Thomas Röthel

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Thomas Röthel (* 1969 in Ansbach / Middle Franconia) is a German sculptor .

Life

After training as a wood sculptor from 1986 to 1989, Röthel studied from 1992 to 1998 at the Academy of Fine Arts in Nuremberg with Johannes P. Hölzinger . He has been working as a freelancer since 1998. Röthel lives and works in Oberdachstetten / Middle Franconia.

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Röthel has been working with steel since 1995. His sculptures are massive - with the exception of a series of segmental arches - they are created from an individual, block-shaped original shape through folds, cuts, bends and twists in the forging process. Since the beginning of 2015, many of the larger works have no longer been created in the studio workshop, but in the production halls of SFG STEELforming GmbH in Burbach (Siegerland) , with which the American sculptor Richard Serra also works.

“The heavy steel, processed in enormous heat, is transformed under Röthel's artistic intervention into sculptures that are often filigree and fragile. They radiate a dynamic and lightness that almost make you forget the weight of the material. "

- bromer art gallery, 2017

The shape of the sculpture can always be traced back to the original format in the mind's eye. In his slender steles made of layered panels with meandering cuts in the center, an inherent energy seems to be discharged, which fans out the structure into jagged bundles of lines and entangles them with many voices.

Röthel's steel sculptures derive their effect from the clash of the physical presence and haptics of the material, the visible traces of the archaic work process and the delicate result of the form.

"Some of the metal cuboids seem almost figurative, lively, feeling in their posture, despite no resemblance to a human body."

- Berner Zeitung, 2017

In 2014 Röthel also began working on paper, initially with impressions of sculptures. In the last few years Röthel created pictures from handmade paper, which he worked on with steel rods and blocks; the work reveals the vulnerability, but also the strength of the paper.

Exhibitions (selection)

A catalog was published for the exhibitions marked with “K”.

  • 2019: Thomas Röthel - Stahl & Papier , Galerie Bernd Bentler Bonn, March 31 to May 5, 2019 E, K
  • 2018: Zwischenwelten , Kunstverein Bayreuth, New Town Hall exhibition hall, November 2 to 29, 2018 (with Aja von Loeper) E,
  • 2017: Forum 13, Gustl G. Kirchner Archive in the Künstlerhof Oberndorf, Schweinfurt K,
  • 2017: Synthesis , bromer kunst , Roggwil (with Angela Glajcar) K,
  • 2017: Gallery in the Fritz-Winter -Atelier, Dießen am Ammersee
  • 2017: Municipal gallery in the castle, Isny
  • 2017: Sculpture Mile Ansbach : Steel Worlds (with Herbert Mehler), July 8 to October 8, 2017 K,
  • 2016: Gallery in the Fritz-Winter-Atelier, Dießen am Ammersee
  • 2016: Gallery & Art Cabinet Corona Unger, Bremen
  • 2015: Kunstverein Bad Neuheim
  • 2015: Factory, Remagen
  • 2014: Sculpture tour Insel Mainau
  • 2012: Factory halls, Rheingalerie, Bonn
  • 2012: Religious Education Center, Heilsbronn K monastery
  • 2011: Mainau Island E, K,
  • 2009: 4th Swiss Triennial of Sculpture, Bad Ragaz
  • 2009: Fridays Gallery, Solothurn
  • 2008: Gallery in the Venet-Haus, Neu-Ulm
  • 2008: Fischerplatz Gallery, Ulm
  • 2008: Presentation of 12 large sculptures in front of the entrance to the Dornbirn Exhibition Center (A)
  • 2006: 3rd Swiss Triennial of Sculpture, Bad Ragaz
  • 2004: Ansbach Sculpture Mile

literature

  • Thomas Röthel. Steel sculptures 1997–2008 . Edition Kittelberger, Reutlingen 2009.

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Biography Thomas Röthel (thomasroethel.de)
  2. ↑ Thomas Röthel Steel Sculptures - Poetry in Steel . Municipal gallery in Isny ​​Castle, March 26 to June 18, 2017
  3. ↑ a b Art made of steel: STEELforming produces for Thomas Röthel , Henrich Group, Burbach, July 27, 2015
  4. ↑ Thomas Röthel, Ansbach, 1969 . bromer art gallery, Roggwil
  5. ↑ a b c Birgit Möckel: About the steel sculptures by Thomas Röthel ( Memento of the original from April 6, 2017 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. , Kunstverein KunstHaus Potsdam eV, 2009 @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / www.thomasroethel.de
  6. ↑ a b c Fascinating game with expectations , Berner Zeitung, October 2, 2017
  7. ↑ Aja von Loeper, Thomas Röthel . Kunstverein Bayreuth, 2018
  8. ↑ Thomas Röthel - pure steel . Kunsthalle Schweinfurt, November 2017
  9. ^ Herbert Mehler, Thomas Röthel - Steel Worlds. Ansbach Sculpture Mile 2017 , exhibition catalog, 2017
  10. ↑ Thomas Röthel - Steel Sculptures, Mainau Island, May to October 2011 . Edition Kittelberger, Reutlingen, 2011
personal data
SURNAME Röthel, Thomas
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German sculptor
DATE OF BIRTH 1969
PLACE OF BIRTH Ansbach