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CHRISTIAN HACK - HEPTAGONAL SCULPTURES
Even in his early work, which I first experienced when I visited his studio in 1994, you can find the origin for what are now his signature seven sided heptagonal sculptures. To develop your own distinct signature style is a lifelong process and has many forks in the road. Christian Hack’s determination to find his way is both admirable and relentless. This book shows an incredibly creative and energetic sculptor who has found his ‘voice‘ and is not about to stop.
Looking at his work in Plexiglass which he made during his studies at the renowned Folkwang Schule in Essen, Germany (1975-1976), you can see his initial fascination with light and reflection. His current polished stainless steel sculptures can be aesthetically pleasing on the one hand, but also reflect the world around us, playing with our surroundings and our own reflection.
His work in the nineties in bronze and cast-iron would prove to be invaluable for his later understanding of material, surface and reflection. It taught him how to work from a drawing or a plaster model and turn it into an actual sculpture. His fascination for Spanish sculptor Julio Gonzalez (1876-1942) would help him find his direction and teach him how to dissect his own sculptures. Choosing the best element or feature and building on from there; reducing, condensing, creating his archive of ‘white models‘ which would later prove to be the basis for infinite new sculptures.
In 2001 another Spanish sculptor, Eduardo Chillida (1924-2002) would inspire him to even further reduce his form language and create the possibility to work with simpler materials on a larger scale. In the next ten years small bronzes would evolve into monumental corten-steel sculptures for the public space.
In 2013 a renewed interest in his ‘old’ seven and five sided forms (to be part of an exhibition in Dubai) inspired Christian to review some of his older works and found himself “beflügelt”, on wings, to pick up where he had left off at the end of the nineties and completely focus on this rediscovered form language.
With many years of experience how to translate his ideas and models in lighter materials like aluminium and steel, and use the highly reflective qualities of stainless steel, created the exhilarating feeling that there was no end to the possibilities. “Von der Kleinform bis zur Megaform, alles ist möglich”, from small to mega-size, everything is possible.
Every new design, every new model surprises him, making him more confident that he has found his own unique signature style. His perseverance and trust in this lifelong process with many forks in the road, that seemed to have its own logic, finally paid off.
Jeroen Dijkstra - Livingstone gallery
Even in his early work, which I first experienced when I visited his studio in 1994, you can find the origin for what are now his signature seven sided heptagonal sculptures. To develop your own distinct signature style is a lifelong process and has many forks in the road. Christian Hack’s determination to find his way is both admirable and relentless. This book shows an incredibly creative and energetic sculptor who has found his ‘voice‘ and is not about to stop.
Looking at his work in Plexiglass which he made during his studies at the renowned Folkwang Schule in Essen, Germany (1975-1976), you can see his initial fascination with light and reflection. His current polished stainless steel sculptures can be aesthetically pleasing on the one hand, but also reflect the world around us, playing with our surroundings and our own reflection.
His work in the nineties in bronze and cast-iron would prove to be invaluable for his later understanding of material, surface and reflection. It taught him how to work from a drawing or a plaster model and turn it into an actual sculpture. His fascination for Spanish sculptor Julio Gonzalez (1876-1942) would help him find his direction and teach him how to dissect his own sculptures. Choosing the best element or feature and building on from there; reducing, condensing, creating his archive of ‘white models‘ which would later prove to be the basis for infinite new sculptures.
In 2001 another Spanish sculptor, Eduardo Chillida (1924-2002) would inspire him to even further reduce his form language and create the possibility to work with simpler materials on a larger scale. In the next ten years small bronzes would evolve into monumental corten-steel sculptures for the public space.
In 2013 a renewed interest in his ‘old’ seven and five sided forms (to be part of an exhibition in Dubai) inspired Christian to review some of his older works and found himself “beflügelt”, on wings, to pick up where he had left off at the end of the nineties and completely focus on this rediscovered form language.
