Walter Libuda

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Shadow wall, 1998, object box, 200 x 250 x 20 cm

Walter Libuda (born June 24, 1950 in Zechau -Leesen) is a German painter , draftsman , sculptor and object artist .

Life

Walter Libuda was a theater painter at the Landestheater Altenburg from 1968–71 . 1973–78 he studied at the University of Graphic and Book Art in Leipzig . From 1978 to 1979 he was a master student with Bernhard Heisig . From 1979 to 1985 he worked as an assistant at the University of Graphic and Book Art in Leipzig. From 1985 Libuda lived in Berlin .

Walter Libuda has been a member of the artists' association Neue Gruppe München since 1991 . He has been a member of the German Association of Artists since 1992 and has been a member of the Saxon Academy of the Arts since 1998 . In 1999 Walter Libuda received the Fred Thieler Prize for Painting from the Berlinische Galerie and in 2000 he was awarded the Gerhard Altenbourg Prize from the Lindenau Museum Altenburg . Since 2004 Libuda has lived in Schildow near Berlin.

Walter Libuda is a member of the Saxon Academy of Arts and since 2014 deputy secretary of the Class of Visual Arts Saxon Academy of Arts .

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In addition to drawing and painting, sculptural works as picture boxes, colored ceramics and bronzes have also been created since the 1980s.

Work groups (selection)

  • 1978–1979 carrying the cross
  • 1979–1985 Fat Man
  • 1980–1989 sick year
  • 1980–1990 Advertising
  • 1980–1991 The garden
  • 1981–1984 child with dead animal
  • 1981-1987 Ohr
  • 1981 bed
  • 1981 The emigrants
  • 1982 The recovery
  • 1984–1987 sausage eater
  • 1986–1987 walker
  • 1987–1991 Weeping Man
  • 1987-2009 fish eater
  • 1987-2007 Horcher
  • 1988–2009 shoe
  • 1989–1992 bags
  • 1992–1993 In the corridors
  • 1992-2010 two-lot
  • 1992–2000 woman at the piano
  • 1993–1996 The track
  • 1994–2000 The security of the extinguished stoves
  • 1997 trophy
  • 1997 + 2000 surfers
  • 2002–2006 clearing
  • 2002–2007 land surveyor
  • 2005–2009 Seven Days - One Week
  • 2007 golden boys
  • 2007–2009 Big Sister
  • 2008–2009 The Alley
  • 2008–2009 rooms for strangers

Solo exhibitions

  • 2009: Oldenburg, Oldenburg culture store in the Oldenburg City Museum: space for restless people
  • 2008: Augsburg, Kunstverein im Holbeinhaus: The Big Sister
    • Salzgitter, Kunstverein, Museum Schloss Salder: The big sister
    • Hall, forum for contemporary ceramics, gallery in the Volkspark: The Big Sister
  • 2007: Berlin, Galerie Berlin: The Big Sister (catalog)
  • 2006: Potsdam, Old Town Hall, Potsdam Forum: Continents move
  • 2003: Rostock, Kunsthalle: Landvermesser (catalog)
  • 2001: Osnabrück, Kunsthalle Dominikanerkirche: The cave fills the mountain
    • Marburg, Kunstverein: Painting, Drawing, Plastic, Object
  • 2000: Altenburg, Lindenau Museum: The cave fills the mountain.

Retrospective. Episodes and series 1978–2000. Gerhard Altenbourg Prize 2000 (catalog)

  • 1999: Berlin, Berlinische Galerie im Lapidarium: Fred Thieler Prize for Painting from the Berlinische Galerie
    • Bad Homburg, Altana AG's Sinclair House: land in sight. Works 1979–1999 (catalog)
    • Oldenburg, Augusteum of the State Museum for Art and Cultural History: Kalt im Wald
  • 1997: Reutlingen, Hans-Thoma-Gesellschaft-Kunstverein and Städtisches Kunstmuseum Spendhaus: Kalt im Wald (catalog)
  • 1995: Bielefeld, Kunstverein, Museum Waldhof: The pharmacist's eye (catalog)
  • 1994: Nuremberg, Institute for Modern Art: The concern of the larks
  • 1993: Rosenheim, Kunstverein, Kunst-Mühle: In the aisles
    • Berlin, Galerie Berlin: Long Arm Moon (catalog)
  • 1992: Berlin, Neue Nationalgalerie: Karawane (catalog)
  • 1990: Venice, 44th Biennale di Venezia (catalog)
  • 1987: Altenburg, Lindenau Museum (catalog)
  • 1985: Frankfurt (Oder): Museum of Young Art: The Bed (catalog)
  • 1982: Paris, Galerie des pays de langue allemande

