Dietrich Klinge
Selected artworks
Exhibitions
Dietrich Klinge: Du und Ich / You and I
Galerie Scheffel – Ferdinandstraße
2 October – 14 November 2020
Skulpturen im Tempel: Dietrich Klinge in den Jakobshallen
Galerie Scheffel – Jakobshallen
11 May – 7 July 2018
Blickachsen 9
Dietrich Klinge: Eberbach Monastery
Organizer: Blickachsen Foundation
26 May – 6 October 2013
Blickachsen 8
Dietrich Klinge: Eschborn, Niederhöchstadt Sculpture Park
Organizer: Galerie Scheffel
22 May – 3 October 2011
Books
Blickachsen 9 – Kloster Eberbach (Eberbach Monastery): Dietrich Klinge
Exhibition catalogue Blickachsen Foundation.
Texts (German/English) by Martin Blach and Joseph A. Becherer.
Edited by Christian K. Scheffel and Dietrich Klinge.
Freshup! publishing, Fellbach 2013.
Hardcover, format 30.4 x 21.8 cm,
124 pages, 124 colour images.
Biography
Dietrich Klinge
The sculptor and graphic artist Dietrich Klinge is internationally known primarily for his umistakeable sculptural work devoted to the human figure. In the light of his intensive engagement with the long tradition of this thematic within the visual arts, Klinge takes up a unique position of his own, mediating between the classical and the contemporary. With his abstract-figurative forms, he creates a distinctive pictorial world of whole figures, busts, heads and reliefs, whose powerful presence results from their existential expressiveness. Klinge does not depict; rather, and with great artistic originality, he brings to life timeless sensations and conflicting spiritual conditions. His works tell of human entrapment, of subtle and destructive states, of beauty and perishability, being and nonbeing – and yet their meaning always remains open.
Dietrich Klinge, born in 1954 in Heiligenstadt, first studied graphic art then sculpture, under Herbert Baumann and Alfred Hrdlicka, at the Academy of Fine Arts in Stuttgart from 1973-1984. Since the early 1990’s, Klinge has exhibited his graphic and sculptural work in numerous solo and group exhibitions in different countries in Europe, as well as in the USA and South Korea. In Germany, his extraordinary presentation of 21 bronzes in the historical grounds of Eberbach Monastery in the 2013 Blickachsen Biennale attracted special attention. Today, Dietrich Klinge’s work can be seen in the public spaces of many German cities as well as in private collections and public museums around the world – for example, the Frederik Meijer Gardens & Sculpture Park in the United States, the Museum Beelden aan Zee in the Netherlands, or the Kunsthalle Mannheim and the Staatsgalerie Stuttgart in Germany.
Solo Exhibitions (Selection)
2020
Galerie Scheffel, Bad Homburg v.d.Höhe, Germany
2019
Bode Galerie, together with Ernst Ludwig Kirchner, Nuremberg, Germany
Kunsthalle Schweinfurt, together with Hartwig Ebersbach, Schweinfurt, Germany
St. Johannis, Schweinfurt, Germany
Jenaer Kunstverein, Botanic Garden, Jena, Germany
Galerie im Venet-Haus, Neu-Ulm, Germany
2018
Jakobshallen of Galerie Scheffel, Bad Homburg v.d.Höhe, Germany
Bode Galerie, Nuremberg, Germany
2017
Christian Daniel Rauch-Museum, Bad Arolsen, Germany
