Horst H. Baumann

Laserscape Kassel

Horst H. Baumann (born June 19, 1934 Aachen) is a German architect, designer, light artist,[1] and photographer.[2][3] He is best known for designing Rheinturm Düsseldorf, in Düsseldorf, Germany.[4][5][6]

Life

He studied metallurgical engineering from 1954 to 1957 (and from 1972 to 1974) at the RWTH Aachen, and from 1994 to 2004 at the Heinrich-Heine University in Düsseldorf. He worked as a photographer and designer since 1957, and since 1966 as a lighting artist. In 1963-1964, he was a visiting lecturer at the Hochschule für Gestaltung in Ulm. In 1977, he took part in documenta 6 in Kassel, where he installed, with Peter Hertha, the first permanent laser sculpture in the world.

Other installations include the Rheinturm in Düsseldorf (1982), the Neonskulptur "Pass the Cross" in Bielefeld-Sennestadt (1988), and the light remodeled at the Rheinturm Düsseldorf 2003.

His work has been shown internationally, including in the Museum of Modern Art, in New York City in 1965,[7] and in 1967 and 1969 in the Biennale des Jeunes in Paris.[8]

References

  1. ↑ http://www.wtc-memorial.de/
  2. ↑ http://www.luminous-lint.com/app/photographer/Horst_H__Baumann/A/
  3. ↑ http://90.146.8.18/en/archives/festival_archive/festival_catalogs/festival_artikel.asp?iProjectID=9245
  4. ↑ http://www.amazingdusseldorf.com/visit-discover/dusseldorf/sights/rhine-tower.html
  5. ↑ http://arkitectoniq.blogspot.com/
  6. ↑ "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2009-04-15. Retrieved 2010-03-13.
  7. ↑ http://www.erevista.ro/viewer/mercedes_benz_amg/U64Y571QK2T20116/78
  8. ↑ http://www.archives.biennaledeparis.org/fr/1969/pays/allemagne.htm


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