Thorsten Goldberg

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Thorsten Goldberg (born December 26, 1960 in Dinslaken ) is a German artist .

Life

From 1982 to 1991 Thorsten Goldberg studied sculpture at the State Academy of Fine Arts in Stuttgart under Inge Mahn .

In 1991 Thorsten Goldberg received the first prize for his photographic work "Class of 97" in the competition for young art, Kunsthalle Kiel , Kunstverein Mannheim, Kunstmuseum Wolfsburg , Württembergischer Kunstverein Stuttgart and Staatliche Kunsthalle Baden-Baden .

Together with the screenwriter Wieland Bauder , he created the fictional character Thomas Bauer for joint artistic appearances. As Thomas Bauer, he received a grant for photography from the Berlin Senate in 1991 and took part in the exhibition Art on a World Scale at the Kunsthalle Kiel in 1993.

Since 1995, in addition to photographic and video works, more and more works of art in architecture and art in public spaces have been created .

Thorsten Goldberg is the spokesman for the commission for art in public space of the Kulturwerk in Berlin, member of the KÖR jury Vienna from 2014 to 2016 co-initiator of the project "Clipboard" on art in the large housing estates Marzahn and Hellersdorf and he is the initiator and co-editor of "Public Art Wiki , a thought library “of the internet lexicon on art in public space and editor of several publications on art in public space.

As an artist, Thorsten Goldberg has realized numerous projects across Europe in public spaces and has taught at various technical colleges and art academies. Most recently, he held a teaching position for art in public space at the Art University in Linz and a professorship for art and media at the Muthesius Art University in Kiel.

Thorsten Goldberg is a member of the German Association of Artists , he lives in Berlin.

Selection of realized works in public space

  • 1991 going home being at home , (Thomas Bauer), 10 billboards in downtown Stuttgart
  • 1993 International sculpture (Thomas Bauer) Wall made of 1800 sandbags in front of the entrance to the Kunsthalle Kiel for "Art on a World Scale", Kunsthalle Kiel
  • 1996 range, reach , neon lettering and barcodes on the gable walls of two prefabricated apartment blocks in Berlin-Hellersdorf
  • 1997 big game (hunt) , (with A. Kaufmann and R. Reitermann), architecture game on the town hall square in Lüdenscheid
  • 1997 Stone, paper, scissors , random neon signs as permanent marking of the former Oberbaumbrücke Berlin border crossing
  • 1998 A lot of everything , planting, Levillain Park, Heidenheim Museum
  • 2000 Hunger and Thirst, Cola and Sausage , installation with three singers, sculpture project Wiesbaden
  • 2000 stand-by Potsdam , permanent gas flame on the side of the chimney of a disused factory area, Potsdam
  • 2002 concierge , brick goal post with intercom, Bergkamen-Heil
  • 2002 fingerwalks , permanent video installation in the atrium of the Landesklinik Eberswalde
  • 2002 curtain mov. , running curtain in the park of the Eberswalde State Clinic
  • 2003 Milch & Honig , large slide of a historical land of plenty in the S-Bahn station. Unter den Linden, Pariser Platz Berlin
  • 2004 Next stop - Milk & Honey , electronic bus stop, Heidenheim main street
  • 2005 Wismar depot , neon lettering at the old Wismar harbor warehouse
  • 2006 rivers of wine and beer , neon prophecy to: "Where do you go to the public", Wiesbaden
  • 2006 inventory of historical busts and bases, Charité Berlin
  • 2009 Cumulus 07.08 , Lichtpromenade Lippstadt within the project Hellweg - a light path
  • 2010 Cumulus Berlin , Federal Ministry of Food, Agriculture and Consumer Protection (BMELV), Berlin
  • 2010 Milk & Honey , on the occasion of "Blickwechsel", Museum Ratingen
  • 2012 60 ° N 05 ° E (encased waterside) , light sculpture, Bergen / Norway
  • 2012 Cumulus 08/11 , in the sculpture park of the Herbert Gerisch Foundation Neumünster
  • 2013 And Honey Upon Hawthorn Grows , wind-powered sculpture in Ronald Reagan Park, Gdansk / Poland
  • 2014 Radom Cumulus , neon sculpture at the Museum Mazovian Center of Contemporary Art - Elektrownia in Radom / Poland
  • 2018 24 kt , bird's nest made of 74 gold branches, primary school at Fuchsberg - Berlin-Biesdorf (stolen in May 2019)

