Rolf Glasmeier

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Rolf Glasmeier (born March 28, 1945 in Pewsum ; † March 30, 2003 in Gelsenkirchen ) was a German artist, graphic designer and exhibition organizer.

Rolf Glasmeier

Life

Rolf Glasmeier was born in 1945 in Pewsum near Emden. In 1949 he moved to Gelsenkirchen with his parents. After his training as a typesetter, which he completed in Gelsenkirchen from 1962, he studied visual communication at the Ulm School of Design from 1965-1968 , a. a. with Otl Aicher . In 1967, while still a student, he created his first "department store with window handles". In 1968 he took part in the exhibition of the international artists' association of new tendencies "Tendencije 4" in Zagreb. From 1985-1989 Glasmeier was a lecturer in typography at the Dortmund University of Applied Sciences and from 1989 professor for communication design at the Muthesius Art Academy in Kiel . Glasmeier has received numerous awards, including the 1st prize for sculpture at the 6th Paris Biennale and the Villa Massimo Prize, Rome. In 1994 he was appointed to the German Werkbund. Glasmeier died in Gelsenkirchen in 2003. In 2007 the Ingolstadt Foundation for Concrete Art and Design took over the estate of Rolf Glasmeier.

Act

For Rolf Glasmeier, art and life were closely linked. He was active in almost all fields of the visual arts: as a photographer and typographer, sculptor and graphic artist, draftsman and object maker. Rolf Glasmeier was a political person who campaigned for society and the environment in a variety of ways. His art space Atelier Rolf Glasmeier, which he initiated, gave artists and musicians the opportunity to present their work to the public at regular intervals. Artists from different genres such as B. Mario Reis , Claus van Bebber , Julije Knifer , Klaus Küster , Jochem Ahmann , John Fischer , Knut Wolfgang Maron , Theo Jörgensmann , Miroslav Šutej and FK Waechter were guests here.

As a member of the German Association of Artists , Rolf Glasmeier took part in fifteen large annual DKB exhibitions between 1970 and 1997.

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In his early works, the department store objects that invite participation, Glasmeier uses industrially mass-produced everyday objects as artistic elements, creating interactive works that show the familiar in an unfamiliar context and are designed to be changeable. The art critic Heiner Stachelhaus: "Where Jesús Rafael Soto and François Morellet have researched the space of visual experience and experiences with concrete means down to the last clarity, the haptic quality is the decisive goal of Glasmeier's efforts." His photographs are also free playful concept of art. By capturing transient sections of reality with reflections and shadows and making structures visible, Glasmeier shows what is often lost in the daily flow of perception. While the enthusiasm for technology of the sixties was clearly noticeable in his early work, the focus on materials in Glasmeier's work changed from the mid-seventies. With the use of found objects and natural materials instead of elements of consumer society, Glasmeier extended the discussion of the structure to universal questions.

Memberships

Kinetic sculpture in Gelsenkirchen

Prizes and awards

  • 1967: Art Prize of the City of Gelsenkirchen
  • 1969: 1st prize for sculpture at the 6th Paris Biennale
  • 1970: Villa Massimo Prize
  • 1979: Young West Art Prize of the City of Recklinghausen
  • 1981: Barkenhoff Scholarship Worpswede
  • 1987: 1st prize in the design competition for the water treatment plant in Überruhr, Stadtwerke Essen
  • 1990: Prize from the Ruhr Area Municipal Association for the design of the UTR (environmental technology and recycling system) silo facility in Gladbeck
  • 1992: 2nd prize in the IBA competition for the design of the Rungenberg dump in Gelsenkirchen

Solo exhibitions (selection)

Works in public collections (selection)

Literature (selection)