Group exhibitions

  • 2010: Visual paths from southeast to northeast. Freiburg, i. Br., FRIAS (catalog)
  • 2009: 60/40/20. Art in Leipzig since 1949. Leipzig, Museum of Fine Arts (catalog)
    • 100 years - 100 pictures. German painting in the 20th century. Oldenburg, State Museum for Art and Cultural History, Augusteum
    • Art in the GDR. Painting and sculpture from the Neue Nationalgalerie Berlin. Bad Mergentheim, Teutonic Order Museum
    • 20 years since the fall of the Berlin Wall - 20 German painters. Saarbrücken, Johanneskirche (catalog)
  • 2008: heads or tails. Leipzig faces and history. Leipzig, Museum of Fine Arts (catalog)
  • 2007: New National Gallery. The Classic Collection. From Edvard Munch to Barnett Newman. Berlin, New National Gallery (catalog)
    • The exciting art of the 20th century. Berlin, New National Gallery.
    • From the collection of the Berlinische Galerie. Graphics in the light. Berlin, Berlinische Galerie, State Museum for Modern Art, Photography and Architecture
  • 2006: German pictures from the Ludwig Collection. Oberhausen, Ludwig Gallery (catalog)
    • New German Painting: Leipzig Art. Warsaw, Xawery Dunikowski Museum; Poznań, Arsenal Municipal Gallery; Krokowa, Regional Museum, Kashubian Cultural Center; Koszalin, Baltic Art Gallery (catalog)
  • 2005: Works on paper from the collection of the Museum Junge Kunst. Frankfurt (Oder), Museum of Young Art (catalog)
  • 2003: Art in the GDR. A retrospective of the Nationalgalerie Berlin. Berlin, New National Gallery (catalog)
  • 2002: mad room. Art and culture of the 80s in Germany. Leipzig, Museum of Fine Arts (catalog)
  • 2001: 14th National of Drawing - A balance sheet. Augsburg, armory, Tuscan portico (catalog)
  • 2001: Triennial of Small Sculptures, front-view, rear-view, Fellbach 2001
  • 2000: Arte em Berlin no Século XX. A Coleccao da Berlinische Galerie. Porto, Museu Serralves
  • 1999: 100 years of art on the move. The collection of the Berlinische Galerie. Bonn, Art and Exhibition Hall of the Federal Republic of Germany; Grenoble, Musée de Grenoble; Valencia, IVAM Centro Julio Gonzàlez; Porto, Fundacao de Serralves (catalog)
  • 1997: pleasure and burden. Leipzig art since 1954. Nuremberg, Germanisches Nationalmuseum and Leipzig, Museum of Fine Arts (catalog)
  • 1996: Kokoschka and Dresden. Dresden, Albertinum and Vienna, Upper Belvedere (catalog)
    • 100 drawings selected from the graphic collection of the Berlinische Galerie. Berlin, Berlinische Galerie, State Museum for Modern Art, Photography and Architecture (catalog)
  • 1995: Insights. Art from the new federal states. Works on paper 1960–1990. Berlin, ifa gallery (catalog)
  • 1993: The fifth International Contemporary Art Exhibition. Toyama, The Museum of Modern Art (catalog)
  • 1992: real time. Tysk Utakt. Positions of German Art. Oslo, Museet for Samtidskunst
  • 1991: The Berlinische Galerie visits Dublin. The Hugh Lane Municipal Gallery of Modern Art, Charlemont House. (Catalog)
    • Art uden Graenser. Copenhagen, Den Frie's Udstillingsbygning (catalog)
    • Ostentativ. New accents in the collection of the Berlinische Galerie. Berlin, Berlinische Galerie in the Martin-Gropius-Bau
  • 1990: Ambiente Berlin. Venice, 44th Biennale di Venezia, central pavilion (catalog)
    • Au Coeur de l'Europe. Toulouse, Réfectoire des Jacobins and Villeneuve d'Asq, Musée d'Art Moderne (catalog)
    • Tradition - innovation. Younger GDR artists. Leverkusen, Museum Morsbroich and Hamburg, Kunsthalle (catalog)
  • 1989: Twelve Artists from the GDR. Cambridge, MA, Busch-Reisinger Museum, Harvard University; Los Angeles, California, Frederick S. Wight Art Gallery, University of California; Ann Arbor, Michigan, University of Michigan, Museum of Art; Albuquerque, New Mexico, The Albuquerque Museum (catalog)
    • Time signals. Tokyo, Seibu Art Museum; Nagano, Shinano Art Museum; Kumamoto, Prefecture Museum of Art; Hakodate, Hakodate Art Museum; Kamakura, Museum of Modern Art; Kobe, Hyogo Museum of Modern Art; Sendai, Miyagi Art Museum (catalog)
  • 1988: Time comparison '88. 13 painters from the GDR. Berlin, New Art Quarter in TIP (catalog)
    • Art contemporary de la RDA. Obras de la Galeria Nacional de Berlin. Madrid, Centro Cultural de la Villa (catalog)
  • 1985: Tradisjon of fornyelse. Oslo, Henie-Onstad-Senter (catalog)
  • 1984: Tradition at Renewal. Oxford, The Museum of Modern Art; Coventry, Herbert Art Gallery; Sheffield, City of Sheffield Art Galleries; Newcastle-upon-Tyne, The Hatton Art Gallery; London, The Barbican Gallery (catalog)
  • 1983: Premio Internazionale per l'Incisione. Biella, Città degli Studi (catalog)
  • 1982: XII. Biennale de Paris. Paris, Musée d'Art Moderne (catalog)
    • Time comparison. Painting and graphics from the GDR. Hamburg, Art Association; Stuttgart, Württemberg Art Association; Düsseldorf, Municipal Art Hall; Munich, Städtische Galerie im Lenbachhaus; Nuremberg, Municipal Art Hall; Hannover, Kunstverein (catalog)