With many years of experience how to translate his ideas and models in lighter materials like aluminium and steel, and use the highly reflective qualities of stainless steel, created the exhilarating feeling that there was no end to the possibilities. “Von der Kleinform bis zur Megaform, alles ist möglich”, from small to mega-size, everything is possible.
Every new design, every new model surprises him, making him more confident that he has found his own unique signature style. His perseverance and trust in this lifelong process with many forks in the road, that seemed to have its own logic, finally paid off.
Jeroen Dijkstra - Livingstone gallery
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1971 – 1976
Folkwang-Schule, Essen, D, Industrial Design
Guest student in the sculpture class of Prof. Max Kratz
Building architectural models and objects
1976 – 1981 Freelance Designer
1981 – 1986 Focus Interior Design
1987 – 1991 Experimental phase in sculpting; acryl, polyester, steel, bronze
1991 – PRESENT Professional Sculptor
EXHIBITIONS (SELECTION)
1994
Galerie Cranach-Haus, Weimar, D, solo
Galerie Haverkamp, Neustadt, Pf., D, solo
Galerie Mickan, Wiesbaden, D
ART multiple, Düsseldorf, D
1995
Galerie Hellhof, Kronberg, Ts., D, solo
Artihove Art Centre, Bergschenhoek, NL
Art Frankfurt, Frankfurt am Main, D, Galerie Knabe
1996
ART Multiple, Düsseldorf, D
Artihove Art Centre, Bergschenhoek, NL
1997
Galerie Zauberberg, Kelkheim, D
Livingstone gallery, The Hague, NL
1998
Galerie BBK, Frankfurt am Main, D
2001
Galerie Retelet. St. Paul-de-Vence, F
Livingstone gallery, The Hague, NL
2002
Künstler Forum Zauberberg, Kelkheim, D
Livingstone gallery, The Hague, NL
2003
Galerie Willy Schoots, Eindhoven, NL
Livingstone gallery, The Hague, NL
Galerie Horst Dietrich, Berlin, D
Galerie Helga Hofmann, Alphen, NL
Livingstone gallery, The Hague, NL, Sol LeWitt - Christian Hack
2004
Galerie JosArt, Amsterdam, NL
ART Rotterdam, Galerie Schoots-Livingstone, NL
ART Karlsruhe, D, Galerie Horst Dietrich
Art Frankfurt, Frankfurt am Main, D
Galerie Epikur, Wuppertal, D
2005
Galerie JosArt, Amsterdam, NL
2009
Livingstone gallery, The Hague, NL
2010
Livingstone Gallery, The Hague, NL Richard Serra – Christian Hack
2014
Kameha Suite, Frankfurt am Main, D
2016
Sculpture Park Soestdijk Palace, Baarn, NL
Livingstone gallery, The Hague, NL
2017
Orangerie Nymphenburg Castle, Munich, D
Sculpture Park Achter de Westduinen, Ouddorp, NL
Galerie Horst Dietrich, Berlin
ART ZURICH, CH, Galerie Horst Dietrich
2018
Art Karlsruhe, D, Galerie Horst Dietrich
2019
Art Karlsruhe, D, Galerie Horst Dietrich
2020
Art Karlsruhe, D, Galerie Horst Dietrich
Huis Schuylenburch, The Hague, NL
Livingstone gallery, The Hague, NL, solo
Art The Hague, NL, Van Spijk Art Books
PRIVATE & PUBLIC COLLECTIONS (SELECTION)
Law Office BBMW, Frankfurt am Main, D, Law Office WEIL, Frankfurt am Main & Munich, D, AVA-Leasing, Sulzbach, D, Bentlage Media, Frankfurt am Main, D, Dr. C. Hain-Heise, Königstein, D, Dr. K. Küstermann, Baden-Baden, D, Prof. Dr. Simon Hoerstrup, Zurich, CH, K. Weiss, Zurich, CH, B. Hiltermann, Alphen a/d Rijn, NL, Rothenberger ag, Kelkheim, D & Anif, A & Montepulciano, IT & Bad Dueben, D, The Ministry of the Interior and Kingdom Relations, Willemstad, Curacao, NL
