Knut Vogel

"Selected fantasy - exponents out of dreams"

01.10.2001 - 30.11.2001

Knut Vogel, who was born in Magdeburg in 1964, lived in Grossröhrsdorf with his parents for some years and attended school at Rammenau from 1970 to 1974 before the family moved to Dresden. Knut Vogel learnt the profession of ornamental locksmith and metal restorer for preservation of historic buildings and monuments, studied theory of construction styles and was awarded a master craftsman's certificate in the metal construction trade in Berlin. In the circles in Bischofswerda and Dresden run by Professor Rosso Majores, he obtained further training in studies of painting and drawing.  Currently, Knut Vogel is working as a metal designer and metal restorer in the Aurin ornamental smithy in Schönbrunn, albeit, as he says, "with a lot of freedom". He left his artistic traces in the restoration of the chandeliers in the Mirror Room of the Baroque Rammenau Castle, just like he did in the production of new fencing on the basis of a historical model at the "Brühlsche Terrasse" in Dresden. In the exhibition, which can now be seen at the LAUDA FabrikGalerie, Knut Vogel is presenting more than 30 exhibits, above all in oil technique, as well as a number of metal steles designed by him. "Many ideas for artistic implementation result from dreams", Knut Vogel remarks. But he also says that he writes down a lot of thoughts in order to put them onto canvas at a later stage. The striking thing in this context is the clear flow of the lines and the effect the paints and colours used have on the observer.  The Surrealism movement arose around 1920 from the Parisian Dada group. Surrealism makes use of dream experiences as the source of artistic inspiration, creates access to dimensions which can never be reached and brings about an unmistakable breath of reality with its "painted fantasies". His direction of style fluctuates between surrealism and impressionism. Titles like "Dream and Nightmare", Cubist Horizon and Black and White are witnesses to this. Quite strong colours dominate in all his works. It is particularly conspicuous that Vogel questions problems of this world, looks for answers to them and puts them into artistic practice. A remarkable thing is the ornamental blacksmith work on display, produced with outstanding skill, in particular the works "Tree of Wisdom" and the "Chimney Witch".

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