Working in public collections

  • Altenburg, Lindenau Museum
  • Berlin, New National Gallery
  • Berlin, Berlinische Galerie, State Museum for Modern Art, Photography and Architecture
  • Berlin, Märkisches Museum
  • Budapest, Ludwig Museum
  • Cambridge, MA, Busch-Reisinger Museum, Harvard University, Art Museums
  • Cottbus, Brandenburg art collections, Dieselkraftwerk art museum
  • Dresden, New Masters Gallery
  • Frankfurt (Oder), Museum of Young Art
  • Hanover, Sprengel Museum
  • Leipzig, Museum of Fine Arts
  • London The British Museum
  • Munich, Bavarian State Painting Collections
  • Moscow, Pushkin Museum
  • Neubrandenburg, State Art Collections
  • Oldenburg, State Museum for Art and Cultural History
  • Oslo, Museet for Samtidskunst
  • Beijing, Chinese National Museum
  • Rostock, State Art Hall
  • Schwerin, state museums, castles and gardens
  • Vienna, Museum of Modern Art, Ludwig Foundation

Catalogs for solo exhibitions (selection)

  • 2007: The Big Sister , Galerie Berlin, Berlin
  • 2003: Land surveyor , Kunsthalle Rostock
  • 2000: The cave fills the mountain. Retrospective. Episodes and series. Gerhard Altenbourg Prize 2000. Lindenau Museum Altenburg
  • 1999: land in sight. Works 1979–1999. Sinclair house of Altana AG Bad Homburg
  • 1997: Cold in the forest. Hans-Thoma-Gesellschaft-Kunstverein and the Municipal Museum Spendhaus Reutlingen
  • 1995: The pharmacist's eye. Bielefeld Art Association, Waldhof Museum. Kerber Verlag, Bielefeld
  • 1993: Long Arm Moon. Gallery Berlin, Berlin
  • 1992: caravan. New National Gallery Berlin
  • 1990: Walter Libuda. 44th Venice Biennale. Nicolaische Verlagsbuchhandlung Berlin

Awards

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ kuenstlerbund.de: Members "L" / Walter Libuda (accessed on October 23, 2015).

