Stefan Saxen
Stefan Saxen (* 1963 in Basel , Switzerland ) is a Swiss- German sculptor .
Life
Stefan Saxen is the son of a ballet dancer and a ballet dancer. He grew up in Trier and attended high school there. After graduating from high school, he trained as a stonemason in Trier from 1983 to 1986 and worked, among other things, on restoration work in ancient Pergamon in Turkey . He then studied sculpture from 1988 to 1990 at Johannes Gutenberg University in Mainz and from 1990 to 1996 at the Hochschule für Künste (HKM) in Bremen , where he was a student of Waldemar Otto and Bernd Altensteinwas. During and after his studies he worked on Naxos in Greece in 1993 and 1998 .
Since 1994 Saxen regularly sculpture classes in Bremen and Berlin - in each case as of April in the Cultural Workshop Westend in Bremen- Walle and at four-week summer stays at the maintenance depot Zehlendorf in Berlin- Zehlendorf .
Since 1989 he has participated in various stone sculptor and sculptor symposiums in Germany and Austria and since 2003 he has participated in numerous exhibitions as well as several solo exhibitions.
Saxen mainly creates sculptures from sandstone and marble , his stone carving is figurative and has the representation of the human being as a theme. In addition to whole figures, he also deals with partial aspects such as torso , head, portrait , bust and preferably the relief . According to his own statements, his models are classical sculpture in Greece and sculpture in the Italian Renaissance .
Stefan Saxen lives and works in Bremen.
Works (selection)
| The lady in the pink cloak |
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| Stefan Saxen , 2010 |
| Sculpture, sandstone |
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Photo of the sculpture - link to the picture |
- 1991: Head steles I, II, III, IV , sandstone, wood
- 1992: Senseless movement , stone
- Galathea , sandstone (figure)
- Salomé , sandstone (figure)
- Simonetta Vespucci , sandstone (head)
- Sleek , sandstone (torso)
- 2010: The Lady with the Pink Cape , sandstone (sculpture)
- Boxer in the corner (Holyfield) , sandstone (relief, from the work on boxing )
- Jones , sandstone (relief, from work on boxing)
- Valuev , sandstone (relief, from work on boxing)
- 2010: Girl in the Wind , sandstone (head)
Exhibitions (selection)
- 1991: Sculptures in the park of the St. Jürgen Hospital , group exhibition, sculptures by students of Professor Altenstein (HKM) on the site of the former central hospital Sankt-Jürgen-Straße in Bremen (today: Klinikum Bremen-Mitte )
- 1992: Sculptures inside - outside , group exhibition, sculptures and objects by students from Altenstein (HKM) in various clinic buildings and on the site of the former central hospital St.-Jürgen-Straße in Bremen
- 2004: The Bremen Sculpture School , group exhibition in the Gerhard Marcks House in Bremen
- 2007: Show me your friend, then I will know who you are , group exhibition in the Kulturkirche St. Stephani in Bremen (in the same year also in the Georg Philipp Telemann Conservatory in Magdeburg)
- 2010: Sculpture in Bissee , outdoor group exhibition in Bissee
- 2010: Sculptures by Stefan Saxen , solo exhibition, sandstone sculptures in the Great Art Show in Worpswede
- 2014: Favorite pieces , group exhibition, sculptures by Stefan Saxen and his students (from Bremen and Berlin) in the Bremen State Office in Berlin
Web links
- Homepage
- Information about Stefan Saxen in the program k: art in public space bremen
- Stefan Saxen - Figural Sculpture - Interview with Stefan Saxen in the westendRADIO of the culture workshop westend in Bremen on April 16, 2015 (with audio stream )
Individual evidence
- ↑ a b c Gudrun Scabell: Sandstone sculptures by the sculptor Stefan Saxen . In: Osterholzer Kreisblatt . February 27, 2010 ( online [accessed January 25, 2016]).
- ^ A b Anne Gerling: With physical effort . Stone sculptor Stefan Saxen has been giving courses in the Westend cultural workshop / special exhibition for 20 years . In: District Courier , West Edition, supplement to the Weser Courier . Bremen April 10, 2014, title page ( online ; PDF, 148 kB [accessed January 25, 2016]).
- ↑ a b c d e Stefan Saxen. In: stefan-saxen.de. Retrieved January 25, 2016 (homepage).
- ↑ a b c d See information on Stefan Saxen ( memento of the original from January 25, 2016 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link has been inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. in the program k: art in public space bremen , accessed on January 25, 2016.
- ^ Exhibitions and events in 2010 (archive) >> February 21, 2010 to June 20, 2010: Exhibition: Sculptures by Stefan Saxen. In: archiv.grosse-kunstschau.de. Great Art Show Worpswede , accessed on January 25, 2016 .
| personal data | |
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| SURNAME | Saxen, Stefan |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Swiss-German sculptor |
| DATE OF BIRTH | 1963 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Basel , Switzerland |