Sculptures in the park
Sculptures in the Park is an open-air exhibition of sculptures that takes place every August in the city of Mörfelden-Walldorf (Groß-Gerau district). The works of art are set up or installed during the six-week show in the park at the Bürgerhaus Mörfelden (Parkstrasse) with its old trees. In the course of its existence, both established and younger artists have exhibited their works here. Participants included a. Werner Pokorny , ER Nele , Vera Röhm , Ottmar Hörl , Reinhard Buxel , Gotthelf Schlotter and Kai Richter .
The sculpture park mostly shows a colorful mixture of figurative art, abstract art, objects and installations. Classical sculpture in steel and bronze is usually represented as well as works made of wood, ceramic and stone. More unusual materials such as bamboo, concrete or nylon tights refer to forms of expression in contemporary sculpture. Sculptures in the Park is under the patronage of the action artist Ottmar Hörl , President of the Academy of Fine Arts Nuremberg. The vernissage attracts several hundred visitors from the region every year.
price
The Sculptures in the Park competition awards an artist with a prize every year. A solo exhibition in the municipal gallery Mörfelden-Walldorf in the following year is associated with the award. The jury consists of two gallery owners and two artists from Frankfurt am Main and Mörfelden-Walldorf. The jury also selects the participating artists from the applications in advance.
Since 2019 the jury prize has been called the Otto Schaffner Prize - in honor of Otto Schaffner, the co-founder of 'Sculptures in the Park', who died in July 2019.
Supporting program
An extensive supporting program takes place during the sculpture exhibition, including a children's art weekend with sculpture workshops for children, an evening performance and, of course, guided tours.
Organizer and funding
The event is organized by the voluntary municipal gallery Mörfelden-Walldorf and by the city of Mörfelden-Walldorf in cooperation with the regional association of galleries in Hesse and Rhineland-Palatinate. Is sponsored sculptures in the park by the Cultural Summer Südhessen e. V., an association of five districts in southern Hesse (Bergstrasse, Darmstadt-Dieburg, Groß-Gerau, Odenwald, Offenbach) and the City of Science Darmstadt, which promotes cultural events in the region.
history
The sculpture park of the city of Mörfelden-Walldorf was initiated in 1998 by the artists Kathrin Gordan (Frankfurt am Main), ER Nele (Darmstadt) and the artist Otto Schaffner (Mörfelden-Walldorf). It is one of the oldest regular sculpture exhibitions in Germany , alongside the Blickachsen in Bad Homburg.
Sculptures in the Park 2020
The annual sculpture exhibition for the applications received this year was postponed to 2021 due to the corona pandemic with jury selection, accompanying program and award ceremony. Instead, the Mörfelden-Walldorf Municipal Gallery and the Sculpture Park Förderverein shall show the exhibition “Art in the Park” from July 12th to September 13th in the Bürgerpark, to which former participants of the “Sculptures in the Park” have been invited. Works by the Spiritus Rector of the exhibition series, Otto Schaffner, can also be seen.
Sculptures in the park 2019
The 22nd edition of the open-air exhibition took place from July 28th to September 1st, 2019. The ten visual artists selected by the jury represented a broad spectrum of contemporary sculpture, installation and object art with their artistic positions. The materials used ranged from Corten steel to concrete and plastic film. The exhibitors came from several generations, including students and internationally renowned artists.
| Felicithas Arndt | Edgar Diehl | Gertraud Hasselbach | Steve Johnson |
| Xue Liu | Fax to M. Müller | Stefan Pinl | Thomas Reifferscheid |
| Felix Cornelius Rombach | Katrin Trost |
Edgar Diehl was awarded the Otto Schaffner Prize. His three meter high object Hemingway's case made of perforated sheet steel encourages you to look closely. It is not only “a school of seeing, but also a school of walking”. The audience award went to Faxe M. Müller, who u. a. showed a rotatably mounted, twisted shape made of Corten steel.
