Swan Kamal

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Schwan's poor relief memorial ( Wuppertal , 2011)

Swan Kamal ( Kurdish شوان کەمال; * July 1, 1967 in Sulaimaniyya , Iraq ) is a Kurdish-German sculptor and draftsman.

Life

Swan Kamal and Justitia ( Erbil , 2014)
The Knight of Elberfeld, bronze, 300 × 300 × 100 cm, 2010

Schwan studied from 1982 to 1987 at the Sulaimaniyya Art Institute in the Autonomous Region of Kurdistan with Dara Hama Said and from 1988 to 1991 at the Art Academy of the University of Baghdad (Iraq) with Ismail Fatah Al Turk , Mohammed Ghani Hikmat and Salh Qaragoli .

He fled to Germany in 1995 for political reasons. From 1995 to 2000 Schwan worked at the art foundry Raimund Kittl , from 2000 to 2015 he worked as a model maker , moulder and chaser for Rolf Kayser in Düsseldorf . Under Kayser's direction, he implemented numerous sculptural projects in foundry work, including those by artists such as Tony Cragg , Thomas Schütte , Katharina Fritsch , Ulle Hees , Wilhelm Mundt , Hede Bühl , Paloma Varga Weisz , Pia Stadtbäumer , Johannes Brus , Bogomir Ecker , Ariane von Mauerstetten, Ingo Ronkholz, Carl Emanuel Wolff and Magdalena Abakanowicz . Schwan Kamal has lived and worked in Malmö , Sweden, since 2015 .

Work projects and monuments

Monuments in the Kurdistan Autonomous Region
  • 1991: Tofeqi Karaba in Halabja
  • 1992: Hama Said Andazyar in Slimane
  • 1993: Xala Haji in Slimane
  • 1994: Xala Haji in Slimane
  • 1994: Baxtyar Askari in Erbil
  • 2013: Justitia monument in Erbil
  • 2014: Şêrko Bêkes monument in Slimane
Monuments in Germany and Sweden
  • 2003: Uthmann monument (in honor of Gustav Adolf Uthmann ) in the north park of Wuppertal (reconstruction of a bronze plaque)
  • 2009: The knight Arnold von Elberfeld at the former Elberfeld town hall (reconstruction statue)
  • 2010: The truth in the entrance of the former Elberfeld town hall (reconstruction statue)
  • 2010: Justice in the entrance of the former Elberfeld town hall (reconstruction of the statue)
  • 2011: The Elberfeld Poor Care Memorial on the church square in Wuppertal (reconstruction of the statue)
  • 2011: Fountain of Justice , Platz der Republik in Wuppertal (reconstruction of a statue).
  • 2012: Felix Mendelssohn Memorial in Düsseldorf
  • 2013: Monument to Peter Held (called: Husch Husch) in Wuppertal
  • 2017: Meriam sculpture in the Gothenburg Library, Sweden
  • 2019: Monument to the city of Åhus åhus senst 1400-tal.
  • 2019: Monument (Trumslagare på elefant) Folkets Park in Malmö.
Solo exhibitions (selection)
  • 2011: Slimani Museum, Sulaimaniyya, Iraq
  • 2011: Medyahalle, Erbil
  • 1992: Paikarsazi surkeu galerie, Sulaimaniyya
  • 1989: Altaxtetat, British Consulate, Baghdad
  • 1987: Schwan Kamal, Museum Gallery, Sulaimaniyya
Group exhibitions (selection)
  • 2008: Nine x new in BBK gallery artedos, Kempen
  • 1994: Kurdish artest-surkeu gallery, Sulaimaniyya
  • 1993: Kurdish artest-museum gallery, Sulaimaniyya
  • 1992: Iraqi art group modern art gallery, Baghdad
  • 1988–1991: Art Festival, Art Academy Gallery, Baghdad
  • 1982–1987: Art Festival, Gallery Institute for fin art, Sulaimaniyya

gallery

  • Ritter von Elberfeld 2010, based on a model by Schwan Kamal

  • Ismael Xayats, relief 2017

  • Knight Arnold Ross, plaster model

  • Justice fountain (Wuppertal) 2011, model

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Schwan Kamal entry in the culture database. Retrieved April 4, 2018
  2. ↑ Schwan Kamal ( Memento of the original from March 15, 2018 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. Vita on the side of the BKK. Retrieved April 4, 2018. @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / www.bbk-niederrhein.de
  3. ↑ a b Great art from a single source Article by Helga Meister (text) and Bernd Nanninga (photos) from March 12, 2010 in the Westdeutsche Zeitung. Retrieved April 4, 2018.
  4. ↑ Ritter Arnold: His horse is almost finished Article by Annika Schneider from July 7, 2009 in the Westdeutsche Zeitung. Retrieved April 4, 2018.
  5. ↑ A piece of Elberfeld history returns home ( Memento of the original from April 11, 2016 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was automatically inserted and not yet checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. Newspaper clipping from the Wuppertaler Nachrichten on kunstgiesserei.com. Accessed April 5, 2018 (pdf). @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / www.kunstgiesserei.com
  6. ↑ Der Gerechtigkeitsbrunnen (2012) sculpture description on denkmal-Wuppertal.de. Retrieved April 4, 2018.
  7. ↑ [1] Upptäck medeltiden med dagens teknik.
  8. ↑ https://www.sydsvenskan.se/2019-12-01/den-glomde-pukslagaren-far-till-slut-sin-plats-i-staden
  9. ↑ 9XNEW IN BBK Photo series in the archive of the artedos studio gallery. Retrieved April 5, 2018.
personal data
SURNAME Kamal, swan
ALTERNATIVE NAMES شوان کەمال (Kurdish)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Kurdish-German sculptor and draftsman
DATE OF BIRTH July 1, 1967
PLACE OF BIRTH Sulaimaniyya , Iraq