Wolfgang Kohl

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Wolfgang Kohl (born February 5, 1950 in Aachen ) is a German sculptor.

Life

Wolfgang Kohl studied art and craft education from 1968 to 1971 followed by a legal clerkship. In 1972 he began studying sculpture, art history, education and philosophy at the Düsseldorf Art Academy . He first studied with Irmin Kamp and graduated in 1978 as a master student of Alfonso Hüppi with the state examination for art education at grammar schools. Since then he has been working as a freelance artist, university professor and academy director. From 1980 to 1985 he was a research assistant at the Chair of Sculpture in the Faculty of Architecture at RWTH Aachen University . In the architecture department of the Aachen University of Applied Sciences , he taught from 1985 to 1989 as a lecturer and lecturer at the Academy for Crafts and Crafts, later at the Academy for Craft Design, Gut Rosenberg of the Aachen Chamber of Crafts . Initially deputy director, he was director of the academy from 2001 to 2015, during which time he developed part-time training for the design and design course. From 1995 to 1997 he was a member of the founding board of the Federal Association of Visual Artists (BBK), Aachen / Euregio district association. He lives in Herzogenrath .

Artistic creation

Wolfgang Kohl belonged to a group of students in Professor Alfonso Hüppi's class at the Düsseldorf Art Academy who dealt with the subject of figurative painting and sculpture in the 1970s. They did so despite the disdain for realistic art that was prevalent at the time as a result of the abuse of figurative art by two totalitarian regimes in Germany. Since the beginning of the seventies, the range of materials used and their significance have also been redefined in sculpture. The material wood, freed from historical ballast and unencumbered by pathos and claim to immortality, proved to be a suitable material to implement your ideas in terms of content and form. Therefore, different types of wood are combined with other materials and often colored. In addition to wooden sculptures of objects, the portrayal of people soon became the dominant theme in Kohl's artistic focus. Personal experiences and observations often served as suggestions. Kohl sees his sculptures in the tradition of the sculptors Christoph Voll (1897–1939), Giorgio Morandi (1890–1964) and Karl Röhrig (1886–1972), among others . In addition, sculptures are created that deal with the aesthetics of the material and the phenomena of perception. In 1989 he made a series of woodcuts that graphically implement the themes of the sculptures. Kohl's first work created for public space has stood before the Heinsberg District Court since 1994 .

Exhibitions (selection)

  • 1979: Wood + Art, 2nd Freiburg Symposium, Art Association Freiburg
  • 1981: Wolfgang Kohl - wood sculptures. New Town Hall, Göttingen
  • 1983/86: Large art exhibition in Düsseldorf
  • 1985: Wolfgang Kohl - wood sculptures. Hameln Art Circle
  • 1988: W. Kohl-Menschenbilder 78-88. Philipp Gallery, Aachen
  • 1989: Embassy picture. Maximilian Church, Düsseldorf
  • 1992: visions. Municipal gallery Aukloster, Monschau
  • 2002: W. Kohl wood sculptures. Central Association of German Crafts, Berlin
  • 2017: ... of people and things. Cultural center of the old town hall, Würselen
  • 2019: Q18 Quartier am Hafen, Cologne

Publications (selection)

  • Wood + Art II. Freiburg Symposium 1979. Art Association Freiburg / Breisgau
  • art. The art magazine. No. 9/1980. Publisher Gruner + Jahr, Hamburg
  • Wolfgang Kohl: Wood carving material and demands. In: Karl Manfred Rennertz, sculptures. Leopold Hoesch Museum , Düren , 1980
  • Wolfgang Kohl. Images of man 78–88. Philipp Gallery, Aachen, 1988
  • Artists from the Aachen area. Kreissparkasse Aachen (Ed.), Aachen, 1989

Award

  • 1978: Academy Award for Sculpture from the State Art Academy in Düsseldorf

Web link

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Svenja Pesch: A broad spectrum of artistic creation , in: Aachener Zeitung from May 18, 2017
  2. ^ Yannick Longerich: Old Town Hall Presents: Painting and Sculpture in Symbiosis , in: Aachener Nachrichten of October 26, 2017
personal data
SURNAME Kohl, Wolfgang
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German sculptor
DATE OF BIRTH 5th February 1950
PLACE OF BIRTH Aachen