Rainer Fest

THE END OF THIS DECADE BELONGS TO THE SCULPTURE !Here you will find unusual position of art from the North-east part of Germany,that is inspired by a strong landscape, alchemy and a philosopy that deals with the unity.Each artwork is a step towards this unity.In this short presentation it is not possible to show all diffrent aspects of my work, like wood, landart, installation, works with and on paper, books, and so on so I choosed the aspect that gives a first impression of my stoneworks.To see more, I invite you to pay a visit to my webside. Rainer Fest key element off many of his works is running water. As a flowing prime element and symbol of life, water runs over a throne sculpture or washes around a house, thereby questioning and jeopardising ist firm stand. The water adds elements of movement and light to the sculpture. With water continuously working and permanently changing the stone, another paradigm enters the work and working method. The static nature of the stones is disturbed by movement i.e. time passing by in a perceivable manner -, while light reflected by the water changes their surfaces, and thus the way the sculpture is seen. Also, the water gives back sound to the otherwise mute stone.Stone, water, light, sou...

Rainer Fest 1953 geboren in Berlin1975 - 81 Kunstgewerbeschule Jurva, Finnland1982 - 87 Studium der Bildhauerei bei Prof. Altenstein an der Hochschule fr Kunst und Musik, Bremen1981 - 88 Stipendiat des ev. Studienwerkes Villigst1986 - 88 Auslandsstudium an der Academia des Bellas Artes, Madrid1993 Arbeitsstipendium der Kultursenates von Berlinseit 91 lebt und arbeitet in Glashtte, Vorpommern2002 Otto Niemeyer Holstein - Stipendium2004 Landesstipendium des Landes Mecklenburg Vorpommern fr das Schleswig Holstein Haus, Rostock Einzelausstellungen ( Auswahl )1987Kirche auf dem Tempelhofer Feld, Berlin1988St. Jakobikirche, Berlin1990Galerie Stil und Bruch, Berlin1991Eisenhalle, Berlin Galerie IX, Berlin Galeria Indice, Torre la Vega,...