Indang Museum, together with Hoon Kwak and Jong-taek Woo, Daegu, South Korea
2. Höflinger Skulpturenpark, Höfling Castle, Regensburg, Germany
Roh’s Goden, Anseong, South Korea
2016
Place de Clairefontaine Luxembourg, Luxembourg
Galerie Clairefontaine, Luxembourg, Luxembourg
Galerie Schrade - Mochental Castle, near Ehingen/Danube, Germany
Atelier-Galerie Oberländer, Stadtbergen, Germany
2015
Ansbacher Skulpturenmeile, Ansbach, Germany
Bode Galerie, Nuremberg, Germany
Galerie Weise, together with Harry Meyer, Chemnitz, Germany
St. Sebald und St. Egidien, Nuremberg, Germany
2014
Galerie im Venet-Haus, Neu-Ulm, Germany
Bode Project Space, Daegu, South Korea
Slavkov Castle, Slavkov, Czech Republic
Angela Berney Fine Arts, Basel, Switzerland
Cloister of the Basel Minster, Basel, Switzerland
English Church, Bad Homburg v.d.Höhe, Germany
Städtische Galerie Tuttlingen, Tuttlingen, Germany
2013
Atelier-Galerie Oberländer, Augsburg, Germany
Galerie Schrade - Mochental Castle, together with Christopher Lehmpfuhl, near Ehingen/Danube, Germany
Blickachsen 9 – Dietrich Klinge at Eberbach Monastery, Eltville, Germany
Bode Galerie, Nuremberg, Germany
2012
Galerie Sebastianskapelle, Ulm, Germany
2011
Galerie Schrade - Mochental Castle, nearEhingen/Danube, Germany
Städtische Galerie Tettnang, together with Raimund Wäschle, Tettnang, Germany
2010
Jardins du Manoir d‘Eyrignac ,Périgord, France
Château de Biron, Périgord, France
Galerie Terminus, together with Eckhard Kremers, Munich, Germany
Es Baluard Museu d‘Art Modern i Contemporani de Palma, Palma de Mallorca, Spain
2009
Atelier-Galerie Oberländer, Augsburg, Germany
Galerie Schrade - Mochental Castle, near Ehingen/Danube, Germany
Neue Galerie Landshut, together with Michael Jochum, Landshut, Germany
2008
Archäologischer Garten, Frankfurt/Main, Germany
Musei di Maremma, Provincia di Grosseto, Italy
Galerie Terminus, Munich, Germany
2007
Galerie Orangerie-Reinz, Cologne, Germany
Galerie Bäumler, Regensburg, Germany
Atelier-Galerie Oberländer, Augsburg, Germany
Galerieverein Leonberg, together with Michael Storz, Leonberg, Germany
Galerie von Braunbehrens, Munich, Germany
2006
DIE GALERIE, together with Eckhard Kremers, Frankfurt/Main, Germany
2005
MKM – Museum Küppersmühle für Moderne Kunst, Duisburg, Germany
Galerie Orangerie-Reinz, Cologne, Germany
Frederik Meijer Gardens & Sculpture Park, Grand Rapids, Michigan, USA
Gertsev Gallery, together with Christina Roederer, Moscow, Russia
Worthington Gallery, Chicago, Illinois, USA
Galerie Brusberg, Berlin, Germany
2004
Galerie von Braunbehrens, Munich, Germany
Donna Tribby Fine Art, West Palm Beach, Florida, USA
2003
Galerie Schrade - Mochental Castle, near Ehingen/Danube, Germany
Galerie Weise, Chemnitz, Germany
Stadtkirche Darmstadt, Darmstadt, Germany
Galerie Schrade - Karlsruhe, Karlsruhe, Germany
Galerie Orangerie-Reinz, together with Christina Roederer, Cologne, Germany
2002
DRK Kliniken Berlin Westend, together with Rolf Szymanski, Berlin, Germany
Galerie Bäumler, Regensburg, Germany
Galerie von Braunbehrens, Munich, Germany
Kamp’s Galerie, Keitum, Sylt, Germany
Galería Joanna Kunstmann, together with Christina Roederer, Palma de Mallorca, Spain
