Via Lewandowsky
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Basic Data
Via Lewandowsky is a contemporary German artist who works with sculpture, object art, installation, photography as well as with performance, painting and drawing.
- Born: 7 May 1963
- Place of birth: Dresden, Saxony
- Nationality: German
- Studied at: Academy of Fine Arts Dresden
- Era: Contemporary art
- Stylistic direction: Surrealism
In the 1980s, Lewandowsky belonged to the group of so-called 'Auto-Perforations-Artisten' who criticized the art business of the GDR. The leitmotifs of his art are misunderstanding as a result of the failure of communication and the processual. His works show influences of Dadaism, Surrealism and Fluxus.
Exhibitions
- 14.09.21 - 18.09.2021 Slot 22: Digital Touch – Direkte Auktion, Berlin.
- 15.05.21 - 15.08.2021 Outsideinside - 20 Years Herbert-Gerisch Foundation - Herbert-Gerisch Stiftung, Neumünster.
- 01.12.20 - 11.04.2021 Bon Voyage. Reisen in der Kunst der Gegenwart - Ludwig Forum, Aachen.
- 03.10.20 - 18.10.2020 Boxenstopp - KWADRAT Berlin.
- 18.05.20 - 26.06.2020 Still Leben - Galerie Klaus Gerrit Friese, Berlin.
- 25.04.2020 - 07.06.2020 Papier – Kunstverein Bamberg.
- 27.03.2020 - 08.06.2020 Poetry and Performance. The Eastern European Perspective – Wroclaw Contemporary Museum (MWW), Wroclaw.
- 13.03.2020 - 08.05.2020 düsseldorf photo+ 2020 - düsseldorf photo+.
- 23.02.2020 - 08.03.2020 How beautiful you are! - KINDL – Zentrum für zeitgenössische Kunst, Berlin.
- 20.02.2020 - 21.03.2020 GOOD VIBRATIONS - KINETISCHE KUNST - Sebastian Fath Contemporary, Mannheim.
- 07.11.2019 - 08.03.2020 Utopien – Motorenhalle, Galerie Adlergasse, Runde Ecke, Dresden.
- 02.08.2019 - 15.09.2019 Milchstrassenverkehrsordnung - Künstlerhaus Bethanien, Berlin.
- 20.05.2017 - 17.09.2017 „Inside Intensity – The Anniversary Show“ - Museum Kurhaus Kleve.
- 22.09.2016 - 15.01.2017 Notes from the Underground. Art and Alternative Music in Eastern Europe 1968-1994 Tweet - ms Muzeum Sztuki Lodz.
- 16.07.2016 - 26.09.2016 Gegenstimmen. Kunst in der DDR 1976-1989 - Martin Gropius Bau, Berlin.
- 03.10.2015 - 31.01.2016 Via Lewandowsky – Hokuspokus - Kunsthalle zu Kiel.
Awards
- 1995: Art prize of the Leipziger Volkszeitung, Leipzig.
- 1998: Botho-Graef-Prize of the city Jena.
- 2005: Critics prize Beijing Case, Beijing.
Literature
- Via Lewandowsky: Geometry of obedience, exhibition catalog, Via Lewandowsky, Berlin 2019.
- Via Lewandowsky, Applaus, applause, exhibition catalog, Katja Blomberg (Publ.), Cologne 2008.
- Via Lewandowsky – paeninsula, exhibition catalog, Alexander Tolnay (Publ.), Ostfildern 2006.
- Via Lewandowsky - sie können nichts schreien hören, exhibition catalog, Neue Gesellschaft für Bildende Kunst e.V. (Publ.), Berlin 1989.
Collections
Belgium
Germany
- Berlin – Berlinische Galerie
- Berlin - Hamburger Bahnhof
- Bonn - Sammlung zeitgenössischer Kunst der Bundesrepublik Deutschland
- Frankfurt/Main - DZ BANK Kunstsammlung
- Leipzig - gfzk | Galerie für Zeitgenössische Kunst
- Weimar – Klassik Stiftung: Bauhaus-Museum / Neues Museum
Sweden
- Malmö - Konsthall
Weblinks
- Official Website of the artist.
- Via Lewandowsky Kunstaspekte exhibition and collection overview.