Reinhard Omir

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Reinhard Omir (born November 5, 1938 in Kreuzburg , Upper Silesia ) is a German artist .

Life

Reinhard Omir studied mechanical engineering from 1958 to 1959 and architecture from 1959 to 1963 at the Technical University of Munich . After that he worked mainly as a painter and sculptor . He also taught at the University of Duisburg from 1977 to 1982 in the field of fine arts. In addition, Omir created numerous works in public spaces, mostly as art in architecture .

His original goal was to study industrial design at the Ulm School of Design. Max Bill advised him to first study mechanical engineering up to the intermediate diploma. After two semesters, he gave up his dry course disappointed and now studied architecture in Munich. Besides, or actually mainly, he started to paint as an autodidact. The great role models were Paul Klee , Wassily Kandinsky , Piet Mondrian . During his architecture studies he often visited professors who were friends at the academy, Günter Fruhtrunk and Leo Kornbrust . In 1962, while still a student, he presented his pictures to the then director of the Städtische Galerie im Lenbachhaus , Hans Konrad Röthel , who immediately offered him a separate room for an exhibition in his museum. In the exhibition, he met his architecture professor Franz Hart , who invited him to design one of the four large glass windows for a new building for the Institute of Mechanical Engineering at the Technical University of Munich , now the Technical University, together with Rupprecht Geiger , Fritz Harnest and Walter Raum .

In the years 1966–1975 he was fascinated by the subject of movement in the visual arts: large kinetic works were created ( Werner-Heisenberg-Gymnasium Garching , comprehensive school Schwabmünchen, today Leonhard-Wagner-Realschule , German Embassy Kabul, Afghanistan) and kinetic objects that in the Bavarian State Painting Collections in Munich, as well as in private collections (e.g. Graf Metternich, Burg Adelebsen ).

Working in public space

  • 1964: Colored glazing in the stairwell of the Institute for Mechanical Engineering of the Technical University of Munich, Luisenstrasse (together with Rupprecht Geiger , Fritz Harnest and Walter Raum )
  • 1972–1973: Kinetic column , kinetic fountain sculpture, formerly destroyed in the garden of the German Embassy in Kabul, Afghanistan, 1979
  • 1972: Kinetic sculpture in the entrance hall, Werner-Heisenberg-Gymnasium Munich
  • 1973: Kinetic sculpture, former Schwabmünchen comprehensive school
  • 1978: Wall design in the foyer of an administration building, The Hague, Netherlands
  • 1979: Untitled , 5.50 m high steel sculpture, Duisburg-Meiderich ( location )
  • 1979: Wall relief for the new town hall, Laufen an der Salzach
  • 1985: two kinetic aluminum objects and flooring in the entrance hall to the central library of the University of Augsburg
  • 1985: Facade design, Central Post Office, Oberhausen
  • 1986: Permuting sequence of a pictorial symbol , stainless steel wall relief, Faculty of Natural Sciences (Biologikum), University of Erlangen
  • 1988: Sculpture exhibition, Sculpture D-88 , in front of the Tonhalle, Düsseldorf
  • 1989: Sculpture Park, Institute for Public Administration, Hilden
  • 1990: Facade and open space design, Teekanne high-bay warehouse, Kevelaerer Strasse, Düsseldorf
    • twelve concrete pillars of different heights (up to 26.30 m)
  • 1990: Wall design, new cafeteria building, University of Eichstätt
  • 1991: Wall design, Institute for Electrical Engineering, Technical University of Munich
  • 1993: Fahnenwald , electrically operated kinetic object made of stainless steel, 9.50 m high, Hansastern office park, Hansaallee, Düsseldorf
  • 1994: Entrance design, Operative and Polyclinic Center, University Hospital Bonn
  • 1994: Large mural, Clinic for Anaesthesiology and Operative Intensive Care Medicine, University Hospital Bonn
  • 1996: Sails with shadow , stainless steel sculpture, Faculty of Law, University of Erlangen
  • 1982–2008: Design planning for roads: motorways, bridges, bypasses
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Solo exhibitions

  • 1971: Galerie Stangl, Munich
  • 1971: Galerie Sabine Vitus, Nuremberg
  • 1975: Szepan Gallery, Gelsenkirchen
  • 1976: Leaman Gallery, Düsseldorf
  • 1976: Studio Berggemeinde, Frankfurt
  • 1977: Gallery No. 66 - Engelhorn Foundation, Munich
  • 1978: Galerie an der Neupforte, Aachen
  • 1979: Westfälisches Landesmuseum Münster (studio)
  • 1979: Stadtische Galerie Schloss Oberhausen (studio)
  • 1980: Hilger and Schmeer Gallery, Duisburg
  • 1981: January Gallery, Bochum
  • 1982: City Gallery Lüdenscheid
  • 1982: Institute for Modern Art, Nuremberg
  • 1982: Municipal Gallery Regensburg
  • 1983: Galerie Milano, Ulm
  • 1989: Galerie art & be, Munich

