Thomas Bernstein
Thomas Bernstein (* 1957 in Mündersbach , Westerwald ) is a German visual artist and art teacher.
life and work
Thomas Bernstein studied from 1978 to 1985 at the Düsseldorf Art Academy with Tony Cragg and Fritz Schwegler .
In addition to figurative works on paper, the sculptor , draftsman and performer (3) also creates anthropomorphic sculptures from various materials, primarily silicone . The predominant theme in his performances is movement, the everyday and the absurd. While his visual works relate to questions about human communication, he shows abstracted body-related forms in his sculptures. These can be found more naturally more elaborated in his figurative drawings.
“… Thinking in sculptural relations takes up the center of our thinking, in it culminates human activity, even our existential being. Conceived as a sculpture, the whole world opens up to our perception. The works of Thomas Bernstein are just such "sculptures" - his drawings are three-dimensional structures, as are, of course, his performances. " (1)
In his color lithograph series, created in 1991 for pen art, he dedicates himself to both sexes and their ability to support each other in difficult situations - but also to hinder them - using motifs for excursions. Bernstein lives in Düsseldorf. (2)
Teaching
- 1996–1998 teaching position at the Düsseldorf Art Academy
- 2003–2004 teaching position at the Bremen University of the Arts
- 2004–2005 teaching position at the Karlsruhe University of Design
- 2006–2012 professorship at the Hamburg University of Fine Arts
- 2015 – currently teaching at Martin-Butzer-Gymnasium Dierdorf
Exhibitions (excerpt)
- 1989 Victoria Miro, London
- 1991 Delta Gallery, Rotterdam
- 1991 May 36 Gallery, Lucerne
- 1992 “7 sculptors from Germany”, Kunsthalle Warsaw
- 1993 Galerie de Zaal, Delft
- 1993 Galleria D'Arte Moderna, Bologna
- 1994 Victoria Miro, London
- 2004 Running Mars, PAN-Museum, Emmerich
- 2005 Gallery Spacement, Melbourne, Australia
- 2007 Museum Kunstpalast , Düsseldorf
- 2011 Gallery dok25, Düsseldorf
- 2012 Bespoke, Düsseldorf
- 2013 Klaus Staeck Gallery, Heidelberg
- 2015 Bypass, sculpture exhibition Baruth, Berlin
- 2015 Reigen, Martin Leyer-Pritzkow exhibitions, Düsseldorf
Publications (selection)
- Thomas Bernstein Skulptur, Ed .: Kunstverein der Rheinlande und Westfalen, 1996, Düsseldorf, ISBN 3-925974-47-4 .
Individual evidence
- Raimund Stecker in: Thomas Bernstein Skulptur, Verlag des Kunstverein für die Rheinlande und Westfalen, Düsseldorf 1996 (1)
Web links
- Works by Thomas Bernstein with Martin Leyer-Pritzkow
- Literature by and about Thomas Bernstein in the German National Library
- Griffelkunst-Vereinigung Hamburg , (2)
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| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Bernstein, Thomas |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German visual artist |
| DATE OF BIRTH | 1957 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Mündersbach , Westerwald |