KIRSTEN    LOCKENWITZ

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l  This web site provides information on Kirsten Lockenwitz, one of the leading Danish artists of her generation.
l  She mainly works in stone, bronze, plexiglas (polymethylmethacrylat) and neon. Her field of works comprises sculptures, reliefs and art architecture integration.
l  Since 1967 she has done innovating work in neon and plexiglas, later integrating steel and copper in her works, and since 1988 bronze and granite.

It is the aim of my work to touch upon the universal. To bow to the eternal, the absolute, to touch the spiritual heart of man. I am deeply moved and inspired by the awe of nature where it is unbounded, desolate, vast and sacred, and by the impact and monumentality of its geological architecture, so similar to the devotional architecture of ancient cultures. I am moved by man's devotion to the divine through all time, whether it be by the erection of a black stone or of a cathedral.

l MAIN WORKS:

"NEON ARGON RELIEF II" 1970, plexiglas and argon
State Museum of Art, Copenhagen.

"SAMURAI", 1981, relief, plexiglas - Nordjyllands Museum of Art, Ålborg.

"LIGNE D'AZUR", 1981, triptych, plexiglas and argon - County Administration, Roskilde.

"IRON MESA", 1991, relief, argon and lasercut steel - donated by Ny Carlsbergfondet to University Hospital, Odense.

"KALIDEWI" 1999, pyramide, portugisisk granit, Solgården, Lemvig

"GARUDA" 2005, basalt, Ny Carlsbergfondet

"KALI" 2005, pyramide, diabas

l  IMPORTANT PUBLIC COMMISSIONS:

"CROSSWISE COMPOSITION", 1987, neon and argon
Esbjerg Customs Building, Esbjerg.
Commissioned by State Art Foundation

"ARATRIKA", 1991, light composition, neon and argon
State Museum of Art, Copenhagen
Commissioned by State Art Foundation

"KALESA", 1993, monumental sculpture, granite
Det Danske Hedeselskab, Viborg.
Commissioned by State Art Foundation

"TRIPALAKA", 1996, monumental sculpture triad, granite
Harbour of Ålborg.
Commissioned by State Art Foundation

"DISCRIMINATION" 2002, lysudsmykning, Det Kgl. Bibliotek, commissioned by State Art Foundation

l  REPRESENTED AT THE FOLLOWING COLLECTIONS:

Funen Museum of Art, Odense.
Den Kgl. Kobberstiksamling (Royal Collection of Engravings), Copenhagen.
Nordjyllands Museum of Art, Ålborg.
State Museum of Art, Copenhagen.

Other official sales:
Danish State Art Foundation
Ny Carlsbergfondet

l  GRANTS AND AWARDS:

Vilh. Pachts Legat 1983, State Art Foundation Life-Grant 1984, Astrid Noacks Legat 1986, Eckersberg Medal 1986, Anne Marie Telmanyis Legat 1989, Viggo Jarls Legat 1992, Ruth & Finn Torjussens Legat 1993, Ole Haslunds Legat 1993, Gerhard Hennings Legat 1995, Tagea Brandts Legat 1997, Thorvaldsen Medal 2000, Carl Nielsen og Anne Marie Carl-Nielsens Legat 2006.

l BIOGRAPHY:

Born 1932 in Copenhagen.
Completed Danish Academy of Fine Arts 1969.
Member of Den Frie Udstilling (="The Free", oldest Danish group of artists) 1986.
Member of grant committee of State Art Foundation 1981-83
Chairman of KIKU (Committee of International Art Exhibitions, Ministry of Culture) 1989-92
Chairman of Den Frie Udstilling 1995-2001.

l ADDRESS:

Landevejen 10
Lov
DK - 4700 Næstved
Denmark

e-mail: kirstenlockenwitz@mail.dk

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