Wolfgang Luy
Wolfgang Luy (* 1949 in Trier ) is a German sculptor .
life and work
Wolfgang Luy was born in Trier. He did an apprenticeship as a photographer from 1966 to 1969 and then studied photography at the Cologne University of Applied Sciences until 1974 . He completed his studies at the Düsseldorf Art Academy with Klaus Rinke in 1980. At the beginning of the 1980s, Wolfgang Luy developed space-related slat construction and, since 1972, wall and floor sculptures. From 1989 Wolfgang Luy was professor for sculpture and three-dimensional design, from 1996 to 2000 rector / president of the Offenbach am Main University of Design .
Exhibitions (selection)
- 1976: Museum Wiesbaden
- 1981: first solo exhibition in the Vor Ort gallery , Hamburg
- 1986: XLII Biennale di Venezia , Venice
- 1987: documenta 8 , Kassel
- 1987: Bogomir Ecker , Albert Hien , Wolfgang Luy, Reinhard Mucha , Thomas Schütte , Museo Reina Sofía , Madrid
- 1987: Wolfgang Luy Mathildenhöhe , Darmstadt
- 1996: Artistes / Architectes , Kunstverein München , Munich
- 1997: eyewitnesses. The Hanck Museum Kunstpalast Collection , Düsseldorf
- 2009: Return ... New Art Association Aschaffenburg
- 2010: VIER5 - First Review Center d'Art Contemporain Brétigny, Brétigny-sur-Orge
- 2015: Passages. Art in public space Hamburg since 1981 - Kunsthaus Hamburg
Awards (selection)
1979 to 1980 scholarship at MoMA PS1 New York; 1984 to 1986 Karl Schmidt-Rottluff scholarship ; Scholarship from the Düsseldorf Art Academy; Studio grant New York City; Art Fund of the Federal Republic of Germany, Bonn; Philipp Morris Art Prize, Munich
literature
- Bernd Fäthke, Wolfgang Luy, in exhib. Cat .: Rinkes class in "Room 27", 10th action in "Room 27", last time you said that you were not making art, Museum Wiesbaden, March 21st - March 28th 1976
Individual evidence
- ↑ documenta 8 catalog: Volume 1: Essays; Volume 2: Catalog page 154; Volume 3: artist book; Kassel 1987, ISBN 3-925272-13-5
- ↑ Hfg Offenbach Emeriti Wolfgang Luy , accessed on August 16, 2015.
- ↑ us [Bruno Russ], Rinke and his students, 10th action in room 27, Wiesbadener Kurier, Monday, March 22, 1976; us [Bruno Russ], Düsseldorf Art Academy - and what emerges from it, Wiesbadener Kurier, Wednesday, March 24, 1976; Düsseldorf Happyning in the Wiesbaden Museum, Wiesbadener Kurier, Saturday, March 27, 1976
- ↑ Kunstaspekte Wolfgang Luy , accessed on August 19, 2015.
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Luy, Wolfgang |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German sculptor |
| DATE OF BIRTH | 1949 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | trier |