Ruth Zadek

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Ruth Zadek (2008)

Ruth Zadek (born May 20, 1953 in Neustrelitz ) is a German visual artist and honorary city councilor in Nuremberg.

Life

She is the second of three daughters of the Jewish communist resistance fighters Gerhard Zadek and Alice Zadek . Ruth Zadek grew up in Berlin, studied art education and history at the Humboldt University in Berlin and graduated in 1975 with a diploma.

In order to develop artistically she left the GDR in 1981 and moved to Nuremberg, where she still lives and works today. She also supported other GDR citizens in gaining a foothold in the West. B. the successful in the GDR jazz guitarist Uwe Kropinski , who did not want to return to the GDR in 1986 after a concert in Bavaria. In the 1996 documentary film "Shalom Comrades" by Gitta Nickel broadcast on the Ostdeutscher Rundfunk Brandenburg , Ruth Zadek reports on the consequences of her departure for her and her parents who were active in the GDR.

From 1984 to 1989 she studied painting and free graphics at the Academy of Fine Arts in Nuremberg under Georg Karl Pfahler . There she became a master class student and later also an assistant to Georg Karl Pfahler and Rolf-Gunther Dienst . Ruth Zadek has been working as a freelance visual artist since 1993 and has since been involved in solo and group exhibitions at home and abroad. a. in the Kunsthalle Nürnberg , in the Kunsthalle Tübingen , in the Gallery of Artists in Munich, in the City Museum Erlangen and in the Nuremberg House in Krakow.

At the same time, she taught at the Summer Academy for Fine Arts in Salzburg (1994, 1997) and at the Summer Academy of the Center for Interdisciplinary Design in Plauen (2002).

As program coordinator and artistic director, she helped bring about the first “ Blue Night ” in Nuremberg. Ruth Zadek has been a voluntary city councilor in the Nuremberg city council since 2002. a. also as spokeswoman for cultural policy and in the culture committee of the Bavarian Association of Cities.

Artistic creation (selection)

Exhibitions

  • 1988: Participation in the exhibition “Young Artists”, Kunsthalle Nürnberg and Galerie der Künstler Munich
  • 1989: Participation in the exhibition “Master Student of GK Pfahler”, Kunsthalle Tübingen
  • 1991: Solo exhibition, Bechsteinhaus, Berlin
  • 1991: Participation in exhibitions “Students of GK Pfahler”, Kunstverein Aalen and Ecole supérieure d'art, Aix-en-Provence (France)
  • 1992: Solo exhibition, Institute for Aesthetic Boundaries, Kohlenhof, Nuremberg
  • 1993: Participation in exhibitions "KunstRaum Franken 1993/94", Kunsthalle, Nuremberg (catalog) and "Young Artists", Galerie Steingraeber Bayreuth (catalog of Hypo-Bank Munich "Young Artists of German Academies 93/94")
  • 1996: Solo exhibition “Excerpts”, Kunstverein, Ulm
  • 1996: Participation in the exhibition “Kunstgang”, City Museum Erlangen
  • 1997: Solo exhibition "Space - Image - Place", Kunstverein Nürnberg - Albrecht Dürer Society, Nuremberg
  • 1998: Participation in the exhibition “From the wall to the room”, Galerie Geiger, Stuttgart (now Konstanz) and “Dialog”, Kunstpalast, Krakow (Poland)
  • 2004: Solo exhibition “Objects and Paper Works”, Artconcept Nürbanum, Nuremberg
  • 2005: Participation in the exhibition “Kaspar Hauser 3 times contemporary”, Rotary Club, Herzogenaurach
  • 2006: Participation in the exhibition "Letters to Anne Frank", Museum Nuremberg Historical Art Bunker , Nuremberg
  • 2007: Solo exhibition “Where from where? Remember forgotten! ", Nuremberg House, Krakow (Poland)
  • 2007: Solo exhibition "My Private Land", Kunstraum Sterngasse, Nuremberg
  • 2010: Participation in the exhibition “Pecha Kucha - Krakau”, Bernsteinzimmer Gallery, Nuremberg
  • 2014: Participation in the exhibition “25 Years”, Kunstverein Kohlenhof, Nuremberg
  • 2016: Participation in the exhibition “25 Years of Artothek”, KunstKulturQuartier, Nuremberg

