Stephan Brenn

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Stephan Brenn (* 1961 in Heidelberg ) is a German artist . He lives and works in Cologne .

Life

After training as an art glass at the Rheinbach School of Glass , he came to Cologne in 1985 and worked in event management for a long time. In 1999 he carried out the personal art project gratis sample with found collages of every day from 1999.

Brenn is the initiator of the art projects crucifix and mousetrap , Museum for Related Art and the Ministeckiade Cologne . His work includes painting , drawing , sculpture and photography as well as film , installation and performance with music. Burning can be of the finds its surroundings inspire . He is looking for remnants of the urban world of consumption and work at flea markets, in bulky waste, at construction sites and, above all, on daily forays through the city. Disused technical devices, outdated forms , pieces of metal and wires , often broken or deformed, form the basis of his work.

The first "wire drawings" have been created since 2005; they were shown in the artwork in Cologne in 2005 and in Düren in 2006. 2007 first wire drawing in the museum - museum for concrete art in Ingolstadt. From 2009 onwards more and more overhead projections. Brenn is the initiator of the art project Museum for Related Art in Cologne with Katrin Bergmann. It was opened in 2004 with the exhibitions hirsch und heute , house altars , plaste and elaste and great melody . He is also the patron of the 1st Ministeckiade Cologne 2004 and the 2nd Ministeckiade Cologne 2005 .

Work (selection) and exhibitions

  • Crucifix and Mousetrap - with Thomas Schneider and Martin Kätelhön, a found project with secular finds from a year from Cologne Cathedral , shown in studio dumont 2002. Published by Dumont Literature and Art Publishing Cologne 2002, ISBN 3-8321-6010-8 .

Wire installations and projections:

  • 2006 First wire projection for the long night of the Cologne museums in the Museum of Related Art
  • 2007 “compression” in the vitrine d'art comme ci comme ca II , Cologne
  • 2007 “Wire drawing” exhibition in the Düsseldorf clean room
  • 2007 Wire projection with clarinet in the Julia Seidensticker shop window , Cologne
  • 2007 wire projection by Stephan Brenn, with musical accompaniment at the MKK Ingolstadt
  • 2008 museum for related art, Cologne; "Drawing without paper"
  • 2008 space for contemporary art, Zurich; "Stephan brenn - wire drawings"
  • 2008 exhibition space Jürgen Bahr, Cologne; “Welt am Draht” international photo scene
  • 2008 funding area at contemporary art ruhr, Zeche Zollverein; eat
  • 2009 museum for related art, Cologne; "More light"
  • 2009 participation in Art Tel Aviv, Tel Aviv; “Open endings” - Biennale
  • 2009 Museum Schnütgen, Cologne - Long Night of Cologne Museums
  • 2010 Room for Art and Design, Cologne

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personal data
SURNAME Brenn, Stephan
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German artist
DATE OF BIRTH 1961
PLACE OF BIRTH Heidelberg