Gregor Schneider: Ernst Franz Vogelmann-Prize for Sculpture 2023: Cat. Kunsthalle Vogelmann / Stadtische Museen Heilbronn

Never being able to escape spaces because they are charged, both socially and by taboos, because they have a psychological effect in addition to their physical effect, precisely captures Gregor Schneider's artistic position. Gregor Schneider, born in Rheydt in 1969, suddenly became known to a broad public in 2001 with » Totes Haus u r« after the work was awarded the Golden Lion at the Venice Biennale. He now joins Roman Signer, Franz Erhard Walther, Thomas Schü tte, Richard Deacon, and Ay?e Erkmen as the 2023 recipient of the Ernst Franz Vogelmann-Prize for Sculpture. A lecturer at Kunstakademie Dü sseldorf since 2016, the artist » looks behind the faç ade of things and, along the way, redefines the terms of sculpture and installation, « according to the prize jury. And indeed, his biographically based agenda repeatedly forms the unsettling and also quite vexing point of departure for his works, which in fact turn the visitors into active protagonists.

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Marc Gundel is a German art historian and since 2003 director at the Sta dtische Museen Heilbronn. He initiated with the Ernst Franz Vogelmann Foundation the construction of a new modern art gallery in Heilbronn, which has focused on temporary exhibitions of modern and contemporary art since its establishing in 2010. With the Franz Ernst Vogelmann Prize for Sculpture, which has been awarded since 2007, he has also created a format that attracts international attention. The previous award winners were: Roman Signer (2008), Thomas Schu tte (2014), Richard Deacon (2017) et al. Gregor Schneider (b. 1969) is a German artist and winner oft he Golden Lion at the Venice Biennale for his infamous work Totes Haus u r exhibitited at the German Pavilion. He studied at several German Art Academies from 1989 to 1992 including the Arts Academy Dusseldorf. From 2012 to 2016 he was a professor at Academy of Fine Arts Munich, and since 2016 he is a Professor at the Arts Academy Dusseldorf. He had numerous solo exhibitions worldwide, Muse e d' art moderne de la ville de Paris (1998), Carnegie Museum of Art Pittsburgh (1999), Aspen Art Museum (2003), Milwaukee Art Museum (2007) et al. Rita E. Ta uber is since 2010 curator for the Kunsthalle Vogelmann at the Sta dtische Museen Heilbronn. She initiated the show " Joseph Beuys and Italy", and was the curator of Ayse Erkmen's Vogelmann prize winner show ONE TWO THREE. Rita E. Ta uber is since 2010 curator for the Kunsthalle Vogelmann at the Sta dtische Museen Heilbronn. She initiated the show " Joseph Beuys and Italy", and was the curator of Ayse Erkmen's Vogelmann prize winner show ONE TWO THREE. Sir Norman Rosenthal (b. 1944) is now a British independent curator and art historian. From 1970 to 1974 he was Exhibitions Officer at Brighton Museum and Art Gallery, from 1974 to 1976 curator at ICA London, before he joined the Royal Academy in London as Exhibitions Secretary, where he remained until his resignation in 2008. He is known for his support of contemporary art and for exhibitions with Joseph Beuys, Georg Baselitz, Anselm Kiefer, Julian Schnabel, and Francesco Clemente. He was familiar in the early 1990s known with the artists known as the YBAs (Young British Artists). Marc Gundel is a German art historian and since 2003 director at the Sta dtische Museen Heilbronn. He initiated with the Ernst Franz Vogelmann Foundation the construction of a new modern art gallery in Heilbronn, which has focused on temporary exhibitions of modern and contemporary art since its establishing in 2010. With the Franz Ernst Vogelmann Prize for Sculpture, which has been awarded since 2007, he has also created a format that attracts international attention. The previous award winners were: Roman Signer (2008), Thomas Schu tte (2014), Richard Deacon (2017) et al.