Stefan Kern

This article deals with the sculptor Stefan Kern (* 1966). For the sculptor (* 1955) see Stephan Kern .

Sculpture stairs (2003), art landscape Springhornhof . The "stairs" lead to a cow pasture.

Stefan Kern (* 1966 in Hamburg ) is a German visual artist .

life and work

Kern studied from 1988 to 1993 with Per Kirkeby , Ulrich Rückriem and Franz West at the State University of Fine Arts - Städelschule , Frankfurt am Main. His first solo exhibition was in 1994 at the Hammelehle und Ahrens Gallery, Stuttgart. In the academic year 2002/2003, Kern had a visiting professor at the Kunsthochschule Kassel , and from 2003 to 2005 at the Hochschule für bildende Künste Hamburg . This was followed by a professorship at the Ècole Supérieure des Arts Décoratifs, Strasbourg (until 2009).

Kern's sculptures, objects and installations are located in the border area between art and design. As offers to sit or climb, they are designed on the one hand to facilitate the interaction between the work of art and people. On the other hand, however, the often strictly symmetrical, modular shapes, the hard materials and the immaculately pure appearance cast doubt on this function. Their monochrome - often white - lifts them out of their surroundings as a foreign body.

Kern lives and works in Hamburg.

Awards

• 1995: Young West Art Prize of the City of Recklinghausen
• 1996: Travel grant from the Hessian Cultural Foundation
• 1999: Ernst Barlach Prize
• 2015: Edwin Scharff Prize , Hamburg Senate

Solo exhibitions

A catalog was published for the exhibitions marked with "K".

• 1995: Künstlerhaus Hamburg
• 1999: Ernst Barlach Museum Wedel
• 2000: Portikus, Frankfurt / Main ^K
• 2002: Sprüth Magers , Munich; 25 stolen ideas , art association in Hamburg ^K
• 2007: Missed The Turn , Andrew Kreps Gallery, New York City
• 2009: ABC DEF Academy of the Arts, Berlin; Luis Campana Gallery, Cologne

Working in collections

Sculpture Tree House (2001), Museum Abteiberg, Mönchengladbach

• Municipal Museum Abteiberg, Mönchengladbach
• Collection of contemporary art of the Federal Republic of Germany, Bonn
• Sculpture Park Cologne
• DKM Foundation, Duisburg
• Recklinghausen art gallery

Works in public space

• 1993: Sculpture around distribution cabinets . Wilhelm-Leuschner-Platz, Langen
• 1995: Untitled (benches found connected to one another). Weidenallee at the corner of Kleiner Schäferkamp, ​​Hamburg
• 1996: grandstand sculpture . Sculpture Park Cologne
• 2000: spider web . Gravensteen, Ghent
• 2001: tree house . Sculpture Garden Museum Abteiberg , Mönchengladbach
• 2003: meringue , roundabout, Stuttgart-Vaihingen; Staircase , art landscape Springhornhof , Neuenkirchen (Lüneburg Heath)
• 2004 work lamp . State House, Kiel

literature

• Stefan Kern / sculptures. Portikus Frankfurt am Main. König, Cologne 2000.
• Stefan Kern - 25 stolen ideas. Art Association in Hamburg. König, Cologne 2002.

Web links

Commons : Sculptures by Stefan Kern  - Collection of images, videos and audio files

• Literature by and about Stefan Kern in the catalog of the German National Library
• Stefan Kern (virtual museum modern nrw)
• Stefan Kern (ifa artist database)
• Stefan Kern . Biography with several illustrations of works ( Sprüth Magers )
• Jan Winkelmann: The cathartic purism of Stefan Kern's sculptures . In: German Open. Contemporary art in Germany. Exhibition catalog of the Kunstmuseum Wolfsburg, Cantz-Verlag, 1999.

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Stefan Kern . Sculpture Park Cologne
2. ↑ Stefan Kern: Baiser (2003) . Roundabout, Stuttgart-Vaihingen (Welt-der-Form)
3. ↑ Stefan Kern: Staircase 2003 . Art landscape Springhornhof , Neuenkirchen (Lüneburg Heath)
4. ↑ Stefan Kern: work lamp (2004) (illustration)