Willi Arlt (artist)

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Willi Arlt (born April 26, 1954 in Ochtrup ) is a German sculptor in the field of metal works of art.

Life

After completing his school education at the secondary school in Geilenkirchen , Arlt started his career in 1970 with an apprenticeship as a high-voltage electrician at the Federal Railroad and completed his apprenticeship in 1973 with the journeyman's examination. From 1979 he began in-house retraining to become a master telecommunications engineer and worked in this position until April 2019. After that, his life as a retiree and intensified artistic work began.

Arlt lives and works in Geilenkirchen-Lindern . He is a member of the Federal Association of Visual Artists , BBK Aachen / Euregio eV and the art and artist associations GK KULTURgut! Art & Culture Geilenkirchen eV , in the art support group Pro Arte eV Erkelenz, in the Kunstlabor.de - art and culture in the district of Heinsberg and in the artist forum for the visual arts Castle Zweibrüggen Übach-Palenberg eV

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Sculpture COMPANGNONS, green space in front of the town hall in Quimperlé (France), 2017 (France), 2017
COMPAGNONS sculpture, green space in front of the town hall in Quimperlé (France), 2017

After decades of interest in art and literature, Arlt began to work in literature at the end of the last millennium. Arlt took his first steps as the author of various writings, a book, scripts, a play as well as crime stories and fairy tales.

In 1998 Arlt began to turn more and more to the fine arts and dealt intensively with it. He designed his first exhibitions mainly with painting, then, following his manual skills, he focused on the design of sculptures made of structural steel. Often they are figures that appear human. Sometimes the works were created out of a story and visualize his thoughts and feelings. As an autodidact , he developed techniques that were once developed completely free of role models, but were also inspired by Alberto Giacometti . In doing so, Arlt developed its very own form of build-up welding technology . Mostly human motifs are created, which are often based on self-written stories. The works of art are created for indoor or outdoor use.

Initially, Arlt left the material to its own after assembly, which was accompanied by oxidation , but later reworked it and then sealed the structure with clear varnish in order to preserve the status during creation.

Arlt has also created smaller sculptures as prizes and recognitions in public life, such as the 2015 Rolf Honorary Prize of the Geilenkirchen Social Democratic Party and the prize sculptures (unique pieces) created in 2018 for the winners of the European Piano Award as part of the Geilenkirchen piano summer .

In a very short time he made a name for himself in the region and in neighboring countries and was invited to tender for the design of public spaces. In 2017, Arlt won the tender from the city of Hückelhoven for a sculpture at the Sophiastraße roundabout in Hückelhoven with its model gate to the change from coal to trade . Implementation is scheduled for March 2022.

Exhibitions

Sculpture FLAME, steel, 2017, forecourt swimming pool Geilenkirchen

Solo exhibitions (selection)

  • Jul. 2006: Raiffeisenbank, Heinsberg - Oberbruch
  • Dec. 2007: AWO, Rösrath
  • Feb. 2009: Oxidation , Hückelhoven-Baal
  • Oct. 2009: Ferrum , Frankfurt / Main
  • Sep 2010: Lisse Gallery, Heinsberg
  • Oct. 2011: Illusion and Reality , Aukloster, Monschau
  • Oct. 2012: Synergy , Raiffeisenbank, Heinsberg
  • March 2013: GrenzWertig , BRF Belgischer Rundfunk, Eupen (Belgium)
  • Apr. 2014: Three dimensions , Zweibrüggen Castle, Übach-Palenberg
  • Oct. 2014: New ways to art , Eschweiler valley station
  • Dec. 2014: Everyday Shrines , City Church Aachen
  • Jan. 2015: 2 + 1 , Old Town Hall Ratheim
  • May 2015: truths? , Stolberg Castle Gallery
  • Jun. 2016: Paintings and sculptures , Foundation Hodiament, Baelen (Belgium)
  • March 2017: On the way , old goods shed, Meerbusch - Osterath
  • Aug. 2017: Alles Eisen , BBK Galerie, Aachen
  • May 2019: Garden, art, music , horticulture Richter, Geilenkirchen
  • Nov. 2019: Transformation , Stolberg Castle

Group exhibitions (selection)

Willi Arlt, sculpture today - symbiosis of yesterday and tomorrow, Corten steel, large, 2012
  • 2007–2016: Art event Erkelenz Art Laboratory
  • 2008–2016: Wegberg plastics offensive
  • 2009–2015: Wassenberg Art and Culture Day
  • 2011 and 2014: New Paths to Art Eschweiler
  • 2012 and 2013: Linnich Sculpture Path
  • 2014: Works exhibition at Bedburg Castle
  • 2015: Artconnection , Aachen
  • 2015: Past meets art of the present CMC Übach-Palenberg
  • 2015: ProArte , Eesdron Millich
  • 2016: Elements , Haus Basten Geilenkirchen
  • 2016: Stolberg art tour

Works in public space

  • 2011: Waiting time , forecourt train station in Geilenkirchen-Lindern
  • 2012: Today - symbiosis of yesterday and tomorrow on a roundabout in Übach-Palenberg- Boscheln ,
  • 2013: 3 guards in Erkelenz
  • 2016: The flame at the indoor swimming pool in Geilenkirchen,
  • 2017: Chicken market in Übach-Palenberg- Scherpenseel , Heerlener Straße
  • 2017: Compagnons in Quimperlé / France
  • 2019: Water tower in Übach-Palenberg

Web links

Commons : Willi Arlt  - Collection of pictures, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Willi Arlt - BBK Aachen / Euregio eV Accessed on February 19, 2020 (German).
  2. ↑ Jan Mönch: Willi Arlt forms metal pipes and angle irons into art , in: Aachener Zeitung, May 29, 2017
  3. ↑ SPD honorary award: Who should get the "Rolf" 2018? , in: Aachener Nachrichten of October 25, 2018, accessed on February 19, 2020
  4. ↑ Dettmar Fischer: Geilenkirchen-Lindern: Willi Arlt created unique items for the winners of the piano festival , in: Aachener Nachrichten of July 18, 2018, accessed on February 19, 2020
  5. ↑ Gabi Laue: Artwork for Hückelhoven: Gateway to the Change from Coal to Trade , on: rp-online.de from March 28, 2019, accessed on February 19, 2020
  6. ↑ Georg Schmitz: Geilenkirchen-Lindern: The waiting time at the train station has a shape , in: Aachener Nachrichten of July 10, 2011, from February 19, 2020
  7. ↑ Portrait Today - Symbiosis of Yesterday and Tomorrow : Art in the Roundabout , accessed on February 19, 2020
  8. ↑ Willi Spichertz: Erkelenz: Three attentive guards for the "Kö" , on: rp-online from November 27, 2015, accessed on February 19, 2020
  9. ↑ Jan Mönch: Flames, formed by flames: Sculpture reminds of ruins , in: Aachener Zeitung from March 15, 2017, accessed on February 19, 2020
  10. ↑ AGSB: New landmark: " Chicken market" reminds us of times gone by , in: Aachener Zeitung from July 16, 2017, accessed on February 19, 2020
  11. ↑ Geilenkirchen. Deux villes au banc de l'amitié , on: letelegramme.fr of May 29, 2017, accessed on February 19, 2020 (French)
  12. ↑ Dettmar Fischer miniature water tower has a new crown again , in: Aachener Zeitung from December 19, 2019, accessed on February 19, 2020
personal data
SURNAME Arlt, Willi
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German sculptor
DATE OF BIRTH April 26, 1954
PLACE OF BIRTH Ochtrup