Anne Wenzel
{{Short description|German sculptor and installation artist}}
{{Infobox person
| name = Anne Wenzel
| image = Barendrecht kunstwerk landschappelijke dimensie.jpg
| caption = Public installation by Anne Wenzel in Barendrecht
| birth_date = 23 May 1972
| birth_place = Schüttorf, Germany
| nationality = German
| education = {{ubl|AKI Academy for Art & Design}}
| known for = Sculpture, installation, ceramics}}
Anne Wenzel (born 23 May 1972 in Schüttorf, Germany) is a German sculptor and installation artist who mainly works with ceramics.
Life and career
Wenzel was born in the German town Schüttorf in Lower Saxony, close to the Dutch border. Between 1992 and 1997 she studied at the AKI in Enschede, Netherlands.{{Cite web |title=Ontdek installatiekunstenaar, beeldhouwer, fotograaf Anne Wenzel |url=https://rkd.nl/nl/explore/artists/262906 |access-date=2023-01-18 |website=rkd.nl |language=nl}} Wenzel briefly studied at the Escola Massana in Barcelona, Spain, between 1995 and 1996 and followed two residencies at the Europees Keramisch Werkcentrum (European Centre for Ceramics).{{Cite web |title=Anne Wenzel |url=https://www.rotterdamsekunstenaars.nl/nl/database/details/q/kunstenaar_id/450088/resultpage/-1/narrowlevel/0/iskunstenaar/1/isvormgever/0/zoekkv/3 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170221010823/https://www.rotterdamsekunstenaars.nl/nl/database/details/q/kunstenaar_id/450088/resultpage/-1/narrowlevel/0/iskunstenaar/1/isvormgever/0/zoekkv/3 |archive-date=21 February 2017 |access-date=18 January 2023 |website=CBKR}} She currently lives and works in Rotterdam, Netherlands.
Wenzel has been nominated for several art awards, including the Prix de Rome in 2007 and the Dolf Henkes prize in 2009.{{Cite web |date=18 January 2023 |title=Interventie #13 Anne Wenzel |url=http://www.boijmans.nl/nl/10/persberichten/pressitem/130 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170904195603/http://www.boijmans.nl/nl/10/persberichten/pressitem/130 |archive-date=4 September 2017 |access-date=18 January 2023 |website=Boijmans van Beuningen}} In 2014 she won the 1st prize at the European Ceramic Context in Bornholm and in 2010 the Sidney Meyer Fund Australian Ceramic Award in the category "International Artist".
Work and exhibitions
Wenzel makes installations consisting of a number of monumental images that occupy the entire space. Themes such as heroism, heroism and decay inspire her. She herself says she wants to express a struggle between beauty and decay with her sculptures. That is why she experiments with different types of glaze, colors and other processing techniques of the ceramics, so that the works partly shine and partly appear very rough or seem to melt.{{Cite web |title=Anne Wenzel - The Opaque Palace - TENT Rotterdam {{!}} Platform voor hedendaagse kunst |url=https://www.tentrotterdam.nl/en/tentoonstelling/20140206_annewenzel/ |access-date=2023-01-18 |website=www.tentrotterdam.nl |language=en}}
In 2010 she was commissioned by Museum Boijmans Van Beuningen in Rotterdam to make the installation 'Requiem of Heroism', a room-filling installation of ceramics and steel. The collection of the Rotterdam museum also includes the work "z.t. (black girl)" that Wenzel made in 2003.{{Cite web |title=z.t. (zwart meisje) |url=https://www.boijmans.nl/collectie/kunstwerken/151858/z-t-zwart-meisje |access-date=2023-01-18 |website=Museum Boijmans Van Beuningen |language=nl}} In 2014 she had a solo exhibition in TENT Rotterdam. This exhibition, 'The Opaque Palace', consisted of large space-filling installations of various sculptures, all made of ceramics. The images, such as a forest of pine trees, fallen chandeliers and withered flower arrangements, represent the past glory of Imperial Germany.
Wenzel's work is included in various private and institutional collections, including that of the Stedelijk Museum voor Actuele Kunst in Ghent.{{Cite web |date=2021-08-24 |title=Anne Wenzel |url=https://www.ceramicsnow.org/annewenzel |access-date=2023-01-18 |website=Ceramics Now |language=en-US}}
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Category:German women ceramists
Category:German expatriates in the Netherlands
Category:20th-century German sculptors
Category:20th-century German women artists
Category:20th-century German ceramists
Category:21st-century German sculptors
Category:21st-century German women artists