Rudolf J. Kaltenbach
Rudolf J. Kaltenbach (* 1956 in Hochheim am Main ) is a German sculptor .
Life
Kaltenbach graduated in 1986 with a degree in design from the Wiesbaden University of Applied Sciences . From 1989 to 1993 he studied stone carving with Yoshimi Hashimoto at the Berlin University of the Arts . Since 1991 he has participated in numerous national and international sculpture symposiums , including in Austria, Korea and France. Together with the sculptor Silvia Fohrer, he is the founder of the international sculpture symposium Stones without Borders , which is part of the European Sculpture Route of Peace .
Kaltenbach lives and works as a freelance sculptor in Berlin. He has been a member of the Federal Association of Visual Artists since 1986 .
Awards and competitions (selection)
- 2011 scholarship from the cultural office in Bernau near Berlin
- 2010 winner of the competition for the design of the choir in the church of St. Peter and Paul, Hochheim am Main
- 2010 Audience Award for Sculptures in the Park, Mörfelden-Walldorf
- 2004 annual scholarship from the Office of the Federal President of Germany
- 2004 1st prize for sculpture at the International Sculpture Symposium in Castres / France; Award for sculpture la Cunhere du Sidobre / France
- 2001 1st prize for Sculpture Mühlendorf Society, Berlin
- 1994 Scholarship from the Berlin Cultural Senate
- 1977 2nd prize for graphics from the city of Wiesbaden
Solo exhibitions (selection)
- 2009 Under the sign of the stones . Church of St. Peter and Paul, Hochheim am Main
- 2007 Deutsche Kulturgemeinschaft Urania Berlin eV in cooperation with the Technical University of Berlin Geosciences
- 2007 State Museum Görlitz (together with Silvia Christine Fohrer)
- 2006 Hochheim am Main town hall
- 2003 Art Forum in the Mainturm, Flörsheim am Main
- 1997 Celtic Museum and Art Forum Hallein / Austria
- 1996 Künstlerhof Buch der Akademie der Künste zu Berlin (also 1997, 1999, 2000)
- 1994 Europacenter Kultursenat Berlin with S. Dzubas
- 1987 Wattenscheid Bochum Art Circle
- 1986 Goethe-Institut Manila Philippines
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Monument design
Memorial to the Euthanasia Victims (2012)
In cooperation with the sculptor Silvia Fohrer, the memorial for the euthanasia victims was inaugurated in front of the former Dr.-Heim-Heilstätten, Hobrechtsfelder Chaussee 150, Berlin-Buch on the occasion of the 2012 national mourning day . The memorial commemorates around 11,000 handicapped and mentally ill patients from the Buch sanatoriums and nursing homes who were transported away under the Nazi regime from 1940 and murdered in killing centers or who died in Buch through the use of drugs that led to death (so-called " Euthanasia Murders ").
The 1.70 m high monument, made of Portuguese granite and African Nero Assoluto, is a foundation of the psychologist Rosemarie Pumb, who is researching the involvement of Buch hospitals in Nazi euthanasia, by Olaf Zeuschner, Berliner Forsten, as well as Rudolf Kaltenbach and Silvia Fohrer .
Children for Children (2014)
A second memorial, Kinder für Kinder (2014), commemorates 123 children of forced laborers who died at an early age during the Nazi tyranny. The children died between 1940 and 1945 as a result of insufficient care and infectious diseases in camps and hospitals in Buch .
The monument made of granite, marble, and Labrador stone was created in 2014 in collaboration with the sculptor Silvia Fohrer, with the support of the Round Table History Book, District Office Pankow, Senate Department for Health and Social Affairs, Federal Program "Promote Tolerance - Strengthen Competence" of the Federal Ministry for Family, Seniors, Women and youth and many others. The memorial is an initiative of Ms. Pumb, Mr. Zeuschner, Ms. Fohrer and Mr. Kaltenbach. Children from schools who were already participating in the 10th International Sculpture Symposium Stones Without Borders wrote down the 123 names of the children who were proven to have died at the time and also made drawings. Kaltenbach and the sculptor Silvia Fohrer created the memorial and they applied the marble tiles with the names written by the children that they had engraved in the Carrara marble. The sculpture is 2.30 m high. The granite comes from the St. Agnes Church in Berlin-Kreuzberg and was three altars that were approved for the memorial by the parish of St. Bonifatius.
