Ottmar Hörl ( German: Ottmar Hörl ; 1950 , Nauheim , Germany ) - German conceptual artist , sculptor. President of the Academy of Fine Arts of Nuremberg (2005-2017), laureate of the CREO Innovation Award (2015) and other awards [1] [2] [3] . He achieved worldwide fame thanks to his radical, avant-garde art concepts, as well as large-scale projects that feature serial sculptures in public places, the most famous of which were dedicated to Albrecht Dürer , Karl Marx , as well as the anti-fascist project “Dance with the Devil” (2008) and the hooligan project "Sponti" (1994, 2006). Ottmar Hörl is one of the most successful and significant contemporary artists of Germany, creating serial conceptual sculptures and realizing his vision of art for everyone in the open space, thereby contributing to the democratization of sculpture like no other before him [4] [5] . He stands for "a new type of public art" [4] . In addition, he is one of the founders of the Formalhaut group. Lives and works in Wertheim , Frankfurt and Nuremberg .
| Ottmar Hurl | |
|---|---|
| him. Ottmar Hörl | |
| Date of Birth | 1950 |
| Place of Birth | Nauheim Germany |
| Citizenship |  Germany |
| Genre | conceptual art |
| Study | Stadelschule |
| Awards | Art Multiple-Preis, 1997 , Intermedium-Preis 2002 , CREO Innovation Award, 2015 |
Biography
2015 - CREO Innovation Award for creativity.
2005 - President of the Academy of Fine Arts in Nuremberg.
2002 - Award "Intermedium".
1999 - Professor of Fine Arts at the Academy of Fine Arts in Nuremberg.
1998 - Wilhelm Lot Prize, Darmstadt.
1997 - Multiple Art Award, Düsseldorf.
1994 - Prize for Architecture, Berlin Academy of the Arts, Berlin.
1992-1993 - Professor, Graz University of Technology, Graz, Austria.
1985 - Founded the Formalhaut group, with architects Gabriela Seifert and Goetz Stockmann.
1979-1981 - University of Fine Arts, Dusseldorf.
1978-1981 - Scholarship of the German Educational Foundation.
1975-1979 - College of Fine Arts, Frankfurt.
1950 - Born in Nauheim.
Famous works
1998 - The Blue House, Ravensburg , Germany
2001 - Euro Symbol, Frankfurt , Germany
2003 - 7000 rabbits of Albrecht Durer in Nuremberg , Germany
2004 - 10,000 owls in Athens , Greece
2004 - Arthur Rimbaud 150th anniversary, Charleville-Mezieres , France
2005 - 500 Rottweiler dogs in the Erich-Hauser Sculpture Park, Germany
2009 - Dance with the Devil, 1250 Nazi Dwarfs in Straubing, Straubing , Germany
2010 - 800 sculptures by Martin Luther in Wittenberg , Germany
2012 - 1000 roses for Zweibrucken, Zweibrucken , Germany
2013 - Installation of Karl Marx in Trier , Germany
2013 - 150 sculptures by Caspar Hauser in Ansbach , Germany
2013 - 200th anniversary of Richard Wagner , 500 sculptures of Wagner , Bayreuth , Germany
2014 - 400 Goethe sculptures at the Goethe University in Frankfurt, Germany
2014 - 500 figures of Emperor Charlemagne at Kutchhof in Aachen , Germany
2015 - Dedication to Dürer at the Daegu Art Museum, South Korea
2016 - “ Theodor Fontane - a wanderer between the worlds”, installation of 400 sculptures of Fontane in the Cultural Church of Neuruppin , Germany
2016 - “Worldview Model”, Graz , Austria
2016 - 150th anniversary of the death of Friedrich Rückert , Schweinfurt , Germany
2016 - Moles and Heaps, Stuttgart , Germany
2017 - “All undertakings are hard”, 300 sculptures with zeppelin , Friedrichshafen , Germany
2017 - Nuremberg Madonna, 600 gold sculptures, Nuremberg , Germany
2018 - Dedication to Johannes Gutenberg , Eltville am Rhein , Germany
2018 - Albert Man, a dedication to Albert Einstein , Ulm , Germany
2019-2020 - Installation “Lunch Break” (Angels), London , UK
Gallery
The Blue House, Ravensburg , Germany (1998)
Euro Symbol, Frankfurt , Germany (2001)
Rottweiler, Germany (2005)
Mr. Quick, Germany (2006)
Sponti , Germany (2006)
Installation dedicated to the painting “A Lady with an Ermine” by Leonardo da Vinci (2009), Krakow , Poland
1000 roses, Zweibrucken , Germany (2012)
200th Anniversary of Richard Wagner , Bayreuth , Germany (2013)
Installation “Now, now I see it! It's there! ”, Germany (2014)
Hare of Dürer , dedication, Vienna , Austria (2014)
500 figures of Emperor Charlemagne at Kutchhof in Aachen , Germany (2015)
800 sculptures by Martin Luther in Wittenberg , Germany (2015)
Installation dedicated to the 25th anniversary of the reunification of Germany, Stuttgart , Germany (2015)
Lunch Break Installation, London , UK (2019)
Publications
- Formalhaut. Architektur, Skulptur , Verlag der Georg-Büchner-Buchhandlung, Darmstadt 1988, ISBN 3-925376-08-9
- Stoffwechsel. Das Buch zum Anzug , Häusser, Darmstadt 1990, ISBN 3-89552-066-7
- Materialprüfung , Städtische Galerie Altes Theater , Ravensburg 1996, ISBN 3-9804641-1-3
- Die Speisung der Fünftausend: Kunstprojekt "Fisch und Brot" , Häusser, Darmstadt 1999, ISBN 3-89552-064-0
- Zeichnung. Klasse Ottmar Hörl , Text von Eva Schickler, Häusser, Darmstadt 2000, ISBN 3-89552-088-8
- Berlin-Bearlin. Skulptur: 10.000 Bären für Berlin , Häusser, Darmstadt 2000, ISBN 3-89552-074-8
- Traumhaus , Häusser, Darmstadt 2001, ISBN 3-89552-072-1
- Das grosse Hasenstück. The Great Piece of Hares , mit Beiträgen von Ruth Händler, Ralf Huwendiek, Thomas Knubben, Birgit Ruf, Eva Schickler ua, Häusser, Darmstadt 2003, ISBN 3-89552-094-2
Notes
- ↑ Könneke, Achim. vor ort. Kunst in städtischen Situationen. - Langenhagen, 1992 .-- P. 38.
- ↑ Künstler. Kritisches Lexikon der Gegenwartskunst. - Munich, 1999 .-- P. 2.
- ↑ MC-SPECIAL: "GRENZEN ÜBERWINDEN" - DAS KUNSTPROJEKT ANLÄSSLICH DES JUBILÄUMS "25 JAHRE DEUTSCHE EINHEIT" . Date of treatment March 30, 2016.
- ↑ 1 2 Materialprüfung. - Ravensburg: Städtische Galerie Altes Theater Ravensburg , 1996 .-- P. 50.
- ↑ CREO-Preis 2015 an Prof. Ottmar Hörl . Deutsche Gesellschaft für Kreativität e. V .. Date of treatment July 30, 2016.