Sculptures in the Park 2018
For the 21st sculpture exhibition from July 29 to September 2, 2018, eleven artistic positions were selected that represent the broad spectrum of contemporary sculpture and object art. Classical materials such as wood and metal are joined by "non-art" materials such as plastic pipes, hula hoops, video cassette tapes or earth.
| Manfred Emmenegger-Chancellor | Christiane Erdmann | Peter Helmstetter | Ernst Günter Herrmann |
| Paul Hirsch | Wulf Kirschner | Robert Kögel | Jaewon Park |
| Lothar Steckenreiter | Elizabeth Thallauer | Heath willow |
Wulf Kirschner was awarded the 1st prize of the jury for his work Neun Prismen . With the applied welding seams, they were reminiscent of characters or sheet music in a poetic way, said Christine Rother in her laudatory speech. Elizabeth Thallauer received the Audience Award for her hybrid of video cassette tapes that created visual effects and sounds in the wind.
Sculptures in the Park 2017
The 20th sculpture exhibition from July 30th to September 3rd 2017 featured artists of a mostly younger generation - graduates and still students of the renowned academies and universities in Frankfurt ("Städelschule"), Offenbach ("HfG"), Düsseldorf, Karlsruhe and Nuremberg - in the center. The participating artists were:
| Jules Andrieu | Lars Karl Becker | Merja Herzog-Hellstén | Isabell Hofmann |
| Peter Müller | Emilia Neumann | Marco Poblete Young | Felix Cornelius Rombach |
| Waldemar check | Luke sinner |
This year Marco Poblete Young was awarded the 1st prize of the jury; his “mountain silhouette”, a 4 m high, accessible wooden construction, let the viewer feel inside and outside, narrow and wide. The audience award went to Felix Cornelius Rombach for his 3.50 m high “portal”, which transformed found steel objects into an organic form.
Sculptures in the park 2016
The 19th sculpture exhibition in the Bürgerpark took place from August 7th to September 11th, 2016. The participating artists were:
| Jules Andrieu | Elvira Chevalier | Jan Douma | Ulrike Gölner |
| Cornelia Heier | Margret wood | Thomas Matt | Markus Schmitt |
| Achim Schroeteler | Franz Stahler | Elizabeth Thallauer | Georg-Friedrich Wolf |
Ulrike Gölner received the jury award for her wooden sculptures, which combine the advantages of wood with organic (natural) models in a special way. The audience award went to Achim Schroeteler, who was represented with two works made from “poor materials”, styrofoam and wooden slats.
Sculptures in the park 2015
The 18th sculpture exhibition in the Bürgerpark took place from August 2 to September 6, 2015. The participating artists were:
| Beate Debus | Reinhard Grütz | Guido Häfner | Jürgen Heinz |
| Ingrid Hornef | Yoonsun Kim | Edeltraud Klement | Emilia Neumann |
| Monika Ortmann | Thomas Putze | Karl Manfred Rennertz | A. Vietz |
Marion Dörre and Atelier Eastend took part as guests . The jury award went to Jürgen Heinz for his heavy steel sculptures, which can be gently vibrated by hand. The audience awarded prizes for the cheerful, colorful clay sculptures and fountains of the Atelier Eastend , a project by IB-Behindertenhilfe Frankfurt.
Sculptures in the park 2014
The 17th sculpture exhibition was under the motto "Power games", it took place from August 3rd to September 7th 2014. The participating artists were:
| Michael Ernst | Michael Hischer | Filipe Mirante | Heath willow |
| Armin Goehringer | Sonja Edle from Hoeßle | Eckart Steinhauser | Matthias Will |
| Gertraud Hasselbach | Robert Kögel | Daniel Stern | |
| Paul Hirsch | Kirsten Kötter | Günter Wagner |
Matthias Will, Eckart Steinhauser and Michael Ernst share the price of the 17th sculpture exhibition. Filipe Mirante received the Audience Award.
