Thomas Darboven

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Brahms cube in front of the Laeiszhalle

Thomas Darboven (born December 2, 1936 in Hamburg ) is a German sculptor and architect . His works can mainly be found in the public space of Hamburg.

Life

Darboven first completed an apprenticeship as a carpenter and then from 1959 to 1967 studied sculpture at the Berlin University of Fine Arts . There he was a student of Paul Dierkes and Hans Uhlmann . In 1976 he returned to his native Hamburg, where he worked as a freelance sculptor. Initially interested primarily in abstract art, Darboven now also created figurative works and was involved in architectural projects. He won several prizes in public competitions. Among other things, he and the Hamburg architect Reiner Steffen received third prize in the “Brahms Memorial for Hamburg” competition in 1979 and his Brahms cube was erected two years later on the square in front of the Laeiszhalle . Three of his abstract sculptures, which can be found in the Reinbeck palace gardens , were created as part of the annual exhibition “Artwork - Werkkunst” organized by Normann and Bärbel Müller-Rousseau. Some of Darboven's works were financed as art in architecture by SAGA , to be found in the districts of Allermöhe , Altona , Altstadt , Hummelsbüttel and Neustadt .

Darboven lives in Hamburg-Nienstedten .

Works (selection)

Granite sculpture cattle in front of the Ochsenzoll hospital
  • Plans for a residential building with a studio, 1972–1975, Gottorpstrasse 1 in Hamburg-Othmarschen , since 2006 a monument
  • Socrates, 1976–1977, aluminum / wood / paint, Heidberg school yard in Hamburg-Langenhorn
  • Fuga / Rinder, 1979, red granite, height approx. 100 cm, Asklepios Klinik Nord / Ochsenzoll Hospital in Langenhorn
  • Topographical relief, 1979, bronze, Königstrasse S-Bahn station in Hamburg-Altona
  • Brahms cube, 1981, red granite, on Johannes-Brahms-Platz in front of Laeiszhalle , four side portraits of Johannes Brahms in different phases of life
  • Eris, around 1988 (set up in 1996), Corten steel , plastic made of two offset hemispherical segments, Reinbeker Schlossgarten
  • Together or past each other, around 1995 (installed in 1997), Colombo-Granit, Reinbeker Schlossgarten
  • La Nuit, around 1988 (erected in 1998), Impala granite, rounded spherical quarters, Reinbeker Schlossgarten
  • Schubert-Relief, 2006, in Hamburg-Sasel on the memorial stone at the "Schubert-Linde" at Sasler Markt, relief portrait of Franz Schubert on a granite boulder
  • Design of the Eidelstedt market square

literature

  • Maike Bruhns : Darboven, Thomas . In: The new rump. Lexicon of visual artists from Hamburg, Altona and the surrounding area. Wachholtz, Neumünster 2013, p. 86.
  • Hanna Kastendieck: Thomas Darboven, the forgotten artist. In: Hamburger Abendblatt. December 28, 2002.

Web links

Commons : Thomas Darboven  - Collection of images, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Chronicle of the Hamburg Chamber of Architects 1979
  2. ^ Art in public space. With each other or past each other. Thomas Darboven: Reinbek.
  3. ^ Art in the quarter.
  4. ↑ List of monuments of the Free and Hanseatic City of Hamburg, as of November 21, 2012 ( Memento of June 27, 2011 in the Internet Archive ; PDF).
personal data
SURNAME Darboven, Thomas
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German sculptor and architect
DATE OF BIRTH December 2, 1936
PLACE OF BIRTH Hamburg