Wolfgang Strack
Wolfgang Strack (* 1956 in Landau in der Pfalz ) is a German installation artist and art historian.
At the documenta IX in Kassel, Wolfgang Strack showed an installation with the comic characters The Smurfs , which were designed by the Belgian draftsman Peyo in 1958 , in the former Gerhart Hauptmann School in the immediate vicinity of the Fridericianum Museum . The cartoon characters were elevated to works of art in showcases.
From February 1997 to 1998, Strack presented Metageniale Meisterwerke, an 8-part solo exhibition at the Kunsthaus Hamburg .
In 1998 the exhibition Wolfgang Strack: The Ten Smallest Anniversary Works took place at the Kunstverein Arnsberg .
Exhibitions
- 1992: documenta IX, Kassel
- 1997–1998: Metagenial masterpieces at the Kunsthaus Hamburg
- 1998: The ten smallest anniversary works at Kunstverein Arnsberg
Web links
- Andreas Platthaus : Congratulations to the Smurfs . In: Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung of October 23, 2008
- Taz, Gunnar F. Gerlach The refrigerator was warm / Wolfgang Strack exhibited “Metageniale Meisterwerke” in the Kunsthaus until 1998
Individual evidence
- ↑ Documenta IX: Kassel, June 13th-20th September 1992 - catalog in three volumes, volume 1, pages 226/227; Stuttgart 1992, ISBN 3-89322-380-0
- ^ Kunsthaus Hamburg: Exhibitions 1997. In: Kunsthaus Hamburg Archive. Kunsthaus Hamburg eV, 1997, accessed on January 27, 2019 .
- ↑ Gunnar F. Gerlach: Something warm for the refrigerator. In: TAZ. taz archive, March 20, 1997, accessed on January 28, 2019 .
- ^ Art Association Arnsberg eV: Wolfgang Strack: The ten smallest anniversary works. In: Kunstverein Arnsberg eV - Exhibitions 1998. Kunstverein Arnsberg eV, accessed on January 28, 2019 .
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Strack, Wolfgang |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German installation artist |
| DATE OF BIRTH | 1956 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Landau in the Palatinate |