Sculptures in the Park 2013
The 16th sculpture exhibition from July 28 to September 1, 2013 was held on the occasion of the Georg Büchner commemorative year under the motto »I am scared of the world when I think of eternity« (from the drama “Woyzeck”). Figurative works as well as abstract forms made of stone, glass, plastic, metal or wood or the “laughing bench” by the artist duo CaBri - a park bench that starts to laugh in many variations as soon as you sit down - represented the broad spectrum of contemporary sculpture and Object art. The participating artists were:
| CaBri | Kirsten Kötter | Bernd Meyse | Frank the devil |
| Marion Dörre | Martina Lauinger | Gudrun Scheible | Manuela Tirler |
| Mechthild Ehmann | Stephan Marienfeld | Reiner Schlestein | |
| Pia Grambart | Hannes Metz | Sebastian Stöhrer |
The prize of the 16th sculpture exhibition went to the sculptor Frank Teufel, born in Tuttlingen in 1966, for his elegant white limestone sculptures . Pia Grambart was awarded the audience award for her brightly colored concrete figures.
Sculptures in the Park 2012 (with Werner Pokorny)
For the 15th sculpture exhibition from August 5 to September 9, 2012, Werner Pokorny showed several large sculptures made of Corten steel.
Sculptures in the Park 2011 ("Art Pieces")
The 14th sculpture exhibition from August 7th to September 11th 2011 showed sculptures and installations made of wood, wax, wood and wickerwork, sandstone, epoxy resin, clay and straw construction, flag fabric, sheet steel, concrete and steel. Ingrid B. Honneth received first prize for her work burn out , while the audience award went to Elvira Chevalier.
| Reinhard Buxel | Elvira Chevalier | Immanuel Victor Eiselstein | Jürgen Heinz |
| Birgid Helmy | Ingrid B. Honneth | Kathrin Rabenort | Ulla Reiss |
| Kai Richter | Martina Schoder |
Sculptures in the Park 2010 ("Park Views")
The works in the 13th exhibition (August 1 to September 12, 2010) made particular reference to their surroundings, the park. The winner of the 2010 sculpture exhibition was Stephan Guber. Rudolf J. Kaltenbach received the audience award.
| Bruno Feger | Lutz Brockhaus | Judith Franke | Stephan Guber |
| Guido Häfner | Rudolf J. Kaltenbach | Joachim Kuhlmann | Roger Rigorth |
| Volker Schönhals | Rüdiger Seidt | Angelika Summa | Karina Wellmer-Schnell |
| Gerhard Völkle |
Sculptures in the Park 2009 ("The country needs / has strong women")
The 12th sculpture exhibition took place from August 2nd to September 13th, 2009. Prize winners of the sculpture park 2009 were Trash / Treasure and Christiane Erdmann .
| Gisela Buchholz | Christiane Erdmann | Nicola Falley | Kathrin Gordan |
| Sieglinde Gros | Christine Hach | Gisela Hoffmann | Romana Menze-Kuhn |
| Wanda Pratschke | Sigrid Siegele | Ortrud Sturm | Trash / Treasure |
Sculptures in the Park 2008 ("In the intoxication of colors")
The 11th sculptures in the park took place from August 3 to September 14, 2008. The participating artists were:
| Alf Becker | Werner Berges | Gisela Buchholz | Nabo Gass |
| Kristina Fiand and Ernst Groß | Ingrid Hornef | Herbert Mehler | Hella Nohl |
| Claudia Eva Nuovia | Willi Schmidt | Lothar Steckenreiter |
Prize winners were Nabo Gaß and Herbert Mehler .
Sculptures in the Park 2007 (with Ottmar Hörl)
Ottmar Hörl designed the 10th sculptures in the park from August 5 to September 16, 2007 with his work The Forgotten Dream .
Sculptures in the Park 2006
The 9th sculpture exhibition took place from August 6th to September 17th, 2006. The participating artists were:
| Bernward Frank | Reinhard Grütz | Christine Hach | Ralf Klement |
| Gotthelf Schlotter | Sebastian Kuhn | Christian Ruckdeschel | Wolfgang Temme |
The 1st prize went to Sebastian Kuhn, the 2nd prize to Ralf Klement and Wolfgang Temme.
Sculptures in the Park 2005
The 8th sculpture exhibition took place from July 31 to September 18, 2005. The participating artists were:
| Wolfgang Aulbach | Susanne Auslender | Helga Jöster | Michael Post |
| Vera Röhm | Michael Siebel | Clemens M. Strugalla | Miriam Wetzel |
Prize winners were Michael Post (1st prize) and Susanne Auslender (2nd prize).
