Ulrike Truger

Rising (1979)

Sculpture giant (2009)

Sculpture to Marcus Omofuma

Ulrike Truger (born October 16, 1948 in Hartberg , Styria ) is an Austrian sculptor and lives and works in Vienna and Buchschachen in Burgenland .

Life

Truger moved to Vienna in 1951, graduated from high school , studied mathematics, and studied sculpture at the University of Applied Arts with Wander Bertoni .

In 1995 Truger bought an empty farm in Buchschachen, renovated it and expanded it with a studio.

In November 2009 she erected a monumental, 16-tonne marble sculpture called “Gigant”, a memorial for human rights, in front of the Vienna Musikverein in downtown Vienna , without any building permit . The sculptress then wanted to sell the sculpture to the City of Vienna for 250,000 euros, but the city of Vienna refused to join, despite the advocacy of various people from the cultural scene, and on January 3, 2011, issued a notice of removal. On March 1, 2011, the artist had the sculpture transported away due to the threat of costs and penalties from the municipality of Vienna.

Functions (selection)

1990 appointment to the advisory board for fine arts in the ministry
1988–1990 President of the Professional Association of Fine Artists Austria
1989 Head of the international sculpture symposium in Lindabrunn
2000 Austrian Culture Week in Addis Ababa , leading the sculptor workshop

Works (selection)

1979 Rising , Lindabrunn conglomerate , Vienna, Chamber of Labor
1982 Front female middle , bronze, Vienna, Brigittenau indoor swimming pool

1982 Good morning , Sterzinger Marmor, Oberwart, specialty hospital

1983 Rising II , limestone, Grafenschachen , elementary school, Burgenland

1983 Torso , Carrara marble, Vienna, Kurpark Oberlaa

1984 Rising III , Serpentine Tauerngrün, Vienna- Kagran , International School

1985 Aufbruch II , Krastaler Marble, Vienna- Ottakring , residential complex , Ottakringer Straße 9–15

1986 Large reclining woman , Serpentin Tauerngrün, Vienna-Ottakring, Higher Federal College for Fashion and Clothing Technology

1986 Lucia , Greek marble, Vienna Inner City , bank for work and economy

1988 Large reclining figure, Reinhardsdorfer Sandstein, Berlin , Treptower Park

1991 Stone river , serpentine Tauerngrün, Hartberg, pedestrian zone

1991 Leg , hip , spine , arm , Untersberg marble, Salzburg, Pierer sanatorium

1993 Die Stolze , Waldviertel marble , Salzburg, bank for work and economy

1995 Wall design with architect Wolfgang Brunbauer, serpentine, Tauerngrün and concrete, Wiener Neustadt , Arena Nova

1996 emerging , Waldviertel marble, Salzburg, university

1999 Rising , Lindabrunn Conglomerate, Vienna-Ottakring, Art Mile

2000 Guardian , Carrara / Statuario Marble, Vienna, Burgtheater

2001 Elisabeth , Carrara / Statuario Marmor, Vienna, Hermesvilla

2001 Departure , Krastal marble, large lounge chair , serpentine Tauerngrün, Oberwart , city park

2003 MARCUS-OMOFUMA-STEIN , African granite, to Marcus Omofuma , Vienna - Mariahilfer Strasse next to the Museum Quarter

2009 GIGANT - Mensch Macht Würde , Carrara / Statuario Marmor, Vienna - Karlsplatz near the Künstlerhaus , presentation of the human rights stone from November 24th, 2009 to March 1st, 2011

Awards (selection)

1974 Art Prize of the City of Hartberg
1977 Theodor Körner Prize
1977 foreign scholarship from the Styrian regional government
1978 work grant from the municipality of Vienna
1981 State scholarship for fine arts
1983 Vienna Festival Prize for Plastic
1983 Museum Prize from the Kasser Art Foundation
1984 award of a state studio in the Prater
1987 Medal of Honor for special artistic achievements of the Society of Fine Artists Austria
2002 Art Prize of the Theodor Kery Foundation
2002 Liesl Bareuther Prize from the Austrian Society of Fine Artists

Exhibitions (selection)

1978 Steirischer Herbst , Graz
1980 Sculpture live , Künstlerhaus, Vienna
1981 Anthropos , Josefsplatz , Vienna
1983 Wiener Festwochen , orangery in the Palais Auersperg
1984 Women's work , BAWAG Foundation , Vienna
1986 125 years of the Künstlerhaus, Vienna
1988 Treptower Park , Berlin
1989 Künstlerhaus , Graz
1990 Art in the Bauhütte, teaching building yard, Salzburg
1993 City Museums , Heilbronn
1994 Art in the Landscape, Gut Gasteil, Prigglitz
1995 4 positions Stein , Rupertinum , Salzburg
1997 Sculpture in the Park , Renner Institute , Vienna
1999 Künstlerhaus, Vienna
2001 Stein-Leben , Oberwart
2002 stone living , Wiener Neustadt
2008 Künstlerhaus, Vienna
2008 Landesgalerie, Eisenstadt
2008 Liszt Center , Raiding

Literature (selection)

with Johann Klinger, Uwe Arnold: Sculptures , Truger illustrated book Vienna 2004, ISBN 3-200-00134-8 .
Karoline Riebler: Ulrike Truger. An Austrian sculptor in public space . Vienna 2012 ( core.ac.uk [PDF; accessed on March 3, 2018] diploma thesis).