Stephan Elsner

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Stephan Elsner (* 1955 in West Berlin ), artist name Elsner , is a German artist .

Life

Elsner grew up in West Berlin and studied from 1975 at the Hochschule der Künste (HdK). In 1980 he finished his studies in 1980 as a master student with Herbert Kaufmann . In the same year he also began working on the subject of border violations . In one of these actions, he partially collapsed the Berlin Wall in 1982 . He was arrested by a British military patrol and handed over to the West Berlin police, who released him. When the Wall fell in November 1989, Elsner ended his artistic work. In 2009 he started working as an artist again.

Exhibitions (selection)

  • 1980: Galerie Nothelfer, Berlin
  • 1980–1989: Dibbert Galerie, Berlin
  • 1980–1989: Petersen Gallery, Berlin
  • 1980–1985: Deutscher Künstlerbund : annual exhibitions in Hanover, Berlin, Frankfurt am Main
  • 2008: "Self-injury" installations, objects, pictures, photography , galerie son, Berlin
  • 2009: 3 berliners , German Embassy London
  • 2009: "Border Violation" , galerie son, Berlin
  • 2009/10: FALLING WALL | 61 - 89 - 09 - Crossing borders and border experiences in the mirror of art , Stadtmuseum Berlin

literature

  • Fragments and overpainting of a series of works. Dibbert Galerie Berlin, 1982 (exhibition catalog).
  • “Bodily Injuries - Body Slices” fragments and photo sequences. Galerie Lietzow Berlin, 1985 (exhibition catalog).
  • Border crossings. Petersen Galerie Berlin, 1988 (exhibition catalog).
  • Workshop visits to artists in Berlin-Wedding , FAB-Verlag 1989, ISBN 3-92755103-1

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Ralf Founder: Berlin Wall Art. A documentation ( memento of the original from September 27, 2013 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. . Böhlau, Cologne-Weimar-Vienna, 2007, ISBN 978-3-412-16106-4 @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / www.berliner-mauer.de
  2. ↑ German Embassy London : '3 berliner' for the London art fair Frieze
  3. ↑ monopol-magazin.de : 'Elsner.Grenzverletzung' Exhibition notice  ( 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.@1@ 2Template: Toter Link / www.monopol-magazin.de  
  4. ↑ FALLMAUERFALL exhibition press kit  ( 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. (PDF file; 403 kB)@1@ 2Template: Toter Link / www.stadtmuseum.de  
personal data
SURNAME Elsner, Stephan
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Elsner
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German artist
DATE OF BIRTH 1955
PLACE OF BIRTH West Berlin