Rüdiger-Utz Kampmann
1935 Berlin – 2006 Cogolin/Grimaud
Utz Kampmann studied at the Berlin Academy of Fine Arts from 1957 to 1963 as a master student of Karl Hartung. In 1964, he was awarded the Villa Romana Prize together with Clemens Fischer, Winfried Gaul and Rolf Szymanski, and in 1965 he received the German Youth Art Prize. In 1965, he had his first solo exhibition at the Müller Gallery in Stuttgart. He is known for his sculptures made of acrylic and Plexiglas cuboids, but also for color objects and kinetic objects.
From 1966 to 1968, he was commissioned with the color coordination for the construction of the Märkisches Viertel in Berlin. In 1963 he was represented at the exhibition Junger Westen at the Kunsthalle Recklinghausen and in 1967 he took part in the Biennale de Paris. In 1968, he was represented at the 4th documenta in Kassel with four cubic acrylic glass sculptures.
In 1970 Kampmann moved to Lütisburg in Switzerland, and from 1975 he lived on various islands in Greece, including Rhodes. He returned to Berlin in 1980 and was involved in the renovation of the Martin-Gropius-Bau, which was led by his half-brother Winnetou Kampmann. In 1991, Kampmann settled in Cogolin, where he died in 2006.
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“Gold Mountain” is an extra heavy money box by sculptor Utz Kampmann from 1988. This bronze weighs 10 kilograms & has a wonderful evolving gold-colored patina.
It is signed and numbered in the bronze cast: This sculpture is no. 10.
The natural patina continues to change, making each piece truly unique. Like a good wine, bronze doesn't age, it gets better and better!
Bronze
Signed & numbered
Size 35 cm
Provenance | Artist's Atelier, Gallery Swiss, Corporate Collection, Auctioneers Germany, Private Collection Denmark
Differential taxation according to § 25a UStG. No taxes included. | Differenzbesteuerung nach § 25a UStG. Kunstgegenstände und Sammlungsstücke, Sonderregelung.
