Christian W. Staudinger
Christian Wilhelm Staudinger (born 1952)[1] is a Berlin-based German artist whose work arises in large part from his experiences of imprisonment in and escape from the former East Germany.
Early life and education[edit]
Staudinger was born in Erfurt in then-Communist East Germany.[1]} His parents ran a series of hotels and restaurants; they lived in Schmira, a former village that had been incorporated into Erfurt, until 1956, when they became the managers of the Bayerischer Hof in Waltershausen. After attending school in Waltershausen, he trained as a waiter at the Handelsorganisation in Erfurt.[1][non-primary source needed]
Leaving East Germany and career[edit]
In 1971, Staudinger attempted to escape from East Germany via Bulgaria. He was captured and returned to East Germany, where he was imprisoned; he was tortured by the Stasi both before and after his repatriation.[2][3][4][5] In 1972, West Germany paid for his extradition under a prisoner trading programme.[1] His brother, Ulrich, subsequently also crossed to West Germany.
In West Berlin, Staudinger studied to be a deacon in the Lutheran Church and then completed his Abitur as an adult and subsequently studied social work at the Evangelische Hochschule Berlin and philosophy, psychology and sociology at the Free University. He also trained in skydiving and in the 1990s as a skydiving instructor.[1][non-primary source needed] He became a probation officer in a women's prison.[1][non-primary source needed]
Staudinger was an artist while in school. He returned to art in the 1980s, including painting, sculpture, video, and conceptual art, and it became his primary focus in 1986. He studied sculpture at the Freie Kunstschule Berlin and in Italy with Peter Rosenzweig.[1][non-primary source needed] He started a private press, Zwielicht-Verlag, with which he published two illustrated books of poetry, Zustände eines Grenzverletzers in 1983 and Über mir bin es in 1989.[6] He took part in the Freie Berliner Kunstausstellung from 1983 to 1995 and was a member of a group of artists called Blindflug.[7]
Staudinger's art arises from political engagement, especially from his experiences of political resistance, flight, and imprisonment.[4][5] In 1994 he was one of 500 entrants in the competition to design the Berlin Memorial to the Murdered Jews of Europe.[8] In 2007 he presented his artwork on Hitler and Nazism, titled Unerträgliches Ertragen, in Charlottenburg.[9] In 2008, a report by Helmuth Frauendorfer and Nadja Storz was broadcast on German television (Das Erste) in Fakt (Magazin) under the title Todesschüsse an der Bulgarischen Grenze, which reported on Staudinger's escape from Bulgaria and his artistic realization of these experiences.[10] He created paintings for a 2014 commemorative exhibition on the Stasi in Erfurt.[4][11][12] In 2018, Kapka Kassabova presented under moderation of Philipp Blom her book The Last Border at Bruno Kreisky Forum, in which she tells in the figure of Felix the story of Staudinger's escape.[13]
Works[edit]
Books[edit]
- Über mir bin Es. Zwielicht-Verlag Berlin 1989 ISBN 3-924031-01-0 Search this book on
. - Zustände eines Grenzverletzers. Zwielicht-Verlag Berlin 1983 ISBN 3-924031-00-2 Search this book on .
Filmography[edit]
All short videos up to 2011 were published in full-length (40–120 min.) on the Open Channel Berlin (now Alex Offener Kanal Berlin). More recently Staudinger has published excerpts as well as new work on YouTube.