  • Rolf Glasmeier, Department Store Objects. Ed .: Wulf Herzogenrath. Cat. Exhib. Municipal gallery Sole 1 Bergkamen, Hachhausen Datteln secondary school, Folkwang Museum Essen. Essen 1972
  • documentation of a series of exhibitions 1969-75. atelier rolf glasmeier. Ed .: Rolf Glasmeier. Gelsenkirchen 1975
  • Features a landscape. 6 Gelsenkirchen artists. Urban structures by: Andreas Böttcher, Rolf Glasmeier, Rüdiger Goeritz, Jiři Hilmar, Mario Reis, Many Szejstecki. Ed .: City of Gelsenkirchen. Exhib. Cat. House North Rhine-Westphalia. Gelsenkirchen 1981
  • Art Landscape Sculptures Objects Projects Actions Concerts Readings. Documentation of an art festival on the Barkenhoff Worpswede, Ed .: Rolf Glasmeier, Peter-Jörg Splettstößer . Worpswede 1982
  • Atelier Rolf Glasmeier, 14 years 100 festivals. Ed .: Rolf Glasmeier. Gelsenkirchen 1982
  • The area: motivation and motivation, documentation of a symposium on the site of the Zeche Carl with visual artists, architects, writers and musicians, Essen 1983
  • Four aspects of contemporary German photography. Rolf Glasmeier, Robert Häusser, Hans-Rudolf Thull, Pan Walther. Ed .: Goethe House New York. Essen 1984
  • Chronology Rolf Glasmeier, Close to Understanding ... Ed .: Uwe Rüth. Cat. Exhib. Sculpture Museum Glaskasten Marl, Städtische Galerie Lüdenscheid, Städtische Galerie Sohle 1 Bergkamen. Marl 1985
  • straight. Helmut Bettenhausen, Rolf Glasmeier, Jiri Hilmar, Diethelm Koch, Horst Linn, Heinz Wieck. Ed .: City of Gelsenkirchen, Städt. Museum Kunstverein Gelsenkirchen. Cat. Exhib. Museum Bochum, Art Association Gelsenkirchen. o. O. 1985
  • Rolf Glasmeier. Photographic images from an aluminum factory. Sequence layering mirroring. Ed .: City of Gelsenkirchen. Cat. Exhib. Municipal gallery of the city of Gelsenkirchen. Gelsenkirchen 1985
  • Symposium Inside - Outside I and II. Ed .: Rolf Glasmeier, Gerhard Reinert, Günther Zins. Cat. Exhib. Old Music School Lüdenscheid. Ludenscheid 1988
  • Rolf Glasmeier, Moons + Suns. Ed .: Flachglas AG. Gelsenkirchen 1993
  • Paper and Concrete Art: Rolf Glasmeier, Erwin Heerich, Vera Loermann ... Ed .: Alexander von Knorre. Cat. Exhib. Flottmann-Hallen Herne. Herne 1993
  • Dewerny, Glasmeier, Küster, Quast, Zech. 5 views related to installation ... documentation. Ed .: Brigitta C. Quast. Berlin 1994
  • Rolf Glasmeier, Things World, 1967-1994. Ed .: gfg… group for design. Gelsenkirchen 1995
  • Rolf Glasmeier, magic fairy tale (t) raum: 13 artistically designed postcards, publisher: Sculpture Museum Glasmkasten Marl 1994
  • Mandala action. Rolf Glasmeier. Ed .: Rolf Glasmeier. Gelsenkirchen 1997
  • Cycle ... 2. "Recycling" theme. Ed .: City of Gelsenkirchen. Cat. Exhib. a project by the gfg ... group for design, the Halfmannshof artists' settlement and the city of Gelsenkirchen as part of the 3rd Gelsenkirchen Environment Days. Gelsenkirchen 1998
  • Art guide Gelsenkirchen. Ed .: City of Gelsenkirchen. Gelsenkirchen 1999
  • Blue chips. Structures in Buer. Siegfried Danguillier, Rolf Glasmeier, Many Szejstecki. Ed .: Sparkasse Gelsenkirchen. Gelsenkirchen 2000
  • up close. Ed .: City of Remscheid. Cat. Exhib. Gallery of the City of Remscheid. Remscheid 2000
  • Nature spirits, magical places. Photographic images, documentations, drawings, installations, stagings. Ed .: City of Gelsenkirchen. Documentation booklet for an exhibition for the 2001 Summer Festival, Atelier Rolf Glasmeier, Gelsenkirchen-Buer. Gelsenkirchen 2001
  • RevierAtelier, Rolf Glasmeier. Ed .: Jörg Loskill. Essen 2005
  • The new tendencies. A European artist movement 1961-1973. Ed .: Tobias Hoffmann. Cat. Exhib. Museum for Concrete Art, Ingolstadt, Leopold-Hösch-Museum, Düren. Ingolstadt, 2006.
  • Rolf Glasmeier. Retrospective. Ed .: Foundation for Concrete Art and Design Ingolstadt. Cat. Exhib. Museum for Concrete Art, Ingolstadt, 2008.

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ kuenstlerbund.de: Exhibition participations Glasmeier, Rolf (accessed on December 14, 2015)
  2. ↑ skkd-ingolstadt.de: Rolf Glasmeier (accessed December 14, 2015)

Web links

personal data
SURNAME Glasmeier, Rolf
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German multimedia artist
DATE OF BIRTH March 28, 1945
PLACE OF BIRTH Pewsum
DATE OF DEATH March 30, 2003
Place of death Gelsenkirchen