PUBLIC OUTOOR SCULPTURES
Deutsche Bahn AG, Bad Homburg, D, Stadt Kelkheim, D, Rothenberger ag, Kelkheim, D
Folkwang-Schule, Essen, D, Industrial Design
Guest student in the sculpture class of Prof. Max Kratz
Building architectural models and objects
1976 – 1981 Freelance Designer
1981 – 1986 Focus Interior Design
1987 – 1991 Experimental phase in sculpting; acryl, polyester, steel, bronze
1991 – PRESENT Professional Sculptor
EXHIBITIONS (SELECTION)
1994
Galerie Cranach-Haus, Weimar, D, solo
Galerie Haverkamp, Neustadt, Pf., D, solo
Galerie Mickan, Wiesbaden, D
ART multiple, Düsseldorf, D
1995
Galerie Hellhof, Kronberg, Ts., D, solo
Artihove Art Centre, Bergschenhoek, NL
Art Frankfurt, Frankfurt am Main, D, Galerie Knabe
1996
ART Multiple, Düsseldorf, D
Artihove Art Centre, Bergschenhoek, NL
1997
Galerie Zauberberg, Kelkheim, D
Livingstone gallery, The Hague, NL
1998
Galerie BBK, Frankfurt am Main, D
2001
Galerie Retelet. St. Paul-de-Vence, F
Livingstone gallery, The Hague, NL
2002
Künstler Forum Zauberberg, Kelkheim, D
Livingstone gallery, The Hague, NL
2003
Galerie Willy Schoots, Eindhoven, NL
Livingstone gallery, The Hague, NL
Galerie Horst Dietrich, Berlin, D
Galerie Helga Hofmann, Alphen, NL
Livingstone gallery, The Hague, NL, Sol LeWitt - Christian Hack
2004
Galerie JosArt, Amsterdam, NL
ART Rotterdam, Galerie Schoots-Livingstone, NL
ART Karlsruhe, D, Galerie Horst Dietrich
Art Frankfurt, Frankfurt am Main, D
Galerie Epikur, Wuppertal, D
2005
Galerie JosArt, Amsterdam, NL
2009
Livingstone gallery, The Hague, NL
2010
Livingstone Gallery, The Hague, NL Richard Serra – Christian Hack
2014
Kameha Suite, Frankfurt am Main, D
2016
Sculpture Park Soestdijk Palace, Baarn, NL
Livingstone gallery, The Hague, NL
2017
Orangerie Nymphenburg Castle, Munich, D
Sculpture Park Achter de Westduinen, Ouddorp, NL
Galerie Horst Dietrich, Berlin
ART ZURICH, CH, Galerie Horst Dietrich
2018
Art Karlsruhe, D, Galerie Horst Dietrich
2019
Art Karlsruhe, D, Galerie Horst Dietrich
2020
Art Karlsruhe, D, Galerie Horst Dietrich
Huis Schuylenburch, The Hague, NL
Livingstone gallery, The Hague, NL, solo
Art The Hague, NL, Van Spijk Art Books
PRIVATE & PUBLIC COLLECTIONS (SELECTION)
Law Office BBMW, Frankfurt am Main, D, Law Office WEIL, Frankfurt am Main & Munich, D, AVA-Leasing, Sulzbach, D, Bentlage Media, Frankfurt am Main, D, Dr. C. Hain-Heise, Königstein, D, Dr. K. Küstermann, Baden-Baden, D, Prof. Dr. Simon Hoerstrup, Zurich, CH, K. Weiss, Zurich, CH, B. Hiltermann, Alphen a/d Rijn, NL, Rothenberger ag, Kelkheim, D & Anif, A & Montepulciano, IT & Bad Dueben, D, The Ministry of the Interior and Kingdom Relations, Willemstad, Curacao, NL
PUBLIC OUTOOR SCULPTURES
Deutsche Bahn AG, Bad Homburg, D, Stadt Kelkheim, D, Rothenberger ag, Kelkheim, D
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