Viola Weigel

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Viola Weigel (born May 19, 1966 in Karlsruhe ) is a German art historian and curator .

Career

Wilhelmshaven art gallery

Weigel studied art history in Frankfurt, Manchester and Basel. She did her doctorate at the University of Basel under Professor Gottfried Boehm with a thesis on “The recovery of the visible. Studies on Visuality in English Painting between 1910 and 1920 ”. This study was published in 2006. From 1997 to 2005 Weigel was assistant curator at the Fondation Beyeler in Riehen near Basel. There she worked on the retrospectives of Anselm Kiefer in 2001 and Ellsworth Kelly in 2002/2003. In 2005 she moved to the Museum für Gestaltung in Zurich as curator , where she was primarily responsible for the arts and crafts collection, the Museum Bellerive . In 2007 Weigel was elected director of the Kunsthalle Wilhelmshaven . She curated exhibitions on contemporary art and the art collection of the city of Wilhelmshaven . Solo exhibitions were dedicated to Gereon Krebber in 2007 , Cécile Hummel in 2008, Lothar Götz in 2011, Jan Albers in 2016 and Yvette Kießling in 2018. Weigel also planned themed exhibitions such as “Under water - over water” in 2009 and “Destination: Wilhelmshaven. Photographers look at the North Sea city ”or in 2011 about Franz Radziwill during the Nazi era, which were often related to Wilhelmshaven. Viola Weigel has two 5-year contracts with the Verein der Kunstfreunde für Wilhelmshaven e. V., who runs the Kunsthalle Wilhelmshaven. In 2018 she became custodian and curator of the painting and sculpture collection of the Chemnitz art collections . In 2019 she took over the management of an art foundation in northern Germany.

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Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Viola Weigel: The recovery of the visible. Studies on visuality in English painting between 1910 and 1920. Basel: Giessler 2006
  2. ↑ Kiefer, Anselm., Ransmayr, Christoph., Brüderlin, Markus., Fondation Beyeler (Riehen): Anselm Kiefer, the seven HimmelsPaläste 1973–2001: [on the occasion of the exhibition “Anselm Kiefer. The Seven HimmelsPaläste 1973–2001 ”in the Fondation Beyeler Riehen / Basel, from October 28, 2001 to February 17, 2002] . Hatje Cantz, Ostfildern-Ruit 2001, ISBN 3-7757-1124-4 .
  3. ↑ Boehm, Gottfried, 1942-, Weigel, Viola., Fondation Beyeler .: Ellsworth Kelly: Zwischen-Raum: Werke 1956–2002 . Hatje Cantz, Ostfildern, Germany 2002, ISBN 3-7757-1229-1 .
  4. ↑ bes: viola weigel, designated head of the art gallery: resistance is a must . In: The daily newspaper: taz . December 1, 2006, ISSN  0931-9085 , p. 22 ( taz.de [accessed November 7, 2018]).
  5. ^ Weigel, Viola., Spanke, Daniel., Kunsthalle Wilhelmshaven .: Gereon Krebber: all that is solid melts into air . Kerber, Bielefeld 2007, ISBN 978-3-86678-061-3 .
  6. ^ Gampp, Axel Christoph., Weigel, Viola, Hummel, Cécile, exhibition Cécile Hummel - Bildreisen. Drawing, photography, video <2008, Wilhelmshaven>, Kunsthalle Wilhelmshaven: Cécile Hummel - Photo trips: drawing, photography; [on the occasion of the exhibition Cécile Hummel - Bildreisen. Drawing, photography, video, Kunsthalle Wilhelmshaven, April 20 to June 22, 2008] . Modo-Verl, Freiburg, Br. 2008, ISBN 978-3-86833-002-1 .
  7. ↑ Zybok, Oliver, 1972-, Asendorf, Christoph., Städtische Galerie Remscheid., Kunsthalle Wilhelmshaven., Städtische Galerie Wolfsburg .: Lothar Götz, works - 2011 . Hatje Cantz, Ostfildern, Germany 2011, ISBN 978-3-7757-3002-0 .
  8. ↑ Weigel, Viola, Gardner, Belinda Grace, Kunsthalle Wilhelmshaven, Jan Albers: HaLLuZinOgen 04.09-06.12 2016 Wilhelmshaven: Jan Albers haLLuZinOgen . Wilhelmshaven 2016, ISBN 978-3-941929-68-5 .
  9. ↑ Weigel, Viola., Adamowsky, Natascha., Hauser, Stephan E., Kunsthalle Wilhelmshaven .: Under water over water: from the aquarium to the video image = Under water above water: from the aquarium to the video image . Kunsthalle, Wilhelmshaven 2009, ISBN 978-3-86678-274-7 .
  10. ↑ Heßmann, Karin, Weigel, Viola, Exhibition goal: Wilhelmshaven. Photographers look at the North Sea city. Karin Hessmann, Cécile Hummel, Katia Liebmann, Olaf Mahlstedt, Ralf Peters, Jost Wischnewski 2010 Wilhelmshaven, Kunsthalle Wilhelmshaven, exhibition destination: Wilhelmshaven. Photographers look out over the North Sea city. Karin Hessmann, Cécile Hummel, Katia Liebmann, Olaf Mahlstedt, Ralf Peters, Jost Wischnewski (2010.09.17-11.21 Wilhelmshaven): Destination: Wilhelmshaven: Photographers look out over the North Sea city; Karin Hessmann, Cécile Hummel, Katia Liebmann, Olaf Mahlstedt, Ralf Peters, Jost Wischnewski; [on the occasion of the exhibition Destination: Wilhelmshaven. Photographers look out over the North Sea city. Karin Hessmann, Cécile Hummel, Katia Liebmann, Olaf Mahlstedt, Ralf Peters, Jost Wischnewski, Kunsthalle Wilhelmshaven, 17.09-21.11.2010] . Kunsthalle, Wilhelmshaven 2010, ISBN 978-3-930510-41-2 .
  11. ^ Neumann-Dietzsch, Birgit., Althaus, Karin., Radziwill, Franz 1895–1983, Franz Radziwill Society, Franz Radziwill House and Dangast Archive: The painter Franz Radziwill in the time of National Socialism: [on the occasion of the exhibitions The painter Franz Radziwill in the time of National Socialism, Franz-Radziwill-Haus, Dangast, 13.3.2011-15.1.2012; Kunsthalle Wilhelmshaven, 13.3. - May 22, 2011] . 1st edition Kerber, Bielefeld 2011, ISBN 978-3-86678-499-4 .
  12. ↑ Wilhelmshaven newspaper - www.WZonline.de: WZonline.de - news, photos and videos from Wilhelmshaven and Friesland. Retrieved November 8, 2018 .
  13. ^ Nordwest-Zeitung: Kunstbetrieb: Chronically sluggish coffers and a long dispute . In: NWZonline . ( nwzonline.de [accessed November 8, 2018]).
personal data
SURNAME Weigel, viola
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German art historian
DATE OF BIRTH May 19, 1966
PLACE OF BIRTH Karlsruhe