literature

  • Katrin Arrieta: Walter Libuda "Land Surveyor". In: Exhibition catalog Walter Libuda “Landvermesser”. Rostock Art Gallery 2003.
  • Barbara Barsch: Walter Libuda. In: Exhibition catalog Au Cœur de l'Europe. 6 Artistes de la RdA. Toulouse, Réfectoire des Jacobins; Villeneuve d'Asq, Musée d'Art Moderne 1990.
  • Eugen Blume: Walter Libuda. In: Exhibition catalog Walter Libuda “Cold in the forest”. Hans-Thoma-Gesellschaft-Kunstverein, Reutlingen 1997; G + H Verlag Berlin 1997.
    • Preface to a text about the drawings by Walter Libuda. In: Exhibition catalog Walter Libuda “Land in Sight”. Sinclair House of Altana AG, Bad Homburg 1999.
  • Andrea Firmenich : Laudation for Walter Libuda. In: Walter Libuda. Fred Thieler Prize for Painting from the Berlinische Galerie , Berlin 1999.
  • Pay homage to the color. Thoughts on Walter Libuda's painting. In: Exhibition catalog Walter Libuda “Land in Sight”. Sinclair House of Altana AG, Bad Homburg 1999.
  • Matthias Flügge: Walter Libuda. Painting. In: Exhibition catalog Walter Libuda. Galerie Alvensleben, Munich 1988.
    • Walter Libuda. In: Ambiente Berlin. 44th Venice Biennale, Venice 1990
    • Seeing as knowing. In: Exhibition catalog Walter Libuda “Long Arm Moon”. Gallery Berlin, Berlin 1993/1994.
  • Michael Freitag: Signals of inner touch. The painting by Walter Libuda. In: Exhibition catalog Walter Libuda. Galerie Alvensleben, Munich 1991 and fine arts 1/1991.
  • Peter Funken: Walter Libuda. "The big sister". Kunstverein Salzgitter, Museum Schloss Salder. In: Kunstforum , vol. 195, 2009.
  • Hubertus Gassner: Departure into the unknown. The painter Walter Libuda. In: Art in the GDR. Publishing house Kiepenheuer & Witsch 1990.
  • Wolfgang Holler: About the speaking of the pictures. In: Exhibition catalog Walter Libuda “The cave fills the mountain”. Lindenau Museum Altenburg 2000.
  • Jörg Makarinus: Monologue about words and painting. In: Walter Libuda. Exhibition catalog Galerie Sunnen, Bech-Kleinmacher, Luxembourg 1989.
    • Walter Libuda. "Caravan". In: Exhibition catalog Walter Libuda “Caravan”. New National Gallery Berlin 1992.
    • The trip. In: Exhibition catalog Walter Libuda “Land in Sight”. Sinclair house of Alana AG, Bad Homburg 1999.
  • Jörn Merkert: The placeless time of transformation or the defenseless vividness of appearance. On the painting by Walter Libuda. In: Exhibition catalog Walter Libuda “Long Arm Moon”. Gallery Berlin, Berlin 1993/1994.
    • Walter Libuda “Stand twice - just see”. Painting 1982–1988. In: Exhibition catalog Walter Libuda “Land in Sight”. Sinclair House of Altana AG, Bad Homburg 1999.
    • Circle - hold on - disappear or the "Alice in Wonderland Syndrome". Another attempt on Walter Libuda. Laudation for the Gerhard Altenbourg Prize. In: Exhibition catalog Walter Libuda “The cave fills the mountain”. Lindenau Museum Altenburg 2000/2001.
  • Michael Nungesser: The plastic work - object boxes, ceramics, bronzes. In: Exhibition catalog Walter Libuda “Land in Sight”. Sinclair House of Altana AG, Bad Homburg 1999.
  • Helmar Penndorf: Walter Libuda. In: Leaflet for the exhibition Walter Libuda. Galerie Nord, Dresden 1984.
    • Walter Libuda . In: Exhibition catalog Walter Libuda. Lindenau Museum Altenburg 1987.
  • Jutta Penndorf: Those who dare to walk through the valley of dreams will come to the truth. In: Exhibition catalog Walter Libuda “Cold in the forest”. Hans Thoma-Gesellschaft-Kunstverein and the Spendhaus Municipal Art Museum, Reutlingen 1997; G + H Verlag 1997.
  • Klaus Schränk: Walter Libuda. In: Exhibition catalog Zeitvergleich. Painting and graphics from the GDR. Hamburg 1982.
  • Werner Schade: Flooding colors - paths not marked out. In: Walter Libuda "The Pharmacist's Eye". Kerber, Bielefeld 1995.
  • Daniel Spanke: No mortal word, your pictures. In: Walter Libuda “The Big Sister”. Gallery Berlin 2007.

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personal data
SURNAME Libuda, Walter
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German painter, draftsman, sculptor and object artist
DATE OF BIRTH June 24, 1950
PLACE OF BIRTH Zechau -Leesen