Participation in exhibitions (selection)

  • 1968: German Association of Artists, Nuremberg
  • 1969: Modern Art Museum Munich
  • 1970: 35th Venice Biennale - Ricerca e Progettazione
  • 1971: Kunstforum (now Maximiliansforum ) Munich
  • 1971: Constructive tendencies, Hof
  • 1972: Galerie Thomas Keller, Munich
  • 1973: Visual Regulations, National Gallery Berlin
  • 1975: Moving areas, Kunsthalle Nürnberg
  • 1975: Rational Concepts, Szepan Gallery, Gelsenkirchen
  • 1975: Galerie St. Johann, Saarbrücken
  • 1976: ARS VIVA 76, Wilhelm-Lehmbruck-Museum, Duisburg
  • 1977: Takeover of the exhibition ARS VIVA 76 from Duisburg, Kunsthalle Nürnberg
  • 1977: Pfalzgalerie, Kaiserslautern
  • 1977: Art Prize of the City of Gelsenkirchen
  • 1977: German Association of Artists, Frankfurt
  • 1978: Abstract definition of space, National Gallery Berlin
  • 1978: Art in the Space of Architecture, Staatliche Kunsthalle Berlin
  • 1981: Märkisches Scholarship, Lüdenscheid
  • 1983: Exhibition of the graphic cassette (Hommage à Gustav Stein), Kulturkreis im BDI, Cologne

Awards and grants

literature

  • Omir, Reinhard . In: General Artist Lexicon . The visual artists of all times and peoples (AKL). Saur, Munich 1992 ff.
  • Municipal gallery in the Lenbachhaus Munich: Reinhard Omir , catalog, Munich 1963
  • Galerie Thomas, Munich: Reinhard Omir , catalog, Munich 1965
  • The art: Issue 1967/7: Reinhard Omir , Thiemig-Verlag, Munich 1967
  • Deutscher Künstlerbund: annual exhibition 1968 , catalog, Nuremberg 1968
  • 35th Venice Biennale: Ricerca e Progettazione. Proposte per una esposizione sperimentale , Venice 1970
  • Galerie Sabine Vitus: Reinhard Omir , catalog, Nuremberg 1971
  • The art: Issue 1971/10, Thiemig-Verlag, Munich 1971
  • Deutscher Künstlerbund: Visual Orders , Catalog, Berlin 1973
  • Architecture & Living: Issue 1/74, Jahreszeiten Verlag, Hamburg 1974
  • America Memorial Library: Artists of the Young Generation , Berlin 1974
  • Heiner Stachelhaus: Reinhard Omir , Magazin Kunst, issue 1975/2, Wiesbaden 1975
  • Kunsthalle Nürnberg: Moving Areas , Catalog, Nürnberg 1975
  • Galerie Szepan: Rational Concepts , Catalog, Monopresentation at the Art Fair Cologne 1975
  • J. Klosterkötter: Reinhard Omir - kinetic art as a reflection on time , Cologne 1975
  • Wilhelm-Lehmbruck-Museum: Ars Viva 1976 , catalog, Duisburg 1976
  • Deutscher Künstlerbund: annual exhibition , catalog, Frankfurt 1977
  • Engelhorn Foundation Munich: Reinhard Omir catalog, Munich 1977
  • Verlagsgalerie Leaman: reaction , together with Francois Morellet, Düsseldorf 1978
  • Institute for modern art: Reinhard Omir - thoughts on his work , Nuremberg 1978
  • Institute for Modern Art: Reinhard Omir , in Mitteilungen No. 17–18, Nuremberg 1978
  • Gallery Association Munich e. V .: Acquisitions 1973–1978 for the State Gallery of Modern Art , Munich 1978
  • Deutscher Künstlerbund: Abstract definition of space / art in the space of architecture , Berlin 1978
  • Ernst-Gerhard Güse: Constancy and change in the work of Reinhard Omir . Gallery at the Neupforte, Aachen 1978
  • Supreme Building Authority Munich: Artworks for Weihenstephan , catalog, Munich 1979
  • Ulrich Fernkorn, Reinhard Hoeps: Reinhard Omir , January Gallery, exhibition catalog, Bochum 1981
  • Municipal gallery Lüdenscheid: Reinhard Omir , Märkisches Stipendium, Lüdenscheid 1981
  • Institute for Modern Art, Nuremberg: Reinhard Omir , in: Mitteilungen, Nürnberg 1981
  • Ernst-Gerhard Güse, Reinhard Hoeps, Walter Vitt: Reinhard Omir, works 1976–1981 , Städtische Galerie, Regensburg 1981
  • Walter Vitt: On the development of works at R. Omir , in: Walter Vitt: From strict designers , self-published, Cologne 1982, ISBN 3-9800144-4-4
  • Reinhard Omir . In: Hans Albert Peters and board member of the “Sculpture Park Seestern” foundation (ed.): Sculpture Park Seestern: young sculptors in Düsseldorf . Exhibition catalog. Sculpture Park Seestern, Düsseldorf 1982, DNB  830146512 .
  • Reinhard Omir , in: Die Kunst, Heft 11, 1982, Thiemig Verlag, Munich 1982
  • Dieter Honisch, Cologne Art Association, Federal Association of German Industry (Hrsg.): Young art in Germany - privately funded . In connection with the exhibition of the same name in the Kölnischer Kunstverein (...), in the Nationalgalerie Berlin, Verein der Freunde (...) and in the Städtische Galerie im Lenbachhaus Munich (...). Edition art book Berlin published by Rembrandt-Verlag, Berlin 1982, ISBN 3-7925-0294-1 .
  • Institute for modern art, Nuremberg: Noise barriers from an artistic point of view - A project by Reinhard Omir , Mitteilungen No. 30/31, April 1983, Nuremberg 1983
  • Culture group in the BDI: Gustav Stein - collector, sponsor, friend . Graphic cassette and catalog, Cologne 1983
  • State capital Düsseldorf: Reinhard Omir , in: Skulpturenschau D-88 , Düsseldorf 1988
  • Peter Schwickerath (catalog): Sculpture D-88 . Duration of the exhibition: May to October 1988. Ed .: Association for the Organization of Art Exhibitions e. V. Association for the organization of art exhibitions, Düsseldorf 1988, ISBN 3-923607-04-0 .
  • Städtische Galerie Lüdenscheid: Reinhard Omir , in: Schwarz Konkret , catalog, Lüdenscheid 1990
  • Kunstmuseum Düsseldorf: Reinhard Omir , in: Kunstminen , catalog, Düsseldorf 1990
  • Hermann Rühl: Reinhard Omir . In: Supreme Building Authority Munich (Hrsg.): Bildwerk, Bauwerk, Artwork: 30 years of art and state building in Bavaria . Bruckmann, Munich 1990, ISBN 3-7654-2308-4 .
  • Clemens von Looz-Corswarem, Rolf Purpar: Reinhard Omir . In: Kulturamt der Landeshauptstadt Düsseldorf and Stadtarchiv Düsseldorf (Hrsg.): Kunststadt Düsseldorf: Objects and monuments in the cityscape . Grupello, Düsseldorf 1996, ISBN 3-928234-41-2 .
  • Wolfgang Funken: Reinhard Omir , in: ars publica düsseldorf , Stadtarchiv Düsseldorf, Düsseldorf 2012