Sculptures in the Park 2004
The 7th exhibition "Sculptures in the Park" took place from August 1st to September 19th, 2004 in the park at the Bürgerhaus Mörfelden. Works by:
| Hans-Michael Kissel | Siegfried Kreitner | Livia Kubach & Michael Kropp | Bata Marianov |
| Tino Panse | Werner Pokorny | Thomas Putze | Uta pity |
The 1st prize went to Hans-Michael Kissel , the 2nd prize to Uta Schade (2nd prize) and Thomas Putze .
Sculptures in the Park 2003
The 6th exhibition "Sculptures in the Park" took place from August 3 to September 21, 2003 in the park at the Bürgerhaus Mörfelden. Works by:
| Ruth Gindhart | Brigitte Noll-Heinz | Wanda Pratschke | Constantin Jaxy |
| Vladimir Kazan | Arthur Kostner | Roger Rigorth | Wolf Spemann |
First prize went to Roger Rigorth, second prize to Wanda Pratschke and Wolf Speemann.
Sculptures in the Park 2002
The 5th sculpture exhibition took place from August 2nd to September 22nd, 2002 in the park at the Bürgerhaus Mörfelden. The participating artists were:
| Bruno Feger | Maren Flößer | Detlef Kraft | Hannes Meinhard |
| Christa von Schnitzler | Gisela Nietmann | Ortrud Sturm | Rolf Urban |
| Thomas Vinson |
Award winners were Ortrud Sturm, Bruno Feger and Thomas Vinson.
Sculptures in the park 2001
The 4th sculpture exhibition took place from July 20 to September 22, 2001 in the park at the Bürgerhaus Mörfelden. The participating artists were:
| Klaus Duschat | Nicola Falley | Patrick Feldmann | Armin Goehringer |
| Sieglinde Gros | Bernhard Jäger | Bernhard Lehmann | Frank Pieperhoff |
The winners were Bernhard Lehmann (1st prize) and Armin Göhringer (2nd prize).
Sculptures in the Park 2000
The 3rd sculpture exhibition took place from August 5th to August 31st, 2000 in the park at the Bürgerhaus Mörfelden. The participating artists were:
| Patrick Feldmann | Andreas Helm | Bichan Maschajechi | Filipe Mirante |
| Peter Pelican | Sigrid Siegele | Peter Weber |
Prize winners were Sigrid Siegele (1st prize) and Peter Weber (2nd prize).
Sculptures in the park 1999
The 2nd sculpture exhibition took place from August 14th to September 5th, 1999 at the Protestant community center in Walldorf. The participating artists were:
| Otto Schaffner | Monika Agethen | Kathrin Gordan | Anka Schoneweg-Merk |
Sculptures in the Park 1998
The first sculpture exhibition took place from August 7th to September 30th, 1998 in the park at the Bürgerhaus Mörfelden. The participating artists were:
| ER Nele | Kathrin Gordan | Christfried Präger | Otto Schaffner |
Web links
- Mörfelden-Walldorf Sculpture Park - Archive. Municipal gallery of the city of Mörfelden-Walldorf
Individual evidence
- ↑ a b Edgar Diehl wins jury award at Sculpture Park Mörfelden , Echo Online, September 2, 2019
- ↑ Ursula Friedrich: Otto Schaffner is dead. The father of the sculpture park in Mörfelden and the communal gallery in the Walldorf town hall dies after a serious illness at the age of 82. Darmstädter Echo , July 12, 2019, accessed on August 12, 2020 .
- ↑ 15th sculpture exhibition in the public park of the city of Mörfelden-Walldorf (PDF; 279 kB), August 5 - September 9, 2012, Municipal Gallery Mörfelden-Walldorf (press release)
- ↑ Alternative retrospective in the open air. Friday Gazette Mörfelden-Walldorf, July 2, 2020, p. 5
- ^ Art in the Park 2020 , Municipal Gallery Mörfelden-Walldorf eV
- ↑ Nature meets art in the sculpture park , city of Mörfelden-Walldorf
- ↑ Sculptures in the Park 2019 - Documentation on 'Welt der Form', August 26, 2019
- ^ Sculpture park: Edgar Diehl wins Otto Schaffner Prize. In: freitags-anzeiger.de. September 5, 2019, accessed August 12, 2020 .
