Stefan Rinck

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Stefan Rinck (born 1973) is a German visual artist working in the field of sculpture. He lives and works in Berlin.

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Early life and education

Stefan Rinck comes from an artist family in Zweibrücken. His father was the educator and draughtsman Norbert Rinck (1933-2016), his mother the painter and art teacher Ute Rinck, his sister is the writer Monika Rinck. [1] Before his studies Rinck learned stone sculpting as an apprentice to a stonemason. Subsequently, he studied art history and philosophy at Saarland University in Saarbrücken and sculpture at the Academy of Fine Arts Karlsruhe with Stephan Balkenhol from 1996 until 2000. [2]

Work

For his figurative stone sculptures Rinck uses traditional tools and techniques of direct carving. [3] He works with sandstone, limestone, marble and diabase. He finds his sources of inspiration in various epochs in particular the French Romanesque period as well as popular culture such as video games and comics. [4] [5] Rinck's stone figures build a community of characters, animals, monsters and hybrid creatures endowed with symbols and cultural attributes. He uses examples from history, myths, religion and folklore as reference material [6] and places them in a contemporary context. He often deals with the issues of collective unconscious. The art theorist Bazon Brock states, Rinck adopts the figurative forms of expression of culturally collective fantasies remaining his independent language. [7] One of the key elements of his language is the humorous expression whose lightness stands in contrast to the materiality of the stone. [8] The humor has a liberating effect and helps the viewer to experience the unconscious. The cross-cultural and trans-historical communication qualities allow Rinck's sculptures to achieve universalizing ends, claims curator Daniel S. Palmer. [9] In 2019, Stefan Rinck was featured in the Thames & Hudson publication 100 Sculptors of Tomorrow. The documentary Heart of Stone by Sonja Baeger which pictures the production of Rinck's three monumental-in-size sculptures was premiered in 2021 in Berlin.

Public sculptures

Rinck has been realizing public sculptures since 2008. During his participation at the Busan Biennale in 2008 in South Korea, the granite sculpture The Division of Woman and Man was commissioned. [10] In 2018, the work The Mongooses of Beauvais was permanently installed in the city of Paris at 53-57 rue de Grennelle (Beaupassage). [11] Another monumental limestone sculptures were realized at Vent des Fôret (One of those who were too long in the woods, 2010) [12] and La Forêt d’Art Contemporain (Saint Georges et son dragon de compagnie, 2020) [13] in France. In November 2021, the sandstone sculpture Why I bear / Grosser Lastenbär was inaugurated at Zionskirchplatz in Berlin-Mitte. [14]

Saint Georges et son Dragon de Compagnie (2020), La Foret d'Art Contemporain, Belis, France Work by Stefan Rinck.jpg
Saint Georges et son Dragon de Compagnie (2020), La Forêt d’Art Contemporain, Bélis, France
The Mangooses of Beauvais (2017), Beaupassage, Saint-Germain-des-Pres, Paris. Franklin Azzi Architecture et B&B Architectes, Emerige (c) Photograph by Charlotte Donker Stefan Rinck, The Mangooses of Beauvais, 2017, Limestone, 250 x 145 x 140 cm. Beaupassage, Paris, Franklin Azzi Architecture et B&B Architectes, Emerige (c) Photograph by Charlotte Donker.jpg
The Mangooses of Beauvais (2017), Beaupassage, Saint-Germain-des-Prés, Paris. Franklin Azzi Architecture et B&B Architectes, Emerige © Photograph by Charlotte Donker
One of those who were too long in the woods (2010), Vent des Foret, France One of those who were too long in the woods par Stefan RINCK.JPG
One of those who were too long in the woods (2010), Vent des Fôret, France
Why I bear / Grosser Lastenbar (2021), Zionskirchplatz, Berlin, Germany Skulptur Zionskirchplatz (Mitte) Grosser Lastenbar&Stefan Rinck&2021.jpg
Why I bear / Grosser Lastenbär (2021), Zionskirchplatz, Berlin, Germany


Exhibitions

Selected solo exhibitions

Selected group exhibitions

Public Collections

Bibliography

Monographs

Collective Books

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