Maria Nordman

Maria Nordman ( born June 22, 1943 in Görlitz ) is a German - American sculptor and conceptual artist.

Life and work

Nordman was born in Germany, grew up in France and graduated in 1967 her studies in music, art, sculpture and film at the University of California at Los Angeles from. She lives in Santa Monica, California.

From 1967 to 1969 created Nordman film Environments and laser projections. Since 1970, she designed places with minimal resources ( such as sunlight, color, air, water and sound) to reach the complex aesthetic effects. The man becomes a part of these rooms.

" It brings together the elements of light, air, earth and water to the city, creating places in public space, understands her work as offers. That which then arises, according Nordman is an " attention field ." People need to experience the forces of nature spiritually here. "

Nordman years working on the concept of conjunctive New City. Here, in glass framed drawings and collages, which may be stored upright in specially prepared wooden boxes (Standing Pictures), during the exhibition of the visitors pulled out for viewing from the crates to look at her. Thus they are exposed to sunlight at the same time.

Unusual concepts are created by Nordman for the public space. This new discussions are stimulated repeatedly. Nordman has written several theoretical essays on the topics of space and sculpture.

Exhibitions

Solo exhibitions (selection )

  • As of June 2013 voor Geo - Aesthetics SMAK Stedelijk Museum Actuele Arts, Ghent
  • 2011 Cambio de paradigmatic - Colección Serralves años 60-70, Museo de Arte Contemporáneo de Castilla y León, Léon
  • 2011 Film Room: Smoke, 1967 -Present Los Angeles County Museum of Art, Los Angeles
  • 2010 Inter- presence. Un Livre - Une Communauté castillo / corrales, Paris
  • 2007 Maria Nordman Museu de Arte Contemporânea, Porto
  • 2005 Treballs a la Ciutat - Centre d'Art Santa Mónica, Barcelona
  • 1997 Some early works Museum Folkwang, Essen
  • 1996 De Theatro State Gallery of Stuttgart, Stuttgart
  • 1991 Untitled 1989 - and other work LWL Museum of Art and Culture, Münster
  • 1991 Maria Nordman Renaissance Society in Chicago
  • 1982 A vessel De Appel, Amsterdam
  • 1982 A ship Tjoba, Erzberger shore Bonner Kunstverein, Bonn
  • 1980 Maria Nordman Modern Art Museum of Fort Worth, Fort Worth
  • 1980 Maria Nordman Dallas Museum of Art, Dallas
  • 1977 Maria Nordman Art Space, Munich

Group exhibitions ( selection)

  • 2012 Les Prairies Les Ateliers de Rennes, Biennale d'art contemporain, Rennes
  • In 2011 Arte Povera International Castello di Rivoli Museo d' Arte Contemporanea, Turin
  • 2011 Under the Big Black Sun: California Art 1974-1981 Museum of Contemporary Art, Los Angeles, Los Angeles
  • 2010 How Many Billboards? MAK Center, Los Angeles
  • 2010 Water Walk Maison des Arts Georges Pompidou, Cajarc
  • 2010 Castillo / Corrales The Social Life of the Book SBKM De Vleeshal, Middelburg
  • 2009 Serralves 2009 - The Collection, 1st Part - Museu Serralves - Museu de Arte Contemporânea, Porto
  • 2008 A Town (Not a City ) - Kunst Halle Sankt Gallen, St. Gallen
  • 2006 Art from Los Angeles from the 60s to 90s Kunstverein Braunschweig, Braunschweig
  • 2006 Los Angeles 1955-1985 The birth of an art capital Centre Pompidou - Musée National d' Art Moderne, Paris
  • 2006 and yet it moves Museum Bochum, Bochum
  • 2006 Ponto de Fuga: Obras da Fundação de Serralves Colecção as Centro Cultural de Lagos, Lagos
  • 2005 Modèles modèles Musée d'Art moderne et contemporain, Geneva
  • 2004 Art in the Arp Museum Bahnhof railway station Rolandsecks, Remagen
  • 2004 The artist's editions of the Kunstmuseum Luzern Museum of Art Lucerne, Lucerne
  • 2001 Locus Focus Sonsbeek 2001 - Museum voor Moderne Kunst Arnhem - MMKA, Arnhem
  • Margo Leavin Gallery 2000 Library, Los Angeles
  • 1999 Primarily structural MoMA PS1, Long Iceland
  • 1999 Espace, modes d' emploi Centre d'art passerelle, Brest
  • 1998 Early forms Galerie Chantal Crousel, Paris
  • 1998 Espace à construire Centre d'art contemporain, Pougues -les -Eaux
  • 1997 Skulptur.Projekte, Münster
  • 1997 47th Venice Biennale, Venice
  • 1997 collection summer 1997 MuHKA Museum voor Hedendaagse Art Antwerp, Antwerp
  • 1995 1965-1975: Reconsidering The Object Of Art Museum of Contemporary Art, Los Angeles, Los Angeles
  • 1991 Carnegie International Carnegie Museum of Art, Pittsburgh
  • 1991 For the new arrivals; Called / Not Called
  • 1986 PAPER, inventory XIII Galerie m Bochum, Bochum
  • 1989 Room with two doors, Situation Kunst ( for Max Imdahl )
  • Une autre affaire 1989 Le Consortium, Dijon
  • 1989 Pas à côté, pas où n'importe Villa Arson, Nice
  • 1987 Documenta 8, Kassel
  • 1987 Music Which Passes the Building Fridericianum, Kassel
  • 1987 Skulptur.Projekte, Münster
  • 1986 Chambres d' amis SMAK Stedelijk Museum voor Actuele Arts, Ghent
  • 1982 documenta 7, Kassel
  • 1977 documenta 6, Kassel
  • 1976 37th Venice Biennale, Venice

Awards (selection)

  • 2001 Anonymous Was A Woman Price
  • 1993 Roland Prize for Art in Public Space
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