- ↑ 21. Sculpture Park - Municipal Gallery, City of Mörfelden-Walldorf
- ↑ The shimmering ribbons are arriving, Freitaganzeiger Mörfelden-Walldorf, September 6, 2018, p. 5
- ↑ Sculptures in the Park 2018 , documentation on 'World of Form'
- ↑ 20. Sculpture Park - Municipal Gallery, City of Mörfelden-Walldorf
- ↑ The portal is well received by the public , Friday Gazette Mörfelden-Walldorf, September 6, 2017
- ↑ Sculptures in the Park 2017 , documentation on 'World of Form'
- ↑ 19. Sculpture Park - Municipal Gallery Mörfelden-Walldorf
- ↑ Sculptures in the Park 2016 , documentation on 'World of Form'
- ↑ 18. Sculpture Park - Municipal Gallery Mörfelden-Walldorf
- ↑ Like a pulse beat from the object , in: Freitag-Anzeiger for Mörfelden-Walldorf and Kelsterbach, September 10, 2015, p. 3
- ↑ Sculptures in the Park 2015 . Documentation on the World of Form (accessed October 5, 2015)
- ↑ 17th Sculpture Park from August 3 to September 7, 2014 - Municipal Gallery Mörfelden-Walldorf
- ↑ Sculptures in the Park 2014 - Power Games . Documentation on World of Form (accessed October 15, 2014)
- ↑ The 17th sculpture park came to an end with the award ceremony. City mirror Mörfelden-Walldorf 9/13 of September 24, 2014, p. 21
- ↑ 16th Sculpture Park from July 28 to September 1, 2013 , Municipal Gallery Mörfelden-Walldorf
- ^ Sculpture Park - Mörfelden, 16th sculpture exhibition . GG online, 2013
- ↑ Columns, flattered by the light ( page no longer available , search in web archives ) Info: The link was automatically marked as defective. Please check the link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. . Echo Groß-Gerau district, September 2, 2013
- ↑ 15. Sculpture Park of the City of Mörfelden-Walldorf - Werner Pokorny ( Page no longer available , search in web archives ) Info: The link was automatically marked as defective. Please check the link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. , Municipal gallery of the city of Mörfelden-Walldorf
- ↑ 15. Sculpture Park of the City of Mörfelden-Walldorf , 2012 - Photo gallery (Heinz Brennecke)
- ↑ 14. Sculpture Park of the City of Mörfelden-Walldorf in the park at the Bürgerhaus Mörfelden , from August 7 to September 11, 2011 (Mörfelden-Walldorf Municipal Gallery); Sculptures in the Park 2011 @ Mörfelden-Walldorf , photo gallery (Welt-der-Form)
- ↑ 13th Sculpture Park of the City of Mörfelden-Walldorf in the park at the Bürgerhaus Mörfelden Park-Sichten , August 1 to September 12, 2010 (Mörfelden-Walldorf Municipal Gallery); Sculptures in the Park 2010 - Mörfelden-Walldorf , photo gallery (Welt-der-Form)
- ↑ 12. Sculpture Park of the City of Mörfelden-Walldorf in the park at the Bürgerhaus Mörfelden , August 2 to September 13, 2009 (Mörfelden-Walldorf Municipal Gallery); Sculptures in the Park 2009: The land has strong women , photo gallery (Welt-der-Form)
- ^ Sculptures in the Park 2008 - In the intoxication of colors (Municipal Gallery Mörfelden-Walldorf), Sculptures in the Park 2008 - In the intoxication of colors , photo gallery (Heinz Brennecke)
- ↑ Teddy - The Forgotten Dream (Ottmar Hörl), 10th Sculpture Park 2007 with Ottmar Hörl , photo gallery (Heinz Brennecke)
Coordinates: 49 ° 58 ′ 19.8 ″ N , 8 ° 33 ′ 50.6 ″ E