Stephan Kern

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"The Three Towers" (2003) in Schwäbisch Hall
“Three Pillars” (2001) in Erlangen
Sculpture installation (1988) on the island in Salzgittersee, Salzgitter

Stephan Kern (* 1955 in Ludwigshafen am Rhein ) is a German visual artist .

life and work

Kern studied at the Academy of Fine Arts in Munich from 1978 to 1982 .

Kern often works with materials from an industrial context that appear fragmentary or alienated. »Independent, thing-like beings, whose forms always contain a trace of a memory of what they might once have been, without the entire context of meaning opening up. (...) Kern's works are (...) the condensation of terms and images that we make of reality. «His autonomous constructions of abstract forms encourage associations and reinterpretations. As tangible and tangible as Kern's objects made of bronze, iron, brass or aluminum are presented in their material appearance to the beholder, they remain alien and strangely removed. In Kern's constellations - multi-part ensembles - this perception is reinforced to the extent that the viewer cannot devote himself to a single object without considering the contrast and similarity in material, shape or surface treatment to the other objects: for his exhibition in the Rathausgalerie Munich 2010, for example For this purpose, Kern had spread out a large number of objects - randomly at first glance - in the room, mostly directly on the floor. As in the case of individual objects - for example, cast steel rings that hang from another ring like a bunch of keys, or towers whose levels are offset from one another - Kern's cosmos is based on rigidity on a small scale and variability on a large scale.

Stephan Kern was a member of the German Association of Artists . He lives and works in Munich and on a farm in the Rottal.

Prices

Solo exhibitions

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

  • 1981: Kunstforum, Städtische Galerie im Lenbachhaus, Munich K
  • 1983: Künstlerhaus Hamburg
  • 1984: Forum Kunst, Rottweil; Institute for Modern Art, Nuremberg K
  • 1985: Lothringer Strasse artist workshop, Munich
  • 1988: Kunstverein Bremerhaven
  • 1991: Ulmer Museum, Ulm K ; Art Association Lingen, Lingen K
  • 1993: House on the water, Bremen / Vegesack
  • 1994: Kunsthalle Bremerhaven K
  • 2001: Laboratory Action Forum Praterinsel, Munich
  • 2002: Kunsthalle Würth, Künzelsau
  • 2004: Showroom K3, KunstNoll, Vienna
  • 2005: Kunstverein Eislingen K
  • 2007: Aalen Town Hall Gallery
  • 2009: Gallery Wittenbrink, Munich K
  • 2010: Städtische Galerie im Cordonhaus, Cham; Rathausgalerie Munich K

In addition, Kern had exhibitions in the Wittenbrink Gallery since 1981.

Works in public space

Stephan Kern has worked in public spaces, including:

  • 1988: Six-part installation on the island in Salzgittersee, Salzgitter
  • Wall objects, Kulturzentrum am Gasteig, Munich
  • 1990: untitled . Wall objects, Technical University of Munich
  • 1999: Untitled . Eight-part sculpture group, elementary school with day care center, An der Schäferwiese 5, Munich
  • 2001: three pillars . Catholic Church Square, Erlangen
  • 2003: The three towers . On the occasion of the art exhibition "impark" 2003 in the Olympiapark Munich, installed; since 2011: Kocher-Quartier, Schwäbisch Hall (Würth Collection)

Works in collections

literature

  • Stephan Kern - Robert Jacobsen Prize of the Würth Foundation 2001/2002. Published by the Würth Foundation, Künzelsau. Swiridoff, 2002.
  • Stephan Kern - sculptures. Catalog for the exhibition in the Rathausgalerie Munich, August 6 to September 18, 2010. Galerie Wittenbrink, Munich 2010.

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Stephan Kern - Robert Jacobsen Prize of the Würth Foundation 2001/2002. Swiridoff publishing house
  2. ↑ kuenstlerbund.de: Members "K" / Stephan Kern (accessed on September 7, 2015)
  3. ↑ Stephan Kern in the Aalen town hall . City of Aalen, January 31, 2007
  4. ^ Sculptures in the Alte Post - exhibition of the Kunstverein Eislingen from March 12 to April 10, 2005
  5. ↑ Stephan Kern in the Cordonhaus ( memento from July 28, 2012 in the web archive archive.today ), Die Oberpfalz, Cham, May 2010
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  10. ↑ Illustration of Three Pillars on Art in Erlangen (Hedayat Hedayati)
  11. ↑ Figure
personal data
SURNAME Kern, Stephan
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German sculptor
DATE OF BIRTH 1955
PLACE OF BIRTH Ludwigshafen am Rhein