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Norbert Kricke (30 November 1922 – 28 June 1984) was a German sculptor.
Born in Düsseldorf, Kricke was a student of Richard Scheibe and Hans Uhlmann at the Hochschule für Bildende Künste in Berlin. He started creating abstract sculptures from 1947, using wires and other materials associated with industry, such as steel, glass and concrete. He was one of the most important artists in the group known as L'Art Informel, and had close links with ZERO and Nouveau Réalisme. From 1959 he worked with Yves Klein and Werner Ruhnau, and after 1972 he taught at the Art Academy of Düsseldorf, where he died.
One of his more famous works is the Water Forest (1957) outside the Gelsenkirchen Opera House (Musiktheater im Revier). He also created wire sculptures for Münster Theatre (1955/56) and fountains for the University of Baghdad. He is generally known for his theories on the use of flowing water in art, shared with the critic John Anthony Thwaites (1909–1981).




Selected exhibitions



1959 documenta 2 documenta, Kassel
1964 32. Biennale Venedig, 1964 Biennale Venedig
1964 documenta 3, documenta, Kassel
1975 Norbert Kricke, Kunsthalle Düsseldorf
1980 Norbert Kricke, Josef Albers Museum, Bottrop
1997 Deutschlandbilder, Martin-Gropius-Bau, Berlin
1998 Norbert Kricke, Studio A. Otterndorf
1999 Das Deutsche Informel, Galerie Rothe, Frankfurt
1999 Norbert Kricke, Museum of Contemporary Art, Skopje
2000 40 Jahre Orangerie-Reinz, Galerie Orangerie-Reinz, Köln
2001 Outside the network?, Edith Wahlandt Galerie, Stuttgart
2003 Gruppe 53, Museum der Stadt Ratingen
2003 The Spirit of White, Galerie Beyeler, Basel
2004 Auf Papier, Galerie Neher, Essen
2005 MULTIPLE RÄUME (2): PARK, Kunsthalle Baden-Baden
2006 CLASSICAL : MODERN, Daimler Chrysler Contemporary, Berlin
2006 Full House, Kunsthalle Mannheim
2006 Rupprecht Geiger / Norbert Kricke, Neues Museum Weimar
2006 VIP III. Arena der Abstraktion, Museum Morsbroich, Leverkusen
2006 Was ist Plastik? 100 Jahre – 100 Köpfe, Wilhelm Lehmbruck Museum, Duisburg
2006–2007 Norbert Kricke Museum, Kunst Palast, Düsseldorf




Works in collections


Daimler Chrysler Contemporary, Berlin
Karl Ernst Osthaus-Museum, Hagen
Kunst aus NRW, Aachen-Kornelimünster
Museum Abteiberg, Mönchengladbach
Saarland Museum, Saarbrücken
SITUATION KUNST Bochum
Studio A Otterndorf




Bibliography


John Anthony Thwaites: Norbert Kricke. Thames and Hudson, London 1964.




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