-Walldorf
  • 2011 Reinhard Buxel: Joined spaces in joined rock - stone sculptures . Catholic Academy Schwerte E
  • 2016 Theological Faculty Paderborn E.
  • 2016 Art Association Guest Rooms, Stuttgart (with Shinroku Shimokawa)
  • 2016 City Museum Beckum E

Working in public space (selection)

In particular, those of Buxel's works that can be traced back to sculpture symposia or public tenders can be viewed as art in public space by anyone at any time.

  • 1985 head . Sandstone, 2 × 2.3 × 3.6 m. Location: Jürgenohl market square, Goslar
  • 1986 dice . Sandstone, 2.3 × 2.3 × 2.3 m. Location: Island in Salzgittersee, Salzgitter
  • 1987 cuboid . Sandstone, 2.10 × 1.25 × 1.30 m, on the occasion of the 2nd sculpture symposium in Langenhagen. Location: Marktplatz, Langenhagen
  • 1988 table . Sandstone, 0.78 × 3.6 × 1.9 m. Location: on the banks of the Vechte, between Nordhorn and Frenswegen
  • 1988 table . Sandstone, 0.8 × 3.4 × 3.6 m. Location: Aegidienmarkt, Braunschweig
  • 1989 characters . Sandstone, 2.23 × 4.66 × 0.55 m. Location: Neuerkerode
  • 1989 goal . Sandstone, 2.54 × 3.2 × 1.32 m. Location: Sculpture Campus Lutz Teutloff at Brock University, St. Catherines, Ontario, Canada
  • 1991 terraces . Sandstone, 3.24 × 0.91 × 4.03 m. Location: Wolfsburg
  • 1992 Tobi Ishi . 3 + 5 + 7 stones, granite, 45 m long (paviment 90 m). Location: Muraoka, Hyogo Prefecture, Japan
  • 1995 Felsweg . Anröchter Grünstein . Location: Mosbach
  • 2000 For big and small children . Granite, about 0.80 m high. Location: Cerisy la Foret, Normandy, France

literature

  • Josef Meyer zu Schlochtern (Ed.): Reinhard Buxel , Verlag Kettler, Dortmund, 2016. [Catalog on the occasion of the exhibition Reinhard Buxel - Towers and Rooms , Theological Faculty Paderborn, April 24 to July 12, 2016, with contributions by Gerhard Auer, Josef Meyer zu Schlochtern , Christoph Rust, Manfred Schneckenburger ]
  • Manfred Schneckenburger : Stones and Rooms - Reinhard Buxel (PDF; 47 kB). Opening speech on the occasion of an exhibition in the Teutloff Gallery on February 21, 1999.
  • Lothar Romain : Reinhard Buxel. In: Eckhard Schneider: 3rd International Sculptor Symposium Bentheimer Sandstein 1988/89. Ed. County Grafschaft Bentheim, Nordhorn 1989, pp. 75–81.

Web links

Commons : Reinhard Buxel  - Collection of images, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Sculptures in the Park 2011- pieces of art. World of Form, September 20, 2011
  2. ^ Anne Petersohn: Buxel and Reiff: double exhibition shows art from nature. Ruhr Nachrichten, April 28, 2011.
  3. ↑ Exhibition "Towers and Rooms" - Theological Faculty shows stone sculptures by Reinhard Buxel. Archdiocese of Paderborn, April 21, 2016
  4. ↑ Walk through the art and imperial ring city of Goslar. City of Goslar ( memento from October 17, 2010 in the Internet Archive ).
  5. ↑ Reinhard Buxel: Würfel (1986). World of form.
  6. ↑ Reinhard Buxel: Tisch (1988). Kunstwegen.org.
  7. ^ Teutloff loved art - and how it looked on Brock's campus. Brock University , Brock News, August 25, 2017.
  8. ↑ Christoph Rust: Factory instead of castle: Sculpture project of the city of Wolfsburg, 7.7. - October 7, 1991, Reinhard Buxel. Published by the cultural office of the city of Wolfsburg, 1991.
personal data
SURNAME Buxel, Reinhard
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German sculptor
DATE OF BIRTH 1953
PLACE OF BIRTH Amshausen
DATE OF DEATH 3rd August 2016