Art Selection Gilg, Zurich, Switzerland
2001
Morat-Institut für Kunst und Kunstwissenschaft, Freiburg/Breisgau, Germany
Museum and Galerie im Prediger, Schwäbisch Gmünd, Germany
Galerie Schrade - Mochental Castle, near Ehingen/Danube, Germany
Galerie Titan, Frankfurt/Main
Wessenberg Galerie, together with Alexej von Jawlensky, Constance, Germany
Atelier-Galerie Oberländer, together with Ulrike Kirbach, Augsburg, Germany
2000
Stiftung für Bildhauerei, Berlin, Germany
Galerie von Braunbehrens, Munich, Germany
Galerie Orangerie-Reinz, Cologne, Germany
Galerie Bäumler, Regensburg, Germany
1999
Collection Dahlström, Weinheim, Germany
Galerie Titan, Frankfurt/Main, Germany
Galerie Orangerie-Reinz, Köln
1998
Galerie von Braunbehrens, Munich, Germany
Galerie Kerkhoff, Verl, Germany
Atelier-Galerie Oberländer, Augsburg, Germany
Kilianskirche, Heilbronn, Germany
1997
Galerie Fahlbusch, Mannheim, Germany
Mannheimer Kunstverein, Mannheim, Germany
Galerie Sebastianskapelle Ulm, Ulm, Germany
1996
Galerie von Braunbehrens, Munich, Germany
Kulturzentrum Templin, together with Werner Liebmann, Templin, Germany
IG-Metall-Galerie, Frankfurt/Main, Germany
Galerie Brusberg, together with Werner Liebmann, Berlin, Germany
1995
Städtische Museen Heilbronn, Heilbronn, Germany
Galerie im Heppächer, Esslingen, Germany
1994
Galerie von Braunbehrens, Munich, Germany
Städtische Galerie Albstadt, Albstadt, Germany
Galerie Brusberg, Berlin, Germany
1993
Atelier-Galerie Oberländer, Augsburg, Germany
1992
Sammlung Dahlström, Weinheim, Germany
Galerie im Heppächer, Esslingen, Germany
Galerie Brusberg, Berlin, Germany
1990
Galerie im Heppächer, Esslingen, Germany
Galerie Fahlbusch, Mannheim, Germany
1989
Atelier Wilhelmstr. 16 e.V., Stuttgart, Germany
Collections (Selection)
Baden-Württembergische Bank, Stuttgart, Germany
Collection Padnos, Holland, Michigan, USA
Daimler Benz, Stuttgart, Germany
Diözese Würzburg, Stift Haug, Würzburg, Germany
Frederik Meijer Gardens and Sculpture Park, Grand Rapids, Michigan, USA
Gateway Foundation, St. Louis, Missouri, USA
Gewerbepark Regensburg, Germany
HDI Haftpflichtverband der deutschen Industrie, Hanover, Germany
Kunsthalle Mannheim, Mannheim, Germany
Krankenhausgesellschaft Ehingen, Ehingen/Danube, Germany
Landesbank Berlin, Berlin, Germany
Mannheimer Versicherung, Mannheim, Germany
Museum am Dom, Würzburg, Germany
Museum Beelden aan Zee, Scheveningen, The Netherlands
Museum im Prediger, Schwäbisch Gmünd, Germany
Regierungspräsidium Karlsruhe, Karlsruhe, Germany
Regierungspräsidium Stuttgart, Stuttgart, Germany
Sammlung Grothe, Duisburg, Germany
Sammlung Piepenbrock, Berlin, Germany
Sammlung Südwest-Park, Nuremberg, Germany
Staatsgalerie Stuttgart, Stuttgart, Germany
Staatliche Graphische Sammlung München, Munich, Germany
Städtische Museen Heilbronn, Heilbronn, Germany
Städtisches Museum Albstadt, Albstadt, Germany
Staatliches Vermögens- und Hochbauamt der Universität Ulm, Ulm, Germany
Stadt Schwäbisch Gmünd, Schwäbisch Gmünd, Germany
St. Johannis in Stift Haug, Würzburg, Germany
The Roland Berger Strategy Consultants Collection, Düsseldorf, Germany