Wolfgang Tolk

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Wolfgang Tolk (born June 7, 1951 in Eberbach , Baden-Württemberg ) is a German painter, designer and author. He lives and works in Munich , Cologne and Trikorfo, Greece.

Life

After graduating from school in the late 1960s , Wolfgang Tolk volunteered at the Rhein-Neckar-Zeitung in Mannheim . Several years of journalistic work as an editor followed, primarily in the features section . He then studied art history, philosophy and theology at the University of Education in Heidelberg . He then began studying at the Braunschweig University of Fine Arts . In 1981 he moved to Gerhard Hoehme at the Düsseldorf Art Academy . In the same year he moved to Cologne . In 1983 Wolfgang Tolk moved into the studio in Thürmchenswall 72, together with Raimund Girke and James Reineking . A few years later he founded the label “studio-tolk cologne”. In 1994 he became a founding member of the Artothek Friends' Association in Cologne. Wolfgang Tolk has two children from his first marriage. In 2013 he married Johanna Rückert and moved to Munich .

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"Load-It" bookcase for Porro

Wolfgang Tolk designed the halogen lamp Minimum , inspired by a collaboration with Ingo Maurer , which was shown in various European museums and in 1989 incorporated into the collection of the Museum of Applied Arts in Cologne. In addition to his artistic work, he has been realizing various furniture designs in a strictly minimalist style since 1990. In 1997 the Shelf Load-it was added to the collection of the Design Museum Chicago. In 2005 he was invited to an interdisciplinary professorship at the Berlin University of the Arts (UDK). Wolfgang Tolk's work has been exhibited in various cities in Europe, often several times, such as at Walther König in Cologne. He also exhibited in Australia (Melbourne) and the USA (Chicago / Miami). Wolfgang Tolk designed for the Italian companies Porro , Boffi , Cappellini , Living Divani and Allglass Murano . Tolk wrote essays and manuscripts for novels as well as lectures mostly on the topics of interdisciplinarity, aesthetics and aesthetic experience. In 2012 he was invited to advise and curate the exhibition “From Aalto to Zumthor ” - Architectural Furniture, together with Gabrielle Lueg, at the Museum of Applied Arts Cologne (MAKK).

Drafts (selection)

  • Halogen lamp minimum - 1991
  • Regal Load It , Porro - 1996
  • Bed Francis , Cappellini - 1999
  • Mary table , Cappellini - 2000 prototype
  • Vase OneFourOne , Cappellini - 2000 prototype
  • Kitchen concept Flat Kap , Boffi - 2002
  • K-Chair armchair , Living Divani - 2004
  • Vases Donut, Parcel and Cuore, Allglass Murano - 2009

Acquisitions / Public Collections

  • Design Center Chicago Collection, Chicago USA
  • Gyselinck Collection, Kortrjik, Belgium
  • The Wasserturm Hotel Collection, Cologne
  • Cappellini Collection, Milan Design Center
  • Gavazzi Collection, Boffi, Milan
  • Kassamali Collection, Miami / Chicago
  • Collection of the State of Schleswig-Holstein , Kiel
  • Collection of the German Parliament, Bonn, Berlin
  • AOK Collection, Cologne
  • Collection of the Stadtsparkasse Cologne
  • Collection Siemens Kulturfond, Munich
  • IBM Collection, Stuttgart
  • Halogen Collection, Museum of Applied Arts Cologne
  • Collection RTL, Cologne
  • Cramer Collection, Warsteiner Brewery , Warstein
  • Collection of the City of Cologne
  • Museum of the State of Schleswig-Holstein
  • Museum Ludwig , Cologne
  • Museum of Applied Arts Cologne
  • Collection of German Südzucker AG , Karlsruhe

Awards (selection)

  • Participation in the Elle Decor - International Design Award , Flat Kap kitchen hood together with the Case System kitchen by Piero Lissoni , Milan 2003
  • Best of Experiments , Lampe Minimum Frankfurt 1994

Web links

literature

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  1. Gabriele Lueg and Peter Pfeiffer: book / catalog halogen 20 years of new light page 13, 133, 179, 265 . Ed .: Gabriele Lueg and Peter Pfeiffer. Novus Verlag 1991.
  2. Book / Catalog: A guide from A to Z - Design standards . In: Museum of Applied Arts Cologne (ed.): Pages 66 and 68 .
  3. Artists in Cologne Artothek, Cologne Artists' Association - Wienand Verlag 1990
  4. Wolfgang Tolk - from books - Manfred Schneckenburger , Galerie Schenk, Cologne 1994
  5. "Design in the 20th Century" inventory catalog Museum for Applied Arts , p. 72, Cologne 1989
  6. Architects Furniture - from Aalto to Zumthor, p. 160, Museum of Applied Arts, MAKK, Cologne, Verlag der Buchhandlung Walther König , Cologne 2012
  7. Wolfgang Tolk, Out of the middle, catalog, Kunstraum Mi Posselt, Bonn 1998 ISBN 978-3-931326-19-7
  8. Wolfgang Tolk, Hubertus Butin, Castello di Lucignano Ed. Haarmann, Essen 2001 ISBN 978-3-931-326-35-7

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Gabriele Lueg and Peter Pfeiffer: book / catalog Halogen 20 years new light page 13, 133, 179, 265 . Ed .: Gabriele Lueg and Peter Pfeiffer. Novus Verlag 1991.
  2. ↑ Book / catalog: A guide from A to Z - standards of design . In: Museum of Applied Arts Cologne (ed.): Pages 66 and 68 .
personal data
SURNAME Tolk, Wolfgang
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German painter, designer, essayist and author
DATE OF BIRTH June 7, 1951
PLACE OF BIRTH Eberbach , Baden-Wuerttemberg