Victor Bonato

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Victor Bonato , formerly also Vittorio Bonato (born May 14, 1934 in Cologne ; † May 22, 2019 ), was a German artist .

Life

Troisdorf city gate (Photo: 2005)

Victor Bonato completed a professional training as a glass painter in 1948. From 1956 to 1961 he studied wall painting at the Cologne factory schools . He stayed in the United States for several years to study. He was u. a. together with Joachim Bandau co-founder of the Cologne artist group K-66. In 1966 he began his freelance work as an artist, mainly with socially critical visual work. In 1969 he worked on the deformation of glass mirrors under the aspect of irritation of visual and behavioral habits. Since 1974 he has been teaching adult education. In 1975 he offered creative work for juvenile offenders in the Siegburg correctional facility. In 1979 three-dimensional mirror objects and twisted glass mirrors were created. In 1982 he dealt with the archetypal phenomenon of polarity. Two years later he received first prize at the flag festival on the occasion of the first Bonn art week. In 1984, together with Joachim Bandau, he created the Troisdorf city gates , which were set up at the end of the pedestrian zone in Alt-Troisdorf.

In 1987 he was given a teaching position in the department of art and design at the Bergische Universität Wuppertal University . From 1991 he dealt with paraffin and wax work. In 1993 he was awarded the August Macke Medal (Bonn), and two years later the Ida Gerhardi Förderpreis (Lüdenscheidt). From 1994 onwards, works with shredded DM banknotes were created under the headings “Value Change” and “Wages of Work”. Bonato was a member of the West German and the German Association of Artists . He lived and worked in Niederkassel . In May 2019, a few days after his 85th birthday, he died after a long illness.

Exhibitions (selection)

  • 1970: "Prisma '70", 18th exhibition of the German Association of Artists, Rheinisches Landesmuseum Bonn
  • 1987: Museum of Cultural History , Osnabrück
  • 1990: Sculptures and objects, Galerie Franz Swetec, Düsseldorf
  • 1994: Galerie Voss, Dortmund
  • 1994: "fragile - stable", Kunstverein Siegburg
  • 1995: "Value change", Mönchehausmuseum Goslar (exhibition with shredded money)
  • 1995: Galerie Weinelt, Hof Stadt
  • 1999: White Gallery, Cologne
  • 1999: Large art exhibition NRW Düsseldorf
  • 2000: Editor of the Kölner Stadtanzeiger, Rhein-Sieg
  • 2001: Kreissparkasse Marl
  • 2001: "Kleingeld", Kreissparkasse Recklinghausen
  • 2001: Finanzkaufhaus-Sparkasse, Kö-Galerie Düsseldorf
  • 2001/2002: Kreissparkasse Siegburg
  • 2004: "70 is just a number!" Exhibition on the occasion of Bonato's 70th birthday, Galerie Franz Swetec, Düsseldorf
  • 2005: "Sculpture & Object", Conny Dietzschold Gallery, Sydney / Australia
  • 2009: "Shell and Core / Value Change / Patchwork", LVR - Rheinisches LandesMuseum, Bonn / Pumpwerk, Siegburg (homage to the 75th birthday)
  • 2015: "Landna (h) me", Municipal Gallery Lüdenscheid
  • 2016: “Mirror, mirror on the wall”, Sebastian Fath Contemporary, Mannheim
  • 2016: Victor Bonato - Galerie Franz Swetec, Düsseldorf
  • 2018: "Victor Bonato - look at me!", Sebastian Fath Contemporary, Mannheim

Prices

Works in public space (selection)

  • 1966: Niederkassel-Rheidt secondary school
  • 1971: New Theater Münster; Social Pedagogical Center Cologne
  • 1972: Westdeutsche Landesbank Münster
  • 1973: Cologne College, Cologne Deutz
  • 1978: Federal Ministry for Education and Science , Bonn
  • 1979: Landesversicherungsanstalt Rheinprovinz, Düsseldorf
  • 1980: Bonn Health Department
  • 1981: Federal Ministry for Research and Technology , Bonn
  • 1983: "Platonic Garden", State Institute for Teacher Training and Curriculum Research, Soest
  • 1984: "Welle", Brunnen center, Bonn-Dottendorf
  • 1984: "Troisdorf town gate", Troisdorf pedestrian zone (with Joachim Bandau)
  • 1985: Federal Ministry of the Interior, Bonn
  • 1986: “A Case of Legality”, Judicial Center, Minden
  • 1986: Bielefeld Public Prosecutor's Office
  • 1987: Police station in Goslar
  • 1988: Federal motorway service station Göttingen-West
  • 1989: "Vibration and Wave", Mittellandkanal overpass, Minden
  • 1991: Federal Health Office , Veterinary Medical Institute, Berlin-Marienfelde
  • 1992: Cologne-Porz airport administration
  • 1993: Trade Association for Glass and Ceramics, Würzburg
  • 1994: Stade town hall forecourt
  • 1995: “Alternating voltage”, Frankenplatz, Eschweiler-Weisweiler
  • 1996: “Below and above”, Minden Waterways and Shipping Office
  • 1997: "Ponte Rialto", Troisdorf
  • 1998: Landesbank Schleswig-Holstein, Kiel
  • 1998: "Eight Pillars of Money", Stadtsparkasse Dortmund
  • 1999: “Das Wort”, Stadtpark, Troisdorf
  • 2001: "Frozen Wave", Limassol, Cyprus
  • 2002: Sculpture Museum Glaskasten , Marl
  • 2003: “Place of Remembrance”, Troisdorf

Publications

  • "Blinds", catalog City Museum Goslar 1991
  • "Zeitzeug", Catalog Museum Goslar 1992
  • "Disturbed Memories", Gisela Burkamp , catalog Kunstverein Oerlinghausen 1994
  • "Art and Building" catalog Ministry for Building and Housing, North Rhine-Westphalia
  • "Wages for Work", 2002 (together with Uwe Rüth)

literature

  • Bandau - Boers - Bonato - Meschede. K 66. Kölnischer Kunstverein, January 21 to February 16, 1969, Cologne 1969 (exhibition on the artist group K 66 with Joachim Bandau, Dieter Boers, Vittorio Bonato, Christine Meschede. With illustrations)
  • Walfried Pohl / Rainer Wick, Bonato, Victor. November 6-29, 1987. Museum of Cultural History, Akzisehaus Osnabrück, Osnabrück 1987
  • Rainer K. Wick: Bonato, Art in Public Space 1987–1996, Locher Verlag Cologne 1996, ISBN 3-930054-27-2

Web links

Commons : Victor Bonato  - collection of images, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Distorted Reality: Artist Victor Bonato dies , rtl.de, published and accessed on June 19, 2019
  2. ↑ "Prisma '70", exhibition catalog: Fig. 49 (Victor Bonato: Lichtgeteiltescheibe KK-70 , 1970, neon / glass / aluminum / wood, Ø 107 cm)
  3. ↑ luedenscheid.de: "Landna (h) me" - The art exhibition of the partnerships of the Märkischer Kreis (accessed on June 8, 2015)
personal data
SURNAME Bonato, Victor
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German visual artist
DATE OF BIRTH May 14, 1934
PLACE OF BIRTH Cologne
DATE OF DEATH May 22, 2019