Werner Koch (painter, 1937)
Werner Koch (* 1937 in Bochum ) is a German painter and draftsman . His work also includes installations and performances .
life and work
Koch grew up in Bad Kösen . There he first completed a craft training. In 1966 he moved from the GDR to the West and began studying free and applied painting at the Werkkunstschule in Dortmund with Gustav Deppe . At the Academy of Fine Arts in Munich , he attended Ernst Geitlinger's class .
Koch, now a family man, settled in a village in the Weserbergland . After a long break he attended Fritz Winter's class as a master student at the State University of Fine Arts in Kassel . Between 1967 and 1971 collages were made from postcards. From 1971 to 1985 he earned his living as a teacher at a technical school for social education . From 1975 he lived and worked in Hameln.
After a stay in New York in 1984, Koch made the decision to devote himself entirely to art and has been working as a freelance artist ever since. From 1985 onwards, pictures with newspapers played an important role, which he used as a base for gouaches and drawings. From 1991 he stayed in Manhattan for regular work stays . After that he often worked in series on subjects of the big city. Koch also created temporary installations in church rooms. He uses Christian symbols from enlarged newspaper clippings of international origin. In the work from 2010 onwards, dealing with Dadaism and children's drawings plays an important role.
Solo exhibitions (selection)
- 2019: Kulturkirche Liebfrauen Duisburg: SchriftBilder - charity exhibition for the Kulturkirche Liebfrauen
- 2017/18: Roemer and Pelizaeus Museum Hildesheim : Werner Koch 100 + 1 = 80 - retrospective, and dada is dada is dada
- 2016: Siegerland Museum Upper Castle : Werner Koch, In the River of Time ; The Hameln Art Circle: Werner Koch absurd, a retrospective - focused on the old work
- 2015: International Newspaper Museum , Aachen: Werner Koch, Times Square
- 2014: Cabaret Voltaire , Zurich: Hommage à Hugo Ball - We welcome the child in art and in life
- 2013: Emschertal Museum , Herne: Werner Koch, a retrospective dedicated to his daughter Ellen
- 2012: Münster St. Bonifatius , Hameln: Installation on light on the river ; "1200 years of St. Boniface Minster"
- 2011: Market Church St. Georgii et Jacobi , Hanover: In the city
- 2009: Haus Opherdicke , Unna: New Yorker Werke ; St. Petri, Magdeburg: Interpretation in contradiction
- 2008: Fritz Winter Atelier, Diessen: Short Stories ; American Center / James F. Byrnes Institute, Stuttgart: Work from New York
- 2007: Salzgitter-Salder Municipal Art Collections : New York Works 1992–2007
- 2006: Cast collection University of Salzburg: Zeitzeichen
- 2005: Collection of casts at Heidelberg University: Zeitzeichen
- 2004: Cast collection of antique plastic Berlin: Zeitzeichen
- 2003: Kulturforum Lüneburg e. V .: Werner Koch, 10 years in New York ; Fritz-Winter-Haus, Ahlen: Mythos New York Fritz-Winter-Atelier ;, Diessen: Mythos New York ; German House Gallery, New York: The Fleeting Glance
- 2002: Eisfabrik , Hanover: 10 years in New York
- 2001: Art Gallery Frank Pages, Loft, Baden-Baden: A journey of thought
- 2000: Münster St. Bonifatius, Hameln: Emptiness? , Expo 2000
- 1999: Westfälische Provinzial Versicherung, Münster: Encounters ; Museum am Lindenbühl, Mühlhausen: Encounters
- 1998: Dewezet Hameln; NY image realities in retrospect
- 1997: Museum Bochum: The signs of reality and the reality of signs ; Specialized Information Center Karlsruhe: Times Square ; Art Gallery Frank Pages, Baden-Baden: The signs of reality and the reality of signs
- 1996: Leonhardi Museum , Dresden: The signs of reality and the reality of signs ; State Representation Lower Saxony, Bonn: The Round Table
- 1995: Oberhessisches Museum , Giessen: The Round Table ; Room installation, Roemer- und Pelizaeus-Museum Hildesheim: The signs of reality and the reality of signs
- 1994: Galerie am Fischmarkt, Erfurt: The Round Table ; Association of Northwest German Newspaper Publishers, Hanover: Werner Koch, Nachrichten I
- 1993: The Hameln Art Circle; Werner Koch, Pictures • Objects
- 1988: Hanover State Library: Unknown People
literature
- Werner Koch - Retrospective 1956–2012 , published by Siegerlandmuseum, Kerber Verlag, Bielefeld / Berlin, 2012, ISBN 978-3-86678-683-7
- Wibke von Bonin , Bazon Brock u. a., emptiness? , Münster St. Bonifatius, Hameln, 2000, ISBN 3-00-006771-X
- Falko Herlemann, head to head - on the portrait in the 20th century ; Municipal gallery in Schloßpark Strünkede, August 25 to October 15, 2000, Emschertal Museum, Herne.
- Lothar Romain , The signs of reality and the reality of signs , Roemer Museum Hildesheim, 1995, ISBN 3-922805-52-3
- Michael Henning, drawings and works on paper , September 15, 1995, Herne, ISBN 3-922987-39-7
- Alexander von Knorre, re-encounter : Bernhard Conrad ...; Städtische Galerie im Schlosspark Strünkede, Herne, March 12 to April 25, 1993, Emschertal Museum, Herne, ISBN 3-922987-31-1
- Jan Baleka, Werner Koch, Städtisches Museum Mülheim / Ruhr, 1990, ISBN 3-9802023-7-2
- Das Münster , Verlag Schnell and Steiner, ISSN 0027-299X
- Norbert Hilbig, Galerie im Stammelbach-Speicher , Hildesheim, ISBN 978-3-938385-50-0
- Derriks Cultural Foundation, Expression of Freedom , Fürstenfeldbruck, ISBN 978-3-942060-15-8
Web links
Individual evidence
- ^ Michael Stoeber : Werner Koch - Retrospective 1956–2012 , Bielefeld 2012, page 214
- ↑ Kunstkreis Hameln - Exhibitions 2016
- ^ Cast collection of antique plastic Berlin : Zeitzeichen
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Koch, Werner |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German painter and draftsman |
| DATE OF BIRTH | 1937 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Bochum |