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Selected exhibitions[edit]
- 1964: Polytechnische Oberschule Waltershausen/GDR,[15][non-primary source needed] group-exhibition
- 1983–1995: Freie Berliner Kunstausstellung – annual participation[16][non-primary source needed]
- 1986: Offener Kanal Berlin/AlexTV – ongoing publishing of art-videos
- 1987: Galerie Goltzstr. 32, Berlin[17][non-primary source needed]
- 1987: Die Anweisung[18][non-primary source needed]
- 1989: Kunsthaus Lütjenwestedt, Schleswig-Holstein[19][non-primary source needed]
- 1991: Gesinnungstat Kunst, Mediathek Köpenick[20][non-primary source needed]
- 1995: Denkmal für die ermordeten Juden Europas, Berlin[21][non-primary source needed]
- 1996: KunstKaos in Köpenick[22]
- 1998: Erdensteine, Sinai – ongoing public exhibition[23][non-primary source needed]
- 1999: Abstraktionen, Museum für Leben & Kunst, Berlin[24][non-primary source needed]
- 2001: Camera obscura, Wuhlheide Berlin[25]
- 2002: Köpfe & Abstraktionen, Edenhaus am Europacenter, Berlin[26][non-primary source needed]
- 2007: Adolf Hitler 007 – Unerträgliches ertragen , Berlin[27][non-primary source needed]
- 2014: so nah...weit fern – group-exhibition in Erfurt[28][non-primary source needed]
Performances[edit]
- 1988: Die Mauer muss weg
- 1988: Hommage an Joseph Beuys
- 1991: Kunstaktion IFA91
- 1994: Das Bild sind Sie selbst
- 1997: Hommage an die Christo's
- 1997: Soma
- 2013: MACHT BANK KUNST ???[29]
Gallery[edit]
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Goddess of Ecstasy, 2009
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Abstract painting, 1998
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Abstract painting
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Portrait of Catherine David, 1998
References[edit]
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4 1.5 1.6 "The Artist: Life and work", M-LK: Christian W. Staudinger, retrieved November 22, 2023.
- ↑ "Prison & Torture In Bulgaria & GDR: Rememberings", M-LK: Christian W. Staudinger, retrieved November 22, 2023.
- ↑ Dagmar Gester and Diana Ivanova, "Der bulgarische Dämon", Ostpol, October 16, 2014 Script error: The function "in_lang" does not exist..
- ↑ 4.0 4.1 4.2 Anna Wengel, "Gefolterte Kunst", Berliner Abendblatt, April 13, 2013, via: Hin und Her: annawengel.com, December 14, 2013, archived from the original on March 14, 2016 Script error: The function "in_lang" does not exist..
- ↑ 5.0 5.1 Dagmar Gester, "Dämonen der Vergangenheit", Publik-Forum, November 6, 2014, retrieved November 22, 2023 Script error: The function "in_lang" does not exist..
- ↑ Christian Staudinger at Deutsche Nationalbibliothek Script error: The function "in_lang" does not exist..
- ↑ "Flyer & Posters: 1983 – 1995 Taking Part in FBK", M-LK: Christian W. Staudinger, retrieved November 22, 2023.
- ↑ Ute Heimrod, Günter Schlusche and Horst Seferens, eds., Der Denkmalstreit – das Denkmal? Die Debatte um das Denkmal für die ermordeten Juden Europas. Eine Dokumentation, Hamburg: Philo Fine Arts, 1999, ISBN 3-8257-0099-2 Search this book on ., pp. 369, 409 Script error: The function "in_lang" does not exist..
- ↑ "Kultur: Nachrichten", Der Tagesspiegel, November 8, 2007, archived from the original on April 4, 2017 Script error: The function "in_lang" does not exist..
- ↑ "Press. Fakt – MDR 2008". m-lk.de. 2008. Retrieved 2023-11-26.
- ↑ "Veranstaltungen 2014: Eröffnung der Kunstausstellung 'so nah...weit fern'", Stiftung Ettersberg, archived from the original on March 28, 2023 Script error: The function "in_lang" does not exist..
- ↑ Diana Ivanova, "Халва и рози" ('Halva and Roses'), Capital, October 10, 2014 Script error: The function "in_lang" does not exist..
- ↑ "Die letzte Grenze. Am Rand Europas, in der Mitte der Welt. Buchpräsentation". kreisky-forum.org. 2018. Retrieved 2023-11-26. (Audio in English)
- ↑ KunstKaos in Köpenick
- ↑ Exhibitions & releases
- ↑ Flyer & posters 1983–95 Freie Berliner Kunstausstellung
- ↑ Flyer & posters 1987 Galerie Goltzstr. 32
- ↑ Flyer & posters 1987 Die Anweisung
- ↑ Flyer & posters 1989 Kunsthaus Lütjenwestedt
- ↑ Flyer & posters 1991 Mediathek Köpenick
- ↑ Memorial
- ↑ KunstKaos
- ↑ Stones of the earth
- ↑ Exhibitions & releases
- ↑ Camera obscura
- ↑ Flyer & posters 2002 Köpfe & Abstraktionen
- ↑ AH 007
- ↑ Exhibition so nah...weit fern
- ↑ Performances playlist, YouTube
External links[edit]
Media related to Christian W. Staudinger at Wikimedia Commons- Official website
- YouTube channel
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