Full-wheel coachman
Vollrad Kutscher (* 1945 in Braunschweig ) is a German artist. He works across all disciplines in the areas of installation, light art, performance and art in public spaces. Kutscher lives and works in Frankfurt am Main.
Life
After studying at the University Institute for Art and Craft Education in Mainz (1968 to 1972), Kutscher worked as a freelance artist in Frankfurt. In addition to his artistic work, he takes on numerous teaching positions, including a. at the University of Applied Sciences Würzburg-Schweinfurt , at the F + F School for Art and Media Design in Zurich, at the University of Lüneburg , at the Offenbach University of Design and at the Saar University of Fine Arts in Saarbrücken. In 1992 he took over a visiting professorship at the University of Kassel and in 1999 a visiting professorship at the University of Giessen . Kutscher also works as a curator in the fields of performance and video art.
Works
Works in collections
Museum Wiesbaden ; Historical Museum Frankfurt; Municipal Gallery in the Lenbachhaus Munich; Saarland Art Collection; Art Museum Celle; Kestnergesellschaft Hannover; Art Museum Bern ; City Museums Heilbronn ; ZKM Center for Art and Media Karlsruhe; Swiss Re Munich; Deutsche Bank; Alliance Treptowers Berlin; Falckenberg Collection
Works in public space
- 2010: Deportation memorial, Wiesbaden
- 2010: Blue Flower, light sculptures in Hanover-Ilten and Hanover-Köthenwald
- 2007: The Penny Monument, Alice Springs, Australia
- 2007: Blue Wave, Münsterstrasse Bridges, Hamm
- 2006: Plenary Hall, Hessian State Parliament, Wiesbaden
- 2002: The Pfennig Monument, Anlagenring, Frankfurt am Main
- 1998: Plenary Hall, Town Hall, Rüsselsheim
Exhibitions
Solo exhibitions (selection)
- 2017: Kunsthaus Interlaken , CH
- 2016: European Artist House Upper Bavaria, D
- 2015: Museum Wiesbaden , D
- 2011: Henze-Ketterer Gallery, Bern Wichtrach, CH
- 2010: Cathedral Museum Frankfurt, D
- 2008: Hessian Parliament , Wiesbaden, D
- 2006: Galerie Manfred Rieker, Heilbronn am Neckar, D
- 2005: Kampl Gallery, Art Cologne, Cologne , D
- 2003: Art Bunker, Nuremberg, D
- 2002: Stadtgalerie Saarbrücken, D
- 2001: Kunsthalle Göppingen, D
- 2000: Chemnitz Art Collections , D
- 1998: Kestner Society, Hanover, D
- 1996: Galerie Teutloff, Cologne. D.
- 1995: Städtische Galerie im Lenbachhaus Munich, D
- 1993: Kampl Gallery, Munich, D
- 1992: Kasseler Kunstverein, D
- 1991: Marilies Hess Foundation, Frankfurt am Main, D
- 1990: Galerie Transit, Strasbourg, F
- 1989: Galerie Jedermann-Harth, Frankfurt am Main, D
- 1988: Kunstmuseum Bern , CH
Group exhibitions (selection)
- 2019: Kunstverein Familie Montez , D
- 2017: Light art from the Robert Simon Collection, Kunstmuseum Celle, D
- 2016: The second skin, Museum Sinclair Haus, Bad Homburg, D
- 2015: Plakartive, Bielefeld, D
- 2014: Light Art, Galerie Manfred Rieker, Heilbronn am Neckar, D
- 2013: Light art exhibition, Lüdenscheid, D
- 2013: There goes Büchner, Galerie Netuschil , Darmstadt, D
- 2012: Performance Festival BONE, Bern, CH
- 2011: Video art, Neuer Kunstverein Aschaffenburg, D
- 2009: Forum of Light in Art, Eindhoven, NL
- 2009: Frame, Galerie Becker, Frankfurt am Main, D
- 2008: Long Effect, Historisches Museum Frankfurt, D
- 2008: X times me, Städtische Galerie Rastatt, D
- 2006: Luminale Rüsselsheim, D
- 2006: Video art CH AT DE, Kunstraum Innsbruck, A
- 2005: The bust since Auguste Rodin, Art Museum Appenzell, CH
- 2005: Modern Times, Mönchhaus Museum for Modern Art, Goslar, D
- 2005: Light art from artificial light, ZKM, Center for Art and Media Karlsruhe, D
- 2004: Sculpture Park Wiesbaden, D
- 2003: Test run, Volxheimer Kunstverein, D
- 2002: Transformations, Schirn Kunsthalle, Frankfurt am Main, D
- 2002: Galerie Beckers, Frankfurt am Main, D
- 2002: Identities, Georg Kolbe Museum, Berlin, D
- 2000: Social machine money, OK Center for Contemporary Art, Linz, A
Bibliography (selection)
- Jürgen Raap: Vollrad Kutscher, Who does not honor the penny ... , in: Kunstforum International , Volume 149, 2000
- Peter Forster: Vollrad Kutscher, portrait installation Norbert Klassen , Museum Wiesbaden , Michael Imhof Verlag, 2015
- Alexander Klar: The Art Collections , Museum Wiesbaden , Hirmer Verlag Munich, 2015
- Hans Christoph von Tavel, Gerhard Johann Lischka : Vollrad Kutscher , catalog for the solo exhibition at the Kunstmuseum Bern , 1989
Web links
- Literature by and about Vollrad Kutscher in the catalog of the German National Library
- Website of Vollrad Kutscher
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Coachman, full wheel |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German artist |
| DATE OF BIRTH | 1945 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Braunschweig |