Books

  • 2003: Book project "The 'Junkanoo' phenomenon or the other way of dealing with disasters" (Bahamas / Germany)
  • 2005: Contribution to “I am writing to you because I too want peace” - letters to Anne Frank (edited by Madeleine Weishaupt)
  • 2011 Contribution to the book “Glücksuchende? Conditio Judaica in Soviet Film "(ed. By Lilia Antipow / Jörn Petrick / Matthias Dornhuber)

theatre

Installations

  • 1992: "Eat Art", Goethe-Institut , Budapest (Hungary)
  • 1994 Art campaign for the anniversary celebration of the KPZ, Germanisches Nationalmuseum, Nuremberg

Documentaries

  • “Schalom, Comrades” (about the Zadek family, with Ruth Zadek), TV broadcast in 1996 on Ostdeutscher Rundfunk Brandenburg (authors Gitta Nickel Wolfgang Schwarze, length 45 min)
  • "Generation 49 plus", TV broadcast 2007 on Franken TV (author Michael Aue, length 30 min)

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ agas: Interview Uwe Kropinski 1v2. Retrieved November 1, 2017 .
  2. ↑ The Blue Night: Sponsors and Partners. Retrieved November 4, 2017 .
  3. ↑ Cathérine Simon: Nazi regime: The main war criminals sat in such cells . In: THE WORLD . June 17, 2014 ( online [accessed November 1, 2017]).
  4. ↑ FOCUS Online: Nuremberg SPD wants to turn cell prison into a museum . In: FOCUS Online . ( Online [accessed November 2, 2017]).
  5. ^ Nuremberg: Culture Committee of the Nuremberg City Council unanimously approves controversial sculpture in honor of Nelson Mandela . In: donaukurier.de . ( Online [accessed November 2, 2017]).
  6. ↑ Bavarian Association of Cities - Culture Committee. Retrieved November 4, 2017 .
  7. ↑ SLUB Dresden - catalog. Retrieved November 2, 2017 .
  8. ^ Institute for Modern Art Nuremberg. Retrieved November 2, 2017 .
  9. ↑ Bayerische Hypotheken- und Wechsel-Bank AG (Ed.): Catalog "Young Artists German Academies" 1994 .
  10. ↑ Chronicle 1996: www.balleis.de. Retrieved November 4, 2017 .
  11. ↑ (Issue: Annual Issues 1997)
  12. ^ ArtFacts.net: Ruth Zadek. Retrieved November 4, 2017 .
  13. ↑ Nürnberger Nachrichten: Anyone who does not interfere is your own fault . Nuremberg May 19, 2004.
  14. ↑ Manfred Schaller: pr kh-Rotary. Retrieved November 4, 2017 .
  15. ^ Nordbayern.de, Nürnberg, Germany: 60 letters to Anne Frank . ( nordbayern.de [accessed on November 4, 2017]).
  16. ^ City of Nuremberg / online office: News from the town hall: Kaspar Hauser meets Ruth Zadek - exhibition in the Nuremberg house in Krakow. Retrieved November 4, 2017 .
  17. ↑ Nürnberger Nachrichten, December 4, 2007 "The search for home - The Bahamas and other 'dream countries'"
  18. ^ Project funding from the Bavarian Ministry of Culture, art book in the archive of the Academy of Fine Arts Nuremberg
  19. ↑ “I am writing to you because I too want peace” - letters to Anne Frank. ed. by Madeleine Weishaupt. [Nilufar Abbasian. ], Edition Knurrhahn von Weishaupt, Madeleine [ed.] And Anne [addressee] Frank :: Nürnberg: Rüger, 9783932717222 kart., 1st edition .. - AMAHOFF- Bookstores. Retrieved November 1, 2017 .
  20. ^ DEFA Foundation - Nickel, Gitta. Retrieved November 4, 2017 .
  21. ↑ Media workshop full catalog. (PDF) Medienwerkstatt Franken, accessed on April 11, 2017 .
personal data
SURNAME Zadek, Ruth
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German visual artist and honorary city councilor in Nuremberg
DATE OF BIRTH May 20, 1953
PLACE OF BIRTH Neustrelitz