The memorial is located on Hobrechtsfelder Chaussee, at the beginning of the Stones without Borders sculpture line , on the state border with Brandenburg. At that time, the forced laborers worked in the former sewage fields , which stretch from Berlin-Buch to Barnim.
Works in public space (selection)
- 2015 origin of life . Sandstone, Hobrechtsfelder Strasse, Panketal- Zepernick , Brandenburg
- 2015 world axis (lat. Axis mundi). Black-Swedish gabbro and rocks from the continents, Bernauer Heerweg, Panketal- Hobrechtsfelde , Brandenburg
- 2013 Garden of Tolerance . Granite, Berlin-Buch, HOWOGE Wohnungsbaugesellschaft mbH
- 2012 double cross . Portuguese granite, Hobrechtsfelde, Berlin-Buch
- 2012 reminder . Portuguese granite and Labrador, Genfer Platz, Schwanebeck (Panketal)
- 2011 change of double cross . Spektrolith, Bernau City Park
- 2010 Stone installation Doomsday-BWV-Himmelsband . Pitztal Austria
- 2010 sky stone . Blue Macaubas, Mörfelden-Walldorf (exhibit from the exhibition Sculptures in the Park )
- 2007 homage to Karl Prantl . Krastal marble, Austria
- 2006 reconciliation . Granite, Landek Museum, Ostrava / Czech Republic
- 2004 Gate Brück . Finnish Balmoral Granite, Brück City Park
- 2004 Bellevue III . Tarn Granit, Castres / France, 1st prize for sculpture at the International Sculpture Symposium in Castres
- 2001 Large clear space . Granite boulder from Potsdamer Platz Berlin, Berlin-Hobrechtsfelde
- 2001 Great Gate of Heaven for Otto Eder . Krastaler marble, Krastal / Austria
- 2000 Great rhythm . Swedish-Black Gabbro, Rosengarten Parish Church of St. Peter and Paul, Hochheim am Main (previously placed on loan in Hummelpark, donated to the Catholic Church in 2006)
- 2000 Bellevue . Three granite boulders, entrance area of the Pankow underground station, Senate Berlin
- 1999 movement . Muschelkalk Goldbank, Wiesbaden-Biebrich, GWW Wohnbaugesellschaft in collaboration with landscape architect M. Adolph, Wiesbaden
- 1999 Doppelbogen Granit, Wiesbaden Klagenthal, GWW Wohnbaugesellschaft in cooperation with Galerie Evelyn Bergner, Wiesbaden
- 1993 stream . Reinersreuth Weissenstadt / Fichtelgebirge from Günter Henschel
- 1993 fountain of peace . Diabase, City of Malta / Austria
- 1989 Berlin . Stahl, Berliner Platz, City of Hochheim am Main
Works in collections (selection)
- Museum Bochum Collection
- Hochheimer art collection
Web links
- Official homepage of the artist
Individual evidence
- ↑ In the sign of the stones ( Memento of the original from March 4, 2016 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. , Exhibition in the Church of St. Peter and Paul, Hochheim am Main (Catholic parish of St. Peter and Paul)
- ↑ Inauguration of the memorial for the victims of Nazi "euthanasia" in Berlin-Buch , Action T4, November 22, 2012
- ↑ Memorial for euthanasia victims in book unveiled , BBB Management GmbH Campus Berlin-Buch, November 19, 2012
- ↑ Stones without Borders - Sculpture Line , Kaltenbach and Silvia Christine Fohrer
- ↑ Memorial for the Nazi Victims , BB-EWERKultur
- ^ Rudolf J. Kaltenbach - Sculpture , Stones Without Borders 11 - International Sculptor Symposium in Berlin-Buch, 2015
- ↑ Rudolf J. Kaltenbach: Himmelsstein (2010), Mörfelden-Walldorf (World of Form)
- ↑ Rudolf Kaltenbach donates the "Great Rhythm" of the parish, Hochheimer Zeitung of September 15, 2006 (Catholic parish of St. Peter and Paul)
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Kaltenbach, Rudolf J. |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German sculptor |
| DATE OF BIRTH | 1956 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Hochheim am Main |