Selection of solo exhibitions

  • 1992 Thorsten Goldberg - one weekend, Württembergischer Kunstverein Stuttgart
  • 1993 Thorsten Goldberg - Gallery Wohnmaschine, Berlin
  • 1995 dirt, Heidenheim Art Museum
  • 1996 remotes, Gallery Wohnmaschine, Berlin
  • 1997 birdies inside, Gallery Wohnmaschine, Berlin
  • 1999 Thorsten Goldberg - Galerie Hafemann, Wiesbaden
  • 2001 Thorsten Goldberg - XX1 Gallery, Warsaw / Poland
  • 2002 detached village, Kunsthalle Münster Am Hawerkamp, ​​Münster
  • 2005 things are generally different behind closed doors, Espai 13, Fundació Joan Miró , Barcelona / Spain
  • 2010 constructing clouds, whiteconcepts, Berlin
  • 2012 54 ° 4min, Herbert Gerisch Foundation , Neumünster
  • 2013 54 ° 24min, Laznia - Center for Contemporary Art, Danzig / Poland
  • 2013 51 ° 15min, Municipal Gallery in Park Viersen

literature

  • Hans-Peter Feldmann: Foreword in: Catalog One weekend, Goldberg , Württembergischer Kunstverein Stuttgart, 1992
  • René Hirner: Two installations by Wieland Bauder and Thorsten Goldberg in: Catalog dirt , Kunstmuseum Heidenheim, 1995
  • Martin Henatsch : Thorsten Goldberg's art of drawing in: Catalog dirt , Kunstmuseum Heidenheim, 1995
  • Christoph Tannert: Means against amnesia , in: Catalog Thorsten Goldberg , Kunsthalle Münster 2002, ISBN 3-935730-05-5
  • Martin Henatsch: Moments of fragility , in: Catalog Thorsten Goldberg , Kunsthalle Münster 2002, ISBN 3-935730-05-5
  • Frédéric Bußmann: Stone-Paper-Scissors in: Art in the City, Sculptures in Berlin , Ed. H. Dickel, U. Fleckner, Nicolai Verlag, Berlin 2002, ISBN 3-87584-399-1
  • Montse Badia: About milk and honey, Thorsten Goldberg's Utopia Station in: Catalog Werk 04 , Sculpture Symposium Heidenheim 2004, ISBN 3-929935-23-6
  • Katharina Klara Jung: Milch + Honig + , in: Catalog Where please go to public , Wiesbaden 2006, published by Office for Art and Public Münster, Cultural Office of the City of Wiesbaden, published by Kerber Verlag 2007, ISBN 978-3-938025- 52-9
  • René Hirner: the receipts 93-08 in: Tiefenrausch Volume 2 - Strom des Vergessenes , Guide to the exhibition, publisher OK Center for Contemporary Art, Upper Austria 2008, ISBN 978-3-85256-462-3
  • Martin Henatsch: Locations in paradise, coordinates of the utopian in: 54 ° 4min. Thorsten Goldberg , Ed. Herbert-Gerisch-Stiftung, DISTANZ Verlag, Berlin 2012, ISBN 978-3-942405-78-2
  • Jadwiga Charzynska: The Outdoor Gallery of Gdansk in: 54 ° 4min. Thorsten Goldberg , Ed. Herbert-Gerisch-Stiftung, DISTANZ Verlag, Berlin 2012, ISBN 978-3-942405-78-2
  • Eulalia Domanowska: Standing in the room at: 54 ° 4min. Thorsten Goldberg , Ed. Herbert-Gerisch-Stiftung, DISTANZ Verlag, Berlin 2012, ISBN 978-3-942405-78-2

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ See: Archives Württembergischer Kunstverein Stuttgart
  2. ↑ See catalog annual laboratory. A report. Berlinische Galerie, 1992, ISBN 3-927873-16-0 , pp. 81–82
  3. ↑ Martin Henatsch on Thomas Bauer in: Art on a global scale. Kunsthalle zu Kiel 1993, ISBN 3-923701-61-6
  4. ↑ See: Expert Commission of the Office for Art in Public Space, Kulturwerk des bbk Berlin
  5. ↑ Jury 2014 - 2016. In: KÖR Art in Public Space Vienna. Retrieved March 5, 2017 .
  6. ^ "Clipboard" , art in the large settlements of Marzahn and Hellersdorf
  7. ↑ kunststadt stadtkunst - magazine for art in public space
  8. ↑ See: artist database of the specialist commission of the office for art in public space, cultural work of bbk-berlin
  9. ↑ kuenstlerbund.de: Members "G" / Thorsten Goldberg (accessed on August 5, 2015)
  10. ↑ Axel Lier: "Gold nest stolen from Marzahn school - value: 80,000 euros" bz-Berlin from May 15, 2019
personal data
SURNAME Goldberg, Thorsten
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German artist
DATE OF BIRTH December 26, 1960
PLACE OF BIRTH Dinslaken