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Internet site "Museum of 1000 Places"
  2. ↑ The Modern Art Collection in the Pinakothek der Moderne has three works that are currently (2020) not on display: X - 1/67 (1967), XII - 1/69 (1969) and III. - 2/74 (1974). Reinhard Omir. In: sammlung.pinakothek.de. Bavarian State Painting Collections (without images).;
  3. ↑ Each of the four artists created the window on one floor, Reinhard Omir the top one. - Julia Geiger: Geiger at the building # 2: Glass sticker. In: Archive Geiger Blog. Geiger archive, Munich, February 25, 2020 .;
  4. ↑ Urbanizer's office for urban concepts (processing): 60 × art in architecture from 60 years . Ed .: Federal Ministry for Transport, Building and Urban Development. Federal Ministry of Transport, Building and Urban Development, Berlin 2010, p. 78-79 ( bund.de [PDF]). - MS (= Martin Seidel?): Reinhard Omir: Kinetic column (fountain sculpture) 1973. In: Museum of 1000 Places - Art in building on behalf of the federal government since 1950. Federal Office for Building and Regional Planning, 2020 .;
  5. ^ Art in architecture. (pdf) State Building Authority Erlangen-Nürnberg, p. 40 of the file .;
  6. ↑ Rita Schulze Vohren: Steles high-bay storage teapot. In: emuseum.duesseldorf.de. Cultural Office of the State Capital Düsseldorf;
  7. ^ Forest of flags. In: emuseum.duesseldorf.de. Cultural Office of the State Capital Düsseldorf; - Thomas Emden-Weinert: SkulpTour Düsseldorf: Flag forest. In: welt-der-form.net.
  8. ^ Art in architecture. (pdf) State Building Authority Erlangen-Nürnberg, p. 5 of the file .;
personal data
SURNAME Omir, Reinhard
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German artist
DATE OF BIRTH November 5, 1938
PLACE OF BIRTH Kreuzburg , Upper Silesia