Hede Bühl

Hede Bühl ( born June 8, 1940 in Haan, near Dusseldorf ) is a German sculptor.

Life and work

Buhl was a student of Joseph Beuys and has temporarily worked in the studio of Ewald Mataré. She lives and works in Dusseldorf. In her sculptures made ​​of stone or metal, the artist is dealing with the human body and especially the head. In their monumental works, the human body is mutilated, tied up or gagged. Is known among other things their erected on May 2, 1984 at the Castle Square in front of City Hall Duisburg bronze sculpture in memory of all the men and women of the trade unions, the victims of the Nazi regime were. Her work has been awarded the Käthe Kollwitz Prize of the Academy of the Arts ( Berlin), the Villa Romana Prize (Florence), the Villa Massimo scholarship (Rome) and the Grand Prize for Sculpture at the Triennale New Delhi.

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