Wolfgang Nestler

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Position in the focus of Wolfgang Nestler in the sculpture collection Viersen

Wolfgang Nestler (born September 8, 1943 in Gershausen in the Hersfeld district ) is a German sculptor , photographer and draftsman .

Life

Wolfgang Nestler grew up in Witten an der Ruhr and graduated from the local high school for boys . From 1967 to 1973 he studied at the State Art Academy in Düsseldorf ; he was a master student of Erwin Heerich . At the same time he trained as a blacksmith . From 1972 to 1977 he was employed as an art teacher at the Couven-Gymnasium in Aachen . From 1987 to 1989 he was a professor at the University of Siegen and from 1990 to 2007 he was a professor for sculpture and sculpture at the Saar College of Fine Arts in Saarbrücken . He was retired. He regularly took part in exhibitions in the German Association of Artists . His graduates and master class students include, for example: Peter Ondraczek , Steffen Krüger , Tanja Endress-Klemm and Dieter Call .

Numerous works are in public space, including six sculptures at the Federal Ministry of Transport, Building and Urban Development in Bonn , a plastic installation in the Ministry of Justice , a steel sculpture in the Federal Horticultural Show in Stuttgart and a stone sculpture as a memorial to the victims of the Nazi regime in Krefeld .

plant

Sculpture by Wolfgang Nestler in the Marl sculpture museum Glaskasten

Nestler's theme is the energy of form; In his work he often stages a fragile play of forces using iron bars, joints, hinges or, for example, he balances massive blocks. “For Nestler, plastic is also a very personal, yes, intimate form of expressing one's own need for harmony - in order to find an external balance that comes to an internal balance. Every sculpture is centered in this contemplation on the balance beam. ” Similarly, representatives of modern sculpture such as Richard Serra , George Rickey , Alf Schuler and Klaus Rinke give their own interpretations of physicality . Nestler also creates voluminous and lightweight works from expanded polystyrene and foam, but his preferred means of expression are iron and steel, which he works by forging, welding, casting and cutting. On the surface, the result often looks simple and beautiful, but which meets an intellectual claim "in which abstract thinking, technical precision and natural law conditions artfully come together."

photography

In his photograms, which he has been making since 1967, everyday things such as gutters, sliding grids, etc. Ä. a value that goes beyond what is appropriate. In addition, there are images from nature, such as the Caspian Forest , which were created during an excursion and show this previously untouched piece of earth with rare plants and trees in such a way that nature appears at the same time as erected architecture. In addition, it is reminiscent of the structures of the human lungs and is a reference to the lungs of nature.

drawings

Nestler often depicts landscapes or plants in his drawings. They are therefore mostly representational and thus also refer to the models that lead to the non-representational sculptures.

Awards

Exhibitions (selection)

Solo exhibitions
Group exhibitions

Illustrated books and catalogs

  • Wolfgang Nestler - power nobody fears: active form, sculptures. Catalog raisonné 1967-2017 / Wolfgang Nestler - The Power No One Fears. Form at Work, Sculptures. Catalog raisonné 1967-2017. Edited by Jo Enzweiler . Verlag St. Johann, Saarlouis 2017, ISBN 978-3-9817447-5-0
  • Artist sheet. Wolfgang Nestler . Laboratory, Institute for Contemporary Art in Saarland. Verlag St. Johann, Saarbrücken 2007. ISBN 978-3-938070-11-6
  • Table gallery. An art project by Wolfgang Nestler . TIGA, Aachen 2006. ISBN 978-3-00-018680-6
  • Form shows. The artist class of Wolfgang Nestler in the 90s of the 20th century. The Völklingen project . Saar College of Fine Arts, Handwerkergasse workshop in the Völklinger Hütte World Heritage Site. Monschau 2002. ISBN 3-00-010156-X
  • Michael Eissenhauer (Ed.): Exchange speeches. Graphic and photographic intermingling of images by Wolfgang Nestler and Ullrich Kerker . Art collections of the Veste Coburg, Coburg 2001. ISBN 3-87472-080-2
  • Cornelia Wieg: Wolfgang Nestler, resting place for the calm. Sculptures and projects . Staatliche Galerie Moritzburg, Halle 1999. ISBN 3-86105-033-1
  • The cuckoo "Call you!" . The word in the universal life, Marktheidenfeld 1998. ISBN 3-89201-106-0
  • Cornelieke Lagerwaard (Ed.): Wolfgang Nestler . Museum St. Wendel 1995. ISBN 3-928810-20-0
  • Mathias Beck (Eds.): Wolfgang Nestler, William Butler Yeats . Edition Beck, Homburg / Saar 1991. ISBN 3-924360-31-6
  • Wolfgang Nestler, plastic objects . Siegen Comprehensive University 1986
  • Wolfgang Nestler. Sculptures - photographs 1970–1984 . Badischer Kunstverein, Karlsruhe 1984
  • Wolfgang Nestler. Iron sculpture 1971–1981 . Pfalzgalerie Kaiserslautern 1981
  • Wolfgang Nestler. Photographs . New gallery. Aachen 1981
  • Wolfgang Nestler. Exhibition halls Mathildenhöhe Darmstadt . Karl-Schmidt-Rottluff-Förderungsstiftung, Berlin 1979
  • Wolfgang Nestler. Sculptures, drawings, photos . Württembergischer Kunstverein, Stuttgart 1978
  • Wolfgang Nestler. Iron and wood objects . New Gallery, Ludwig Collection, Aachen 1978

literature

  • Christoph Brockhaus: Positions of Sculpture in NRW. In: Zeitzeichen. Stations in fine arts in North Rhine-Westphalia. Dumont, Cologne 1989, ISBN 9783770123148 .
  • Jo Enzweiler (Ed.): Artist sheet Wolfgang Nestler. Saarbrücken 2007.
  • Hans van der Grinten: Some thoughts on Wolfgang Nestler's works. In: Cornelia Wieg (ed.): Wolfgang Nestler - resting place for the calm. Sculptures and projects. Hall 1999.
  • Joachim Heusinger von Waldegg : Wolfgang Nestler. In: artist. Critical lexicon of contemporary art. Issue 46, issue 11. Munich 1999, ISSN  0934-1730 .
  • Joachim Peter Kastner, Albert Pauly: Wolfgang Nestler - Sculpture Collection Viersen. Association for Home Care, Viersen 1998, ISBN 3-9805339-1-3 .
  • Wolfgang Nestler (Ed.) Form shows itself. A class of artists in the 90s of the 20th century. The Völklingen project. Dillingen 2002.
  • Manfred Schneckenburger: Wolfgang Nestler. In: Sculpture Project Gotha, Concepts and Drafts. Museums of the City of Gotha, Friedensstein Castle, Gotha 1992.
  • Wolfgang Nestler (Hrsg.) Form shows II. Diploma theses of the class Wolfgang Nestler 2004 - 2007, Hochschule der Bildenden Künste Saar, Atelier Handwerkergasse in the world cultural heritage Alte Völklinger Hütte , Verlag St. Johann GmbH, Saarbrücken, 2008.

Web links

Commons : Wolfgang Nestler  - Collection of images, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Manfred Schneckenburger in: Rest place for the calm. Sculptures and projects . Hall 1999.
  2. ^ Albert Pauly in: Sculpture Collection Viersen . Viersen 1998.
personal data
SURNAME Nestler, Wolfgang
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German artist and university professor
DATE OF BIRTH September 8, 1943
PLACE OF BIRTH Gershausen , Hersfeld district