Wolfgang Flad (sculptor)
Wolfgang Flad (born May 23, 1974 in Reutlingen ; civil name Wolfgang Siegfried Flad ) is a German sculptor .
Life
Flad is the oldest of seven brothers. From 1995 to 2000 he studied textile design at the Reutlingen University of Applied Sciences , then until 2005 painting in the Free Art Department at the State Academy of Fine Arts in Stuttgart . During his studies, he worked as an artistic assistant for Julio Rondo (2001–2003), Camill Leberer (2003–2005) and Daniele Buetti (2002–2007). In 2005 he received the sponsorship award from the Columbus art foundation, Ravensburg . Since then, solo and group exhibitions have followed in the USA, many European countries, Israel and Thailand. Flad has lived and worked in Berlin since 2006. He is the father of five children (born between 1998 and 2012).
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Flad's work includes reliefs , sculptures and sculptural installations .
In his relief works made of wood and aluminum, Flad experiments with dynamic motifs. The motif splash (blobs / splashes), which has been studied for years, was replaced by the motif broom (brushstrokes / brush strokes ) from 2015 . Since the creation of a 14-part work as a book illustration in December 2015, the surfaces of his wooden reliefs are no longer monochrome, but from 2016 provided with color gradients ( fade ).
Solo exhibitions (selection)
- 2007: Mamiko Otsubo (cuts) & Wolfgang Flad (encounter) / Spielhaus-Morrison Galerie, Berlin
- 2008: PLAY / Aschenbach & Hofland, Amsterdam, Netherlands
- 2009: Sculptures / Dollinger Art Project, Tel Aviv, Israel
- 2015: Domino / Kunstverein Ulm, Ulm
- 2016: give it away now / Galerie Reinhard Hauff, Stuttgart
- 2016: UNICYCLE IN THE UNIVERSE ... / Van der Grinten Galerie, Cologne
- 2017: working against gravity / GRÖLLE pass: projects, Wuppertal
- 2017: Gradual approach to a problem / Bad Waldsee Museum
- 2015 - December 2019: kiss and tell , Tampa Museum of Art, Tampa, FL, USA
Group exhibitions (selection)
- 2005: Dimension Raum / Columbus Art Foundation, Ravensburg
- 2006: Made in Germany - contemporary painting , GIP - contemporary fine art, Burgdorf, Switzerland
- 2008: Evolution , Max Lang Gallery, New York City, USA
- 2008: Movement in Flexibility , Dollinger Art Project, Tel Aviv, Israel
- 2008: The garden in the museum , Georg Kolbe Museum, Berlin
- 2011: third transition zone , Kunstverein Pforzheim im Reuchlinhaus, Pforzheim
- 2012: exploded view , Centraal Museum, Utrecht, Netherlands
- 2013: Fritz Winter. The interior of nature , Stuttgart Art Museum, Stuttgart
- 2014: Daniele Buetti / Wolfgang Flad , Katz Contemporary, Zurich, Switzerland
- 2016: The Berlin Case , The Presidential Boris Yeltsin Center, Yekaterinburg, Russia
- 2017: KRF / Devening Projects + Editions, Chicago, IL, USA
- 2017: we call it work / we call it work, Galleria Opere Scelte, Turin, Italy
- 2017: New abstraction , project space Dt. Artist Association, Berlin
Works in public collections (selection)
- Stuttgart Art Museum , Stuttgart
- Regional Council Stuttgart , Stuttgart
- Columbus Collection, Columbus Art Foundation , Ravensburg
- Kunsthaus Zurich , Zurich, Switzerland
- Centraal Museum Utrecht , Utrecht, Netherlands
- Tampa Museum of Art , Tampa, USA
Realized art-in-building works (selection)
- 2012: Wall work in the penthouse of the private house Haus SRK , Berlin
- 2013: Wall work in the two-day waiting area in the Robert Bosch Hospital , Stuttgart
- 2013: Wall work in both foyers of the MEANDRIS office building , Frankfurt am Main
- 2015: Installation in the stairwell of the private house Haus Sol , Stuttgart
- 2015: Design of the living room and bar of the hotel art-lodge , Verditz, Austria
- 2017: Installation in the foyer of the Schulz Group GmbH office building , Ravensburg
- 2017: Installation in the foyer of the office building of ista International GmbH , Essen
literature
- Catalog: Wolfgang Flad - more or everything . Atelier Wolfgang Flad, Sylvia van der Woude, VfmK Verlag für modern art GmbH, Vienna 2017, ISBN 978-3-903228-49-8 .
- Book: The man who planted trees / L'homme qui plantait des arbres . JEAN GIONO & WOLFGANG FLAD. Van der Grinten Galerie and TREEZ, Druck & Verlag Kettler, Bönen, Dortmund 2015, ISBN 978-3-86206-539-4 .
- Catalog: Wolfgang Flad - now . Van der Grinten Gallery: Stefan Schuelke Fine Books, Cologne 2013, ISBN 978-3-9815348-1-8 .
Individual evidence
- ↑ "Funded artists 96-07" on the website of the Columbus Art Foundation . Retrieved May 28, 2018 .
- ^ "Vita" on the artist's website. Retrieved May 28, 2018 .
- ^ "Picture gallery" for the book: The man who planted trees / L'homme qui plantait des arbres (2015). Retrieved May 28, 2018 .
- ^ "Discover the collection" of the Centraal Museum Utrecht . Retrieved May 28, 2018 (Dutch).
- ^ "Art On View" at the Tampa Museum of Art . Retrieved May 28, 2018 .
- ^ Art in architecture: wall work in the two-day waiting area in the Robert Bosch Hospital , Stuttgart. Retrieved May 28, 2018 .
- ^ Art in architecture: wall works in both foyers of the MEANDRIS office building , Frankfurt am Main. Retrieved May 28, 2018 .
- ^ Art in architecture: design of the parlor and bar of the hotel art-lodge , Verditz, Austria. Retrieved May 28, 2018 .
- ^ Art in architecture: Installation in the foyer of the Schulz Group GmbH office building , Ravensburg. Retrieved May 28, 2018 .
- ^ Art in architecture: Installation in the foyer of the office building of ista International GmbH , Essen. Retrieved May 28, 2018 .
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Flad, Wolfgang |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Flad, Wolfgang Siegfried |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German sculptor |
| DATE OF BIRTH | May 23, 1974 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Reutlingen |